Sunday, 13 May 2012

Inae silver jubilee inaugural function

The Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), founded in 1987, elects most distinguished engineers, engineer-scientists and technologists covering the entire spectrum of engineering disciplines as Fellows from India and world.  The Academy was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi in 1987.  INAE has been headed in the past by distinguished engineers such as Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Prof. P Rama Rao, Prof. PV Indiresan and Dr. K Kasturirangan.
INAE functions as an apex body and promotes the practice of engineering & technology and the related sciences for their application to solving problems of national importance. The Academy provides a forum for futuristic planning for country's development requiring engineering and technological inputs and brings together specialists from such fields as may be necessary for comprehensive solutions to the needs of the country.  Presently INAE has 685 Fellows from India and 54 Foreign Fellows on its rolls identified in ten Engineering Sections.
INAE is an autonomous institution supported partly through grant-in-aid by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.
As the only engineering Academy of the country, INAE represents India at the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS).
       
The Academy is completing 25 years of its existence on April 20, 2012.  A number of relevant high impact events and publications have been planned to mark the  INAE Silver Jubilee.  The Inaugural Function is being organized on April 20, 2012, at Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Auditorium, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi.  Dr. R Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Govt. of India will be the Chief Guest.   A few of the features of this event are: Release of INAE video film on Engineering Excellence in India, Release of a coffee table book on "Glimpses of Indian Engineering Achievements"; Release of the latest INAE Study Reports on "Impact of R&D on Indian Mining Industry Performance – Identifying the new priorities and strategic initiatives"; "Technologies for Healthcare Sector in India"; "Assessment of Civil Engineering Inputs for Infrastructural Development" and "Water Resource Management"; Release of Special Cover; Presentation of Silver Jubilee Young Engineer Awards; INAE Silver Jubilee Distinguished Lectures by Prof. P Rama Rao, Dr. Anil Kakodkar and Dr. Baba N Kalyani and brief addresses by the participating Presidents/representatives of the member-academies of International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS).

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