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Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT)

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Objectives of SIGHT
Prerequisites to form a SIGHT
Seed grants

In recent years, IEEE has placed great

emphasis on Humanitarian Technology
Activities, instituting the Humanitarian
Ad Hoc Committee (HAHC) in 2011. As

SIGHT Steering Committee

Current active SIGHTs
SIGHT resources
SIGHT informational materials

part of a strategic effort toward

member engagement, HAHC has instituted a program called Special Interest Group on
Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT).

Objectives of SIGHT
To promote the mission of IEEE regarding humanitarian technology activities,
particularly:
To bring together members/IEEE OUs working in or wishing to work in
humanitarian fields and to encourage and promote them in activities that use
humanitarian technologies by giving them an opportunity for participation.
Increasing awareness of IEEE members and engineers of the potential of their
work to improve the standard of living of underserved populations, and
encouraging them to increase efforts in this direction.
To engage with NGOs, Civil Society Organizations, UN Organizations,
Corporates, and other similar bodies to synergize efforts in delivering useful
and sustainable technologies in their operations.
To work with other bodies in the global engineering community who have
similar goals and help each other in delivering to the ideals and participate in
joint activities like Engineering for Change (E4C).
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Prerequisites to form a SIGHT

Six or more IEEE members in good standing and passionate in humanitarian technology
activities centered on one or more above interest areas. Members must be affiliated to
Section or Student branch. For Sections, at least three of those signatories must be
representatives from two different chapters.
The prospective SIGHT will need to have an affiliation to a section or student branch
only. The prospective SIGHT will need to submit an application requesting formation of a
SIGHT.
Application:
If you are interested in forming a SIGHT group, you may apply by completing the
petition (PDF, 267 KB) and submitting the application materials to the SIGHT Steering
Committee for review via:

E-mail: Holly Schneider Brown (e-mail preferred method)

Fax: +1 732 463 3657
Mail: SIGHT Steering Committee
445 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854-4141
USA

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Seed grants
To help set IEEE SIGHT Group activities in motion, the Humanitarian Ad Hoc
Committee has decided to award initial seed grants of US$250 to each of the
first 50 SIGHT Groups formed.
If you are interested in forming a SIGHT Group, complete the petition as soon as
possible to qualify for US$250 that will aid in kicking off your SIGHT Group's
ideas and activities.
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SIGHT Steering Committee

Kartik Kulkarni (Chair)
Ed Aoki
Alfredo Herrera (Engagement Subcommittee Chair)
Nirupama Prakash Kumar
Ray Larsen (Projects Subcommittee Chair)
Raj Madhavan
Deepak Mathur (Operations Subcommittee Chair)
Eduardo Navarro
Jay Pearlman
Arjun Pillai
Sampathkumar Veeraraghavan
Prasanna Venkatesan
Holly Schneider Brown (Staff Lead)
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Current active SIGHTs

1. SIGHT for Low Cost Remote Virtual Educational Platform (India)
2. IEEE Teacher in Service Program, India TISP India SIGHT
3. IEEE Bangalore Section R-10, India (TOCE)
4. IEEE Sahaaya (India)
5. SIGHT Region 9 (Colombia)
6. IEEE RAS SIGHT (USA)
7. DISHA (India)
8. SIGHT Colombia
9. NITK SIGHT, Assistive Technology for Orthopedic Applications (India)
10. SIGHT Bolivia
11. IEEE HK SIGHT (China)
12. IEEE Madras Section SIGHT (India)
13. SIGHT Chile
14. SIGHT Canada R7
15. MY-SIGHT4REHAB (Malaysia)
16. Bombay SIGHT Pratham (India)
17. Kerala Section SIGHT
18. SIGHT Troubled Humanity (Malaysia)
19. SIGHT Reva-Jeeva (India)
20. Universidad Diego Portales IEEE SIGHT (Chile)
21. SIGHT e-Health & Telemedicine (Indonesia)
22. SIGHT FLASH (Bangladesh)
23. IEEE Karachi SIGHT (Pakistan)

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24. Humanitarian Technologies HuT (India)

25. Singapore SIGHT
26. Education Through Communication SIGHT (USA)
27. Jeppiaar Engineering College SIGHT (India)
28. Argentina
29. SIGHT UC (Chile)
30. CARG SIGHT (Bangladesh)
31. SIGHT Guatemala
32. SIGHT Santa Clara Valley (USA)
33. IEEE CEC SIGHT (India)
34. I.E.S. SIGHT (India)
35. SCT SIGHT (India)
36. SIGHT TAHA (India)
37. VJCET SIGHT (India)
38. SIGHT NZN (New Zealand)
39. Humanitarian Initiatives Committee, Ottawa (Canada)
40. SIGHT Treasure Valley (USA)
41. SIGHT PUC MINAS (Brazil)
42. BEC IEEE SIGHT (India)
43. Puebla Section SIGHT (Mexico)
44. San Diego Section SIGHT (USA)
45. Mount Zion College (MZCET) SIGHT (India)
46. KMCT College SIGHT (India)
47. IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section SIGHT
48. Delhi Section
49. BRIDGES - Nicaragua Section
50. Montreal Section
51. MSRIT (India)
52. Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaso (Chile)
53. Southern Alberta Section
54. Toronto Section
55. Lahore Section
56. Kenya Section
57. Philadelphia Section
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SIGHT resources
The Engineering for Change Webinar Series promotes emerging ideas in
engineering for global development and connects you with a passionate
community of practitioners who are leading the way to a better quality of life
around the world. Every seminar will expand your knowledge and
demonstrate how technology-based solutions are addressing real-world issues
in underserved communities. Attendance is easy and FREE.
Engineering for Change provides a forum to connect, collaborate, solve
challenges, and share knowledge among a growing community of engineers,
technologists, social scientists, NGOs, local governments, and community
advocates, who are dedicated to improving the quality of life all over the
world.

SIGHT informational materials

Everything you will need from finding out about what SIGHT is, what it does, and how to

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get involved or start your own SIGHT group.

New SIGHT Group Petition (DOC, 97 KB)

Guidelines for Submittal of SIGHT Projects (PDF, 683 KB)
SIGHT How to Brochure (PDF, 847 KB)
SIGHT Project Guidelines (PDF, 800 KB)
Bangalore ENABLE Poster (PDF, 257 KB)
Colombia ENABLE Poster (PDF, 186 KB)
Colombia INSPIRE Poster (PDF, 175 KB)
R9 Inspire Poster (PDF, 214 KB)
R9 Connect Poster (PDF, 192 KB)
R9 SIGHT Poster (PDF, 563 KB)
Inspire, Enable, Connect Poster 1 (PDF, 677 KB)
Inspire, Enable, Connect Poster 2 (PDF, 310 KB)
SIGHT Informational Poster (PDF, 359 KB)
Get Involved with SIGHT Poster (PDF, 368 KB)
SIGHT Bi-Annual Status Report Template (PPT, 875 KB)

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