The Institution of Engineers Pakistan (IEP) Karachi Centre, NED University of Engineering & Technology and NED International Alumni Network Association (NEDIAN)-Pakistan jointly organized the 6th International Electrical Engineering Conference (IEEC-2021) on the occasion of NED Centennial year (1921-2021 was held on Thursday 8th April, 2021 in collaboration with Federation of Engineering Institutions of Islamic Countries (FEIIC), Federation of Engineering Institutions of South & Central Asia (FEISCA), Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering & Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology, Khuzdar, Bahria University, Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, DHA SUFFA University, National University of Computer and Engineering Sciences, National Centre of Robotics & Automation, National Center for Cyber Security, IEEE Power & Energy Society (Karachi Chapter), Hamdard University, Iqra University, Institute of Industrial Electronics Engineering, PAF Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology, Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan Naval Engineering College, Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering Sciences & Technology, Usman Institute of Technology and The Institute of Engineering & Technology, Karachi Chapter (IET).

Theme of the 6th International Electrical Engineering Conference was “Aspiring Pathways in Electrical Engineering (ASPIRE-2021)”.

Inaugural Session:
Venue: Video Conferencing Hall,
NED University of Engineering and Technology (NEDUET)

The Inaugural Session was held at Video Conferencing Hall, Department of Civil Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi.

The Conference started with recitation of the Holy Quran.

Engr. Najia Naveed, Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering, NEDUET conducted the conference.

Engr. Saiyed Asif Mehmood, Chairman, Technomen Kinetics (Pvt) Limited, was the Chief Guest, while Engr. Prof. Dr. Faisal Khan, Pro Vice Chancellor, Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering Management Sciences was the Guest of Honor.

Engr. Sohail Bashir, Chairman, IEP Karachi Centre presented the welcome address.

Engr. Prof. Dr. Saad Ahmed Qazi, Dean, Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering, NEDUET & Convener, 6th IEEC-2021 presented his address and briefed about the Conference.

The Key Note presentation was online presented by Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr. Muhammad Rizal Arshad, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic & International) Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia, which was highly appreciated.

Engr. Prof. Dr. Faisal Khan, Pro Vice Chancellor, Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering Management Sciences (BUITEMS) Guest of Honor presented his address.

Engr. Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, Vice-Chancellor, NED University of Engineering and Technology, presented his address.

Engr. Prof. Dr. M. Tufail, Pro-Vice Chancellor, NEDUET presented his address.

Engr. Saiyed Asif Mehmood, Chairman, Technomen Kinetics (Pvt) Limited, Chief Guest presented his inaugural address.

Engr. Sohail Bashir, Chairman, IEP Karachi Centre, alongwith Engr. M. Farooq Arbi, Secretary, IEP Karachi Centre, Engr. Prof. Saad Qazi, presented the Conference shield to the Chief Guest.

Engr. M. Farooq Arbi, Secretary, IEP Karachi Centre presented the vote of thanks.

The Inaugural Session came to an end followed by Hi-Tea.

The Conference was spread over Four Technical sessions at Video Conferencing Hall, Department of Civil Engineering, NEDUET and CIS Lecture Hall, Department of Electrical Engineering.

20 oral papers including 4 invited talk were presented in 4 technical sessions and 13 poster presentation were presented in this conference.

TECHNICAL SESSION-1
Scenario: “IoT and Machine Learning”
Venue: Video Conference Hall, Department of Civil Engineering, NEDUET

Chaired by :
• Engr. Dr. Razia Zia, Associate Professor, Department of Telecommunication Engineering , SSUET
• Engr. Obaid ur Rahman Khan Kamal Zai, Member Local Council, IEP Karachi Centre
• Muhammad Faisal Khan, Associate Professor & Program Coordinator Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Science, and Technology (FEST) Hamdard University Following papers were presented”

1. Invited Talk by Dr. Hashim Raza Khan,
Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering, NEDUET

2. Fine-Grained Classification of Vehicles by using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)
- Danish Ul Khairi Khairi, Mohammad Umair Arif, Mohammad Sharjeel Habib and Syed Mamnoon Akhter

3. Application of Machine Learning in Physical Asset Management Employing Reliability
- Shahzeb Anis, Raja Masood Larik, Fatima Memon and Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal.

4. Autonomous Notification and Observability for Industrial Control Systems on Azure Cloud
- Tanees Ahmad, Haseeb Ahmed Qureshi, Mohammad Kaleem and Sajid Nazir.

