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An IEEE Kerala GOLD Initiative
A detailed report of TISP Week 2012 – A week long pre university
teacher training program held across the state of Kerala, India at
eight locations organized by IEEE Kerala GOLD and IEEE Kerala
Educational Activities Committee from 23rd to 28th July 2012.
Supported by:
IEEE Educational Activities Board
IEEE Region 10 Educational Activities Committee
General Education Department, Government of Kerala
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CONTENTS
IEEE 3
IEEE Kerala Section 3
Educational activities Committee (Kerala Section) 3
GOLD Affinity Group (Kerala Section) 3
TISP 4
TISP Week 2012 4
TISO Week Inauguration 5
TISP Week Day 1 6
TISP Week Day 2 7
TISP Week Day 2 8
TISP Week Day 3 9
TISP Week Day 4 10
TISP Week Day 4 11
TISP Week Day 5 12
TISP Week Day 6 13
TISP Week Valedictory 14
TISP Week Round Up Statistics 15
TISP Week Snapshot 16
Message from IEEE Stalwarts 17
TISP Week Kerala – Comments 19
Contributors 20
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IEEE
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE, read I-Triple-E) is a non-profit
professional association headquartered in New
Jersey that is dedicated to advancing
technological innovation and excellence. IEEE is
the world’s largest professional association
dedicated to advancing technological innovation
and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE
and its members inspire a global community
through IEEE's highly cited publications,
conferences, technology standards, and
professional and educational activities.
IEEE KERALA SECTION
IEEE activities in Kerala have reached its 37th
year. Initiated on 17 February 1975 as a
subsection under the then India section, Kerala
subsection became part of the Bangalore Section
in 1976 upon formation of India Council. Kerala
became a full Section in 1983. The section has
been very active since its formation. It has been
holding a national or international seminar every
year since 1984. The section has a Computer
Society Chapter, a Power and Energy Society
Chapter, a joint Chapter on Industry Applications
& Industrial Electronics Societies and a
Communication Society Chapter. Two affinity
groups called IEEE GOLD and IEEE Women in
Engineering are running under this section.
Student branches have been established in 60
Engineering Colleges.
EAC (Educational Activities Committee)
Kerala Section
IEEE offers a wide range of learning, career
enhancement, and employment opportunities
within the engineering sciences, research, and
other technology areas.
other technology areas. The goal of these
programs is to ensure the growth of skill and
knowledge among professionals and to foster
individual commitment to continuing education
among IEEE members, the engineering and
scientific community, and the general public.
IEEE is also committed to providing quality
education resources for educators, parents,
students, IEEE volunteers, and the public. The
EAC at Kerala Section is championing these
initiatives in Kerala, thanks to the support and
vision of the veterans at the helm of the
committee. The EAC of Kerala Section was one of
the first to initiate activities like the TISP and
Continuing Education Congress in India.
GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade)
Kerala Section
GOLD is the term used to refer to the group of
IEEE volunteers who are within 10 years of their
graduation. The GOLD group of Kerala Section
has been actively involving in several activities in
the last few years, and has had a major focus on
the Educational Activities in the state. Together
with the EAC, GOLD has been instrumental in
organizing several education initiatives at various
levels in the educational arena, ranging from
schools to professional colleges. The Kerala GOLD
team has made revolutionary contributions for
the growth of IEEE GOLD in Kerala and has
consistently strived to empower GOLD activities
in India. IEEE Kerala GOLD is one of the pioneer
GOLD AG’s in Region 10. Its members have won
many important awards like IEEE R10 GOLD
award, Best Branch Councilor award, etc.
Recently the AG has won the prestigious IEEE
MGA GOLD Hall of Fame award, an award
presented to three best GOLD affinity groups
globally.
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TISP
TISP (Teacher In Service Program) is an IEEE
Education Activities Initiative to promote
engineering interest in the minds of school
children. The idea is simply to help students
learn the basics of engineering by building
models. The motivation for this model is that
children learn best by doing. Engineers have for
long played great roles in shaping the world.
With TISP, the IEEE community hopes to shape
the youth of tomorrow in becoming better
engineers, “advancing technology for
humanity.”The TISP initiative is a two pronged
process, wherein the Teachers are trained first in
a Teacher Training workshop. The next step is
where the real impact happens when these
trained teachers take the learnings back to the
school and organize follow-up workshops at
their schools.
TISP Week 2012
TISP is a flagship program of IEEE implemented
in various parts of the world. When it comes to
improvements in the Education system, our
nation is always found wanting. TISP Week 2012
was a bold step in this direction and is the
brainchild of many motivated volunteers here at
IEEE Kerala Section. TISP Week 2012 was an
ambitious project aiming to impact at least 160
teachers in just 6 days across the State of Kerala.
