Tips for LKW student awards application based on 2020 IEEE awards portal

1. A Presentation by,
Sahil Sameer
Recipient of IEEE Larry K Wilson Regional
Student Volunteer Award 2019
Larry K. Wilson Regional
Student Activities Award (Based
on 2020 awards portal, 2021 might be slightly different)

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About Me
 MBA Student at Indian Institute of Management Indore
 IEEE LKW Asia and Pacific award recipient 2019
 Founder of Keralarescue.in
 B.Tech ECE from Model Engineering College Kochi – 2019
 IEEE Kochi subsection student representative 2018
 IEEE Model Engineering College SB secretary 2018

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About the Award
 Regional , Annual Award by the MGA(Member and
Geographic Activities) Board
 Recognize student member responsible for an
extraordinary accomplishment
 Accomplishment/Initiatives – Student Branch/sub
Section/Region etc

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About the Award
 Nominees must be a student Member at time of
accomplishment
 Any IEEE Volunteer can Nominate
 Self Nomination - X

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Benefits of the Award
 Three year complimentary IEEE Membership
○ Can avail professional membership as well
 Presentation of Award during a Regional event/In the
presence of esteemed dignitaries
○ I was awarded during the TENCON 2019, the flagship conference
of the Region 10
 Morale Booster
○ Encourages to take up more initiatives, imparts the sense of
responsibility

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Benefits of the Award
 International Recognition
○ Get featured in social media platforms, IEEE meetups,
symposiums and magazines having an international circulation
 Adds to your resume
○ A distinguishing factor for the resume, can lead the interviews
your way

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Tips and Suggestions for application
 Visit student.ieee.org (Award  Enter the portal)
○ Keep a check on the portal and don't miss a deadline
○ Follow IEEE social media pages such as MGA, R10 SAC etc
 Finding the right person to nominate you
○ Don't look for the big names out there
○ Look for someone who have seen you struggle and grow as a
volunteer
○ Preferably the section SAC/SB counsellor

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Tips and Suggestions for application
 Listing your accomplishments in the order of importance
○ Use a blank document to list down all your contributions no matter how
small the contribution
○ Rank the accomplishments according to the order of importance
 Primary Accomplishment, Acc1, Acc2, Acc3, Others(350 words)
○ The highest ranked one should be primary accomplishment and
maximum focus must be put in there
○ Back it with accomplishments 1, 2 and 3, the rest can be briefed to
others

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Tips and Suggestions for application
 List of Role(s) served within IEEE(350 words)
○ Can follow the latest one first or the most important one first,
the latter is most used and preferred
 PDF (10 pages)
○ The PDF must back your primary and other important
accomplishments with graphs, relevant certificates, impact, data
and alignment with mission and vision of IEEE

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 Finding the right endorsers
○ Usually 2 LORs have to be presented
○ At Least one of the two must be someone who is well aware of
your accomplishments
○ The second one can be big names depending on the availability
 Preparing LOR
○ Prepare a draft LOR for the endorsers, you know yourself the
best, and they will be able to alter the sample
○ Always consider their busy schedule while approaching for an
LOR

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 Reminding the nominator
○ LKW award portal will have a good window of around 2-3
months
○ Approach the nominator/endorser well in advance and remind
them occasionally
 For queries contact: sac-awards@ieee.org

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My experience
 2016 and 2017 No position  Joy of Volunteering
○ Worked for lifting the SB from dormant status to one of the best
in Kerala.
 2018  SB Secretary & Kochi Subsection student
representative
○ Was selected to the above mentioned positions in the year 2018
 Keralarescue.in
○ Founded and volunteered with the official disaster management
portal for the floods that has hit Kerala

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My experience
 Volunteering with SB
○ The place where you can come up with novel initiatives and
easily implement it
○ Volunteering in the SB level is more than enough to consider
applying for the LKW award
○ Focus on the level of impact and alignment with the mission and
vision of the organisation more than the level and scale of the
initiative

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Thanks!
Email: p20sahils@iimidr.ac.in
Phone Number: +91 8714823928