(a)

The qualifications, method and terms of admission, privileges and obligations including liability to exclusion or suspension of Members of each of the said two classes shall be such as the Rules and Regulations for the time being of the Academy shall direct.

(b)

The Council shall alone have power to decide conclusively in respect of each person proposed for or seeking admission to any class of membership of the Academy whether he has or has not fulfilled such conditions as are applicable to his case.

(c)

Fellow and Foreign Fellow of the Academy shall be entitled to the exclusive use after his name of the abbreviated designation “FNAE”

(d)

The Academy shall elect Fellows and Foreign Fellows in  different disciplines of Engineering in accordance with the  provisions of Rules and Regulations 37 (e) and (f) on the basis of merit, achievements and contributions of the individuals nominated for election.

(e)

Every person for election as a Fellow or a Foreign Fellow shall satisfy the Council that he is engaged in the profession of engineering in a position of high responsibility and has attained eminence by virtue of his outstanding contribution in the field.

(f)

Persons for election as Fellow, shall be (a) Indian nationals or (b) persons of Indian origin and other  Foreign Nationals who have settled in India and worked in India for five or more years and contributed to Indian engineering and technology, Foreign Fellows shall not be of Indian nationality.

(g)

The Council may elect a person of any nationality as a Fellow or Foreign Fellow as the case may be in special recognition of his outstanding contribution in the field of engineering and such election shall be announced at the next Annual General  Meeting, provided, however, that number of persons so elected shall not be more than twenty at any point of time.