Frequently Asked
Question
What
are the Classes of Membership?
What are the Qualifications
for Membership?
Give me an Abridged Eligibility Guidelines
for the Corporate Membership.
What are the Privileges
of Corporate Members?
How do I become a member?
How do I
submit FIE/MIE/AMIE/
membership form online?
Can I make Online payment?
How do I
get an Application forms for non-corporate membership?
How long before become
a member?
What are the Important points
to remember?
What am I
supposed to get after the enrolment?
What is a Photo Identity Card?
What is Study Materials, Membership Pack and Identity Card for Senior Technician
(ST) and Technician (T) members ?
What
is Fixation of Term of Examination based on date of Enrollment as ST/T member Non
Receipt of Study Materials / Membership Pack / Identity Card?
How do I get Upgradation of Membership?
What do I do on Lost of documents?
How do I record my Change of Address?
What is the Interactive Voice
Response System Number and what are its utilities ?
How can I get IEI Journals?
How can I Log in through the website?
Classes of Membership
The Institution of Engineers (India),
IEI consists of membership in the following orders: Honorary, Corporate and
Non-Corporate. The Honorary Members comprises the Classes of Honorary Fellows and
Honorary Life Fellows. The Corporate and Non-Corporate Members comprises the following
classes
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Corporate
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Fellow – FIE
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b)
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Member – MIE
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c)
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Associate Member – AMIE
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Non-Corporate
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Affiliate – Aff. I E
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Member Technologist – MTIE
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c)
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Associate Member Technologist – AMTIE
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d)
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Senior Technician – ST
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e)
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Technician – T
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f)
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Institutional Member – IM
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g)
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Donor Member – DM
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Qualifications for Membership
Qualification for Membership
as described in the Bye-Laws and Regulations of the Council is applicable for every
candidates for election as member of any class.
Please refer to
page 13 to 18, clause no 44 – 56 of Bye-Laws and Regulations.
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Abridged Eligibility Guidelines for the Corporate Membership:
Click here to see the details
of Abridged Eligibility Guidelines for the Corporate Membership.
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Privileges of Corporate Members :
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Entitlement to have ‘Chartered Engineer’ certificate on payment of requisite fee
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2.
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Entitlement to receive IEI’s journals, technical monographs, papers, conference
proceedings
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Entitlement to receive copies of IEI News and Technorama free of cost
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Access to web-based e-groups for professional interaction
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Access to the Engineering Information Service Centre (EISC) at the Headquarters
as well as at the state and local centres
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Participation in continuing education programme at the Engineering Staff College
of India (ESCI), Hyderabad and at state and local centres
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Participation in the numerous seminars, symposia, conventions, workshops, lectures,
conferences, congresses and other events held at national, regional and local levels.
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Participation in international conferences
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Entitlement to enjoy facilities and benefits from 27 foreign professional bodies
with whom IEI has bilateral relationships
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Opportunity to act as arbitrators in arbitration matters relating to engineering
jobs and services
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Sharing ideas, know-how and experience with fellow members by publishing articles
in IEI’s journals
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Entitlement to reserve and stay in retiring rooms available at the Headquarters
and at Centres at concessional rates.
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A Corporate Member receives a Letter
of election. All the above privileges given to him are stated in this letter.
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How to become a member
Application forms for Corporate Membership
FIE/MIE/AMIE
are available at IEI State and Local Centre. Forms can also be downloaded from the
website. Hard copy of the application form duly filled in along with the requisite
documents duly attested by FIE/MIE/AMIE as specified in the form must be sent to
the Headquarters. The application form must be signed by the supporter(s), who is
a member of the IEI in the Category of FIE/MIE/AMIE, quoting the valid membership
number. All the copies of documents accompanying the membership form must be attested
by one of the supporters who has signed the membership form. Remittance
should be made by Demand Draft (DD) in favour of ‘The Institution of Engineers (India)’,
payable at Kolkata. The draft should be sent along with the membership application
form addressed to The Director (Membership), The Institution of Engineers (India),
8 Gokhale Road, Kolkata 700020,superscribing on the top of the envelope ‘Membership
Application Form’.
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Online submission of Corporate Membership form
Facility of online submission of
application form for Fellow, Member and Associate Member
is available. Click on -
Online Application for the services.
