IEEE Bombay Section was formed on July 13, 1976 from the erstwhile India Section along
with Delhi and Bangalore sections. Initial territory of Bombay Section was Maharashtra,
Goa, Gujarat. Gujarat and Pune city separated in 1990 and 2010 respectively. Now the
territory includes Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Diu & Daman and comprises of two sub-
Sections, namely Madhya Pradesh and Nagpur. IEEE Bombay Section is a registered trust
and is fully volunteer driven. The Section’s office is located in the Don Bosco Institute of
Technology, Kurla(W), Mumbai. Bombay Section is one of the largest sections in India with
7000+ members, out of which about 4200 are student members spread over about 100 student
branches all over the length and breadth of the section geography.
The section currently runs 14 Societies, Affinity Groups and Communities. Bombay section
conducted first ever workshop in 1977, taking an initiative to introduce Microprocessor and
its application to our country. International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics of
the SMC Society was held in Bombay in 1984 which was the first conference of IEEE held in
India. Bombay Section have hosted TENCON which is the premier annual international
technical conference of IEEE Region 10 in 1989 and many more prestigious conferences and
other events thereafter.