for 2017 & 2018, and has been appointed for a third term in 2019. The HAC, set up to achieve IEEE's vision of "Advancing Technology for Humanity", oversees the funding and monitoring of technology-driven humanitarian and sustainable development projects. Tsunami rehabilitation Following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Satish Babu went back to SIFFS to work for three years in the rescue, relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction phases of the Indian Ocean tsunami response in south India during 2005–2008. He is presently associated in an Advisory Capacity with BEDROC, Nagapattinam, and continues to be involved in the development and use of technology for Disaster Risk Reduction and Response. Education Satish Babu studied at Sainik School, Kazhakuttam, Kerala, passing out of the All-India Higher Secondary Examination in 1977. He graduated in the four-year program in Dairy Technology from the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, under Kurukshetra University (1982), and passed his Post-graduate studies at the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA), Gujarat, in 1984. References External links Official Site of ICFOSS Computer Society of India InApp Information Technologies Living people Businesspeople from Kerala Kurukshetra University alumni People from Thiruvananthapuram district Sainik School alumni 1961 births