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Activities & Events

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.

To propose a talk, workshop or collaboration, write to ietechennai@gmail.com.

Programme 2026–2028

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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.
DateEventType
20–21 May 2022CHENCON 2022 — International Conference
International Conference on the Power of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Human Empowerment, held in hybrid mode.
Conference
17 October 2020Professional Resume Writing
Session on preparing a professional resume for engineering roles.
Skills
17 October 2020Evolution 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 2020EASE THE ERROR 1.0
A twenty-four hour national hackathon organised for student participants.
Hackathon
20 September 20205G Technology
Technical talk on fifth-generation communication networks.
Lecture
5 September 2020COVID-19 and AI-based Solutions
Quiz event on the application of artificial intelligence to the pandemic response.
Quiz
29 August 2020Ocean Technology
Discussion on ocean technology and coastal protection.
Lecture
23 August 2020Data Science
Session on business intelligence and analytics.
Workshop
22 August 2020MATLAB Programming
Hands-on workshop on MATLAB programming techniques.
Workshop