Way back in 1971 mebers of IEEE over the entire Eastern and North Eastern region of India got together to form the Eastern Regional Sub-Section of IEEE, in India. Mr. Alak Ghose was the founder Chairman of this Sub-Section. After the formation of the India Council, the Eastern Regional Sub-Section was given the name of Calcutta Sub-Section, under the Delhi Section of IEEE, India. Through the pioneering efforts of Mr. K.B. Subramaniam who took over form Mr. Alak Ghose in 1974 as Chairman, along with Mr. Kalyan K Dasgupta, the Calcutta Sub-Section was raised to the status of a full section on September 28, 1978.

In 1983 a Sub-Section was formed at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur under IEEE Calcutta Section and on May 13, 1985 the Kharagpur Sub-Section was upgraded to a Section, containing the Midnapur district of West Bengal within the geographical domain of IEEE Calcutta Section.

Over the years, the activities of IEEE Calcutta Section increased manifold and spread through many cities and state capitals under the Section. Several Technical Society Chapters and many student branches have been formed. Currently the Section has eleven chapters and two affinity groups. There are more than fifteen student branches now and this figure is continually on the rise. The Section maintains a healthy student to member ratio and works closely and coherently with its chapters and affinity groups not only in technical, education and membership development activities but also in outreach activities which a major focus of the section.

Chairs of IEEE Calcutta Section

Name	From	To
K B Subramanium	1978	1979
Kalyan K Dasgupta	1980	1981
Alak K Ghosh	1982	1984
Manujendra N Roy	1985	1987
Manish K Mukherjee	1988	1990
Satya B Gupta	1991	1993
Alok K Das	1994	1996
Dipak K Basu	1997	1999
Nirmalendu Chatterjee	2000	2002
Rabindranath Nandi	2003	2005
Salil K Sanyal	2006	2008
Kalyan K Mallik	2009	2010
Sivaji Chakravorti	2011