Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (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).

Six or more IEEE members in good standing and passionate in humanitarian technology activities centered on one or more above interest areas. They can be geographically anywhere.

The prospective SIGHT will need to have an affiliation with an IEEE OU (Region, Section, Society Chapter, Affinity Group). The chair of the OU will need to approve the formation.

Students are encouraged to form SIGHTs. The chair must, however, be a professional member, ideally the Student Branch Counselor, and the SIGHT must be affiliated to the Section.

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

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.

• Kartik Kulkarni (Chair)
• Darrel Chong
• Paul Kostek
• Ray Larsen
• Prasanna Venkatesan

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• IEEE Teacher in Service Program, India - TISP India SIGHT
• IEEE Bangalore Section R-10, India
• IEEE Sahaaya
• SIGHT Region 9
• IEEE - RAS SIGHT
• DISHA
• SIGHT Colombia
• NITK SIGHT, Assistive Technology for Orthopedic Applications
• SIGHT Bolivia
• IEEE HK SIGHT
• IEEE Madras Section SIGHT
• IEEE SIGHT Chile Section
• Canadian Humanitarian Initiatives Committee
• MY-SIGHT 4REHAB
• Bombay SIGHT Pratham

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• 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.