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Objectives of SIGHTPrerequisites to form a SIGHTSeed grantsSIGHT Steering CommitteeCurrent active SIGHTsSIGHT resourcesSIGHT informational materials

In recent years, IEEE has placed greatemphasis on Humanitarian TechnologyActivities, instituting the HumanitarianAd Hoc Committee (HAHC) in 2011. Aspart of a strategic effort towardmember engagement, HAHC has instituted a program called Special Interest Group onHumanitarian Technology (SIGHT).

Objectives of SIGHT

To promote the mission of IEEE regarding humanitarian technology activities,particularly:

To bring together members/IEEE OUs working in or wishing to work inhumanitarian fields and to encourage and promote them in activities that usehumanitarian technologies by giving them an opportunity for participation.Increasing awareness of IEEE members and engineers of the potential of theirwork to improve the standard of living of underserved populations, andencouraging them to increase efforts in this direction.To engage with NGOs, Civil Society Organizations, UN Organizations,Corporates, and other similar bodies to synergize efforts in delivering usefuland sustainable technologies in their operations.To work with other bodies in the global engineering community who havesimilar goals and help each other in delivering to the ideals and participate injoint activities like Engineering for Change (E4C).

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Prerequisites to form a SIGHT

Six or more IEEE members in good standing and passionate in humanitarian technologyactivities centered on one or more above interest areas. Members must be affiliated toSection or Student branch. For Sections, at least three of those signatories must berepresentatives from two different chapters.

The prospective SIGHT will need to have an affiliation to a section or student branchonly. The prospective SIGHT will need to submit an application requesting formation of aSIGHT.

Application:

If you are interested in forming a SIGHT group, you may apply by completing thepetition (PDF, 267 KB) and submitting the application materials to the SIGHT SteeringCommittee for review via:E-mail: Holly Schneider Brown (e-mail preferred method)Fax: +1 732 463 3657Mail: SIGHT Steering Committee445 Hoes LanePiscataway, NJ 08854-4141USA

Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT)

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Seed grants

To help set IEEE SIGHT Group activities in motion, the Humanitarian Ad HocCommittee has decided to award initial seed grants of US$250 to each of thefirst 50 SIGHT Groups formed.

If you are interested in forming a SIGHT Group, complete the petition as soon aspossible to qualify for US$250 that will aid in kicking off your SIGHT Group'sideas and activities.

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SIGHT Steering Committee

Kartik Kulkarni (Chair)Ed AokiAlfredo Herrera (Engagement Subcommittee Chair)Nirupama Prakash KumarRay Larsen (Projects Subcommittee Chair)Raj MadhavanDeepak Mathur (Operations Subcommittee Chair)Eduardo NavarroJay PearlmanArjun PillaiSampathkumar VeeraraghavanPrasanna VenkatesanHolly Schneider Brown (Staff Lead)

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Current active SIGHTs

SIGHT for Low Cost Remote Virtual Educational Platform (India)1.

IEEE Teacher in Service Program, India TISP India SIGHT2.

IEEE Bangalore Section R-10, India (TOCE)3.

IEEE Sahaaya (India)4.

SIGHT Region 9 (Colombia)5.

IEEE RAS SIGHT (USA)6.

DISHA (India)7.

SIGHT Colombia8.

NITK SIGHT, Assistive Technology for Orthopedic Applications (India)9.

SIGHT Bolivia10.

IEEE HK SIGHT (China)11.

IEEE Madras Section SIGHT (India)12.

SIGHT Chile13.

SIGHT Canada R714.

MY-SIGHT4REHAB (Malaysia)15.

Bombay SIGHT Pratham (India)16.

Kerala Section SIGHT17.

SIGHT Troubled Humanity (Malaysia)18.

SIGHT Reva-Jeeva (India)19.

Universidad Diego Portales IEEE SIGHT (Chile)20.

SIGHT e-Health & Telemedicine (Indonesia)21.

SIGHT FLASH (Bangladesh)22.

IEEE Karachi SIGHT (Pakistan)23.


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Humanitarian Technologies HuT (India)24.

Singapore SIGHT25.

Education Through Communication SIGHT (USA)26.

Jeppiaar Engineering College SIGHT (India)27.

Argentina28.

SIGHT UC (Chile)29.

CARG SIGHT (Bangladesh)30.

SIGHT Guatemala31.

SIGHT Santa Clara Valley (USA)32.

IEEE CEC SIGHT (India)33.

I.E.S. SIGHT (India)34.

SCT SIGHT (India)35.

SIGHT TAHA (India)36.

VJCET SIGHT (India)37.

SIGHT NZN (New Zealand)38.

Humanitarian Initiatives Committee, Ottawa (Canada)39.

SIGHT Treasure Valley (USA)40.

SIGHT PUC MINAS (Brazil)41.

BEC IEEE SIGHT (India)42.

Puebla Section SIGHT (Mexico)43.

San Diego Section SIGHT (USA)44.

Mount Zion College (MZCET) SIGHT (India)45.

KMCT College SIGHT (India)46.

IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section SIGHT47.

Delhi Section48.

BRIDGES - Nicaragua Section49.

Montreal Section50.

MSRIT (India)51.

Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaso (Chile)52.

Southern Alberta Section53.

Toronto Section54.

Lahore Section55.

Kenya Section56.

Philadelphia Section57.

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SIGHT resources

The Engineering for Change Webinar Series promotes emerging ideas inengineering for global development and connects you with a passionatecommunity of practitioners who are leading the way to a better quality of lifearound the world. Every seminar will expand your knowledge anddemonstrate how technology-based solutions are addressing real-world issuesin underserved communities. Attendance is easy and FREE.Engineering for Change provides a forum to connect, collaborate, solvechallenges, and share knowledge among a growing community of engineers,technologists, social scientists, NGOs, local governments, and communityadvocates, who are dedicated to improving the quality of life all over theworld.

SIGHT informational materials

Everything you will need from finding out about what SIGHT is, what it does, and how to


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get involved or start your own SIGHT group.

New SIGHT Group Petition (DOC, 97 KB)Guidelines for Submittal of SIGHT Projects (PDF, 683 KB)SIGHT How to Brochure (PDF, 847 KB)SIGHT Project Guidelines (PDF, 800 KB)Bangalore ENABLE Poster (PDF, 257 KB)Colombia ENABLE Poster (PDF, 186 KB)Colombia INSPIRE Poster (PDF, 175 KB)R9 Inspire Poster (PDF, 214 KB)R9 Connect Poster (PDF, 192 KB)R9 SIGHT Poster (PDF, 563 KB)Inspire, Enable, Connect Poster 1 (PDF, 677 KB)Inspire, Enable, Connect Poster 2 (PDF, 310 KB)SIGHT Informational Poster (PDF, 359 KB)Get Involved with SIGHT Poster (PDF, 368 KB)SIGHT Bi-Annual Status Report Template (PPT, 875 KB)


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