Ieee Karachi Section

The Karachi Section is located in region 10 named as Asia-Pacific Region. It was formed as Sub-Section on 22 May 1978, and later on upgraded to Section on 17 July 1982. It is one of the three Sections in Pakistan i.e. Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. Pakistan also has sub-sections at Peshawar and Bahawalpur as well. Karachi Section is located in the Southern part of Pakistan and comprises of two Provinces namely, Sindh and Balochistan. The Karachi Section oversees technical society chapters of Computer Society, Communications Society, Power and Energy Society and a Joint Chapter of Robotics and Automation Society with Islamabad Section, Affinity Group of Young Professionals and a Special Interest Group on /humanitarian Technology (SIGHT). Karachi Section have 30 student branches which includes 3 student chapters of Power and Energy Society, 6 student chapters of Computer society, 3 student chapters of Robotics and Automation society and 5 Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Groups. In 2017, the section is in its 40th year of working. During these so years, many valuable volunteer were associated with the section and kept in alive. The section has seen many ups and downs. It was very active till December 2004 and then reactivated in May 2008 under the leadership of S. Imran ul Haque, 2008 Chair, Karachi Section. The Karachi Section regularly organizes and participates in several national and international events both at Student and Professional levels, which includes seminars, exhibitions, congresses, student competitions, project exhibitions, and workshops.