A session on IEEE Bangladesh Section Membership Development & Activities was held on 8th February, 2018 at Seminar Room, Dept. of EEE, University of Rajshahi. IEEE Bangladesh Section along with IEEE Student Branch RU organized the seminar.
Prof. Dr. Celia Shahnaz, Chair, IEEE Bangladesh Section, Associate Prof. Mr. Yeasir Arafat, Vice Chair (Activity), IEEE Bangladesh Section, Md Zakaria Haider, Secretary, IEEE Bangladesh Section and Md Romael Haque, Treasurer, IEEE Bangladesh Section were present as the honorable speakers of the event. The session started at 3:40 PM. Around 40 students including both IEEE members and non-members were present.
Honorable Chair of IEEE Bangladesh Section, Dr. Celia Shahnaz started her session by sharing her achievements and all the odds she faced along with other trailblazers in bringing the section in such a magnificent position. She put lights on the different tracks the section has worked on in the last few years for the professional and ethical development of the members.
In the second session Mr. Yeasir Arafat, Vice Chair (Activity), IEEE Bangladesh Section, shared the challenges IEEE Bangladesh Section faced in the previous years and the honors IEEE Bangladesh Section achieved. He also shed some light on the continuation of these achievements.
Then, in his session, MD. Romael Haque, Treasurer of IEEE Bangladesh Section, showed the membership growth of the section which is the highest in the entire world. He further showed all the awards the section or the maestros of the section have achieved.
Later, Mohammad Zakaria Haider, Secretary of IEEE Bangladesh Section, discussed how to develop a humanitarian project as well as how IEEE Bangladesh Section has patronized different humanitarian activities which resulted to be the best section in humanitarian activities worldwide.
In the Session Dr. Mirza Rashidul Hasan, Professor, Dept. of EEE, University of Rajshahi, Dr. Muhammad Sajjadur Rahim, Associate Professor, Dept. of EEE, University of Rajshahi and Dr. Sinthia Shabnam, Associate Professor, Dept. of EEE, University of Rajshahi were present in the session. At the end of the session speakers were given gifts as a token of gratitude and a group photo was taken.