Women in Big Data (WiBD) is a global volunteer-driven organization with a mission to cultivate tangible opportunities for women, unlock latent potential through accessible training, act as a catalyst for advancement with thought leadership promotion, and empower equity allies of any gender with inclusive mentorship. WiBD India Foundation is enabling the mission with a specific focus on bridging the divide between industry and academia and improving womens representation in data and allied fields at the grassroots level in India. The WiBD IGDTUW Student Chapter was established under the leadership of Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Dr Amita Dev, and supported by Prof (Dr.) Jasdeep Dhanoa, Professor-Department of ECE and Training & Placement Officer in October 2020. The student chapter has hosted, moderated and organized numerous talks with leaders from various fields in the industry, government and educational institutions and has also conducted panel discussions about awareness of career opportunities in Big Data.
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More information about WiBD India can be found at: https://womeninbigdataindia.in//
Information about the events that have been conducted by IGDTUW and will be taking place as a part of the Vidya anchor program can be found at: https://womeninbigdataindia.in/events/
The WiBD IGDTUW Student Branch is active on major social media platforms and can be contacted at:
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Email: [email protected]

Department of Information Technology runs a student chapter under the aegis of Association for Computing Machinary (ACM) which is named as ACM Student Chapter @IGDTUW.

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Computer Society of India (CSI) Student branch was founded in 2008 with 120 members from Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Members of CSI promote confluence between technology and academia. Through regular workshops, competitions and seminars, CSI student branch has been successfully accomplishing its motto LEARN-ENVISION-INSPIRE and continues to strive towards it. Since its formation the society has organized many activities from time to time. These activities include workshops and boot camps on various upcoming technologies, monthly events both formal and informal. These are attended by students of various reputed colleges across Delhi.

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The non-profit organization, IEEE is the worlds leading professional association for the advancement of technology. IEEE student branch was inaugurated on 6th Feb. 2004 with around 33 members. Now the student branch of IEEE boasts of 200 members. The IEEE Student Branch remains active throughout the year with its myriad activities. Other events that keep the branch breathing throughout the year are the IEEE Week, IEEE Day Celebration, and SIGs (Student Interest Groups). The IEEE Student Branch continues to uphold its mission "To encourage innovation and technical excellence amongst young engineers to achieve socially constructive technical development towards a globally competent India."

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The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) chapter was established under the guidance of Mr. Vivek Chawla, Assistant Professor, Department of MAE. ASME IGDTUW in its attempt, to pursue desired objectives, which include popularization of the organization and facilitating applicative technical thinking, has organized various events such as industrial visits, specialized seminar on Rapid Prototyping and other expert lectures to name a few for the benefit of the students.

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Team Robolution is the robotics team of IGDTUW. The team comprises of students from various branches (CS, IT, ECE & MAE) including the 1st year students. The new members are trained/mentored by the previous members and encouraged to take part in various inter-college and national robotic Events/Competitions. Every year, team Robolution participates in an Asia-Pacific Robot Contest ABU-ROBOCON, which has a different theme each year.

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Lean In at Indira Gandhi Delhi University for Women was established in 2014 and it was among the first five chapters of the world. The members organize weekly meetings to talk over the relevance of women empowerment and to discuss the impacts that were created single handed-ly by women leaders. Currently, it has 200 members and 15 functional circles with a Lean In at IGDTUW council which has conducted events like Orientation by Council Members, Curtain Raiser events and Corporate Training Sessions

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