The recognition of “INAE Young Associate” is being given by INAE as per guidelines.

To recognize outstanding achievements/contributions made by Young Engineers with strong potential for future professional growth impact in any branch of engineering.

Any citizen of India not older than 35 years holding the first tertiary degree in engineering/technology as on 1st of January each year. However, lady nominees are eligible for age relaxation of five years for consideration.

A nomination is valid for one year only. A candidate may be nominated three times in total subject to age not exceeding 35 years. Exception is in case of women nominees for up to 40 years.

Evidence of excellence in engineering research, product/process, design, technology development and transfer specific contribution submitted for consideration of the recognition should have been carried out in India.

The last date for the receipt of nominations has been extended to April 15, 2024.

A Certificate as INAE Young Associate shall be given to the selected nominees, however there is no cash prize. All INAE Young Associates on selection and shall continue to be so till attaining 45 years of age. The decision of the INAE Council in all concerned matters shall be final.

Upto 15 INAE Young Associates shall be selected each year.

The recognition will be given to identify, recognize and encourage young and promising talents in India who have made and are likely to continue to make outstanding contributions impacting engineering research and design, technology development and transfer. The short-listed nominees will be invited to make a presentation followed by an interaction with the Selection Committee on dates to be announced later.

The selected INAE Young Associates will be invited for the INAE Annual Convention being held in December each year wherein they would be conferred with their Certificates and also inducted as INAE Young Associates.

The sponsor must be either a Fellow of INAE or Head of the organization/ institution where the nominee is working. The ink signed scanned soft copies of the nominations duly endorsed by the sponsor should be forwarded by email to inaehq@inae.in. Please note that hard copies of the nomination documents are not required to be forwarded. Also copies of reprints/ patents/reports etc are not required and only lists of the relevant publications/reports/patents etc may be attached.

PROFORMA FOR APPLICATION View Form

1) Dr. Anindya Pain, Principal Scientist, CSIR – CBRI, Roorkee. (ES-I – Civil Engineering).

2) Dr. Debdutta Ghosh, Senior Scientist, CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee (ES-I – Civil Engineering).

3) Dr. Salil Goel, Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur. (ES-I – Civil Engineering).

4) Dr. Surender Singh, Assistant Professor, IIT Madras. (ES-I – Civil Engineering).

5) Dr. Preethi Jyothi, Associate Professor, IIT Bombay. (ES-II-Computer Engineering and Information Technology).

6) Dr. Obbattu Sai Lakshmi Bhavana, Assistant Professor, IIT (BHU), Varanasi. (ES-II-Computer Engineering and Information Technology).

7) Dr. Mayank Baranwal, Senior Scientist, Tata Consultancy Services. (ES-II-Computer Engineering and Information Technology).

8) Dr. Shrutidhara Sarma, Assistant Professor, IIT Jodhpur. (ES-III- Mechanical Engineering).

9) Mr. Baibhaw Prakash, Scientific Officer (E), BARC, Mumbai. (ES-III- Mechanical Engineering).

10) Dr. Chandan Pandey, Assistant Professor, IIT Jodhpur. (ES-III- Mechanical Engineering).

11) Dr. Muvvala Gopinath, Assistant Professor, IIT Hyderabad. (ES-III- Mechanical Engineering).

12) Dr. Dipin S Pillai, Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur. (SC-IV – Chemical Engineering).

13) Dr. Udita Uday Ghosh, Assistant Professor (Grade I), IIT (BHU), Varanasi. (SC-IV – Chemical Engineering).

14) Dr. Vineet Aniya, Senior Scientist & Associate Professor, CSIR – IICT, Hyderabad. (SC-IV – Chemical Engineering).

15) Dr. Nasirul Haque, Assistant Professor, Grade-II, NIT Calicut. (SC-V – Electrical Engineering).

16) Dr. Deepak Reddy Pullaguram, Assistant Professor, IIT Kharagpur. (SC-V – Electrical Engineering).

17) Dr. Shakthi Prasad D., Assistant Professor, IIT Goa. (SC-V – Electrical Engineering).

18) Dr. Debdeep Sarkar, Assistant Professor, IISc, Bangalore. (SC-VI- Electronics and Communication Engineering).

19) Dr. Suraj Srivastava, Assistant Professor, IIT Jodhpur. (SC-VI- Electronics and Communication Engineering).

20) Dr. Tushar Sandhan, Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur. (SC-VI- Electronics and Communication Engineering).

21) Dr. Tanmay Dutta, Assistant Professor, IIT Guwahati. (SC-VI- Electronics and Communication Engineering).

22) Dr. Rajesh Chaunsali, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. (ES-VII – Aerospace Engineering).

23) Dr. Duvvuri Subrahmanyam, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. (ES-VII – Aerospace Engineering).

24) Ms. Tanvi Prakash, Assistant General Manager, Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai. (ES-VII – Aerospace Engineering).

25) Mr. Harish Donthula, Scientific Officer ‘E’, BARC, Mumbai. (SC-VIII- Mining, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering).

26) Dr. Arka Jyoti Das, Senior Scientist, CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad. (SC-VIII- Mining, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering).

27) Dr Kaushik Parida, Assistant Professor, IIT Roorkee. (SC-IX- Energy Engineering).

28) Dr. Jayeshkumar Sevantilal Mevada, Post-Doctoral fellow, ICT, Mumbai. (SC-X- Interdisciplinary & Special Engineering Fields and Leadership in Academia, R&D and Industry).

29) Dr. C Bharathi Priya, Principal Scientist, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai. (SC-X- Interdisciplinary & Special Engineering Fields and Leadership in Academia, R&D and Industry).

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