2020 IEEE International Seminar on Women in Circuits & Systems (WiCAS)

The IEEE AP/MTT/EMC/CAS Joint Chapter Islamabad at NUST-RIMMS has organized a one-day seminar on 23rd December 2020 titled “2020 IEEE International Seminar on Women in Circuits & Systems (WiCAS)” with the financial support of IEEE CAS society under the umbrella of “2020 IEEE CAS Society WiCAS Initiative”. The objectives of the event were as follows:
a) Increase of female leaders in local chapters including CASS Chapters
b) Increase of female CASS members
c) Encourage Pakistani Women to join Engineering
In particular, strong emphasis was made to encourage Pakistani female to join circuits & systems research area since 52% of the total population of Pakistan is female, while only 24% of the total work force is female, out of which only 10% of these females are S.T.E.M. professionals. Therefore, efforts are required at all levels to boost this percentage for the betterment of society at large.
The event includes both national & international female keynote speakers and panellists including Dr. Rabia Tugce Yazicigil from Boston University, USA, Dr. Wala Salem Mustafa Saadeh from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan, Dr. Seemab Latif, Dr. Sana Qadir and Dr. Mohaira Ahmad from School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (SEECS), NUST, Pakistan, Mr. Maira Islam from RIMMS, NUST and Ms. Aqeela Saghir from Links Foundation, Italy.