2016 IEEE Region 10 Student. Young Professional. Women in Engineering. Life Member Congress (SYWLC) was held in Bangalore, India on 25th to 27th of August. The congress has brought together more than 250 participants representing students, lecturers, engineers and practitioners from all over Asia Pacific region. This congress also been done in conjunction of Region 10 50th Anniversary Celebration.
2 participants from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) participated the congress and won the IEEE Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award. From almost 1,300 student branches, around 50 of them in their nominations and only 5 student branches were being awarded. Besides UPM, there were also University Vishveswarayya College of Engineering Bangalore (Bangalore Section), College of Engineering Chengannur (Kerala Section), Taxila Univ Of Engineering And Tech (Islamabad Section) and The University of Melbourne (Victorian Section).
This congress that was held for the 4th time aims to increase network collaborations among members and to expose Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) members to various types of programs created under the IEEE for the benefit of all members. The programs are such as IEEE vTools training, IEEE Collabratec, building career through IEEE and IEEE Xtreme. In addition, congress participants are given the motivation and are encouraged to engage more actively in IEEE and get the fullest benefits from these activities.
Among the activities held during the congress was the award ceremony night where IEEE acknowledges the hard work of the volunteers of IEEE and multicultural night where all countries participated in this congress opened a booth and promote their country’s culture, food and lifestyle. Malaysia section has been awarded first place for the best stall during the multicultural night. During the day, the participants are given talks regarding engineering and IEEE world.
In conclusion, this program will not only enhance the participants’ network collaborations, it even improve their communication skills, experiencing cultural exchanges between countries, exposing participants to the importance of IEEE programs to the world as well as enhancing the knowledge of participants, especially in the implementation of a program.
