IEEE Kharagpur Section History

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IEEE Kharagpur Section History
Established date 1985-05-31
IEEE Region 10
IEEE Council India
Geographic region Kharagpur
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2007 Section Chair

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

Kharagpur 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

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