IEEE - Region 10 - Bangalore Section
IEEE Bangalore Section was established in 1977 and is one of the most vibrant Sections in India. Over the years the strength of the section has grown steadily and currently the Section membership stands close to 7000. This membership is spread across various sectors and is a nice blend of Industry, academia and research organizations. IEEE BMSCE Student Branch is honored to host BRV Vardhan 2014 Paper Contest in association with IEEE Bangalore Section.
Bangalore Section has 14 Society Chapters and two affinity groups. The Chapters carry out focused activities in the respective area by way of conducting technical talks under DLT, Seminars, Tutorials, workshops etc. Apart from the Chapters two affinity groups viz. the Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) and Women In Engineering (WIE) also carry out related activities. IEEE Bangalore and IEEE Princeton and Central New Jersey Sections had signed a MoU as sister sections.
Close to half of the Section’s strength are Student Members spread over the various Student Branches in Karnataka. There are about 53 Student Branches in Karnataka in the various graduate and post-graduate engineering colleges and these units conduct technical talks, TechFests etc. A dedicated Student Paper contest, Technical Colloquium and Student Leadership Workshop are some of the major events conducted under Student Activities of the Section. Under Technology for Humanitarian challenge, a new initiative named All India Young Engineers’ Humanitarian Challenge (AIYEHUM) is organized by the Section. This initiative aims at helping students recognize real world/humanitarian challenges and Nurture innovative ideas of students by mentoring their implementation approach.
