Dear All, 

Greetings of the day!, 

IEEE India Council is organizing a webinar on "Why Standards Matter", on 18th Aug 2016 at 10:00 AM as Industry Relations Initiative. The speaker for the webinar is  Srikanth Chandrasekharan, Director - Standards & Technology, IEEE. We request you to take benefit of this event and positively look forward towards your active participation. We will be continuously updating you about the upcoming events and the webinars and keep you posted.

Topic:     Why Standards Matter

Speaker: Srikanth Chandrasekharan, Director - Standards & Technology,                      IEEE

Date:        18th August 2016

Time:       10 AM to 11 AM (IST)

Registration link: http://tinyurl.com/ieeestd

Topics to be covered:

- IEEE Standards Association including the standards development process.

- Importance of understanding standards as young entrepreneurs and young engineers.

- Importance of standards to industry and impact on economic growth.

- IEEE Xplore Digital Library - How to quickly find standards, save searches, and set alerts.

Speaker Profile: 

Sri has been associated with the IEEE India office for the past 4 years with specific focus on standards engagements in India. In this strategic role, Sri drives standards related initiatives & programs globally across technology sectors which include amongst others IoT, Smart Cities, Sensors, eHealth and VLSI domains, to engage Indian engineering

community to global IEEE standards development efforts.

Prior to joining IEEE, Sri was associated with Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (formerly Motorola Inc.) for 18 years,

managing a global R&D team focused on technology development in the area of Electronic Design Automation and

in the areas of analog mixed signal systems and development of systems framework for Electromagnetic

compliance for Freescale products.

Sri holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Madras University, India and a Master of Engineering degree

in Electrical Communication from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

Steps to join the session: 

1. Go to https://ieee.webex.com/ieee/j.php?MTID=m523ea14e48024e2ae84fbc74481b8dc0 

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