IEEE Trinidad and Tobago Section History

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IEEE Trinidad and Tobago Section History
Established date 2005-11-12
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Sub-section Background

The Trinidad and Tobago Subsection of the IEEE was created on February 13th, 2003 after being approved by the Region 9 Regional Activitites Board (RAB). The subsection was led by an interim steering committee who later became the first executive of the IEEE Subsection. This executive comprised of:

Chairman - Alvin Lutchman
Vicechairman - Chandrabhan Sharma
Treasurer - Cathy Radix
Secretary - Fernando Castellanos
Public Relations Officer - Ravi Shukla

The Trindad and Tobago Sub-section was to the nearby Colombia Section.

Background as Section

On November 12th, 2005, the Board of Directors of the IEEE, based on the recommendation of the Region 9 Director, Francisco Martinez, approved the elevation of the IEEE T&T Subsection to Full Section status.

Today, the IEEE T&T Section comprises of over 200 members, five chapters, the GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Affinity Group and the Student Branch of the T&T Section.

The Trinidad and Tobago Section maintains very close ties with the Colombia Section, mainly due to expat travel and business links between the two Countries.

Section Officers

The Trindada and Tobago Section chair attended the 2008 IEEE Sections Congress in Quebec City.

Trinidad and Tobago Section Officers
Year Chair Vice chair Secretary Treasurer
2003 Alvin Lutchman
2004 Alvin Lutchman C Sharma F Castellanos Cathy-Ann Radix
2005 Alvin Lutchman C Sharma F Castellanos Cathy-Ann Radix
2006 Alvin Lutchman Kit Fai Pun F Castellanos Cathy-Ann Radix
2007 Alvin Lutchman Kit Fai Pun / C Sharma F Castellanos Cathy-Ann Radix
2008 C Sharma F Castellanos Kit Fai Pun Fasil Muddeen
2009 C Sharma F Castellanos Kit Fai Pun Fasil Muddeen
2010 Fasil Muddeen Fasil Muddeen Nirmala Baldeo Trevor Babwah
2011 Fasil Muddeen Fasil Muddeen Nirmala Baldeo Trevor Babwah
2012 Fasil Muddeen Sanjay Bahadoorsingh Tremayne Flanders Anthony Chadee
2013 Fasil Muddeen Sanjay Bahadoorsingh Tremayne Flanders Anthony Chadee
2014 Sanjay Bahadoorsingh Wayne Small Samantha Sambeharry Arvind Singh
2015 Sanjay Bahadoorsingh Wayne Small Samantha Sambeharry Arvind Singh
2016 Wayne Small Colin Gopaul Alana Friday Juliet Romeo-Joseph
2017 Wayne Small Colin Gopaul Kevin Grant Juliet Romeo-Joseph
2018 Colin Gopaul Laura Bigram Kevin Grant Kevin Thompson
2019 Colin Gopaul Laura Bigram Kevin Grant Kevin Thompson
2020 Kevin Grant Amalia Hosein Karishma-Devi Siewdass Kevin Thompson
2021 Kevin Grant Amalia Hosein Karishma-Devi Siewdass Kevin Thompson

Archival Documents

Further Reading

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