To recognise life time contribution in engineering made by eminent persons to any branch of engineering within the purview of the Academy.

Any citizen of India who is not a Member of INAE Council during the year of the Award.

Any citizen of India who has made distinguished contributions in the field of engineering / engineering research / engineering education / technology development / engineering services or management which have brought prestige to the nation and regarded as landmarks of technological excellence in the country, is eligible for nomination. In case the nominee is an INAE Fellow, he/she should not be a member of the INAE Governing Council during the year of the award.

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Upto two Awards in a year. The Academy reserves the right not to recommend an award in any year.

Nominations will be invited from INAE Fellows to be submitted at INAE Email : inaehq@inae.in through their registered email with INAE as per the prescribed “Proforma for Nomination” (in Word document) indicating a brief statement of outstanding and distinguished contributions of the nominee. Self-nomination of a person shall not be considered. Nominations shall remain valid for three years and renominations shall be accepted.

The last date of receipt of nominations for the year 2025 is 31st August 2025.

The Selection Committee under the Chairmanship of President with Vice-Presidents as members will recommend two nominees for conferment of the subject Award to the Governing Council.

The award shall consist of Rs.5 lakhs in cash and a citation.

The awardees will be requested to deliver an inspirational talk on their exciting engineering experiences during the Academy Annual Convention.

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• Mr Senapathy Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder Infosys & Chairman Axilor Ventures.
• Prof MS Ananth, Emeritus Research Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras; and Former Director, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Awards were not conferred for 2022, 2023 and 2024