IEEE Kharagpur Section History
| IEEE Kharagpur Section History | |
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| Established date | 1985-05-31 |
| IEEE Region | 10 |
| IEEE Council | India |
| Geographic region | Kharagpur |
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The IEEE Kharagpur Section is a section in India Council under Region 10 of the IEEE organization. It is a unique section in the whole IEEE as the section is rooted at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur unlike other sections where activities usually spread over a number of association. The section office is located in the campus of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
Initially it was emerged as a small chapter with only 60 members under IEEE Kolkata Section (formerly IEEE Calcutta Section) in 1983. In 13th May, 1985 it renunciated as the IEEE Kharagpur Section. Since it inception with a sustainable growth of its members and distinguished activities today IEEE Kharagpur Section is a blatant example of whole IEEE history.
Since its inception, the IEEE Kharagpur Section has helped its members advances their careers and the field of computing and the development of mankind. The IEEE Kharagpur Section organizes workshops, conferences, symposium, colloquium, lectures by renowned personalities frequently. It also has a Students Chapter to promote various academic activities related to student members. Apart from this IEEE organizes an industrial trip every year to enhance industry-academic relations. The IEEE Kharagpur Section is organized by an executive committee.
In May 2010, a Women in Engineering affinity group was established.
Section Officers
| Year | Chair | Vice chair | Secretary | Treasurer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Debaprasad Kastha | Santiram Kal | Rajeev Kumar | Rajeev Kumar |
| 2002 | Santiram Kal | Rajib Mall | Amit Patra | Amit Patra |
| 2003 | Rajib Mall | Amit Patra | Somnath Sengupta | Somnath Sengupta |
| 2004 | Amit Patra | Somnath Sengupta | Shamik Sural | Shamik Sural |
| 2005 | Somnath Sengupta | Shamik Sural | K Kishore | K Kishore |
| 2006 | Shamik Sural | K Kishore | Prabir Biswas | Prabir Biswas |
| 2007 | K Kishore | Prabir Biswas | Debasis Samanta | Debasis Samanta |
| 2008 | Prabir Biswas | Debasis Samanta | Chandan Chakraborty | Chandan Chakraborty |
| 2009 | Debasis Samanta | Chandan Chakraborty | Chandan Chakraborty | Chandan Chakraborty |
| 2010 | Chandan Chakraborty | Sudipta Mahapatra | Manjunatha Mahadevappa | Manjunatha Mahadevappa |
| 2011 | Sudipta Mahapatra | Manjunatha Mahadevappa | Prabodh Bajpai | Prabodh Bajpai |
| 2012 | Manjunatha Mahadevappa | Prabodh Bajpai | Raja Datta | Raja Datta |
| 2013 | Prabodh Bajpai | Raja Datta | Pabitra Mitra | Pabitra Mitra |
| 2014 | Raja Datta | Pabitra Mitra | Alokkanti Deb / Pabitra Mitra | Alokkanti Deb / Pabitra Mitra |
| 2015 | Pabitra Mitra | Alokkanti Deb | Alokkanti Deb / Pabitra Mitra | Alokkanti Deb / Pabitra Mitra |
| 2016 | Alokkanti Deb | Amitabha Bhattacharya | Chittaranjan Mandal | Shailendra Varshney |
| 2017 | Amitabha Bhattacharya | Chittaranjan Mandal | Shailendra Varshney | Debarati Sen |
| 2018 | Chittaranjan Mandal | Shailendra Varshney | Debarati Sen | Sudip Misra |
| 2019 | Shailendra Varshney | Debarati Sen | Sudip Misra | Debdoot Sheet |
| 2020 | Debarati Sen | Sudip Misra | Debdoot Sheet | Sanjay Chaturvedi |
| 2021 | Sudip Misra | Debdoot Sheet | Mrinal Mandal | Dipankar Debnath |