Through these teachers, we plan to reach out to
more than 10,000 students this year. Students at
schools will be helped by these teachers in
building basic models that involve basic
engineering concepts, and this will in turn help in
creating curiosity about the idea of engineering.
The success of this initiative will certainly help us
scale this to reach out to more school children in
the coming years.
Expected reach of TISP Week
We are looking to create a curious, enterprising
and socially committed generation of the future.
Highlights:
•8 Teacher Training Workshops in 8 venues
covering all the 14 districts.
•1 year long initiative of reaching out to the
school children of Kerala through their teachers.
•Starting with the TISP week, which involves
extensive Teacher Training Sessions.
•Expected impact is 10,000 school-children by
end of the project in May 2013.
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TISP Week Inauguration
The Inauguration of TISP Week 2012 was held at
Vakkom Moulavi Foundation Trust Hall,
Trivandrum on 23rd July 2012. The event started
with IEEE Code of Ethics delivered by Mr Aravind
S Nair, Chairman, SIST SB. The event was
presided over by Mr R Srinivasan, Vice Chair,
IEEE Kerala Section. Mr S Gopakumar, Chair, IEEE
Kerala Educational Activities Committee
welcomed the gathering. The IEEE Education
Society President Dr Rob Reilly inaugurated the
event and emphasized on the need for
engineering training for pre university teachers.
Prof V K Damodaran, GOLD Advisor addressed
the gathering and explained about the role of
IEEE in mentoring Pre University Teachers. An
overview about the TISP Week was given by Mr
Namith Najeeb, Secretary, IEEE Kerala GOLD. Mr
Prasanna Venkatesan, Chair, IEEE TISP India
explained about various TISP training programs
happening in other section in India, the website
of TISP India Committee was inaugurated on the
day by Dr Rob Reilly. Dr M K Jana, Principal,
Sarabhai Institute of Science and Technology and
Mr A Suhair, Chairman, Vakkom Moulavi
Foundation Trust delivered the felicitations. The
inaugural session was wrapped up by the vote of
thanks by Ranjit R Nair, Chair, IEEE Kerala GOLD.
This was continued with the start of TISP
workshop and the TISP Champions explained
about the task, timing and deadline for teachers
to practice. There were two lesson plans
exercised and the event came to an end with the
brainstorming session by teachers on setting a
roadmap to further implement TISP Workshops
at their schools.
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TISP WEEK
Day 1 (23-Jul-2012)
The First venue of TISP was at VMFT Hall ,
Trivandrum hosted by Sarabhai Institute of
Science & Technology, Trivandrum.
TISP Week 2012 was inaugurated by Dr. Rob
Reilly, President, IEEE Education Society.
TISP Champions :
Prof. V K Damodaran
Prof. Viswanath Rao
Er. Ranjit R Nair
Er. Namith Najeeb
Lesson Plans used :
* Wind Mill
* Electric Signals
No of Teachers trained : 24
No of Schools represented : 13
No of Volunteers trained : 15
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TISP WEEK
Day 2 (24-Jul-2012)
The Second venue of TISP was at TKM Institute
of Technology, Kollam.
TISP Champions :
Prof. V K Damodaran
Dr. B Premlett
Er. Nitin Padmanabhan
Lesson Plans used :
* Wind Mill
* Catapult
No of Teachers trained : 18
No of Schools reached : 10
No of Volunteers trained : 30
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TISP WEEK
Day 2 (24-Jul-2012)
The Third venue of TISP was at St.Joseph’s
College of Engineering & Technology, Palai.
TISP Champion :
Er. Sabarinath Pillai
Er. Shahim Baker
Lesson Plans used :
* Wind Mill
* Electric Signals
No of Teachers trained : 22
No of Schools reached : 15
No of Volunteers trained : 40
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TISP WEEK
Day 3 (25-Jul-2012)
The Fourth venue of TISP was at College of
Engineering, Munnar.
TISP Champion :
Er. Ranjit R Nair
Er. Ajin Baby
Lesson Plans used :
* Wind Mill
* Rubber Band Racers
No of Teachers trained : 22
No of Schools reached : 14
No of Volunteers trained : 35
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TISP WEEK
Day 4 (26-Jul-2012)
The Fifth venue of TISP was at TocH Institute of
Science & Technology, Ernakulam.