5. IoT Based Energy Management System for Optimal Energy Consumption in Residential Facilities
- Durr E Shehwar, Urooj Shaukat, Farah Akram and Syed Sajjad Haider Zaidi

TECHNICAL SESSION-2
Scenario: “Automation and Controls”
Venue: CIS Lecture Hall, Department of Electrical Engineering, NEDUET

Chaired by :
• Engr. Dr. Dur e Jabeen, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, SSUET
• Engr. Afaq Ali Siddiqui, DGM Project, K-Electric and Member Local Council, IEP Karachi Centre
• Engr. Dr. Tariq Rehman, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering, NEDUET

Following papers were presented”
6. Invited Talk by Dr. Asim Hussain
System Studies Specialist at SNC-Lavalin, Canada

7. Design and Development of a Cardiac Coronary Intervention Simulator
- Hafsa Taj, Kainat Muhib and Dr. Tariq Javid

8. Analytical Kinematic Analysis Of Multi DOF Serial Link Robot Arm
- Muhammad Affan, Ahmed Naim Ghaniwala, Muhammad Afaq Khan, Muhammad Maaz Akhtar, Abdullah Shaikh and Dr. Riaz Uddin

9. Design of Tactile Feedback Control and Interfacing with Virtual Environment
- Muhammad Affan, Muhammad Hassan, Faiz Ahmed, Riaz Uddin and Sadiq Rasheed.

10. Embedded System Design for Real-time Detection of Asthmatic Diseases Using Lung Sounds in Cepstral Domain
- Misha Urooj, Areeba Mobeen, Aqsa Samer and Sana Samer.

TECHNICAL SESSION – 3
Scenario: “Energy and Interconnected Systems”
Venue: Video Conference Hall, Department of Civil Engineering, NEDUET

Chaired by :
• Engr. Dr. Mohsin Aman, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, NEDUET
• Engr. Dr. Riazuddin, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, NEDUET and Member Local Council, IEP Karachi Centre

• Engr. Dr. Umbrin Sultana, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, NEDUET

Following papers were presented”
11. Invited Talk by Engr. Muhammd Imran Khan
Manager, Grid System Maintenance and Protection, K-Electric

12. Hybrid Multifunction PV and CST based Solar Cooling System using Flat Plate Collector and Graphene based Nanofluid
- Muhammad Shehram, Dr. Tariq Javid and Zubair Khalid

13. Solar Based Potable Water Purification using Tandem Solar Cells and Anionic Polyacrylamide Alum
- Muhammad Shehram Shehram and Uzma Rani

14. Analysis of Optimization Model of Solar and Wind energy for meeting electricity demand of Sindh Province
- Aseed Ur Rehman, Nayyar Hussain Mirjat, Khanji Harijan and Shoaib Ahmed Khatri

15. Harmful Effects of Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) on Power System and its Way Forward
- Murtaza Ali Khooharo, Munsif Ali Soomro, Mushtaq Dal, Iqra Rana and Nimra Nawaz.

TECHNICAL SESSION-4
Scenario: “Signal Processing and Applications”
Venue: CIS Lecture Hall, Department of Electrical Engineering, NEDUET

Chaired by :
• Engr. Dr. Farha Haroon, Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Electronics Engineering (IIEE).
• Engr. Muhammad Shariq Khan, Senior Manager, Greaves Pakistan and Member Local Council, IEP Karachi Centre
• Engr. Muhammad Javed, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, NEDUET

Following papers were presented
16. Invited Talk by Engr. Shahab Raza Raja
Owner, Advance Electronics International - AEI

17. How to Deal with Intermittent Loads
- Raja Masood Larik, Sana Zaheer, Huda Ahmed and Sania Javed

18. Intelligent System Design for Early Diagnosis of Faults in Machine Bearings
- Misha Urooj Khan, Areeba Zainab, Hareem Khan and Syeda Ume Rubab Bukhari

19. Anticipation and Mitigation of Conducted emissions in a DC-DC Buck converter Using LTspice
- Sajid Naseeb, Inayat Ali, Muhammad Aamir, Sher Yar and Mahmood Ul Hassan

20. Strategy for Sizing and Placement of Distributed Generation in a Radial Distribution Network
- Shahryar Muhammad, Muhammad Yousif, Kashif Imran and Usman Ahmed

Following Poster Presentations were presented.
1. Implementation of Smart Meter and Data Transmission over Power Line Channel
- Muhammad Arfeen, Rahil Sheikh and Samad Farooque Bahria University Karachi Campus

2. Smart School Bus: Tracking & Management System
- Fatima Muhammad Saleem, Osamah Rehman Khan, Aliza Fatima, Areeba Shahid and Iqra Javed - NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi

3. Real time driver drowsiness detection using computer vision techniques
- Muhammad Suleman, Saad Bin Zulifqar and Nauman Memon Pakistan Navy Engineering College National University of Sciences & Technology, Islamabad.

4. Detection and Classification of Faults and Disturbance in Distributed Generation System using Support Vector Machine Technique
- Jawad Ul Islam , Sajad Ullah and Asfandyar Khalid US-Pak Center for Advanced Studies in Energy, UET Peshawar

5. FPGA Implementation of a High-Speed SPI Design For Single Board Computers (SBCs)
- Farooq Alam - National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad,
- Fariha Farooq - College of Engineering, PAF-KIET, Karachi.

6. Kidney Tumor Detection and Classification using Ultrasonography Images
- Rabail Fatima, Wakeel Ahmad, S. M. Adnan Shah and Shahbano Department of Computer Science, University of Engineering and Technology Taxila.