However, at present this facility does not include the upgradation of membership
of the existing member from one class of membership to another class. Therefore,
existing members are requested not to use this facility.
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Online payment
Facility of online payment for other
services is also available.Click
here for Payment Gateway
While going through online payment, the reference number and payment transaction
ID number must be noted and mentioned on the top of the hard copy of the membership
application form while sending it along with the documents. The same procedure is
to be followed as stated above for sending the hard copy of the application form.
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Application forms for Non-corporate Membership
Membership application form for Senior
Technician (ST) / Technician (T) is available at our website. The ST/T application
form with prospectus is also available at all State/Local Centres/Overseas Chapters
as well as at the Headquarters of IEI. For procurement of ST/ T application form
with prospectus, apply for the same or download (click here). The procedure to apply for ST/T membership
is same as described for Corporate Membership.
Click here to see the details of Eligibility
Criteria & Educational Qualifications for becoming Technician (T) and Senior Technician
(ST) Member
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How long before become a member
Acknowledgement is sent by
SMS regarding receipt of money within seven working days after receiving the documents.
The SMS massage containing the reference no should be noted for any future communication.
The processing of application for enrollment as corporate member normally takes
two months time and that of non corporate ST/T members takes three months time at
present from the date of acknowledgement.
In case of non-receipt of SMS, please
use our IVRS No. (033)40155400 to ascertain receipt of money by giving the six-digit
DD number. This will also prompt the 12 digit Ref No. which is unique number to
identify every application. For any future communication with the headquarters till
the enrolment and to know about the status through IVRS, this 12 digit reference
number should be quoted/used.
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Important points to remember
* Please do not forget to attest all the documents i.e. copy of date
of birth proof, marksheets, certificates, proof of employment mentioning present
designation (or last held designation as applicable for superannuated applicants
for Fellowship) and date of holding the post (for corporate membership),chronological
engineering career (for corporate membership) etc by the supporters or one of the
supporter who has signed the membership application form. The supporter must be
a Corporate Member of IEI in the grade of FIE/MIE/AMIE only.
* Quote telephone number/mobile number/e-mail ID in the membership application
form as well as other communication with Headquarters for quick response.
* Quote mobile number to get SMS acknowledgement of receipt of money
as well as other important announcement.
* List of applicants,
having any deficiency / discrepancy in their applications are available in the website.
Please go through the list before making any enquiry at Headquarters.
* Applicants are requested to enquiry their status of application for
membership only after the normal processing time as mentioned above.
* Membership
related queries through IVRS:
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Before making membership related queries / correspondence to IEI headquarters through
telephone / email (email id: membership@ieindia.org)
the following should be ensured:-
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The ‘New Enrolment’ list as available in the website
www.ieindia.org is checked.
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The list of ‘Discrepancies in application’ in the website is checked.
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The query has been routed through the Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS)-(033)40155400.
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The usual processing time as mentioned in the respective membership application
form is already over.
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What am I supposed to get after the enrolment
The list of Corporate Members, after
their enrollment as FIE/MIE/AMIE
will be available in the website under the section ‘New Enrollment’. Every member after the enrolment
is expected to receive the letter of Election, code of Ethies by ordinary post and
the certificate by registered post or courier service only.
The list of Senior Technician (ST)
and Technician (T) members, after the enrolment will be available in the website
under the section
‘New Enrollment’.The newly enrolled
ST/T members are expected to receive the Letter of Election , Photo Identity Card,
Study Material and Membership Pack.
Study Materials and Membership Pack
are sent by speed post/registered post within two months time after the enrolment.
Photo Identity Card and Letter of Election for ST/T members are also sent separately
by registered post within two months time after the enrolment.
For non-receipt of Photo Identity
Card and Study Materials, ST/T members are advised to visit our website and check
the lists of undelivered Study Materials / Photo Identity Cards.
