RAS Most Active Technical Committee Award Technical Committee on Sustainable Production Automation: Chair Andrea Matta and C ochair Ying (Gina) Tang. RAS Chapter of the Year Award Private University of Tunis ULT (Université Libre de Tunis) IEEE Student Branch in the Tunisia Section: Advisor Cherif Mhamdi and Chair Khalil Benhaj. Deadline for IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Local Chapter Initiative Grants T he IEEE Robotics and Auto- mation Society (RAS) Member Activities Board (MAB) awards a limited number of Chapter i n it i at ive grants to RAS Chapters for professional devel - opment, educational outreach, and other programs. The MAB will review grant proposals at its fall 2020 meet- ing and award up to US$2,000 on a competitive basis. The deadline for proposals is 15 August 2020. For submission details, please visit: https:// www.ieee-ras.org/chapters/support -for-chapters. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MRA.2020.2986573 Date of current version: 10 June 2020 Welcome to 13 New IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Chapters C Chapters. ongratulations and welcome to the following newly org- anized IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Regions 1-6 ● United States * University of North Texas RAS Student Branch Chapter in the Fort Worth Section. Region 8 ● Palestine * An-Najah National University RAS Student Branch Chapter in the Israel Section ● Tunisia * Faculty of Science of Tunis RAS Student Branch Chapter in the Tunisia Section * Polytech Sfax Society RAS Student Branch Chapter in the Tunisia Section. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MRA.2020.2986574 Date of current version: 10 June 2020 Region 9 ● Brazil * Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo-Campus São Mateus RAS Student Branch Chapter in the Rio De Janeiro Section ● El Salvador * Universidad de Sonsonate RAS Student Branch Chapter in the El Salvador Section ● Mexico * Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Patzcuaro RAS Student Branch Chapter in the Centro Occidente Section ● Peru * Trujillo Nacional University-La Libertad RAS Student Branch Chapter in the Peru Section. Region 10 ● India * Adi Shankara Institute of Engi- neering and Technology RAS/ IEEE Biometrics Council/IEEE Nanotechnology Council/IEEE ● Sensors Council/IEEE Systems Council Student Branch Chapter in the Kerala Section * G H Patel College of Engineering and Technology RAS Student Branch Chapter in the Gujarat Section * Pranveer Singh Institute of Tech- nology RAS Student Branch Chapter in the Uttar Pradesh Section * St. Joseph's College of Engineer- ing and Technology, Palai, Stu- dent Branch Chapter in the Kerala Section Pakistan * Sir Syed Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering Institute of Technology RAS Student Branch Chapter in the Islamabad Section. JUNE 2020 * IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE * 181https://www.ieee-ras.org/chapters/support https://www.ieee-ras.org/chapters/support