PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES:

Advances in science and engineering increasingly require the collaboration of scholars from various fields. This shift is driven by the need to address complex problems that cut across traditional disciplines, and the capacity of new technologies to both transform existing disciplines and generate new ones. At the same time, however, interdisciplinary research can be impeded by policies on hiring, promotion, tenure, proposal review, and resource allocation that favor traditional disciplines.

The mission of the professional societies is primarily educational and informational. Their influence flows from their continuing and highly visible functions: to publish professional journals, to develop professional excellence, to raise public awareness, and to make awards.

Students are provided opportunities to join as members in the professional societies mentioned below :

Student Activities carried out through Professional Society are following:

1. Student participated in Technical Poster Competition on Research & Innovative Project Proposals & Technical Quiz, organised by Association for Computing Machinery Student Chapter and CSI Student Branch Techno International Batanagar, 15th February 2019.A total of 15 teams from different institutions across the state competed in the final round presenting their project and research ideas. Out of 15, 10 were innovative project proposals and 5 were from research. The winner of the event was from Techno International Batanagar. The 1^st and 2^nd runner-ups were from Techno International New Town. The event witnessed Technical Quiz Contest in the second half which also attracted participation from different institutes of the state.

2. A seminar on “BlockChain & Recent Trends in Computing” Resource Person: Dr.Debashis De,Professor of MaulanaAbulKalam Azad University of Technology and Dr.Arpan Pal, Chief Scientist of Research & Development of TCS Research and Innovation, organised by Association for Computing Machinery Student Chapter and CSI Student Branch Techno International Batanagar, 8^thMarch 2019.

3. Student participation in “CSI – West Bengal State Student Convention on Security and Cyber Security”.The event witnessed a galaxy of delegates :Prof. A. K. Nayak, Vice President cum President Elect, Computer Society of India, Padma Shri Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray, Ex-Vice Chairman, Ex-Director ,BESU,IIEST,Mr.Ajoyendra Mukherjee, EVP & Global HR Head, Tata Consultancy Service,Prof. Atal Chaudhuri, Vice Chancellor, VSSUT (Burla Univ.), Odisha,Prof.(Dr.) TirthankarDutta, Principal, NetajiSubhash Engineering College, Prof.(Dr.) RadhaTamalGoswami , Director , Techno International New Town, Dr.AnupamGhosh, Professor (Dept of CSE), Techno India Group, Ms.ParamaMukhopadhyay, Asst.Prof. Institute of Law, Kolkata Police,Mr.GautamHajra, Vice-Chairman cum Chairman Elect, Computer Society of India, Kolkata, Prof. D.P. Sinha, Past Regional Vice President , Computer Society of India, 31^stMar 2019.: - Professor Atal Chaudhuri, Vice chancellor, VSSUT (Burla Univ.), Odisha, delivered a technical session on Security In student activity track, there parallel tracks were scheduled. The first track was Student Paper Presentation in which research papers were presented by students from multiple institutes of the state.In the second track of Student Poster Competition , the student participation was from RCC Institute of Information Technology, TechnoInternational New Town Kolkata, Techno International Batanagar Kolkata .The third track was Expert Panelon Internet Protocol Standards (IICB Program) the resource persons wereMr.SushantaSinha, Senior Consultant, TCS, Mr.Abhijan Bhattacharyya, Scientist, TCS Innovation Lab.

4. Seminars conducted in association with IEEE, KOLKATA Student Chapter:

i) A seminar on “IEEE Membership Awareness Program and Research Oriented Learnig Appproach” Resource Person: Prof.  (Dr.)Atanu Kundu (Chair), Prof. (Dr.)Angsuman Sarkar (Secretary), Prof. Manash Chanda, Jt. Secretary, IEEE EDS Kolkata Chapter  9^th Aug 2017

ii) A seminar on “Function Circuit Design & Applications” Resource Person: Dr. Mousiki Kar, Senior Member, IEEE, Chairperson, IEEE EDS Kolkata Chapter, 9th Nov 2017

iii). A seminar on “Semiconductor Materials and Devices” Resource Person: Dr. Sanatan Chattopadhyay (Professor, Department of Electronic Science, University of Calcutta), Dr. Sunanda Dhar (Former Professor, Department of Electronic Science, University of Calcutta) University of Calcutta), Dr.Sunanda Dhar (Former Professor, Department of Electronic Science, University of Calcutta), 11th Sept 2019

5. Technical Talk Sessions conducted by IEEE, KOLKATA Student Chapter:

i) Technical Talk Session organized by TIB IEEE Student Branch on "Low Power VLSI Design", Resource Person : Dr. Soumya Pandit, Executive Committee Member, IEEE EDS Kolkata Chapter, Assistant Professor, Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, on 20th Feb, 2018

ii) Technical Talk Session on “Future Challenges and Advanced Innovations in VLSI Design”  Resource Person: Prof Subir Kumar Sarkar, Senior Member IEEE & IEEE Distinguished Lecturer of Electron Device Society, Professor & Former Head, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Jadavpur University, 29^th March, 2018

iii) Technical Talk Session on "Introduction to Embedded Systems" organized by TIB IEEE Student Branch, Speaker: Mr. Alokesh Ghosh, Joint Director, CDAC, 17th Aug, 2018

iv)Technical Talk Session on "Hazards of Cell Phone" organized by TIB IEEE Student Branch, Resource Person: Dr. Monojit Mitra (Professor & Head, Dept. of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, IIEST, Shibpur), 15^th Nov, 2018

v) Technical Talk Session on "TV Broadcasting in the Digital Era"  Resource Person: Sk Nazrul Islam, IB(E)S, Deputy Director General (ENGG.) , All India Radio & Doordarshan (East Zone), 19^th Sept 2019.

6.ECE Students attended the 39th Annual General Meeting of the IEEE Kolkata Section, 2018 on 15^th Jan, 2018