December 27-29, 2023 - Jabalpur MP
Organised By:
Host: Jabalpur Local Centre, IEI
VENUE: HOTEL ROYAL ORBIT, NAGPUR ROAD, JABALPUR MP
THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS (INDIA)
The Institution of Engineers (India) or IEI is the largest multidisciplinary professional body that encompasses 15 engineering disciplines and gives engineers a global platform to share professional interest. IEI has membership strength of above 0.9 million. Established in 1920, with its headquarter at 8, Gokhale Road, Kolkata-700020, IEI has served the engineering fraternity for over a century. In this period of time it has been inextricably linked with the history of modernday engineering. In 1935, IEI was incorporated by Royal Charter and remains the only professional body in India to be accorded this honour. Today, its quest for professional excellence has given it a place of pride in almost every prestigious and relevant organization across the globe. IEI functions amongst professional engineers, academicians and research workers. It provides a vast array of technical, professional and supporting services to the Government, Industries, Academia and the Engineering fraternity, operating from 125 Centres located across the country. The Institution also provides grant-in-aid to its members to conduct research and development on engineering subjects. IEI has been recognized as Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) by the Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India and provides Grant-in-Aid to UG/PG/PhD students of Engineering Institutes & Universities. 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.
In order to create sharp focus on National priority areas, The Institution of Engineers (India) has established the following Organ and Fora to work in close co-operation with the stakeholders in the respective fields.
- Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI), Hyderabad for providing continuing education and Research & Development, is an autonomous Organ of IEI
- Disaster Awareness and Management Forum (DAMF), Uttarakhand to promote and propagate the concept of DAMF and to facilitate exchange of ideas and opinions pertaining to it.
- National Design and Research Forum (NDRF), Bangalore to encourage design & research talents in engineering and technology
- National Skill Development Forum (NSDF), Shimla to enhance skill of engineering and technical personnel
- Rural Development Forum (RDF), Kolkata to encourage and promote multifaceted development of rural India
- Safety and Quality Forum (SQF), New Delhi to address the aspects of Safety and Quality in Engineering Profession
- Sustainable Development Forum (SDF), Patna for expression of authoritative views on technologies for sustainable development and for enunciating practical solutions to the problems faced by India
- Water Management Forum (WMF), Ahmedabad to promote and advance the engineering and practice of water resources management in its totality.
(For further details, please visit: www.ieindia.org )
ABOUT THE HOST CENTRE
JABALPUR LOCAL CENTRE, IEI
Following the reorganization of states on November 1, 1956, the Mahakoshal region, which was formerly under the Madhya Pradesh Centre in Nagpur, was amalgamated with the Madhya Bharat and Vindhya Pradesh regions to create the new state of Madhya Pradesh. Simultaneously, the districts of Nagpur and Berar became part of the new Bombay state. This significant political shift led to a pressing demand from members of the Institution of Engineers (India), representing a diverse array of professionals employed in state and central government departments, industrial organizations, and various sectors, for the establishment of a center in the newly formed state of Madhya Pradesh.
As a result of this demand, the President of The Institution of Engineers (India) made the pivotal decision in January 1959 to establish the Madhya Pradesh Centre in Jabalpur. Subsequently, during a meeting of the Corporate Members of the Madhya Pradesh State at the Shaheed Smarak building in Jabalpur on January 21, 1959, Er S. P. Chakravarti, who served as the Principal of Jabalpur Engineering College, was unanimously elected as the inaugural Chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Centre. Additionally, eleven other distinguished members were elected as the initial members of the M.P. State Centre Committee.
In a later development, in 1976, the Madhya Pradesh State Centre was relocated to Bhopal, the capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh. Today, the Jabalpur Local Centre boasts nearly 2000 members, contributing to the growth and progress of the engineering community in the region.