The Institution of Engineers (India) [IEI] is the largest multi-disciplinary professional body of engineers, established in 1920 with its Headquarters located in Kolkata and incorporated under Royal Charter on 9th September, 1935 by the then His Majesty of King George V. The Royal Charter endowed the Institution with the responsibility to promote the general advancement of engineering amongst its members and persons attached to the Institution. After Independence, the Institution is a “Body Corporate” protected under Article 372 of the Constitution of India. The Institution of Engineers (India) is administered by a National Council with the President as its Head.
PES’s Modern College of Engineering has IEI Student Chapter with Chapter No E-411 at Electrical Engineering Department established in AY 2012-13. Prof. Ms. Pallavi Suhas Jadhav is Adviser (IEI) of Student Chapter.
Student Chapter has 63 student members in AY 2022-23 & 41 student members in AY 2023-24.
The Institution has been serving the engineering fraternity for over a Century with its national and international presence through 125 Centres spread all over India. The Institution encompasses 15 (fifteen) engineering disciplines with a Corporate membership of over 2 lakhs.
IEI has been recognized as Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) by the Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India and besides conducting its own research, provides Grant-in-Aid to UG/PG/ PhD students of Engineering Institutes & Universities.
The Institution of Engineers (India) is the first professional body to represent India in several International Bodies, such as the World Mining Congress (WMC), the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), the Commonwealth Engineers’ Council (CEC), the Federation International du Beton (fib), and the Federation of Engineering Institutions of South and Central Asia (FEISCA). It also has bilateral agreements with a number of professional societies across the globe.
The Institution of Engineers (India) as a pioneer body has been conducting Sections A & B Examinations popularly known as AMIE, successful completion of which is recognized as equivalent to a degree in engineering by the Government of India, the Union Public Service Commission, the State Governments and many Public / Private Sector organizations in the country.
IEI holds the International Professional Engineers (IntPE) Register for India under the global International Professional Engineers Alliance (IntPEA). The Institution also awards the Professional Engineers (PE) Certification.
Ever since its inception, IEI has been the forerunner in setting up national standards for promoting the country’s industrial base which culminated on the formation of the Indian Standard Institution (ISI), now called as Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). IEI, in collaboration with Springer Nature Pvt. Ltd., regularly publishes peer-reviewed international journals in five Series, covering fifteen engineering disciplines.
IEI issues membership certification to the eligible engineers, technologists and scientists. Chartered Engineer, Professional Engineer and International Professional Engineer certifications in various disciplines of engineering are also issued by this Institution.
The Institution maintains a panel of highly qualified and well experienced Arbitrators having technical and professional engineering competence.
The State / Local Centres of IEI spread across the country do organise technical activities and provide platform to the stakeholders, technocrats, policy makers and others to share their expertise to benefit the engineering fraternity.
IE (I) Student chapter E-411 at Department of Electrical Engineering sponsors following activities:
- Technical Activities
- Social Activity
- Technical webinars
- Workshops
- Seminars
- Industrial visits
- Technical quizzes
- Project competitions/ exhibitions
- Symposia
- Technical/Project Demonstration
- Model competition
- Poster Competition
- Group Discussion
- Aptitude Test
- Technical Visit
- Short term course (Course duration minimum 3 days)
- Lectures
- Paper presentation
- Seminar
- Workshop
- Conference
