Event

IEEE Communication Society (ComSoc) Bangalore jointly with ComSoc Kerala Chapter launches the annual event specially for graduates (PG and PhD) students/scholars. IEEE Student Branch, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru, is happy to host the first edition of this congress from March 29-30, 2019. In this congress, graduated students in the previous year; for example, for the event in March 2019, all students who graduated (Final thesis defense/viva completed) in 2018 would submit the synopsis and other details as mentioned below and present their work in 7 minutes to the audience and panellists. Based on the work quality and other details, 4 best ME/MTech/MS/ thesis and 3 best PhD thesis (total great 7) will be awarded. The award will carry 20,000/- INR for each PhD and 15,000/- INR for each MS/ME/MTech and Certificate of recognition. The certificate will also be given to corresponding Supervisor/Co-Supervisor in recognition as the best supervisor/Co-supervisor of the year.

The first edition of the congress is planned from March 29-30 in Bangalore. All eligible graduated students of 2018 from Karnataka state and Kerala State can submit their synopsis.

• Candidate has to submit the details online and must register for the congress
• Call for submission will open on November 30, 2018
• Submission dead line February 3, 2019
• Notification of the shortlisted thesis February 28, 2019
• Candidate has to make his/her own travel arrangements and stay (however, we may help them to get cost effective stay in guest house, hostels of some of the colleges nearby)

Eligibility Criteria

1. The institution from where ME/M TEch/MS is completed should belong to the state Karnataka and Kerala
2. Thesis must have been defended (final viva voce completed) between January 1, 2018 till December 31, 2018
3. The area should be Communication and Networking related

Procedures of Evaluation

1. Initial screening of submission by Technical Organizing Committees and experts
2. The panellist (experts from the domain area) who will be going through the short listed synopsis.
3. Presentation by candidate during the congress.
4. Feedback ( form will be distributed) from audience collected during the presentation

The following document submissions are required: (Each attachment should not be more than 200kB)

1. Synopsis about 5-6 pages
2. Abstract (exactly the same as in submitted thesis- Scan copy of abstract page and the page(s) of signatures of all examiners)
3. Original contribution (if not included in the synopsis)
4. Details of institutions and period of registration, submission of thesis and final viva (defense) of the thesis.
5. Supervisor/Co-supervisor details and a Confirmation of his/her consent
6. HoD/Principal signature of viva completion (if signature page is missing)
7. Signature of Supervisor and or Co-Supervisor on each document. In case, supervisor is away, eSignature accepted- All documents in zip file can be cc’d to supervisor with main address to congress organizer with a subject heading of “Submitted copy of MTech or PhD Thesis”.

Please Note: Candidate has to bring one copy of the main thesis. (It might be given back to the candidate).