About IEEE

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers short for IEEE and commonly pronounced as “I triple E” is world largest professional society. It was formed in 1963 by merger of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers. Both of the societies were founded and led by the most prominent minds of their times in the then new field of electrical engineering such as Nikola Tesla, Thomas Alva Edison, Edwin J. Houston, and Edward Weston. Since then IEEE has a mission for Advancing technology for humanity IEEE has over 420,000 members in over 160 countries around the world. For organizational purpose IEEE has divide whole world in 10 regions. Each region comprises of different sections and each section oversees different technical society chapters, student branches, affinity and special interest groups. [Statistical data image about memberships, student branches, sections etc]

About IEEE Karachi Section

The IEEE Karachi Section is located in IEEE region 10 named as IEEE Asia-Pacific Region. It was formed as Sub-Section on 22 May 1978, and later on upgraded to Section on 17 July 1982. It is one of the three Sections in Pakistan i.e. Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. Pakistan also has sub-sections at Peshawar and Bahawalpur as well. IEEE Karachi Section is located in the Southern part of Pakistan and comprises of two Provinces namely, Sindh and Balochistan. The IEEE Karachi Section oversees technical society chapters of Computer Society, Communications Society, Power and Energy Society and a Joint Chapter of Robotics and Automation Society with IEEE Islamabad Section, Affinity Group of IEEE Young Professionals and a Special Interest Group on /humanitarian Technology (SIGHT). IEEE Karachi Section have 30 student branches which includes 3 student chapters of Power and Energy Society, 6 student chapters of Computer society, 3 student chapters of Robotics and Automation society and 5 IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Groups. In 2017, the section is in its 40th year of working. During these so years, many valuable volunteer were associated with the section and kept in alive. The section has seen many ups and downs. It was very active till December 2004 and then reactivated in May 2008 under the leadership of S. Imran ul Haque, 2008 Chair, IEEE Karachi Section. The IEEE Karachi Section regularly organizes and participates in several national and international events both at Student and Professional levels, which includes seminars, exhibitions, congresses, student competitions, project exhibitions, and workshops.

About PSYWSC'19

Interconnecting eminent professionals, aspiring innovators and meritorious engineers from all over Pakistan, the IEEE Pakistan Student / Young Professionals / Women In Engineering / Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology Congress (PSYWSC) is back this year with an ever-more promising experience of the technological advancements happening around the globe. The first episode of IEEE Pakistan Student / Young Professionals / Women In Engineering Congress (PSYWC) was held in 2007 as IEEE PSC, organized by the IEEE Karachi Section under Chairmanship of Om Perkash. This time PSYWSC’19 have been decided to be held in the historical city of Sindh, Sukkur on 15-16 & 17 th of November 2019 with the collaboration of IEEE Student branch Sukkur IBA and IEEE Karachi Section.

This is the era of 21 st century, the era of advanced technologies, It is well accepted that knowledge and information have become new organizational and resources and assets. Determinative of deep changes in the behaviors of the individuals, teams and organizations, these assets have been used to reach sustainable standards of development and growth. The emergence of a new economic paradigm is rooted in the need for the management of these new resources. The new models of business, emerging in a global economy throughout complex networks, have its hard nucleus in a basic activity of the modern value chain: the knowledge management and the creation of value. Therefore, during the last decade, terms like “digital economy”, “information society”, “knowledge society” and “knowledge economy” have arisen as areas of interest and research both in academic and organizational milieus there is no better theme for this year’s congress than “Technological Innovation Through Knowledge Economy”. Its good opportunity to learn about the impact of the technology in country’s socio- economic development, So, Don’t forget to save the dates then! See you this November, 15-16 & 17, 2019.