Institution of Engineers (India)
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| Abbreviation | I.E.I. |
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| Motto | Professional Engineering Education |
| Formation | 13 September 1920 |
| Headquarters | 8 Gokhale Road, Kolkata, India |
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| Website | ieindia |
Established in 1920 in Kolkata, West Bengal,the Institution of Engineers India (IEI) is the national organization of engineers in India. As the world's largest multi-disciplinary engineering professional society in the world, the institution is acclaimed to have pioneered non-formal education in engineering boasts more than one million members in its 15 engineering disciplines across 125 centers and chapters located both in India and around the world. The Institution of Engineers India was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1935.
IEI was established in 1920 in Madras with Sir Thomas R. J. Ward as the founding president. It was formally inaugurated in 1921 by Lord Chelmsford, the then-Viceroy of British India. In 1935, IEI obtained the Royal Charter of Incorporation from King George V to promote and advance the science, practice, and business of engineering after a successful petition from Sir Thomas Guthrie Russell (President 1933–34).
The branches of this organization gradually began spreading across the country, leading to the birth of local institutions. Technical operations were established in 1944, with four large departments: Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, and General Engineering. It celebrated its silver jubilee in 1945 in Calcutta. In 1947, four new centers opened: Mdhyprant, Sindh, Baluchistan and Tiruwankur. Harold Williams served as President for a period in the 1950s. The institution celebrated its Golden Jubilee at Calcutta, inaugurated by Mrs Indira Gandhi. The Institution obtained the full membership of the Engineers Mobility Forum (EMF) at the Bi-annual International Engineers Meetings 2009 held at Kyoto, Japan on 17 June 2009. Dr. L V Muralikrishna Reddy, FIE, Int. PE, CEng (UK) is the youngest President and assumed office at the Annual General Meeting held at Hyderabad on 21 December 2014.
There are five fora of the IEI: the National Design & Research Foundation (NDRF), Water Management Forum (WMF), Safety and Quality Forum (SQF), Sustainable Development Forum (SDF) and Rural Development Forum (RDF). The IEI also has an autonomous organ, the Engineering Staff College of India.
In addition to representing India in the Engineers Mobility Forum, the institution has been prominent in World Mining Congress (WMC), the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), the Commonwealth Engineers’ Council (CEC), the Fédération Internationale du Béton (fib), and the Federation of Engineering Institutions of South and Central Asia (FEISCA). It has no worldwide bilateral agreements with other professional societies.
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