The Academy honours Indian and Foreign nationals who are elected by “peer” committees in recognition of their personal achievements in “Engineering” which are of exceptional merit and demonstrated distinctive eminence in the new and developing fields of technology.

The election to the Academy is by invitation only. Upto 50 Fellows from Academia, R&D and Industry may be elected from the nominations made by Fellows of INAE affiliated to the following Engineering Sections. Under the Rules & Regulations of the Academy, the total number of Fellows at any one time may not exceed 1200. For Frequently Asked Questions on Nomination and Selection Process for Election of Fellows Please click here…

Presently INAE has 962 Fellows from India and 103 Foreign Fellows on its rolls divided into ten Engineering Sections. Read More

The last date of receipt of nominations for Indian and Foreign Fellows is March 31 of each year.

1. Engineering Section-I (Civil Engineering)
2. Prof. Manu Santhanam, Professor, Civil Engineering, and Dean, IC&SR, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai.
3. Prof. Subimal Ghosh, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai.
4. Prof. Dipti Ranjan Sahoo, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
5. Prof. Madhavi Latha Gali ,Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
6. Engineering Section-II (Computer Engineering and Information Technology)
7. Prof. Mausam, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
8. Prof. Vineeth N Balasubramanian, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.
9. Prof. Richa Singh, Professor and Head Department, Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur.
10. Dr. Geetha Manjunath, Founder, CEO and CTO, NIRAMAI Health Analytix Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru.
11. Dr. Partha Pratim Talukdar, Senior Staff Research Scientist, Google DeepMind and Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
12. Mr. Puneet Chandok, President, Microsoft India and South Asia.
13. Mr. Bhavish Aggarwal, Co-founder & CEO of OLA Cabs, founder of Ola Electric and Ola Krutrim.
14. Dr. Anand Deshpande, Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Persistent Systems.
15. Mr Shantanu Narayen, Chair & CEO of Adobe.
16. Engineering Section-III (Mechanical Engineering)
17. Prof. Amitava De, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai.
18. Prof. Ramesh Babu Nimmagadda, Professor Emeritus, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai.
19. Prof Anandaroop Bhattacharya, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
20. Mr Sudarshan M Saraf, Co-Chairman and Managing Director, Technocraft Industries (India), Ltd, Mumbai.
21. Mr. Sanjay Kirloskar, Chairman, Kirloskar Brothers
22. Engineering Section-IV (Chemical Engineering)
23. Prof. Siddhartha Panda, Professor (HAG), Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
24. Prof. Jitendra Shital Sangwai, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai.
25. Dr Virendra Kumar Gupta, Senior Vice-President, R&D, Reliance Industries Ltd, Navi Mumbai.
26. Mr. Dilip Shanghvi, Founder of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries.
27. Engineering Section-V (Electrical Engineering)
28. Prof Abhijit R Abhyankar, NTPC Chair Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
29. Prof. Janardhanan Sivaramakrishnan, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
30. Prof Siva Kumar Keerthipati, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad.
31. Mr. Arun Kumar Paul, Technical Director/Electronics Devices, Electronics Devices Worldwide Private Limited (EDWPL), Mumbai.
32. Dr. Sharad Kumar Saraf, Chairman and Managing Director of Technocraft Group;
33. Engineering Section-VI (Electronics & Communication Engineering)
34. Prof Nagendra Krishnapura, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai.
35. Dr. Arundhati Misra, Group Director, Space Application Centre, ISRO Ahmedabad.
36. Dr. Binoy Kumar Das, Director General (Electronics & Communication Systems), DRDO, Bengaluru.
37. Mr. Manu Saale, Managing Director and CEO, Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI).
38. Engineering Section-VII (Aerospace Engineering
39. Prof. Suresh Sundaram, Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
40. Dr Anil Kumar AK Nair, Associate Director, ISRO Telemetry and Command Network, Bengaluru.
41. Mr Sajal Prakash, Chief Executive Officer, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Aircraft & Engine Accessories Complex, Lucknow.
42. Engineering Section-VIII (Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
43. Prof Shiv Brat Singh, Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering; Chairman, Steel Technology Centre; Associate Dean, Faculty of Biotechnology and Bioscience and Interdisciplinary Sciences; Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
44. Prof R Jayaganthan, Professor (HAG), Department of Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai.
45. Dr Raghvendra Tewari, Associate Director, Materials Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai.
46. Dr. Tata Narasinga Rao, Scientist ‘H’ & former Director, International Advanced Research Center for Powder Metallurgy, and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad.
47. Dr. Komal Kapoor, Outstanding Scientist¸ Chairman and Chief Executive, Nuclear Fuel Complex, Hyderabad.
48. Engineering Section-IX (Energy Engineering)
49. Prof. Pratibha Sharma, Professor, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai.
50. Mr UD Malshe, Distinguished Scientist and Director, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore and formerly Associate Director, Multidisciplinary Research Group, BARC, Mumbai.
51. Mr. Sudhir M. Ingole, Associate Director / Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (Retd.)
52. Engineering Section -X (Interdisciplinary and Special Engineering Fields and Leadership in Academia, R&D and Industry)
53. Prof. V Kamakoti, Director, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai.
54. Prof. Vandana Bharat Patravale, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai.
55. Prof. Ashok Kumar, Coordinator/Head, Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering; Professor of Bioengineering, Department of Biological Sciences & Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
56. Dr. Shankar V Nakhe, Distinguished Scientist and Former Director, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore.

1. Prof Ramalingam Chellappa, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University (ES-II- Computer Engineering and Information Technology)
2. Prof Guruswami Ravichandran, John E. Goode, Jr. Professor, Division of Engineering and Applied Science California Institute of Technology, California, USA. (ES-III – Mechanical Engineering)
3. Prof. Yannis C Yortsos, Dean, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, USA. (ES-IV – Chemical Engineering)
4. Dr Mallikarjun Tatipamula, CTO, Ericsson, Group Function Technologies, USA. (ES-VI – Electronics and Communication Engineering)
5. Prof Horst Hahn, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Distinguished Senior Fellow) and The University of Oklahoma, (Distinguished Materials Visiting Professor). (ES -VIII – Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)