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Photo Identity Card
:
Photo Identity Card is issued to
every Corporate Member (FIE/MIE/AMIE)
after the enrollment of membership. It takes normally three months time to process
and despatch the Photo Identity Card by registered post. Existing Corporate Member
, not having the Photo Identity Card, may apply on prescribed downloadable proforma
(click
here) quoting the membership number, affixing two stamp size photographs
and a demand draft (DD), of Rs. 250/- only for India and US $25 for other countries
in favour of ‘The Institution of Engineers (India)’, payable at Kolkata,addressed
to Director (Membership), The Institution of Engineers (India), 8 Gokhale Road,
Kolkata 700020.
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Study Materials, Membership Pack and Identity Card for Senior Technician (ST) and
Technician (T) members
ST/T members are eligible to get
the Study materials, Membership Pack and Identity Card after their enrollment. The
study material consists of four volumes in the following subjects :
v
Fundamentals of Design and Manufacturing
v
Materials Science and Engineering
v
Computing and Informatics
v
Society and Environment
Membership pack contains of Rules
(Vol-I) and Syllabi (Vol-II) of the Institution Examinations, 12 sets of Examination
Application Form with envelops, proforma for Replacement of Identity Card, proforma
for Change of Branch/optional Subject, and proforma for Duplicate Marksheet/Duplicate
Certificate etc. Study Materials and Membership Pack are despatched together
by Speed Post and Identity Cards are despatched by Registered Post within two to
three months after the date of election/enrollment.
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Fixation of Term of Examination based on date of Enrollment as ST/T member
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Candidates enrolled between March 01 – August 31
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Eligible to appear for the first time in Winter Examination (same
year)
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September 01 – February 28/29
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Summer Examination (next year)
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The first examination that the candidates
are eligible to appear is depending on their date of election as mentioned above.
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Non receipt of Study Materials / Membership
Pack / Identity Card
A number of Study Materials,
Membership Pack and Identity Card is returned ‘undelivered (RLO)’ by the postal
authority due to various reason like ‘not claimed/not found/addressee left etc.
A list of such membership numbers are available in the website under the section
‘Non-delivery – Study Material’ and 'Non-delivery – Identity
Card’. The list is updated
normally once in a month. Please see whether your name is appearing in the list,
if you have not received the above documents within the stipulated time as mentioned.
If your name is appearing in the list, please send a demand draft for Rs. 265/-
for non receipt of the Study Material and Membership Pack in favour of ‘The Institution
of Engineers (India)’, payable at Kolkata, and Rs. 30/- by demand draft (DD) or
a self addressed envelope affixing postage stamp of Rs.30/- for non receipt of Identity
Card.
Existing ST/T members, not having
the study materials, membership pack may apply for the same quoting their name and
membership number.
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Cost of Study Materials
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Rs. 2200/- India/Nepal
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(for four subjects)
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US $ 220 other countries
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Study Materials
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Rs. 550/- India/Nepal
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(for each subject)
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US $ 55 other countries
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Membership Pack
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Rs. 600/- India/Nepal
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US $ 60 other countries
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Upgradation of Membership
Existing members are eligible to
upgrade or transfer to their higher grade of membership provided they are satisfying
the eligibility criteria as laid down in the Bye-Laws and Regulations of the Council
of IEI. Please see the abridged Eligibility Guidelines for membership and ‘Bye-Laws
and Regulations of the Council’ before applying for the same. The procedure for
applying for higher grade of membership is same as described under the section ‘How
to become a member’.
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Lost of documents
If you have lost your Membership
Certificate, please apply in a plain paper for duplicate quoting your name and membership
number with requisite fee by demand draft (DD) in favour of ‘The Institution of
Engineers (India)’, payable at Kolkata addressed to the Director (Membership), The
Institution of Engineers (India), 8 Gokhale Road, Kolkata 700020. For duplicate
Identity Card (ST/T members), please apply on prescribed downloadable proforma
(click
here).
The schedule of fee for different
items are given below : :
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Items
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India & Nepal
(Rs)
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US $ for SAARC or any other Countries
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Duplicate Certificate
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225/-
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25
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Duplicate Identity Card (for ST/T members)
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150/-
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15
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Photo Identity Card for Corporate Members
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250/-
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25
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Printed copy of Technician’s Journal (optional) from June 2011 issue
and onwards
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100/- (for 1year)
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10 (for 1year)
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500/-(for 6 years)
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50(for 6 years)
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Change of Address
Change of address should be intimated
to headquarters of the Institution office without delay by any of the following
means:
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By logging-in through our website www.ieindia.org.
