2011 Annual Report of IEEE Kerala Section Student Activities aka LINK. This report covers the activities conducted as part of setting up LINK of sustainable growth as compared to the formational 5 years. Presented at IEEE Kerala Section AGM by Student Activities Chair- Jaison Abey Sabu

1. LINK
Annual Report - 2011
Student Activities Committee
IEEE Kerala Section
Jaison Abey Sabu
SAC Chair, IEEE Kerala Section

2. Highlights 2011
Humanitarian Activities
– All Kerala Humanitarian Technology Competition
LINK Events
– 6 All Kerala Events and 100+ Hub events
– All time record participation : LINK CAMP – 42 SBs
Accelerated Technical Activities
– Papers: 13 international, 3 national
– Increase in chapter activities, STAC etc.
Operations Streamlining
– Annual Vision and Strategy
– Sustainability Study, Operations Manual, Guidelines,
Online Tools etc.
International Recognition
– Regional and International Awards

3. Student Membership Statistics
Membership As On
Member Category 31-Dec-05 31-Dec-06 31-Dec-07 31-Dec-08 31-Dec-09 31-Dec-10 31-Dec-11
8
Senior Life Members 2 3 3 4 6 7
0
Life Members 0 0 0 1 1 1
57
Senior Members 36 36 43 39 53 58
692
Members 232 243 283 317 481 618
50
Associate Members 54 113 67 39 64 37
467
Graduate Student Members 0 0 177 304 326 305
3903
Students 1190 1229 1459 2014 2658 2932
5177
Total 1514 1624 2032 2718 3589 3958
Annual Increase (%) 7% 25% 34% 32% 10% 31%
1190 1229 1636 2318 2984 3237 4370
Total Students
Growth rate for students 3% 33% 42% 29% 8% 35%
Students as % of total Members 79% 76% 81% 85% 83% 82% 84%

4. Membership Growth – 35%
Student Membership
5000
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500
Student Membership
2000
1500
1000
500
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

5. SB Growth – 22%
Student Branches
70 62 SBs
60
50
40
Student Branches
30
20
10
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

6. Expansion 2011
New SBs Added (11) New WIE AGs Added (4)
– Indian Institute of Space Science – Rajiv Gandhi Institute of
And Technology Technology
– College of Engineering – Attingal – Sahrdaya College ofEngineering
– Co-operative Institute of – SCT College of Engineering
Technology,Vadakara – Govt. Engineering College
– Mount Zion College of Thrissur
Engineering
– Sarabhai Institute of Science and Society Chapters (3)
Technology – Communications Society
– Baselios Mathews II College of chapter at CET, Trivandrum
Engineering – Computer Society Chapter at
– Ilahia College of Engineering and MBCET, Trivandrum
Technology – Communications Society
– Saintgits College Of Engineering chapter at MES, Kuttipuram
– GEC, Kozhikode
– Dept. of Optoelectronics,
University of Kerala
– MEA Perinthilmanna

7. Awards and Recognition
R10 Website
Competition
• College of Engineering Trivandrum – 1st Place
R10 Paper Presentation
Competition
• Amrita -2nd Place
R10 Exemplary SB
Award
• TKM College of Engineering - 3rd Place
IEEE CS Society Richard • Nithin George (RIT)
E Merwin Scholarship • Deepthi Anna George (MBCET)
Global Outstanding • Namith Najeeb (MES)
Branch Councilor Award • Sabarinath Pillai (SJCET)
Student Enterprise • Amrita SB (out of 4 in 2011)
Award • 3rd Time in Kerala

8. SAC Positions outside Kerala
R10
• Aby Kurien (VJCET) – R10 Student Rep
• Farish C.V (KMCT) – R10 SAC Webmaster
GINI India Executive Committee
• Nithin George (RIT) – Industry Collaboration Secretary
• Jaison Abey Sabu - Chair
MGA
• Jaison Abey Sabu
• MGA SAC Awards Chair
• SAC Rep to MGA MMR Committee
• MGA SAC Industrial Rep

9. Papers Published @
• IEEE International Conference on Future Network
August 2011, China Technologies
October 2011, Seattle, • Global Humanitarian Technology Conference
USA
• IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing,
September 2011, China Communications and Computing
• FTRA International Conference on Intelligent Robotics,
October 2011, Korea Automation, Telecommunication facilities and Applications
April 2011, • IEEE International Conference on Electronics Computer
Kanyakumari Technology
September 2011, • IEEE International Conference on Indoor Positioning and
Portugal Indoor Navigation
• International Conference on Signal Processing,
July 2011, India Communication, Computing and Networking Technologies
August 2011, China • International Conference on Signal Processing Systems

10. Technical Achievements
Mentor Graphics University Design Contest 2011.
Cash prize of INR 100K – Amrita SB (runner up)
IBM IEEE Student Project design contest - third
prize by Amritha SB: $ 1000
2 student projects received IEEE Mini Grants Funding
– Amrita and Model Engg. College (MEC)
1 student project from MEC, Kochi received funding
from IEEE Foundation, NJ, USA – $12000
Team from Amrita reached final round of IEEE
Presidents Change the World Contest 2011
IEEE MBCET ROBOTICS CLUB bagged second prize in
Malayala Manorama YUVA MASTERMINDS
CHALLEGE. Prize: Rs 60K

11. Other Achievements
41 SBs submitted annual plan / report online
148 teams from Kerala section participated in IEEE
Xtreme 5.0. 25% of India Council
Sreenath N of IEEE-RIT CS selected to write an article in
a future issue of IEEE Potentials magazine.
Lesson plan submitted by Roshan Issac of IEEE SB CE
Kalloopara "computing in the cloud" entered second
round of 2011 IEEE Trycomputing.org lesson plan
competition
60% of R10 WIE Funds bagged by Kerala
14 SBs participated for R10 Website Competition–
largest participation from a section

12. All Kerala Humanitarian Technology Competition
Summary
– 14 Project Entries
– 5 shortlisted
– 4 completed
– INR 10K funding each
Winning Entries
– Passenger Safety System
– P.R.O.T.O.N – Provisional Robot
with Omni Telepresence with
Operative Navigation
The Team
– Mr. Rajesh Kannan (Amrita SB)
– Ramesh N Nair (Amrita SB)

13. LINK Sustainability Data – R10 & MGA SAC High Priority
300
250
DROP RATE
LOWEST HIGHEST
200
GECBH 27% MESCE 90%
GEC Thrissur 42% FISAT 85%
Munnar 48% CE Chengannur 81%
150
Total 2010
Renewed 2010
100 Dropped 2010
50
0

14. LINK SB Membership Growth
400
350
300
250
200
Total 2010
150
Total 2011
100
50
0

15. LINK Online Survey – responses from 39 SBs

16. LINK e-Tools (Online Tools for SB Officers)

17. LINKLine Newsletter
LINKLine 11.1 LINKLine 11.2 LINKLine 11.3
http://www.ieee-link.org/index.php/linkline

18. LINK Events Statistics
450
400
350
300
250 2010 SB
2011 SB
200
2010 Participants
150 2011 Participants
100
50
0
F2 F WIE Forum BCC AKSC LINK Fest LINK CAMP
New Venture 2011 – One event ; Two Colleges
1/22/2012

19. HUB Activities
HUB wise list ofActivities 2011
60
50
Kerala
Hubs
40
Total No Of SBs
30
No of Dormant SBs
No Of Activites
20
10
0
HUB 1 HUB 2 HUB 3 HUB 4 HUB 5

20. WIE Student Activities -Paper
Presentation
WIE Student Activities - Workshops
-WIE Congress
14
-Industry Visit
12
10
8
6 # of Activities
4
2
0
HUB1 HUB2 HUB3 HUB4 HUB5

21. Nature of Events
Technical Vs Manegerial Vs Non-Technical
Non Technical
14%
Managerial
16%
Technical
70%

22. LINK Competitions
LINK Website Competition
– First Prize : College Of Engineering Trivandrum
– Second Prize : TKM College Of Engineering
– Third Prize : GEC Barton Hill
LINK Essay Writing Competition
Topic 1: How can technology better humanity
– First prize : Patcy Maria Fernandez of Vimal Jyothy College of Engineering
– Second Prize : Shilpa Vinod of Sree Narayana Guru College of Engineering
Topic 2: Can Engineers build a nations economy
– Joint Winners: Harsha S of College of Engineering Chengannur
Roslin George of College of Engineering Poonjar
LINK Paper Presentation Competition
– First Prize : Parameswaran. S of Federal Institute of Science & Technology
– Second Prize : Sooraj. K. Soman of Vidya Academy of Science & Technology
– Third Prize : Muhammed Rajeef. M.K of Vimal Jyothi Engineering College

23. External Events
R10 Student Congress
– New Zealand
– 5 students; 3 SBs
All India Student Congress
– Delhi
– 20 students; 8 SBs

24. 24 1/22/2012

25. The Core Team

26. THANK YOU
LINK 2011
“ Local Integrated Network of Kerala IEEE Students”