The official Student Section of the International Society of Automation (ISA) at the Manipal Institute of Technology. --- The International Society of Automation (ISA) is a non-profit professional association of engineers, technicians, and management engaged in industrial automation and its connected fields. As the globally trusted provider of foundational standards-based technical resources for the profession, ISA strives to build a better world through automation. The ISA Manipal Institute of Technology Student Section, as one of the countless student sections spread across India and the world, strives to promote the ISA community among students in the local arena, by helping them develop their technical skills and professional network through the plethora of resources that ISA provides, including but not limited to: • Access to our top-level technical library and research transactions; • Exclusive access to specialised focus groups/divisions in specific fields including robotics and automation, cybersecurity, and education; and • Networking and career-making opportunities with like-minded students as well as professionals. Members of ISA Manipal will enjoy all the benefits that ISA provides, along with special benefits unique to our student section, such as exclusive access to: • A one-of-a-kind member-curated knowledge database, containing the collected knowledge of all our members, to lessen the time spent in looking up information online and increase learning throughput; • Free and prioritised entry to all our workshops and events; and • Opportunities to participate in the ISA FIEPER project, a concerted effort by multiple student sections in India to help design and build a fully autonomous bipedal robot for industrial applications.