7. Revamped Haptic Tele-Operation with Optimized Latency
- Humayun Khan , Subhan Ahmed , Afsheen Bibi, Muhammad Affan , Sadiq Rasheed and Riaz Uddin NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi.

8. Design of Autonomous Mobile Manipulator for Medical Applications
- Muhammad Saad Wasif , Abdullah Haider Ali, Syed Murtaza Hassan Kazmi, Mohammad Sulaiman Hasan Siddiqui and Riaz Uddin NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi.

9. Strategy to Detect, Quantify and Locate Power Theft in a Distribution Network
- Haider Ali Raza , Dr. Kashif Imran , Dr. Abraiz Khattak , Dr. Absasin Ulasyar U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in ENERGY, National University of Sciences & Technology, Islamabad
- Arqam Ilyas, Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO), Lahore,

10. The Power Sector Of Pakistan; A Brief Review
- Fariha Masroor , Marwa Ashfaq, Maham Siddiqui, Muhammad Mishraz Hussain, Muhammad Haris Shahbaz , Mohd Komeil Sadeghi, Ghulam and Ahmed Bin Saeed Research and Development IEEE PES NEDUET BRANCH, Karachi.

11 Formulation of Design Criteria for Lighting of Shopping Centers
- Ayesha Khan, Sana Zaheer, Syeda Ariba Shahid, Ayesha Muddassir Rizvi and Zanir Ali Issani NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi,

12. DC Voltage Performance Analysis of a Hybrid Multiterminal HVDC Grid Under Abnormal Conditions with Topological Investigation on Hybrid Scheme
- Syed Tahir Shah, Abraiz Khattak, Syed Qasim Shah, Abasin Ulasyar and Kashif Imran National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad

13. Comparative Study of Wind-Energy Conversion System on Fixed-speed and Variable Speed in Synchronization to Grid
- Umbrin Sultana, Umair Abid, Ahmed Shuja, Uzair Mansoor and Wajahat Ali Rathore Department of Electrical Engineering, NEDUET, Karachi

CLOSING SESSION
Venue: Video Conferencing Hall, Department of Civil Engineering, NEDUET
The closing session was held after the technical sessions of the Conference.
The Closing Session started with recitation of Holy Quran and was conducted by Engr. Najia Naveed, Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering, NEDUET
Engr. Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin, Vice-Chancellor, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, was the Chief Guest.
Engr. Prof. Dr. Atta Ullah Khawaja, Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering, NEDUET and Co-Convener, IEEC-2021 presented the Conference Highlights
Engr. Sohail Bashir, Chairman, IEP Karachi Centre presented his address.
Engr. Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin, Vice-Chancellor, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Chief Guest presented his address.
Engr. Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, Vice-Chancellor, NED University of Engineering and Technology, presented his address.
The Concluding remarks and vote of thanks was presented by Engr. Dr. Abdul Ghani Abro, Conference Secretary, IEEC-2021
IEP Karachi Centre announced to award “Chairman IEP Karachi Centre Medal” to the best paper of the Conference.

Selection Committee comprising of session chairs decided the best paper of the 6th IEEC-2021, there was a tie and The best paper award was given to “IoT Based Energy Management System for Optimal Energy Consumption in Residential Facilities” (IEEC-2021-10) presented by Ms. Durr e Shehwar, and other paper on Analytical Kinematic Analysis Of Multi DOF Serial Link Robot Arm (IEEC-2021-34) presented by Engr. Muhammad Affan

A E-souvenir was published on the occasion consisting of abstracts of technical papers and messages received from the following dignitaries.

• Engr. Syed Murad Ali Shah, Chief Minister Sindh
• Dr. Saad Al Shahrani, President, FEIIC
• Eng. Jayavilal Meegoda, President, FEISCA, Immediate Past-President, IESL
• Engr. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aslam Uqaili, Vice-Chancellor, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshooro (Sindh)
• Engr. Prof. Dr. Valiuddin, Vice-Chancellor, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology Engr. Ahmed Farooq Bazai (SI), Vice Chancellor, BUITEMS
• Engr. Prof. Dr. Ehsanullah Khan, Vice-Chancellor, Balochistan UET Khuzdar
• Engr. Prof. Dr. Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, Vice-Chancellor, NED University of Engineering and Technology
• Vice Admiral (Retd) Khawaja Ghazanfar Hussain, HI(M), Director General, Karachi Campus, Bahria University
• Engr. Dr. Javed Younas Uppal, President, IEP
• Engr. Amir Zamir Ahmed Khan, Secretary General, IEP
• Engr. Sohail Bashir, Chairman, IEP Karachi Centre
• Engr. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Tufail, Pro Vice-Chancellor, NEDUET
• Engr. Prof. Dr. Saad Ahmed Qazi, Convener 6th IEEC-2021 & Dean Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering NED University of Engineering and Technology,
• Engr. Prof. Dr. Attaullah Khawaja, Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering, NEDUET
• Engr. Tafseer Ahmed Khan, Vice-Chairman (Electrical), IEP Karachi Centre
• Engr. M. Farooq Arbi, Secretary, IEP Karachi Centre