Technical talks, courses, student programmes and conferences run by the Centre through the year.
Coming up
Announced here first
The Centre’s running series continue through the term. Dates, speakers and registration
links are posted here as each session is confirmed; members are also notified by email.
Date to be announced
International Webinar Series
Session 03
Poster, topic and speaker will appear here once confirmed.
Date to be announced
Industry–Academia Interaction Series
Session 03
Poster, topic and speaker will appear here once confirmed.
Date to be announced
Idea2Venture Webinar Series
Session 02
Poster, topic and speaker will appear here once confirmed.
2 November
IETE Foundation Day Annual
Marking the Institution’s inauguration on 2 November 1953, with an invited lecture and
the felicitation of members.
Programmes held under the present Executive Committee.
International Webinar Series · Session 02
The Future of Autonomous Intelligence
Mr. Ganesan Narayanasamy Founder & CEO, Object Automation System Solutions Inc.; President, OpenPOWER Foundation — San Diego, USA
Saturday · 7.00 pm · Online, Google Meet
Joint Technical Meeting with IEEE Madras Section
5G Today, 6G Tomorrow: Where AI Meets Next-Generation Connectivity
Shri. Santhanakrishnan J, FIETE Former CTO (Fibre Networks), Tamil Nadu Cable TV Corporation Ltd.; former CTO, BharatNet, Tamil Nadu
Saturday · 11.00 am · IETE Hall, Chennai Centre
Idea2Venture Webinar Series · Session 01
Journey Through Innovation
Ms. Shanmugha Jeyashree B Product Development & Innovation Engineer, AIC RAISE
Thursday · 6.30 pm · Webinar
Industry–Academia Interaction Series · Session 02
Converging Frontiers: Embedded Intelligence, Cyber Defence, AI Evolution
Mr. Kishan J Advanced Technical Leader, Aptiv India Pvt. Ltd.; Vice-Chair, IEEE Smart Cities – Greentronics
Sunday · 11.30 am – 12.30 pm
Industry–Academia Interaction Series
DroneVerse: From Flying Machines to Intelligent UAVs
Dr. B. Karthikeyan AICTE Industry Fellow (2026), Garuda Aerospace; DGCA-certified drone pilot; Associate Professor, School of Electronics Engineering, VIT Vellore
Tuesday · 6.30 pm · Online, Google Meet
The annual programme
Technical seminars and expert lectures
Single-session talks by invited speakers from academia, research laboratories and industry, held at the Centre or hosted by a member institution.
Short-term courses and workshops
Multi-day, hands-on programmes on tools and methods in current professional use — embedded design, signal processing, communication systems, data and machine-learning methods.
Students’ Forum programmes
Inter-collegiate technical events, project contests, industrial visits and skill sessions organised through the Centre’s student forums.
Conferences and symposia
Larger meetings, including the CHENCON series, bringing researchers and practitioners together around a theme.
Foundation Day and awards
IETE Foundation Day on 2 November each year, with nominations for the Institution’s national awards and Centre-level recognition.
Industry interaction
Practitioner panels, industrial visits and project guidance connecting members with working engineering practice in and around Chennai.
Earlier activities
Events organised by the Centre and its student forums before the present term.
Date
Event
Type
20–21 May 2022
CHENCON 2022 — International Conference International Conference on the Power of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Human Empowerment, held in hybrid mode.
Conference
17 October 2020
Professional Resume Writing Session on preparing a professional resume for engineering roles.
Skills
17 October 2020
Evolution of Computing and the Skill Sets it Demands Talk tracing hardware and software evolution and the competencies it now calls for.
Lecture
10–11 October 2020
EASE THE ERROR 1.0 A twenty-four hour national hackathon organised for student participants.
Hackathon
20 September 2020
5G Technology Technical talk on fifth-generation communication networks.
Lecture
5 September 2020
COVID-19 and AI-based Solutions Quiz event on the application of artificial intelligence to the pandemic response.
Quiz
29 August 2020
Ocean Technology Discussion on ocean technology and coastal protection.
Lecture
23 August 2020
Data Science Session on business intelligence and analytics.
Workshop
22 August 2020
MATLAB Programming Hands-on workshop on MATLAB programming techniques.