Established: In 2021 as Meritorious Achievement Award
Description: To recognize especially meritorious contribution in the area of education like continuing education/accreditation/informal education/innovation in education by IEEE Bombay Section Members at the time application.
Administration: Administered by IEEE Bombay Section Awards Committee
Eligibility: Active IEEE Membership for at least two years from the year of announcement of the award
Nominee Solicitation: IEEE Bombay Section will call for Nominations from all the Eligible members in April/May and the last date of submission will be 31st May.
Prize: Plaque (Eight Awards as listed below)
Selection / Declaration: IEEE Bombay Section will declare the winner by 31st June
Basis for Judging: Significant Contribution in
- Improving the vitality of an IEEE Student Branch with regard to activities specific to the committee/affinity group, membership, or finances.
- Effective interaction of the Branch with the local Section or Region, or IEEE technical societies, e.g., seminars, conferences;
- Community involvement that benefits the school and/or the community, the image of the IEEE, and the image of engineering in general.
Committee: One Committee Chair, Awards Committee Chair and One Execom Member
Presentation: Award will be presented at Section’s Major Event, preferably, during AGM
Frequency: Annually. Award will not be given if candidate is not found eligible by the committee.
Publicity: The award and recipients’ names will be posted on the IEEE Bombay Section’s website.
Categories:
| Sr. No. | Name of the Award | Basis for Judging |
| 1 | Best Student Branch | Current membership count, growth of members, Number of seminars, symposiums, colloquiums conducted in the year, Papers published/presented in various forum by members, awards won by members |
| 2 | Best Student Branch Counselor | Meritorious contribution by the counsellors through their work as Counsellors and Advisors to the educational, personal, professional, and technical development of students in IEEE related fields of interest. |
| 3 | Best Student Volunteer | Meritorious Achievements in Volunteering, Membership, Active Participation in Section Events |
| 4 | WIE Volunteer of the Year | Meritorious Achievements in Volunteering, Contribution for the visions of WIE, Impact of activities over the society, Novelty of the approach, Outreach & societal Impact, Efforts in Improving WIE professional membership |
| 5 | Young Professional of the Year | Professional and Collaborative activities conducted, Efforts taken to expand the sectional/regional/global network of IEEE Young Professionals, Efforts taken for Student to Young Professional member elevation |
| 6 | Best Student Volunteer of Chapter/Society of the Section | Meritorious Achievements in Volunteering for any society/chapter activities, Membership, Active Participation in Section Events |
| 7 | Best Student Chapter/Society of the Section | Submission of Annual Report to section, Participation and Contribution in section events, Relevance of Activities conducted with goals of IEEE |
| 8. | Best Student Volunteer of Standing Committee of the Section | Meritorious Achievements in Volunteering for any society/chapter activities, Membership, Active Participation in Section Events |
Instructions for Filling Nominations:
- Please fill up nomination form if you are an active member only.
- All fields in the form should be filled carefully with proper dates and details
- Endorsement requirements must be fulfilled.
- Nominees need to make a single pdf file consisting of endorsements and other documents if any, and then upload the pdf on the portal itself.
ENDORSEMENTS
- In addition to the nominator, two current IEEE members (Excluding Student Members) must endorse this nomination.
- Please supply the names and IEEE membership numbers of the endorsers.
- For any student related award Branch Counselor should be one of Endorser.
- For best student volunteer award one endorsement should be from the Chapter Chair and other should be from Branch Counselor.
- One Branch counselor should not endorse more than One Student per branch.
- For branch counselor award one endorsement should be from the Head of Institution.
- In case more than One endorsement received from the Branch Counselor for Single Award, all those entries will be disqualified.
- A letter of endorsement from each of the named endorsers must be submitted along with this nomination, or Endorsers may separately send their Endorsement via e-mail to awards@ieeebombay.org.