ISV South Asia WG conducts online workshop

Vidya gives essential support to the deserving children from underprivileged communities by engaging in various improvement activities under the auspices of IEEE Smart Village (ISV). Vidya is chosen as the only South Indian centre Student Centre for IEEE Smart Village (ISV) to spread such activities. Currently Vidya has started initiatives in Thrissur, Tirunelveli (TN) and Bhubaneshwar (Orissa) with the student centre support and is supporting Mizoram, Assam, Maharashtra etc. via the national lead, Dr Sudha Balagopalan (Dean Academics, Lead, ISV South Asia Working Group).

Dr Sudha Balagopalan (Dean-Academics) is leading all the activities and has been contributing immensely well with the role as the Chair of the Vocational Awareness Initiative , ISV South Asia WG Mentoring and implementing student projects for empowering underserved communities via sustainable livelihood creation through adaptation of technology has also been started with great vigor and students are contributing to the same with immense verve.

Vidya raised 7 projects last time in the IdearRun contest in the national scene and one got awarded and another was selected for poster presentation.

Dr Sudha Balagopalan (Dean-Academics) proposed vote of thanks .The feedback collected was excellent.About 110 academics, students and ISV members participated and gave an excellent feedback to the session (attached).

The program was co-ordinated by Dr Sunitha C (Institutional Co-ordinator , Vice Principal and HoD, AIML) and Ms Akhila R (ISV Nodal Centre and IEEE Faculty Cousellor, Asst Prof, EEE Dept).