1. 10/5/131
MGA SAC Awards & Growth in IEEE
IEEE All India Student Congress 2013
Jaison Abey Sabu, IEEE MGA SAC Awards Chair

2. About Me
! IEEE Volunteer for 10 years
(GOLD for 6 years)
! Currently volunteering in MGA
– MGA SAC Awards Chair
– SAC Rep, MGA MRR Committee
– MGA vTools Committee member
! Software Development
Manager / Business Analyst at
Cognizant
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3. SAC Awards
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4. Purpose
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“Through its Awards Program, IEEE advances the interests of
its members by recognizing their contributions in advancing the
fields of interest of IEEE for the benefit of society. By this
means, the image and prestige of the organization, its
members, and the profession are all enhanced.”

5. Student Awards
! IEEE Student Enterprise Award
! Larry K. Wilson Regional Student Activities Award
! IEEE Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award
! IEEE Outstanding Branch Counselor and Advisor
Award Recognition Program
! The Darrel Chong Student Activity Award
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6. Student Enterprise Award
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7. Student Enterprise Award
! Financial help to implement ideas for a project
– Technical
– Humanitarian
– Community Service
! Funding of up to USD 1500
! 9 out of 10 in R10 from India
– College of Engineering, Trivandrum - All Kerala Technical
Business Plan Presentation Competition
– Jeppiaar Engineering College - Effective Power Utilization
in Wireless Networks with Hybrid Renewable Energy
Resources in Smart Grid Environment
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8. Larry K. Wilson Regional Student
Activities Award
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9. LKW Award
! Recognize in each region a student member
responsible for extraordinary achievement w.r.t
SAC
! Incumbent RSR is ineligible
! Customized Plaque and 3 years of complementary
IEEE membership
– 2012 : Akshay Menon (Kerala)
– 2013: Karthik Siddavaram (Hyd)
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10. IEEE Regional Exemplary Student
Branch Award
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11. Exemplary SB Award
! Public Recognition of Exemplary SB Operations
– Confirm by IEEE bylaws
– Have an active program
– Support IEEE goals
! Presented to each qualifying SB Award
! Customized Certificate for the Student Branch
– 2013: National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NTIK)
Bangalore Section
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12. IEEE Outstanding Branch
Counselor and Advisor Award
Recognition Program
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13. OBC Award
! Recognize unusual and dedicated efforts of IEEE
Student Branch Counselors
! Approximately 10 each year
! RSACs are ineligible
! Students submit essay nominating counselor
! Prize
– USD 500 + Personalized Certificate for counselor
– USD 200 for the Student Branch
! 10 out of 11 from R10 were from India
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14. The Darrel Chong Student
Activity Award
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15. Darrel Chong Award
! Change SB mindset from number driven to value
driven
! Excellent Organized Activity
– Repeated activity; Consistency
! No limit on number of winners
! Bronze -> Silver -> Gold -> Platinum
! The Student Branch will be presented with a
plaque
! 4 SBs from India hit ‘Silver’
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16. Nominating for Awards
Best Practices
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17. Nominating for Awards
! Creating your resume
! Intangible achievements
! Crisp and to the point; NOT writing essays
! One page resume – MBA Application
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18. A book to read
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19. Intangible Achievements
! Appointed as SAC of IEEE Kerala Section
! Appointed as MGA SAC Awards Chair
! (I realized during my MBA resume preparation
that 80% of what I thought were my
achievements did not matter at all)
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20. ! Student Activities Chair
of IEEE Kerala Section
! MGA SAC Awards Chair
! Initiated the technical
revolution in the section with
the section winning several
awards worth thousands of
dollars. Student members in
the section won multiple
awards including 3 LKWs
! Streamlined all MGA SAC
Student awards to a common
deadline of 1st February. All
awards submission and
evaluations were moved to an
online portal
A tangible Resume
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21. The MGA SAC Awards Team
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22. Changes 2012
! Streamlined all MGA SAC Awards to a common
deadline of 1st February
! Standardized award content on www.ieee.org
• Eligibility Criteria
• Nomination Process
• Deadline
• Evaluation Criteria
• Prize
• Past Winners
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23. Changes 2012
! Nomination Process
ported to an online portal
– https://ieee-student-
awards.myreviewroom.com/
! All nominations received
and tracked centrally
– Regional nominations passed
on for evaluation
! Annual calendar for staff
and volunteers
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24. ! Darrel Chong Awards
– 2011 : 16
– 2012 : 54 (over 3 times growth)
! Outstanding Branch Counselor Award
– 2011 : 17
– 2012 : 28 (over 1.5 times growth)
! Student Enterprise Award
– 2011 : 10
– 2012 : 26 (over 2.5 times growth)
! Exemplary Student Branch
– 2012 : 55 (all regions)
! Larry K Wilson Award
! - 2012 : 48 (all regions)
Student Awards Growth
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25. “If someone nominates
you for an award or if
you consider yourself
eligible to apply, its an
award in itself”
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26. Problems addressed in 2012
! Standardized information for student branches
! Removed manual paper work for student branches
(single awards portal)
! Ease of tracking, measuring and reporting for staff
! Easier to evaluate than before
! Single easy deadline for student branches to
remember
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27. Action items in 2013
! Review all Awards (consider evaluation challenges)
– Evaluation Criteria
– Nomination Template
! Include Retention as a criteria in awards
– Outstanding Student Branch
– Outstanding Branch Counselor
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28. IEEE for Professional and Personal
Growth
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Management,
Leadership,
Soft-skills
Corporate best
practices, strategic
leadership, quality
control, innovation

30. Grow in IEEE
30 10/5/13Chairman, IEEE -CEC
MGA SAC, vTools, MRR
Session @ EPFL, Swiss
Mentor R10 GINI
SAC Kerala Section
SR Kerala Section
R10 SC – Singapore,
Hyderabad
Outstanding Student
Volunteer IEEE-Kerala
(3)
MGA GOLD
Achievement Award

31. Thank You
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“Everybody here has the ability absolutely to do anything I do and much
beyond. Some will, and some won’t. For those who won’t, it will be
because you get in your own way, not because the world doesn’t allow
you.”
Warren Buffett