The Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) founded in 1987 comprises India’s most distinguished engineers, engineer-scientists and technologists covering the entire spectrum of engineering disciplines, and functions as an apex body to promote and advance the practice of engineering and technology and the related sciences and disciplines in India and their application to problems of national importance. The Academy is registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860 and is an autonomous institution supported partly through grant-in-aid by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. It is the only engineering Academy in India and is recognised as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (SIRO) by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India. INAE is a Member of the international Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS).  more….

Indian Engineering Heritage Study Group on Metallurgy

India has a long tradition of outstanding engineering achievements in diverse fields such as monuments, bridges, irrigation systems, metallurgy, textiles etc. The documentation of these achievements is fragmented and not easily accessible. The Academy has set up Expert Study Groups in the year 1996 to compile information and documentation on the outstanding engineering achievements, initially in the areas of Civil Engineering, Railways and Metallurgy. A study group of Indian Engineering Heritage on Metallurgy was constituted to carry out the activities related to carry out joint studies related to metallurgical heritage. Prof. S. Ranganathan, IISc, Bangalore was the founder Chairman of the study group in metallurgy, and he continued till 2002. Dr. Baldev Raj, Director, IGCAR, Kalpakkam is the current Chairman of the study group since 2003.  more...