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MGA SAC Awards & Growth in IEEE

IEEE All India Student Congress 2013

Jaison Abey Sabu, IEEE MGA SAC Awards Chair

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About Me

!   IEEE Volunteer for 10 years (GOLD for 6 years)

!   Currently volunteering in MGA – MGA SAC Awards Chair – SAC Rep, MGA MRR Committee – MGA vTools Committee member

!   Software Development Manager / Business Analyst at Cognizant

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SAC Awards

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Purpose

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“Through its Awards Program, IEEE advances the interests of its members by recognizing their contributions in advancing the

fields of interest of IEEE for the benefit of society. By this means, the image and prestige of the organization, its

members, and the profession are all enhanced.”

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Student Awards

!   IEEE Student Enterprise Award

!   Larry K. Wilson Regional Student Activities Award

!   IEEE Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award

!   IEEE Outstanding Branch Counselor and Advisor Award Recognition Program

!   The Darrel Chong Student Activity Award

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Student Enterprise Award

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Student Enterprise Award

!   Financial help to implement ideas for a project – Technical – Humanitarian – Community Service

!   Funding of up to USD 1500

!   9 out of 10 in R10 from India – College of Engineering, Trivandrum - All Kerala Technical Business Plan Presentation Competition – Jeppiaar Engineering College - Effective Power Utilization in Wireless Networks with Hybrid Renewable Energy Resources in Smart Grid Environment

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Larry K. Wilson Regional Student Activities Award

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LKW Award

!   Recognize in each region a student member responsible for extraordinary achievement w.r.t SAC

!   Incumbent RSR is ineligible

!   Customized Plaque and 3 years of complementary IEEE membership

– 2012 : Akshay Menon (Kerala) – 2013: Karthik Siddavaram (Hyd)

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IEEE Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award

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Exemplary SB Award

!   Public Recognition of Exemplary SB Operations – Confirm by IEEE bylaws – Have an active program – Support IEEE goals

!   Presented to each qualifying SB Award

!   Customized Certificate for the Student Branch

– 2013: National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NTIK) Bangalore Section

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IEEE Outstanding Branch Counselor and Advisor Award Recognition Program

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OBC Award

!   Recognize unusual and dedicated efforts of IEEE Student Branch Counselors

!   Approximately 10 each year

!   RSACs are ineligible

!   Students submit essay nominating counselor

!   Prize – USD 500 + Personalized Certificate for counselor – USD 200 for the Student Branch

!   10 out of 11 from R10 were from India 13 10/5/13

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The Darrel Chong Student Activity Award

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Darrel Chong Award

!   Change SB mindset from number driven to value driven

!   Excellent Organized Activity – Repeated activity; Consistency

!   No limit on number of winners

!   Bronze -> Silver -> Gold -> Platinum

!   The Student Branch will be presented with a plaque

!   4 SBs from India hit ‘Silver’ 15 10/5/13

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Nominating for Awards

Best Practices

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Nominating for Awards

!   Creating your resume

!   Intangible achievements

!   Crisp and to the point; NOT writing essays

!   One page resume – MBA Application

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A book to read

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Intangible Achievements

!   Appointed as SAC of IEEE Kerala Section

!   Appointed as MGA SAC Awards Chair

!   (I realized during my MBA resume preparation that 80% of what I thought were my achievements did not matter at all)

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!   Student Activities Chair of IEEE Kerala Section

!   MGA SAC Awards Chair

!   Initiated the technical revolution in the section with the section winning several awards worth thousands of dollars. Student members in the section won multiple awards including 3 LKWs

!   Streamlined all MGA SAC Student awards to a common deadline of 1st February. All awards submission and evaluations were moved to an online portal

A tangible Resume

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The MGA SAC Awards Team

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Changes 2012

!   Streamlined all MGA SAC Awards to a common deadline of 1st February

!   Standardized award content on www.ieee.org •  Eligibility Criteria •  Nomination Process • Deadline •  Evaluation Criteria •  Prize •  Past Winners

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Changes 2012

!   Nomination Process ported to an online portal – https://ieee-student-awards.myreviewroom.com/

!   All nominations received and tracked centrally – Regional nominations passed on for evaluation

!   Annual calendar for staff and volunteers

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!   Darrel Chong Awards –  2011 : 16 –  2012 : 54 (over 3 times growth)

!   Outstanding Branch Counselor Award –  2011 : 17 –  2012 : 28 (over 1.5 times growth)

!   Student Enterprise Award –  2011 : 10 –  2012 : 26 (over 2.5 times growth)

!   Exemplary Student Branch –  2012 : 55 (all regions)

!   Larry K Wilson Award

!   - 2012 : 48 (all regions)

Student Awards Growth

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“If someone nominates you for an award or if you consider yourself

eligible to apply, its an award in itself”

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Problems addressed in 2012

!   Standardized information for student branches

!   Removed manual paper work for student branches (single awards portal)

!   Ease of tracking, measuring and reporting for staff

!   Easier to evaluate than before

!   Single easy deadline for student branches to remember

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Action items in 2013

!   Review all Awards (consider evaluation challenges) – Evaluation Criteria – Nomination Template

!   Include Retention as a criteria in awards – Outstanding Student Branch – Outstanding Branch Counselor

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IEEE for Professional and Personal Growth

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Management, Leadership, Soft-skills

Corporate best practices, strategic leadership, quality control, innovation

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Grow in IEEE

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MGA SAC, vTools, MRR

Session @ EPFL, Swiss

Mentor R10 GINI

SAC Kerala Section

SR Kerala Section

R10 SC – Singapore, Hyderabad

Outstanding Student Volunteer IEEE-Kerala (3)

MGA GOLD Achievement Award

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Thank You

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“Everybody here has the ability absolutely to do anything I do and much beyond. Some will, and some won’t. For those who won’t, it will be because you get in your own way, not because the world doesn’t allow you.”

Warren Buffett