The INAE Young Engineer Award was instituted in the year 1996 and was put on hold since 2023 due to Government directives, applicable to all the Institutes/ Academies. On attaining financial and functional autonomy in year 2025, this award was reinstated. The award entails a cash prize of Rs 25,000 and a certificate as INAE Young Engineer Award to the awardees. All INAE Young Engineer Awardees will also become INAE Young Associates and shall continue to be so till attaining 45 years of age to recognize their outstanding achievements/contributions with strong potential for future professional growth impact in any branch of engineering. The objective of the recognition as INAE Young Associate is 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 criteria for selection as an INAE Young Engineer Awardee entails evidence of excellence in engineering research, product/process, design, technology development and transfer. Specific contribution submitted for consideration of the award/recognition which should have been carried out in India. Any citizen of India not older than 35 years holding the first tertiary degree in engineering/technology as on 1st of January each year is eligible for consideration. However, lady nominees are eligible for age relaxation of five years for consideration. Upto 30 INAE Young Engineer awardees shall be selected each year. The awardees will be invited for the INAE Annual Convention being held in December each year wherein they would be conferred with the Award and also inducted as INAE Young Associates and presented a Certificate as “INAE Young Associate”.
Guidelines
Purpose of the Recognition:
To recognize outstanding achievements/contributions made by Young Engineers with strong potential for future professional growth impact in any branch of engineering.
Eligibility
Any citizen of India not older than 35 years as on 1st of January each year. However, lady nominees are eligible for age relaxation of five years for consideration. Nominees should have at least any one degree in engineering/technology at Bachelor’s/Master’s/Ph.D to be eligible for consideration for INAE Young Engineer Award.
Validity
A nomination is valid for one year only. A candidate may be nominated three times in total subject to age not exceeding 35 years as on 1st of January each year. Exception is in case of women nominees for up to 40 years as on 1st of January each year.
Criteria
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.
Last Date for Nomination
The last date for the receipt of nominations is March 31 each year
Details of Recognition:
A cash prize of Rs 25,000 and a certificate as INAE Young Engineer Award shall be given to the selected nominees. All INAE Young Engineer Awardees will also become INAE Young Associates on the conferment of the Award 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.
Number of Nominees to be Selected:
Upto 30 awards can be conferred each year.
Selection Procedure
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.
Presentation of the Recognition:
The awardees will be invited for the INAE Annual Convention being held in December each year wherein they would be conferred with the Award and also inducted as INAE Young Associates.
Forwarding of Nominations:
The sponsor must be either a Fellow of INAE or Head of the organization/ institution/HoD/Dean 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/publications/reports/ patents/photographs etc. are neither required nor permitted and only lists of the relevant reprints/publications/reports/patents/ photographs etc. may be attached.
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Selected INAE Young Engineer Awardees 2025
1) Dr BS Sindu, Principal Scientist, CSIR- Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC), Chennai. (ES-I – Civil Engineering).
2) Dr Arya V, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. (ES-I – Civil Engineering).
3) Dr Ankit Agarwal, Assistant Professor, Department of Hydrology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. (ES-I – Civil Engineering).
4) Dr. Ashutosh Kumar, Assistant Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, IIT Mandi. (ES-I – Civil Engineering).
5) Dr Chaya Ganesh, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. (ES-II-Computer Engineering and Information Technology).
6) Dr Sumit Kumar Mandal, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. (ES-II-Computer Engineering and Information Technology).
7) Dr Sayak Ray Chowdhury, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur. (ES-II-Computer Engineering and Information Technology).
8) Dr Gurminder Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. (ES-III- Mechanical Engineering).
9) Mr BV Arun Kiran, Scientific Officer ‘F’, Nuclear Fuel Complex, Hyderabad. (ES-III- Mechanical Engineering).
10) Dr. Janani Srree Murallidharan, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay. (ES-III- Mechanical Engineering).
11) Dr Vikky Anand, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur. (ES-IV – Chemical Engineering).
12) Dr Harshal Agarwal, Senior Scientist, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Madras Unit, Chennai. (ES-IV – Chemical Engineering).
13) Dr Aniket Uday Thosar, Senior Manager, Green Hydrogen Business, Reliance Industries Limited, Navi Mumbai. (ES-IV – Chemical Engineering).
14) Dr Vishnu Mahadeva Iyer, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. ( ES-V – Electrical Engineering).
15) Dr. Sandeep N, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engg. Dept, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur. (ES-V – Electrical Engineering).
16) Dr Mitradip Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professor, EECS, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal. (ES-VI- Electronics and Communication Engineering).
17) Dr. Sreenath Vijayakumar, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad. (ES-VI- Electronics and Communication Engineering).
18) Dr Vikrant Kaim, Assistant Professor, CARE, IIT Delhi. (ES-VI- Electronics and Communication Engineering).
19) Dr Balaswamy Velpula, Assistant Professor, ECE Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. (ES-VI- Electronics and Communication Engineering).
20) Mr Gaurav Kumar, Scientist/ Engineer ‘SD’, Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad. (ES-VII – Aerospace Engineering).
21) Dr Sai Gautam Gopalakrishnan, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. (ES-VIII- Mining, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering).
22) Mr G Bharat Reddy, Scientific Officer E, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. (ES-VIII- Mining, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering).
23) Dr. Premkumar M, Principal Scientist, CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur. (ES-VIII- Mining, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering).
24) Dr. Pallabi Das, Senior Scientist, Water Resource Management, CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad. (ES-VIII- Mining, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering).
25) Dr Ranjith Thangavel, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati. (ES-IX- Energy Engineering).
26) Dr Mohit Kumar Jolly, Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. (ES-X- Interdisciplinary & Special Engineering Fields and Leadership in Academia, R&D and Industry).
27) Mr Jayantrao Mohite, Scientist, Digital Food Initiatives, Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai. (ES-X- Interdisciplinary & Special Engineering Fields and Leadership in Academia, R&D and Industry).
28) Dr. Richa Karmakar, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras. (ES-X- Interdisciplinary & Special Engineering Fields and Leadership in Academia, R&D and Industry).
29) Dr Divya Agrawal, Principal Scientist, CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh. (ES-X- Interdisciplinary & Special Engineering Fields and Leadership in Academia, R&D and Industry).
