The World Bank recently started “South Asia Gender and Energy” (SAGE) initiative with a plan to establish a “Women in Power Sector Network in South Asia (WePOWER)” to promote women engineers and practitioners in the energy and power sector, and bring normative change regarding women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education.
The World Bank has identified leaders in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan and other South Asian Countries to carry out the activities mentioned above. The WePOWER Track of IEEE YESIST12 is one such activity to encourage students pursuing Electrical Engineering and other related streams to work on the power related projects pertaining to the theme given based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
WePOWER Track was introduced in IEEE YESIST12 in 2019 to promote and encourage girls from the electrical and power and energy background to continue their education & / career in this field. The track witnessed participation from 8 countries since the start in 2019. In 2020, several online events were conducted with over 300 participants from 30+ countries including webinars, panel discussion, and a 6-days international boot camp on “Energy Modelling in Industry”. 2021 included online workshop on Entrepreneurship in the Renewable sector.
Abstract submission is opened to anybody who is interested in taking part in WePOWER. Call for abstracts will go globally. Participants should submit their abstracts through the online form (available on the website). Potential and innovative projects are selected for the finals and the teams are intimated via mail.
Selected teams will present their project works before the jury during the finals. Evaluation will be carried out based on the criteria.
Registration Fee for the final round: To be Updated
Ms. Preethy V. Warrier
Chair | WePOWER Track
Email ID: [email protected]
Contact No: +91 9567236387
