IEEE Trinidad and Tobago Section History
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Established date | 2005-11-12 |
IEEE Region | 9 |
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Geographic region | Trinidad and Tobago |
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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.
Year | Chair | Vice chair | Secretary | Treasurer |
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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 |