Dean, Vidya staff members and students attend the webinar hosted by IEEE Smart Village South Asia WG

IEEE Smart Village integrates sustainable electricity, education, and entrepreneurial solutions to empower off-grid communities. Vidya staff members also extend a helping hand to ensure equal access to education to the needy students.

Vidya is selected as Nodal Centre for IEEE Smart Village (ISV) . The volunteers from Vidya are on a mission to achieve glorious milestones with the wholehearted support from Vidya staff members under the leadership of Dr Sudha Balagopalan (Dean Academics & Professor, EEE Dept) who is also honored with the role as Lead – Vocational Awareness, ISV South Asia Working Group.

IEEE Smart Village (ISV) delivers three interrelated and interdependent pillars – Energy, Education and Entrepreneurship. To continue the journey for excellence, a webinar hoisted by IEEE Smart Village South Asia Working Group was held on 28 April 2023.Dr Rajan Kapur (IEEE Smart Village Global President) presented the VAST Nodal centre at the Board of Governors’ Meeting of IEEE.

Dr Sudha Balagopalan (Dean Academics, Professor, EEE Dept), Mr Praveesh V V (Asst Prof, EEE Dept), Dr Siju K C (Head of VSEC and Asst Prof, AS Dept), Dr Sobha A P (Asso Prof, AS Dept), Ms Nirmala Krishnan (Asst Prof, CE Dept), Ms Akhila R (Asst Prof,  EEE Dept) and Ms Anooja V S (Asst Prof, EEE Dept) and student volunteers  attended the meeting.