Professional Societies

The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) is the leading National Professional non-profit making Society for the Technical Education System in our country with the motto of Career Development of Teachers and Personality Development of Students and overall development of our Technical Education System. Being the only national organisation of educators in the field of Engineering and Technology, ISTE effectively contributes in various missions of the Union Government. The strength of ISTE is the strong base it has in technical education institutions in the country.

ISTE has an Executive Council at National level. It has active membership of more than 1,43,066 technical teachers, 5,35,000 student members, more than 3332 institutional members (including IITs, IISc., NITs and other leading technical institutions), 1488 faculty chapters and 1858 students’ chapters at National level and 19 Sections at State Level .

The major objective of the ISTE is to provide quality training programmes to teachers and administrators of technical institutions to update their knowledge and skills in their fields of activity and to assist and contribute in the production and development of top quality professional engineers and technicians needed by the industry and other organisations.It organizes an annual convention for faculty and students separately every year where a large number of technocrats, technical teachers, policy makers, experts from the industry etc. participate and interact.

Every year a National Seminar with a specific theme with respect to the latest development in the field of Science and Technology and societal problems is being arranged during the Annual convention and leading luminaries of technical education are invited to deliver special lectures and delegates will present research papers. ISTE is actively involved in many activities conducted by All India Council for Technical Education New Delhi (AICTE) and National Board of Accreditation New Delhi (NBA). ISTE is having collaboration and MoUs with government organisations and various Universities for the promotion of technical education system in the country.

Membership : Every Student and Teacher in CSE department have a membership.

The Institution of Engineers (India) [IEI] is the largest multi-disciplinary professional body of engineers, established in 1920 with its Headquarters located in Kolkata and incorporated under Royal Charter on 9th September, 1935 by the then His Majesty of King George V. The Royal Charter endowed the Institution with the responsibility to promote the general advancement of engineering amongst its members and persons attached to the Institution. After Independence, the Institution is a “Body Corporate” protected under Article 372 of the Constitution of India. The Institution of Engineers (India) is administered by a National Council with the President as its Head.

The Institution of Engineers (India) – Kancheepuram Local Centre (IEI-KLC) is a branch of the larger IEI organization, focused on serving the engineering community in the Kancheepuram region. It was inaugurated on December 15, 2015. IEI-KLC provides various services and activities for its members, including technical lectures, seminars, workshops, and student chapter activities.

IEI Student Chapters offer numerous benefits for undergraduate engineering students, including access to resources, networking opportunities, and potential career advancement. These benefits include free e-access to IEI journals, concessional rates for IEI guest houses, and opportunities to participate in technical events and competitions. Student members can also receive research grants for final year projects and discounted rates for upgrading to corporate membership.