Nomination Information

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 992 Fellows from India and 106 Foreign Fellows on its rolls divided into ten Engineering Sections. Read More

Engineering Section -I ( Civil Engineering)
Engineering Section -II ( Computer and Information Technology)
Engineering Section -III ( Mechanical Engineering)
Engineering Section -IV ( Chemical Engineering)
Engineering Section -V ( Electrical Engineering)
Engineering Section -VI ( Electronics & Communication Engineering)
Engineering Section -VII ( Aerospace Engineering)
Engineering Section -VIII ( Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)
Engineering Section -IX ( Energy Engineering)
Engineering Section -X ( Interdisciplinary and Special Engineering Fields and Leadership in Academia, R&D and Industry)

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

Fellows elected w.e.f. November 1, 2026

  1. Engineering Section-I (Civil Engineering)
  2. Prof. Nagesh Kumar Dasika, Professor, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore.
  3. Prof. Satish Chandra, Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
  4. Prof. Radhey Shyam Jangid, Professor (HAG), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
  5. Prof. Tanusree Chakraborty, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
  6. Prof Vimal Mishra, Vikram Sarabhai Chair Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering and Dean Research and Development, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
  7. Engineering Section-II (Computer Engineering and Information Technology)
  8. Prof. Shweta Prem Agrawal, Professor, Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman Chair, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
  9. Prof Chandra Sekhar Seelamantula, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.
  10. