IET South Asia Finals PATW in Sri Lanka

IET YP Sri Lanka put a great step forward by organizing the IET YP PATW South Asia Finals in Sri Lanka at Galadari Hotel on 21^st August 2011.

Seven South Asian Regional presenters from Mumbai, Lahore, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka YP Networks unleashed their new innovations at the South Asia Finals PATW in Colombo.

The conference was started by lightening the traditional oil lamp. The welcome speech was delivered by Mr. Suresh Dharmaratna, Chairman IET YP Sri Lanka followed by the keynote speech delivered by Mr. Jananthan Council member IET UK and the Chairman IET South Asia Finance Committee.

Mr. Sanyal Shakher, Country Head, IET India, was given a speech about IET in South Asian Region and elaborated the future of the IET in the region. Prof. Ghihan Dias from University of Moratuwa was the guest speaker and delivered his speech on “Impact of Information Exchange on the Society”.

Out of the seven competitive presentations, the presentation that won the First place was “Carbon Nanotube – The Big Small Thing” which was presented by Mr. Muhammad Saad Ali from Lahore Network, who took the £ 400 cash prize and the certificate.

The paper with the title “Energy Crisis in the World” presented by Mr. Syed Nabeel Mehdi was the runner up of the South Asia Finals PATW. He won the £ 250 cash prize and the certificate. The judging panel consisted of Ms. Alex Taylor, Mr. Sanyal Shakher and Dr. Athputharaja.

The event ended up with the valuable speech from Ms. Alex Taylor about the whole event and comment on Presentations and vote of thanks by Mr. Manjula Perera, Chariman IET Sri Lanka Network.

The whole event was run by Engineers and Engineering undergraduates and IET YP Sri Lanka are willing to share our experiences with whole IET YP Networks around the world. You can visit our PATW website or can contact via email, www.ietpatw2011.com or suresh@sureshd.com (Chairman IET YP Sri Lanka, Chairman IET South Asia Finals PATW Organizing committee).

Suresh Dharmaratn

Chairman IET YP Sri Lanka / Chairman South Asia Final PATW Organizing Committee

Dr M A Joshi Award

Dean R & D, COEP, fellow of THE IET receives teacher’s award. Dr. Mrs. Madhuri Arunkumar Joshi, Professor and Dean R & D, College of Engineering, Pune(COEP) was honoured with the state government’s teacher’s award of first place, at a function held in Aurangabad on Monday, 5th Sep. 2011 by chief minister, Prithviraj Chavan and Rajesh Tope, minister of higher and technical education, with a scroll of honour and cash of Rs. 10,000/. Dr. Joshi, who is a professor in E & TC department has written 3 books on image processing, electronic components and embedded systems. She has written 92 papers in national and international journals and conferences.8 students have completed Ph.D. under her guidance. She is an active fellow and vice chair of THE IET Mumbai network. She is daughter of eminent electrical engineer, fellow of THE IET and ex. D.T.E., M.S. late Professor M.V. Deshpande.

She is also recipient of Prof. S.V.C. Aiya memorial award of IETE( India) for excellence in Technical education. This national award will be conferred to her on 24th sep. 2011 at Ahmedabad. It is for her contribution in developing “finger print and biometrics” laboratory in COEP.This award is instituted by students of Prof. Aiya, who was Prof. and HOD in E & TC in COEP and Prof. at IISc, Bangalore. This award was received earlier by Prof. S.C. Saharabudhe, Ex. Director of IIT Bombay, and present Director, DAIICT, Gandhinagar.

NEW BEGINNINGS………..

After eight years volunteering with the central IET YP body, it is high time for me to take a step back and let the next generation of YPs rule the roost and chart the course for all things YP.

Throughout those years, I'm pleased to report that there has been an enormous positive shift in the level of respect for YPs and their opinions within IET governance, particularly on the back of successful YP lead initiatives such as PATW. While the YP voice is more distributed than it has been in the recent past, overall YPs are now exerting a far stronger influence on the direction of the IET. I remain convinced that if the YPs that comprise the YPF worked even closer together, through David and the YPCT, the YPs would be a completely undeniable force within the IET and the IET would be infinitely better for it. That is the challenge I leave with you and I sincerely hope you collectively take it up.

As rewarding as my involvement has been at a professional level, I have also met hundreds of enthusiastic YPs around the globe. Many of those meetings have blossomed into good friendships that I expect will last a lifetime. Thanks to all of you for such a fantastic journey.

Best wishes,

Sam McLaughlin, YPF member

Message from the Chair - November 2011

The YP constructs that we have today have come a long way. In order to continue to make the constructs relevant and useful, we as volunteers need to remain steadfast as we work together through different time zones and schedules. It is better to make an effort to cooperate and remain cohesive as a group than to solve the symptoms of poor engagement with new constructs. If we can do this well, we will always be productive regardless of the governance structure.

The Young Professionals Forum will evolve along with the rest of the IET as time goes by. I hope that you will contribute your ideas by being a part of the Young Professionals Forum, YP Task Forces, Young Professionals Section, and Student Chapters. Volunteering for the IET in any capacity and at any level is equally important, because fresh insight is greatly valued. You can reach us directly by email, so don’t ever hesitate to contact the YPCT for any reason. If you are not currently an IET volunteer and you’re interested in helping out, please visit:

http://www.theiet.org/volunteers/young-professionals/volunteer-opps/index.cfm.

To mark the 140th anniversary of the IET, we would like to celebrate YP volunteers who have been involved with the IET in their capacity as Young Professional Forum members, or research/editorial volunteers for the IET journals, or major YP event organisers, or active student chaptervolunteers. Send an article describing what you have done for the IET, your background and future plans, along with a photo of yourself to the YP250 newsletter editor. Congratulations to the newly elected Young Professionals. I hope to see everyone at the YP Summit 2011.

David Leong, Chair YPCT

Message from the Chair - July 2011

The advantage of being an IET member is the fellowship among members in the same region. The shared interest in professionalism and engineering drives our desire to extend local benefits to other areas, which will help student members to grow and young professionals to improve themselves.

We need to take full advantage of the Internet to connect with members from other regions through social networks or similar web technologies. In the interest of every member of the YP250 and student members, we have established an online presence in Facebook and a blog to provide timely updates, news and announcements. This will also better support the YP250 newsletter with constant stream of content that is relevant to all regional members. I would like to encourage everyone, YP and non-YP members alike, to join the YP250 page in order to consolidate our communication beyond the formal conference calls and forum discussions.

The IET has so much planned for the remainder of the session and the next few years. With everyone’s contribution to the YP250 page, we can work together to find the best way to gather interest and support for your activities or events. Remember that the YP250 channels of communication are equally yours to use for the benefit of your region. Visit our YP250 page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/IET-YP-250/219167438105616?ref=hnav and our blog at http://ietyp250.blogspot.com/.

If you like to contribute to future issues of the newsletter, don’t delay and send your articles to the editor, or post it on the YP250 page.

David Leong

Chair

Young Professionals Coordination Team