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As a member of fib International headquartered in Q. Who can be a Member of the Institution?

Laussane (Switzerland), IEI has been contributing a The Institution of Engineers (India), IEI consists of
lot to the field of pre-stressed concrete. IEI also membership in the following orders: Honorary, Cor-
hosted the prestigious fib Congress - the fourth in porate and Non-Corporate. The Honorary Members
the series - in Mumbai in the year 2013. IEI has also comprises the Classes of Honorary Fellows and Hon-
recently acquired more strength in the fib Presidium, orary Life Fellows. The Corporate and Non-Corpo-
the governing body of fib, in the form of an en- rate Members comprises the following classes :
hanced number of delegates and deputy delegates,
which are the representatives of the National Mem- Corporate
ber Group of a member country. a) Fellow - FIE
b) Member - MIE
In FEISCA and FEIAP, IEI has been working closely c) Associate Member - AMIE
with the engineering organizations in the

neighbouring countries, namely, Bangladesh, Nepal, Non-Corporate
Pakistan and Sri Lanka, along with other engineer- a) Senior Technician - ST
ing organizations in the Asia continent. Mr S L Garg, b) Technician - T
Past President, IEI is now the President of FEISCA.

Besides its role as member organization of the above c) Institutional Member - IM
world bodies, IEI has also established bilateral rela- d) Donor Member - DM

tions with 32 engineering organizations in 24 coun-

tries all over the world with the objective of mutual Q. Can you throw some light on the R&D Initia-

co-operation in the field of engineering advance- tives of the Institution?

ment and also towards benefits of the members of Ans: The Institution of Engineers (India) have identified

IEI and the agreement societies as well. the voids plaguing the promotion of R&D and

Q. IEI has been conducting the AMIE examina- evolved a policy of funding research initiatives from
engineering student community in the form of Grant-

tions since 1928. How do you think it has in-Aid scheme in the year 2001. The modest enter-

contributed towards enriching knowledge prise have now manifested into a full fledged pro-

and skills of the working professionals in en- gram which have percolated to the student com-
gineering domain? munity around the country. The proclaimed benefi-
ciary figure for the financial year 2013-14 itself is
Ans: Though the exam is more popularly known as AMIE over 100. The funding scheme has been primarily
examination amongst the engineering community, designed to address the need of the undergraduate
it will be more appropriate to call it Section A&B research community whose avenues of receiving
Examinations conducted by The Institution of Engi- financial support is limited. Presently, the Institution
neers (India) for its Senior Technician & Technician has earmarked a budget of Rs 1.00 crore for fund-
Members. Successful completion of the examina- ing novel and deserving projects.
tion within specified time frame is recognized by

MHRD as equivalent to a Degree in appropriate

field of Engineering. Every year as many as 90,000 Q. Engineers in India are looking forward for

candidates appear for the examination. enactment of Engineers Bill at the earliest.

The eligibility criteria for Technician Members, to What proactive measures are planned by IEI

appear in the Section A Examination, is to pass mini- in this regard?

mum 10+2 exam or its equivalent with 45% marks in Ans: IEI has been striving hard to convince HRD Ministry

aggregate in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics to initiate necessary steps to bring Engineers Bill

and pass in English with 45% overall aggregate. into an act of parliament since 2000 onwards. IEI is

“ We are taking active part in ‘Make in India’ Campaign,“ in regular touch with Ministry
‘Smart Cities Project’ and various other schemes of of HRD to make them con-
Government to play an active role to build world class vinced that IEI has greater role
structures. to play for maintaining a Reg-
ister of Engineers duly regis-
tered under the statute.

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