IEEE Karachi Section History
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Background
The IEEE Karachi Section is located in Region 10, and was formed as Sub-Section on 22 May 1978, and later on upgraded to Section on 17 July 1982. We are one of the three Sections in Pakistan - Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. Pakistan also have a sub-section at Peshawar as well. The IEEE Karachi Section also have Chapters of Computer Society and Communication Society and Affinity Group of GOLD - Graduates of Last Decade.
In 2010, the section is in its 32nd year of working. During these times it has seen many ups and downs. The IEEE Karachi Section was very active till December 2004 and then reactivated in May 2008 under the command of S. Imranul Haque, Chair, IEEE Karachi Section.
IEEE Student Entities
IEEE Karachi Section have 19 Student Entities and 4 are in process of getting their petitions approved. These include:
- IEEE NEDUET Student Branch, Karachi
- IEEE IIEE Student Branch, Karachi
- IEEE UIT Student Branch, Karachi
- IEEE NUCES (FAST) Student Branch, Karachi
- IEEE HIIT Student Branch, Karachi
- IEEE GSESIT Student Branch, Karachi
- IEEE MUET Student Branch, Jamshoro
- IEEE JUfW Student Branch, Karachi
- IEEE PIMSAT Student Branch, Karachi
- IEEE SZABIST Student Branch, Karachi
- IEEE Bahria University Student Branch, Karachi
- IEEE PNEC Student Branch, Karachi
- IEEE BUITEMS Student Branch, Quetta
- IEEE NEDUET WIE Student AG, Karachi
- IEEE BUITEMS WIE Student AG, Quetta
- IEEE PNEC WIE Student AG, Karachi
- IEEE NUCES Computer Society Chapter, Karachi
- IEEE NUCES Communication Society Chapter, Karachi
- IEEE GINI Pakistan
Another four Student Entities are under review for approval from IEEE Headquarters, they are:
- IEEE University of Sindh Student Branch, Jamshoro
- IEEE Iqra University Student Branch, Karachi
- IEEE NUCES RAS Chapter, Karachi
- IEEE NUCES WIE Student AG, Karachi
IEEE Karachi Section Office Bearers
The office bearers of IEEE Karachi Section for 2010 are:
Parkash Lohana - Chair [parkash@ieee.org]
Muhammad Shahab Siddiqui - Vice Chair [shahab.siddiqui@ieee.org]
Muhammad Yasir Khan - Secretary [myasir@ieee.org]
Shoaib Feroz - Treasurer [shoaib.feroz@ieee.org]
Activities in 2008
After its reactivation in May, IEEE Karachi Section try to streamline the relations with Industry and Academia. Academia was most favouring in response.
Students from IEEE Karachi Section particiapted in 2nd IEEE Pakistan Student Congress held at IEEE GCUF, Faisalabad in August 16-18, 2008. December 2008, was a special month for the Section when two activities were held next to eachother. They were 12th IEEE International Multi-Topic Conference 2008 (INMIC 2008) held during 23-24 December at Bahria University, Karachi and First IEEE Karachi Section Student Congress 2008 (KSSC 2008) on December 26, 2008 at IEEE PNEC Student Branch.
Activities in 2009
IEEE Karachi Section have an eventful year of 2009. We held two professional IEEE conferences - 2nd IEEE IC4 at Pakistan Navy Engineering College, Karachi in February 2009 and other was IEEE ICICT 2009 organized by IBA Karachi and held at Hotel Ramada International, Karachi on 15-16 August 2009. IEEE Karachi Section was extended to Quetta, Balochistan yet another city and another province in form of IEEE BUITEMS Student Branch. IEEE Karachi Section Newsletter was started and launched its first issue in May 2009 designed and developed by IEEE NUCES Student Branch. Second issue was designed and developed by IEEE NEDUET Student Branch in September 2009.
Students from IEEE Karachi Section particiapted in IEEE Pakistan Student Congress held at NUST-SEECS, Islamabad in May 2009 and in IEEE 125th Anniversary Asia-Pacific Student Congress held in Singare in July 2009. IEEE Xtreme Programming Competition 2009 was organized at IEEE NUCES (National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences) Student Branch on 24th October 2009.
IEEE Karachi Section get two prestigeous awards in 2009 - R10 Larry K . Wilson Award and Richard E. Merwin Scholarship both were achieved by Ravendar Lal, Student Volunteer of National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Karachi Campus. Won Bronze Honours in Green Technology an Innovative Idea Competition sponsored by IEEE Singapore Section Power & Energy Society – in IEEE 125th Anniversary Asia-Pacific Student Congress at Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore from 16th–19th July ‘09.
