2025 Events

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1. 100 Brilliant and Inspiring Women in 6G- List for 2025 was officially announced on 12th February 2025. 

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2. A Live Networking Session and Talk on "6G Monetization" was held on 11th April 2025. 

 

3. A Special Panel Discussion Session titled "The PhD Panel" was held on 12th April 2025 as part of the Women in 6G Summit. Speakers: Eshita Rastogi (SKKU, South Korea), Sahar Ammar (KAUST, Saudi Arabia), Yogita Pimpalkar (IIIT, Bengaluru) and Rubeena Aafreen (IIT Hyderabad).

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4. A Panel Discusssion Session titled "Women in 6G: Beyond R&D" was held on 13th April 2025 as part of the Women in 6G Summit. Speakers: Dr. Astha Sharma (Assistant Director (Technology), Bharat 6G Alliance) and Sindhuja Rajesh (Senior Research Analyst, GreyB). 

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5. The winner of the first edition of the Women in 6G "Best Research Paper" Award was officially announced on 19th April 2025. Annu (PhD Research Scholar, IIT Hyderabad, India) received the award for her paper titled "Enhancing Sidelink V2X Communication in 6G Networks: Power-Domain NOMA-Based Priority Message Transmission Approach."

 

Along with the winner’s certificate, she receives a cash prize of INR 25,000 and the opportunity to grant free memberships to three deserving women to join the Women in 6G Community.

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6. Registration for the Second Edition of "Women in 6G Best Research Paper Awards" is now open. Submit your paper here.

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​7. A live session on the topic "Top 10 Skills Every 6G R&D Enthusiast Must Learn to Land a Role in R&D" was held on 22nd June 2025. Several members joined the session and found it immensely valuable. We’ve also published an article on the same topic, you can read it here.

 

8. A live networking session was held on 12th July 2025. But it wasn’t just another networking event- it was more like a wish-granting session! Several members joined in and shared their requests ( from job referrals, to profile enhancement tips, to learning roadmaps for upskilling ). We’re happy to share that most of those requests were fulfilled within a week.

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9. An exclusive speaker session titled "Leadership Launchpad" was held on 19th July 2025. The featured speaker was Sneha Singh, Founder of Engineer to Leader and a Leadership Coach for Women Engineers.

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10. An interactive live session was held on 21st September 2025 as part of the Women in 6G Monthly Speaker Series on the topic "Role of Semantic Communications in 6G & Beyond Networks."

The featured speaker was Dr. Annapurna Pradhan (CNRS Postdoctoral Fellow, ENSEA, France).

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11. An interactive live speaker session was held on 26th October 2025 as part of the Women in 6G Monthly Speaker Series.

The featured speaker was Dr. Preksha Shah (Research Scientist, Freestream Technologies; Former Co-Chair, WG4, ITU-T Focus Group on AI-Native Networks (FG-AINN)). She was invited to share her experience in a session titled “From Research to Global Standards: Experiences with ITU-T Focus Group on AI-Native Networks and AI for Good.”

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2024 Events

 

1. First Live Networking Session was held on 06th January 2024 .

 

2. Quiz on Framework and Objectives of development of IMT for 2030 and beyond systems - 27th Jan 2024.

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3. Second Live Networking Session was held on 03rd February 2024 . 

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4. Women in 6G Crossword Contest was held on 11th February 2024.

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5. 100 Brilliant and Inspiring Women in 6G- List for 2024 was officially announced on 12th February 2024.

 

6. Offline Event- Delivered a talk on "Introduction to 6G technology" to 90+ female engineering students from Sri Sairam College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India on 15th February 2024.

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7. Wi6G Poetry Challenge - from 18th February 2024 to 24th February 2024.

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8. Quiz on Telecom Standardization Organizations and Regulatory Bodies - 26th  February 2024

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9. Third Live Networking Session was held on 02nd March 2024 . 

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10. Quiz on 5G/6G Multiple Access Schemes and Numerology - 24th March 2024

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11. Fourth Live Networking Session was held on 06th April 2024 .

 

12. Crossword Contest was held on 13th and 14th April 2024. 

 

13. Inaugural Session of the Women in 6G Speaker Series on the topic "Role of AI/ML and ORAN in the 6G paradigm" by Suvidha Mhatre (RAN Engineer at Sateliot and PhD Researcher at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) on 27th April 2024.

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14. Fifth Live Networking Session was held on 11th May 2024.

Agenda- We asked our members who have taken a career break and are rejoining the workforce to offer some insights and tips for those who are currently on a break.

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15. Sixth Live Networking Session was held on 02nd June 2024.

Agenda- Discussion on 10 must have skills to land in a 6G R&D position in 2024 & beyond. 

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16. The Second Session of the Women in 6G Speaker Series on the topic "Role of FSO in next-gen communication" by Dr. Prakriti Saxena (Engineer at Inria, France) on 29th June 2024.

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17. Seventh Live Networking Session was held on 13th July 2024. Agenda- LinkedIn Profile Review of all the participating members. 20+ members were benefitted by this session.

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18. 8th Live Networking Session was held on 10th August 2024.

Agenda- Discussion about ITU, 3GPP and the need for having more women as 3GPP delegates.

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19. The Third Session of the Women in 6G Speaker Series on the topic "Role of 6G in making V2X a reality" by Annu (PhD Research Scholar at IIT Hyderabad, India) on 24th August 2024.

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20. 9th Live Networking Session was held on 14th September 2024.

Agenda- Discussion on 5G and 6G Frequency Spectrum/Bands, spectrum auction process, and the role of FCC and DOT in spectrum management. 

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