CMD Roster
Chapters and Membership Department (CMD) Roster
CMD 2021
Main CMD activities and responsible resort contacts of event organization and financial handling
Event categories | First contact person | Secondary (in-copy corresponding) contact person and financial manager | |
1. Technical events |
1. Chapter meetings, local technical events, inauguration meetings, chapter formation, starting subsidy managing | Srikanth Vasudevan P., CMD Chapters and Membership Committee Chair |
Peter Magyar, IAS Director for Chapter Development |
2. National or international technical events (larger than chapter meetings) |
Richard Cselko, CMD Student Technical Events Committee Chair |
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3. Club of 6 events | |||
4. Student technical conference travel managing | |||
5. DL and PL travel management | Tamas Ruzsanyi, DL/PL Chair | ||
2. Non-technical events | 1. Memorial events | Lesley Arakkal, CMD Chair |
Lesley Arakkal, CMD Chair |
2. WIE events | Pooja Singh, WIE Chair | ||
3. IAS conference or EB support or EB appointment | Lesley Arakkal, CMD Chair | ||
4. CMD commitees or area chairs initialized YP events | Sumit Chhabria, Students, YP and WIE Events Committee Chair | ||
5. Chapter organized events of mainly social character | Lesley Arakkal, CMD Chair | ||
6. AMTGP management | Beata Polgari, AMTGP evaluation manager |
Roster
Committee / Position | Name | Photo | |
CMD Chair | Lesley Arakkal | lesley.arakkal.za@ieee.org | |
CMD Past Chair Director of Chapter Development |
Peter Magyar | peter.magyar@ieee.org | ![]() |
Chapters and Membership Committee, Chair Tasks: 1.1. Membership and event support 1.2. DL program 1.3. Member support 1.4. Chapter forming 1.5. Chapter starting subsidy 1.6. Chapter meeting support 1.7. Chapter meeting co-ordination 1.8. Area chairs 1.9. Chapter and region visit travels 1.10. IAS representatives to Regions |
Srikanth V. Pillai | srikanthvpillai@gmail.com | ![]() |
Students, YP and WIE Events Committee, Chair Tasks: 2.1. National SYPs, RNRs 2.2. Regional SYPs, RRRs 2.3. WIE ILS events 2.4. Society and Inter-Society events |
Sumit Chhabria | sumit.chhabria7@gmail.com | ![]() |
Annual Workshop Organizing Committee, Chair Tasks: 3.1.Annual CMD and Chapter Workshop 3.2. New initiatives |
Ines Abdennaji | abdennaji.ines.1992@ieee.org | ![]() |
Student Technical Conference Committee, Chair Tasks: 4.1. Regional and subregional technical events 4.2. Student-led technical paper conferences 4.3. $300 travel program 4.4. $500 travel program |
Richárd Cselkó | richard.cselko@ieee.org | |
Awards and Contests Committee, Chair Tasks: 5.1. CMD Contest overall organization 5.2. Outstanding Chapter Contest 5.3. Outstanding Member Contest 5.4. Web Contest 5.5. Most happening IAS Chapter Contest 5..6. Thesis Contes, PhD 5.7. Thesis Contest, non-PhD 5.8. Robot Demo Contest 5.9. Humanitarian Contest 5.10. Zucker Design Contest, individual 5.11. Zucker Design Contest, team 5.12. Zucker Student-Faculty Grant Program |
Lesley Arakkal | lesley.arakkal.za@ieee.org | |
Public Relations Committee, Chair Tasks: 6.1. PR design activity 6.2. CMD website |
Yanni Zhong | yannizhong@hotmail.com | ![]() |
Distinguished and Prominent Lecturer (DL/PL) Program Committee, Chair Tasks: 7.1. Managaing DL and PL Program |
Tamás Ruzsányi | tamas.ruzsanyi@ieee.org | ![]() |
Appointed Positions | |||
AMTGP Evaluation Manager | Beata Polgari | beata.polgari@ieee.org | |
CMD WIE Chair | Pooja Singh | poojasingh738@gmail.com | |
IAS YP Chair | Sumit Chhabria | sumit.chhabria7@gmail.com | ![]() |
CMD 2019
Committee / Position | Name | Photo | |
CMD Chair | Lesley Arakkal | ||
CMD Past Chair Director of Chapter Development |
Peter Magyar | ![]() |
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Chapters and Membership Committee, Chair Tasks: 1.1. Membership and event support 1.2. DL program 1.3. Member support 1.4. Chapter forming 1.5. Chapter starting subsidy 1.6. Chapter meeting support 1.7. Chapter meeting co-ordination 1.8. Area chairs 1.9. Chapter and region visit travels 1.10. IAS representatives to Regions |
Srikanth V Pillai | ![]() |
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Students, YP and WIE Events Committee, Chair Tasks: 2.1. National SYPs, RNRs 2.2. Regional SYPs, RRRs 2.3. WIE ILS events 2.4. Society and Inter-Society events |
