A hybrid program that offers 2hours of hands-on experience on every weekend, allowing students to learn the fundamentals of electronics from scratch. By the end of which, students will have the knowledge and skills to build their own electronic prototypes and solve real-time problems. Total no. of Participants: 36

Resource Person Name with Designation: Mr. Mariselvan Arumugam, PMRF, EEE Dept. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli Description of the event The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, New Horizon College of Engineering Organized an Online Guest lecture on ‘Phasor estimation algorithms and applications in protective relaying’ in association with the IEEE PELS Student Branch chapter. The session was handled by Mr. Mariselvan Arumugam, PMRF, EEE Dept. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli.  The resource person clearly explained about the Faults and maneuvers in the system may trigger undesirable voltage and current waveforms of non-fundamental frequency that may affect the performance of protection and control systems. In this context, the proposed method aims to improve the characteristic of filtering out undesirable frequency components of signals. Comparisons are made in relation to time response and frequency response for the proposed method and four classical phasor estimation methods. A distance relay was implemented by using the MODELS language of the ATP (Alternative Transients Program) in order to evaluate the relay performance. As expected, for the proposed method, the relay exhibited good performance in terms of accuracy. In terms of relay speed, the method showed a performance comparable to that of the other methods. Theoretically, the phasor estimation proposed method here has a better frequency response than those of the four used methods. Besides, it has a response time fully compatible with these methods. Another advantage of the proposed method is that it can be easily programmed, allowing users to change design parameters according to their needs. The eminent expert from the NIT delivered the lecture and his talk has been very well received by the 94 participants. 90 Students and 4 faculty members benefitted. Total no.of Participants: 94

Membership Drive Initiative from the IEEE PELS Bangalore section and special thanks to Prof.Sanjib  K. Panda for making this happen. Date: 11-4-23 (Tuesday) Time: 18.00Hrs to 19Hrs IST. Schedule 6.00 PM – 6.10 PM   - Benefits of IEEE Student Membership – IEEE PELS Past President, Prof. Liuchen Chang (IEEE PELS Past Chair, Chair of ITRD) 6.10 PM – 6.20 PM   Benefits of IEEE Student Membership – IEEE PELS Vice-President, Prof. Xu Dehong  (Membership and Chapter Development) 6.20 PM – 6.30 PM   Benefits of IEEE PELS Student Membership, Funding opportunities, membership strategies - Regional Chair, Prof. Sanjib K. Panda (National University of Singapore) 6.30 PM – 6.35 PM   India PELS happening – IEEE PELS Country Liaison (India) Prof. Srinivas Karanki  6.35 PM – 6.40 PM   PELS Bangalore Chapter 2023 Chair, Dr. K.Deepa 6.40 PM -  7.00 PM  Question  & answer sessions   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event Snapshot: An online talk on “Insights into IEEE PELS” was organized by the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) Bangalore Chapter on 11th April 2023 from 6:00 -7:00 pm (Indian Standard Time). This event was open to all IEEE PELS members from all over India. Ms. Chaitanya. L, secretary of IEEE PELS Bangalore Chapter started the event with a warm welcome followed by Dr. Kaushik Basu, past chair, of IEEE PELS Bangalore Chapter who introduced Prof. Liuchen Chang, immediate past president of IEEE PELS and chair of ITRD. The audience was provided with insights on the benefits of IEEE, as well as PELS Student Membership and the free membership code for the first year. PELS Student Membership was announced by Prof. Chang. Mr. Vishal introduced Prof. Dehong Xu, PELS vice president of membership and chapter Development, who then addressed the attendees with the benefits of IEEE, along with Student Membership opportunities. Dr. Manitha, SAAC Chair, IEEE PELS Bangalore Chapter, introduced Regional Chair, Prof. Sanjib K. Panda (National University. of Singapore) who addressed the audience with the benefits of IEEE PELS student membership, funding opportunities, and membership strategies. Finally, Dr. Shefali, EXECOM member, IEEE PELS Bangalore Chapter, introduced Prof. Srinivas Karanki who highlighted the India PELS happening-IEEE PELS Country Liaison (India). A detailed discussion helped students get a deeper understanding of the IEEE Society-linked Student Branch Chapter and think about their interests and opportunities. Dr. Deepa, Chair, IEEE PELS Bangalore Chapter, discussed the highlights of PELS Bangalore Chapter 2022 and various events conducted by the Chapter. The session ended with an interactive questions and answers session by the active participants. The meeting was a boon for all the IEEE student members who will be able to utilize the forum and the community for their growth and betterment and contribute towards an ever-growing chapter. The positive comments and feedback along with appreciation from nearly 246 participants gave the committee a motivation to conduct even better insightful events in the future. Finally, this talk was concluded with a vote of thanks by Ms. Chaitanya. L.