TISP Champions :
Prof. V K Damodaran
Dr. G Santhosh
Er. Mini Ulanat
Lesson Plans used :
* Wind Mill
* Electric Signals
No of Teachers trained : 29
No of Schools reached : 17
No of Volunteers trained : 44
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TISP WEEK
Day 4 (26-Jul-2012)
The Sixth venue of TISP was at MES College of
Engineering, Kuttipuram.
TISP Champions :
Er. Shahim Baker
Er. Namith Najeeb
Lesson Plans used :
* Wind Mill
* Catapult
No of Teachers trained : 17
No of Schools reached : 10
No of Volunteers trained : 21
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TISP WEEK
Day 5 (27-Jul-2012)
The Seventh venue of TISP was at Vimal Jyothi
Engineering College, Chemperi
TISP Champions :
Prof. V K Damodaran
Er. Ranjit R Nair
Er. Ajin Baby
Lesson Plans used :
* Wind Mill
* Rubber Band Racers
No of Teachers trained : 22
No of Schools reached : 15
No of Volunteers trained : 22
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TISP WEEK
Day 6 (28-Jul-2012)
The Eighth venue of TISP was at National
Institute of Technology, Calicut.
TISP Champions :
Prof. V K Damodaran
Er. Ranjit R Nair
Er. Namith Najeeb
Lesson Plans used :
* Wind Mill
* Electric Signals
No of Teachers trained : 18
No of Schools reached : 10
No of Volunteers trained : 14
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TISP Week Valedictory
The event series came to an historic end with a
Valedictory function on Day 6 at National
Institute of Technology, Calicut on 28th July 2012.
The gathering was welcomed by Mr Vijay S Paul,
Electronic Communication Coordinator, IEEE
Kerala GOLD. An introduction on TISP and TISP
Week was given by Ranjit R Nair, followed by the
Presidential Address by Dr. Abraham T. Mathew,
Professor, NIT Calicut. The GOLD Memebers, Mr
Rameez Mannil and Mr Bibin Parukoor Thomas
spoke about their experience in interacting with
teachers in the past days of the workshop. The
participation certificates were awarded to the
delegates. Prof V K Damodaran, GOLD Advisor
spoke in detail about the phenomenal success of
the TISP Workshop series and the impact it
created among the Science and Technology
teachers of the state. He also explained on the
roadmap on how to take this initiative further to
the school children. The event came to an end
with Vote of Thanks by Vishnuram Abhinav,
Chair, IEEE NITC SB.
The TISP Week Training Program set a footprint
about the need and necessity of engineering
education to pre university students in the state.
The event series that happened at 8 locations
were able to train 172 teachers from 104
schools. The initiative was well accepted at all
the locations and further follow up workshop
series were planned at all the schools
represented to create an impact in a minimum of
10,000 pre university students.
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Message from IEEE Stalwarts:
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TISP WEEK KERALA – Conclusion
The successful completion of eight Teacher In
Service Program (TISP) workshops within a week
in eight far flung locations by GOLD Affinity
Group of Kerala Section is found to have specific
gains attributable to its Campaign mode
implementation (TISP Week 2012).
1. With a focused activity for the benefit of
Society in the educational area, the
GOLD members across the State found a
worthy cause to work for and take it to
success, energizing the group.
2. By linking it with volunteers from the
student branches of IEEE in and around
the 8 Centres covering all the 14 districts
in the State, awareness and enthusiasm
spread to the vibrant student member
force of IEEE as well.
3. Winning the approval of Education
Department and Government gave
credibility to the event.
4. The Science teachers in the associated
high/higher secondary schools were
drawn in to a very meaningful activity to
arouse and guide scientific and
technological curiosity among students
who would later opt for successful
engineering courses at college level,
through the compulsory follow up
events, to be organized in the 104
schools (original target 80) which
participated in the TISP Week event, with
the final aim of impacting 10,000 high
school age children in 2012. The follow
up activity spontaneously started the
very next day of TISP Week and is
continuing now.
5. The event brought the HS Science
teachers who found it difficult to handle
some of the lessons related to S&T, to
come out and request to GOLD
volunteers to organize in-depth lectures
on such topics in the schools during
holidays or out of class hours, to assist
them update their knowledge on the
latest developments in S&T.
latest developments in S&T. Some such
classes, as also 5 out of 8 TISP events - in
which I also participated - proved beyond
doubt the benefit of giving such expert
lectures in schools as continuing frequent
programs using the services of GOLD
members (no generation gap between
the speakers and listeners).
6. After 3 to 4 years, the impact of TISP can
be seen in Kerala through the improved
quality of students entering engineering
studies and raising their performance
level.