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By sending email to :
pro@ieindia.org, or
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By sending Letter addressed to the
Director (Membership),
The Institution of Engineers (India),
8 Gokhale Road,
Kolkata 700020.
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Senior Technician (ST)/Technician
(T) member are requested to apply for change of address by filling up the downloaded
proforma for ‘Replacement of Identity Card’
click
here available at our website along with a demand draft of Rs.l50/- (for
India/Nepal) or US $ 15 (for other countries).
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Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS):
IVRS is a telephone based automatic
response system where the caller can be responded/answered through recorded voice
on various issues/queries including membership. All what have to be done by the
caller is to dial (033)40155400 and follow the instructions as sounded by the system.
The IVR System can extract data from the central database as maintained in the headquarters
and can address queries on the following:-
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Acknowledgement of Receipt of Payment and to know the 12-digit Ref No. through ‘Payment
Details’ option
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Whether the application has got any discrepancy
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Whether the application has been processed and membership number generated
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Whether the desired change in address has been effected in the database
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Whether Study Materials (for ST/T members) have been dispatched
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Whether Chartered Engineer certificate has been printed
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Journals of The Institution of Engineers (India):
The Institution of Engineers (India)
has tied up with M/S Springer (India) Pvt Ltd, a globally reputed publishing house
for International journals. Corporate Members of the Institution can view the soft
copy of the IEI journals free of cost by logging in through the website www.ieindia.org.
The detailed process for logging-in is described below.
Series-wise tariff for hard copy of the Journals
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Series of Journals of IEI
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Number of issues per year
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Annual Subscription per series for Corporate Members
of IEI (paying in INR)
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Annual Subscription per series for Corporate Members
of IEI (paying in US$)
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Series A
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4
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1500
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100
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Series B
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Series C
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Series D
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2
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1100
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70
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Series E
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Series A includes journals of Civil,
Architectural, Environmental and Agricultural Engineering, Series B includes journals
of Electrical, Electronics & Communication and Computer Engineering, Series C includes
journals of Mechanical, Aerospace, Production and Marine Engineering, Series D includes
journals of Metallurgical & Materials and Mining Engineering and Series E includes
journals of Chemical and Textile Engineering.
To subscribe for hard copy of Institution
Journals, the application should be sent in a plain paper with the requisite amount
by Demand Draft (DD) in favour of ‘Springer (India) Private Limited’ payable at
New Delhi, mentioning membership number, the number of the journal-series required
(viz. Series-A/B/C/D/E), and the detailed contact information (including the postal
address of the applicant), to the following address:
Mr. Alvin K Masih
Assistant Manager – Subscriptions,
Springer India Pvt. Ltd.,
7th Floor,
Vijaya Building,
17, Barakhamba Road,
New Delhi 110001
Phone: 91-11-45755817 / 91-9810460820
Email:Alvin.Masih@springer.com
/
indianjournals.service@springer.com
ST/T members are eligible to access
the e-journals by logging in. However, printed copies of the journals may be purchased
by applying through prescribed proforma and making remittance as per the rate mentioned
in the respective table. The proforma is available in the soft copy of the Technician’s
journal.
For further details about IEI journals,
please visit our website
www.ieindia.org.
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Procedure
to Log in:
On clicking the ‘Log In’ tab on the
homepage, a ‘Member Login’ window will appear on the right side. Membership Category
should be entered along with seven digits continuously (e.g. AM0123456) as the Login
id. To avail password, the ‘Get Password’ option should be clicked and the Password
will be automatically send via SMS/e-mail. If unable to do so for any reason, an
e-mail should be sent to
edp@ieindia.org requesting for password by giving membership no, mobile
no. and e-mail id.
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Payment :
All remittances must be made by demand draft (DD) in favour of ‘The Institution
of Engineers (India)’ payable at Kolkata. Online payment, by using Credit Card is
not acceptable who are remitting in US $.
Address for Communication :
DIRECTOR (MEMBERSHIP)
THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS (INDIA)
8, GOKHALE ROAD
KOLKATA 700020
e-mail:
membership@ieindia.org
IVRS Number (033) 40155400
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