The Institution of Engineers (India) is a multi-disciplinary professional body of engineers with 15 engineering disciplines and over 6,00,000 members in India and abroad. The Institution was established in 1920 and was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1935. It has been in the forefront of engineering profession addressing the socio-engineering problems for progress of the country. IEI functions among professional engineers,
academicians, research workers to update their professional knowledge through continuous professional development. With its large international linkages and a network of 104 Centres in India and 5 Overseas Chapters, the Institution has built up wide reach and large infrastructure to meet its objectives of promotingengineering in all aspects.
With a view to promote the pursuit of excellence in the field of engineering, IEI has instituted ‘IEI Young Engineers Award’. The Award consists of 10,000/- and a Certificate. The purpose of the Award is to
recognize outstanding achievements/contributions made by young engineers in engineering research, excellence in engineering technology development, technology transfer, etc. Any engineer citizen of India not
older than 35 years of age as on March 31, 2013 is eligible for the Award.
The Application Proforma is to be filled online which is available on IEI website www.ieindia.info. Six copies of the printout of the duly filled application proforma should be sent to the Director (Technical), The Institution ofEngineers (India), 8 Gokhale Road, Kolkata 700020. The envelope containing the application should be labeled at the top with ‘IEI Young Engineers Award 2013-14’ and name of the engineering division underwhich the applicant desires to be considered for the Award.