7. While technology is expanding its horizon
at break-neck speed, TISP like society
interaction programs from the IEEE is apt
to act as a bridge and leveraging force to
leapfrog the widening gap between
engineering and technology information
on already accepted & known areas and
the newly emerging areas.
8. The lucidity to new information brought
in through such model making exercises
under TISP follow up – which can be seen
as Technology Clubs – will not only help
teachers and students, but also the
technicians in the society indirectly,
especially in the developing countries.
9. The Regional level Science Exhibitions in
the country is bound to get enriched by
bringing in well understood models to
compete, and educate the public on such
subjects.
10. GOLD should organize a 2 day workshop
covering 4-5 subjects for its volunteers
and senior SB members in the “gap
areas”, to make them competent for
invited lectures in schools
11. Bachelor Degree students may be
prompted to do their mandatory projects
on community problems thro’ school
linked projects.
Comments by :
Prof V.K. Damodaran
Adviser, IEEE Kerala GOLD
Life Senior Member, IEEE
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CONTRIBUTORS
IEEE
1. Dr Moshe Kam , IEEE President and CEO, 2011
2. Prof Elizabeth Burd, Chair, IEEE PECC
3. Er. Jennifer Ng Ain Kin ,
IEEE MGA Pre University Coordinator
4. Mr. Prasanna Venkatesan, Chair,
IEEE TISP India Committee
5. Mr. Douglas Gorham, Managing Director,
IEEE Educational Activities
6. Ms. Yvonne Pelham , Manager,
Educational Outreach, IEEE EAB
7. Ms. Lynn E. Bowlby, Project Administrator ,
IEEE EAB
IEEE Kerala Section
1. Er. Satish Babu, Chair
2. Er. Srinivasan R, Vice-Chair
3. Er. K B Senthil Kumar, Secretary
4. Er. Sarada Jayakrishnan, Treasurer
5. Executives of IEEE Kerla Section
6. Executives of IEEE Kochi Sub Section
7. Executives of IEEE Malabar Sub Section
Educational Activities Committee
1. Er. S. Gopakumar, Chair
2. Er. V.C.Anil Kumar, Vice-Chair
3. Er. Sabarinath G , TISP Kerala Lead
TISP Champions
1. Prof. Vishwanath Rao
2. Er. Mini Ulanat
3. Dr. G Santhosh
4. Dr. B Premlett
IEEE Kerala GOLD Executive Committee
1. Prof. V K Damodaran, Adviser
2. Ranjit R Nair, Chair
3. Nitin Padmanabhan, Vice-Chair
4. Namith Najeeb, Secretary
5. Ajin Baby, Treasurer
6. Shahim Baker, Entrepreneurship WG Head
7. Nithin R S , Web-Master
8. Vijay S.Paul, Electronics Comm-Coordinator
9. Rayees Amar Nishad, Past Chair
GOLD Members
1. Bibin Parukoor Thomas
2. Alvin Alexander
3. Thomas Sabu
4. Paramaeshwaram S.
5. Rizwan Sulaiman
6. Shone Jose
7. Rameez Mannil
Student Branch Counselor’s
1. Er. K.Gopalan Nair, SIST
2. Er. Sharath Raj, TKMIT
3. Er. Sabarinath Pillai, SJCET
4. Er. Abdul Salam, CoEM
5. Er. Preethi Thekkath, TIST
6. Er. Edet Bejoy K , MESCE
7. Dr. Rijil Ramachand, NITC
8. Er. Sunil Paul, VJEC
Student Branch Chair’s
1. Aravind S.Nair, SIST
2. Swathy K.S., TKMIT
3. Soumya Thomas, SJCET
4. Sharath Krishnan, CoEM
5. Neethu V.Raju, TIST
6. Sarath K.S., MESCE
7. Vishnuram Abhinav, NITC
8. Joseph Sebastian, VJEC
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TISP POC’s
1. Sriram S. Ayyar, SIST
2. Janus Jerome TKMIT
3. Rajeev Krishnan, SJCET
4. Sachin Warrier, CoEM
5. Sreejith R.Menon, TIST
6. Manu G.S, MESCE
7. Prajith Prasad, NITC
8. Dhanesh H. Pillai, VJEC
Partners
1. TISP India – Organizing Partner
2. Lionmarks – Design Partner
3. Ize Creative – Social Media Partner
4. Club FM – Radio Partner
Special Thanks
1. Mr Ramkamal Manoj, Director,
Chakshumathi, Trivandrum
2. Er Suhair A, Chairman, VMFT, Trivandrum
Report Design & Compilation
Bibin Parukoor Thomas
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