The Indian Engineering Congress, organized annually on a theme divided into various sub-themes, is the annual flagship event of The Institution of Engineers (India). The Congress is a mega technical event organised with a view to enlighten the technical fraternity about the trends and developments in various engineering fields and thereby enabling them to face the future challenges and assist in nation-building.

The National Convention is the apex technical activity of an Engineering Division, which is organized annually by the respective Division Board and held on a theme divided into various sub-themes, and hosted by one of the state and local centres of IEI spread all over the country.

The IEI Convocation is held once a year aiming at achievement of technical and professional growth through technical content and mutual interaction amongst the Students / Technicians. The Convocation shall seek to achieve maximum involvement and participation of Students / Technicians. This is the activity, which also aims at establishing liaison between the Institution, its Students / Technicians and the policy makers. The event is primarily meant for Senior Technician / Technicians members of the Institution as well as for students members attached to Engineering Colleges / Polytechnics. It would be encouraging, if Council Members can also participate in this event. Their gracious presence will definitely provide a fillip to budding engineers to have close interaction with seniors in the profession and receive proper guidance for their career enrichment.

The Institution of Engineers (India) organises a number of Seminars and Workshops as sponsored technical activities, under the aegis of the respective Engineering Division. These Seminars and Workshops are held on various relevant topics related to engineering and hosted by different state and local centres of IEI spread all over the country.

The Institution of Engineers (India) is committed towards dissemination of ideas, information and knowledge in the frontier areas of science, engineering and technology through hosting of various technical activities at its various Centres and Fora.

To ensure that such ventures continue to run in a smooth, flexible and ubiquitous manner during this global pandemic time and beyond, the Institution has introduced cloud based event hosting under the nomenclature ‘Centenary Technical Webinar’ powered by National Skill Development Forum of IEI, Shimla. These webinars mark a paradigm shift in the approach of the Institution towards rendering more effective services to its members involving latest digital technologies in the new century.

The Institution organises, some of the special technical events, to be celebrated on a central theme, as identified by United Nations and other agencies like ITU, BIS and others. These days are known as the statutory days and are observed by all state and local centres and overseas chapters of IEI.