Dr. Umair Ahmed Korai Presented IEEE Activities in Pakistan at GCCC'22 in Conjunction with International Global Communication 2022 (GlobeCom’22) Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Dr. Umair Ahmed Korai Presented IEEE Activities in Pakistan, precisely in Sindh and Balochistan at Global Chapter Chair Congress 2022 (GCCC’22) in Conjunction with International Global Communication 2022 (GlobeCom’22) Conference. The IEEE ComSoc GCCC’22 took place at IEEE GlobeCom’22 at Windsor Barra Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The purpose of GCCC’22 is to facilitate and encourage sharing, feedback, and networking among Chapter Chairs, staff, and ComSoc officers. The Chapter Chairs were from the countries like USA, Australia, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, UK, France, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, India, Pakistan, and many others. Besides GCCC’22 meeting there was a networking dinner with the chapter chairs and a lunch with the chapter chairs and IEEE ComSoc Board of Governors as well.

Figure 1: Group Photo with all chapter chairs, IEEE ComSoc Officials, and Board of Governor members

Dr. Umair Ahmed Korai, Vice Chair IEEE ComSoc Karachi Chapter from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, has presented IEEE Karachi Section in this Meeting. He delivered a presentation on the year 2021-22 IEEE activities taken place in different universities of Pakistan. He especially mentioned International Multi-Topic ICT Conference 2021 (IMTIC’21), IEEE Day 2021, IEEE Day 2022, Social events, membership drives, hands-on workshop on internet of things, visit to SoS village Jamshoro and many others. He also discussed the recent launch lecture series of IEEE ComSoc Karachi Chapter, which he named as IEEE ComSoc Karachi Chapter – Distinguish Lecture Series. He mentioned the two-lecture series conducted by Prof. Klara Nahrstedt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Prof. Amr Helmy, University of Toronto. The audience appreciated the work done by Dr. Umair Ahmed Korai in Pakistan, precisely in IEEE Karachi Chapter.

Dr. Umair also received a 2022 MEMBERSHIP AND GLOBAL ACTIVITIES CONTRIBUTION AWARD from the officials of IEEE ComSoc, i.e., Ana Garcia Armada, Vice President, Member and Global Activities and Ricardo Veiga, Director, Member Services.

Figure 2: Dr. Umair receiving an award from IEEE ComSoc officials