Sumit Chhabria | ![]() |
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Annual Workshop Organizing Committee, Chair Tasks: 3.1.Annual CMD and Chapter Workshop 3.2. New initiatives
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Ines Abdennaji | ![]() |
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Student Technical Conference Committee, Chair Tasks: 4.1. Regional and subregional technical events 4.2. Student-led technical paper conferences 4.3. $300 travel program 4.4. $500 travel program |
Richárd Cselkó | |
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Awards and Contests Committee, Chair Tasks: 5.1. CMD Contest overall organization 5.2. Outstanding Chapter Contest 5.3. Outstanding Member Contest 5.4. Web Contest 5.5. Most happening IAS Chapter Contest 5..6. Thesis Contes, PhD 5.7. Thesis Contest, non-PhD 5.8. Robot Demo Contest 5.9. Humanitarian Contest 5.10. Zucker Design Contest, individual 5.11. Zucker Design Contest, team 5.12. Zucker Student-Faculty Grant Program |
Lesley Arakkal | ||
Public Relations Committee, Chair Tasks: 6.1. PR design activity 6.2. CMD website |
Christina-Panagiota Malliou | ||
Distinguised Lecturer Program Committee, Chair Tasks: 7.1. Managaing DL and PL Program |
Tamás Ruzsányi | tamas.ruzsanyi@ieee.org | ![]() |
Financial Committee, Chair Tasks: 8.1. Budget planning and reporting 8.2. Budget control 8.3. Bookkeeping and expense approval |
Peter Magyar |
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Appointed Positions |
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AMTGP Evaluation Manager | Beata Polgari | ||
CMD WIE Chair | Pooja Singh | poojasingh738@gmail.com | |
IAS YP Chair | Sumit Chhabria | sumit.chhabria7@gmail.com | ![]() |
CMD YP Chair | Srikanth V. Pillai | srikanthvpillai@gmail.com | ![]() |
CMD 2018
Chapters and Membership Department (CMD) Chair: Peter Magyar, peter.magyar@ieee.org |
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CMD Chapter Development Committee Chair: Peter Magyar, |
CMD Chapter Promotion Programs Standing Committee Chair: Lesley Arakkal, |
CMD Travel Awards and Events Standing Committee Chair: Blake Lloyd, |
A 1) Promote IAS brand to develop new chapters (Travel position with IAS President) 2) Maintain Society statistics for chapters & membership 3) Liaise with sister societies in development of joint chapters 4) Organize regional workshops 5) IAS Promotion a. Promotion codes b. Website 6) Prepare IAS Newsletter & Magazine articles |
B 1) Manage IAS Myron Zucker Research Grant Program 2) Organize CMD Chapter / Individual / Team Contests a. Outstanding Member b. Outstanding Chapter c. Chapter Web Contest d. Most Happening IAS Chapter e. Student Thesis Contest f. Myron Zucker Design Contest g. Robotics Demonstration Contest h. Humanitarian Project Contest 3) Job and Internship Program 4) Prepare IAS Newsletter & Magazine articles |
C 1) Manage Travel Award and Event Programs a. IAS AMTGP b. IAS Myron Zucker Travel Grant c. IAS WIE Travel Grant Program d. Conference Publication and Travel Grant Program e. YP Events f. Student led conferences g. Conference Information Desk Program h. Distinguished Lecturer Program 2) Prepare IAS Newsletter & Magazine articles |
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CMD 2017
The full CMD Roster 2017 incl. Committee Chairs, Program Managers, Area Chairs and their contact addresses can be seen here.
Name | Function | |
Lesley Ann Arakkal | Awards and Contest Committee Chair |
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Srikanth Vasudevan P | Chapters and Membership Growth Committee Chair |
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Christina-Panagiota Malliou | Support Programs Committee Chair |
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Aristotelis Farmakis | PR and Sponsorship Committee Chair |
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Megha Tak |
YP Committee Chair |
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Beáta Polgári | Travel Grants Committee Chair |
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Mark Halpin | Zucker Planning and Operation Committee Chair |
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Peter Magyar | Chapters and Membership Department (CMD) Chair | ![]() |