IEEE Karachi Section are also active part of IEEE GINI Project of IEEE Region 10.
Activities in 2010
the Annual General Meeting 2009 was held at DA Sunset Club, Karachi on February 18, 2010. Hope for better IEEE Karachi Section in 2010. The IEEE Karachi Section celeberated IEEE 125th Anniversary Celebrations at Iqra University, Karachi on February 20, 2010. Also trying to extend its horizon of Student Branches to another city - Nawabshah (at QUEST). The IEEE Karachi Section already exists in Karachi, Jamshoro, and Quetta, which are the cities of Sindh and Balochistan Provinces.
The IEEE Karachi Section is participating in Connect IT 2010 to be held during May 08-10, 2010 at Karachi Expo Centre, Karachi, Pakistan. 2nd IEEE International Conference on on Information and Emerging Technologies (ICIET 2010) to be organized at National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan on June 14-16, 2010. 4th IEEE Pakistan Student Congress 2010 (PSC 2010) will be organized in 3rd week of July 2010 and 2nd IEEE Karachi Section Student Congress 2010 (KSSC 2010) will be held in December 2010.
IEEE Karachi Section Computer Society Chapter
The office bearers for 2010 are:
Bakhtiar Kasi - Chair [bakhtiar.kasi@buitms.edu.pk]
Activities in 2009
Following activities of Computer Society chaired by Dr. Roshan Sheikh of Iqra are shared:
• Seminars
◦ “Towards the Development of Community Algorithm” by Muhammad Shahab Siddiqui on 07/02/2009
◦ “Ontology Approach Towards Databases” by Muhammad Rafi at FAST‐NU on April 4, 2009
◦ “Agent Based Systems in Mapping of a Human Mind", A lecture by Dr. Roshan Shaikh at Iqra University on Oct 3, 2009
◦ “Innovation in the Business of Education” by Dr. Roshan Shaikh at Iqra University on Nov 7, 2009
◦ “New Horizons in the Software Development Systems” by Dr. Roshan Shaikh at Iqra University on Dec 5, 2009
• Workshop
◦ “Research and Publication Methods for Engineers” by Dr. Nadeem at Iqra University on March 7, 2009
• Talks
◦ “Collaborative Role of Academia and Business” by Dr. Roshan Shaikh at Iqra University on Jan 3, 2009.
◦ “Network Security and Risk Management” by Dr. Roshan Shaikh at Iqra University on Feb 7, 2009.
IEEE Karachi Section Communication Society Chapter
The office bearers for 2010 are:
Dr. B. S. Chawdhry - Chair [bsc_itman@yahoo.com]
Activities in 2009
Following activities of Communication Society chaired by Dr. Shahid Shaikh in 2009 were:
• Workshop on “Stochastic Processes in Communication Theory” at FAST‐NU on May 11, 2009
◦ “Network Survivability Performance Evaluation: A Quantitative Approach with Applications in Wireless Adhoc Networks” by Nadim Kafi Khan
◦ “Finite‐State Markov Modeling of Fading Channels: A survey of principles and applications” by Muhammad Irshad Nazeer
◦ “Importance Analysis with Markov Chains” by Muhammad Rafi
◦ “Reverse Engineering Gene Regulatory Networks” by Nouman Durrani
◦ “Why Gaussianity?” by Asim Amin
• Lectures
• “Impact of Small Satellites on Space‐Based Solution to Problems” by Ing. Giorgio Perrotta, General Manager, pacesSys, Italy at IICT, MUET on September 5, 2009
• “Pros and Cons of Network Coding” by Nadim Kafi Khan at FAST‐NU on October 19, 2009
• “Network Coding” by Nouman Durrani at FAST‐NU on October 26, 2009
IEEE Karachi Section GOLD Affinity Group
The office bearers for 2010 are:
Dania Hanif - Chair
M. Qasim Pasta - Vice Chair
Noman Palijo - Secretary / Tresurer
Activities in 2009
Following GOLD events were organized:
• IEEE Career Counseling Meet 2009 on 16th May 2009 at PNEC
◦ 35 student members + 200 other participated
◦ 20+ internships + 100+ students counseling
• Microsoft Web Technologies Workshop on 16‐17th October 2009 at PNEC
• PLC Training on 30th October 2009 at Siemens
• Lectures
◦ “Telenor Pakistan Success Story” by Ahsan Raza, Consultant, LCC
◦ “Banking IT Sector” by Mansoor, Sr HR Manager, TPS 1Link
◦ “Embedded Systems Trends” by Zafar Khan, CTO, WaveTec
◦ “Telecom Industry” by Mohsin Jafri, Zumbeel.net
• Several GOLD introductory lectures at Universities
