IEEE Bahrain Section History

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IEEE Bahrain Section History
Established date 2001/06/22
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The Beginning

The petition form of forming the IEEE Bahrain Section was filled on February 23rd, 2000, and the effective date of IEEE Bahrain Section is 22 June, 2001 which was established by Isa S Qamber.

The IEEE Bahrain Section WIE Affinity Group has been formed officially on the 20th of November 2008 by Eshaa Alkhalifa.

The IEEE Gulf Section Education Society Chapter has been formed effectively on the 9th of April 2007.

Cabinet Decision “Kingdom of Bahrain”

Cabinet Decision Number 08-2370: The decision of the Kingdom of Bahrain cabinet regarding the registration of the IEEE Bahrain Section was officially approved in the Kingdom on the 18th of July 2016.

Major Events

At present, nine joint Conferences as the IEEE-GCC Conferences & Exhibition in collaboration with GCC countries were organized, where the tenth one is proposed to be in Kuwait.

Conference & Exhibition # Period / Location
First 13-14 May, 2003 (Bahrain)
Second 23-25 November, 2004 (Bahrain)
Third 19-22 March, 2006 (Bahrain)
Forth 11-14 November, 2007 (Bahrain)
Fifth 17-19 March, 2009 (Kuwait)
Sixth 19-22 February, 2011 (UAE)
Seventh 17- 20 November 2013 (Qatar)
Eighth 1-4 February 2015 (Oman)
Ninth 8-11 May 2017 (Bahrain)
Tenth x-xx (Kuwait)

Section Officers

Bahrain Section Officers
Year Chair Vice chair Secretary Treasurer
2001 Isa Qamber
2002 Isa Qamber
2003 Isa Qamber Jamal Ahmed Hijres Ravindraprasad Jagannath Abdali Al-Wazeer
2004 Isa Qamber Jamal Ahmed Hijres Ravindraprasad Jagannath Abdali Al-Wazeer
2005 Isa Qamber Jamal Ahmed Hijres Ravindraprasad Jagannath Abdali Al-Wazeer
2006 Isa Qamber Jamal Ahmed Hijres Ravindraprasad Jagannath Abdali Al-Wazeer
2007 Isa Qamber Wafeeq Ajoor Ravindraprasad Jagannath Abdali Al-Wazeer
2008 Isa Qamber Wafeeq Ajoor Wafa Al-Mansoori Abdali Al-Wazeer
2009 Isa Qamber Wafeeq Ajoor Wafa Al-Mansoori Abdali Al-Wazeer
2010 Isa Qamber Wafeeq Ajoor Ahmed El Hamaky Abdali Al-Wazeer
2011 Isa Qamber Wafeeq Ajoor Ahmed El Hamaky Abdali Al-Wazeer
2012 Wafeeq Ajoor Isa Qamber Adel Abdulla Abdali Al-Wazeer
2013 Wafeeq Ajoor Isa Qamber Adel Abdulla Abdali Al-Wazeer
2014 Wafeeq Ajoor Isa Qamber Adel Abdulla Abdali Al-Wazeer
2015 Adel Abdulla Mohab Mangoud Dana Al-Tehmazi Ahmed El Hamaky
2016 Adel Abdulla Mohab Mangoud Ali Zolait Wael El-Medany
2017 Adel Abdulla Mohab Mangoud Ali Zolait Wael El-Medany
2018 Adel Abdulla Belal Zaqaibeh Ali Zolait Hanan Saleh
2019 Eshaa Alkhalifa Ali Zolait Adel Abdulla Hanan Saleh
2020 Eshaa Alkhalifa Ali Zolait Adel Abdulla Husham Ahmed
2021 Ali Zolait Adel Abdulla Sherin Wahedi Husham Ahmed

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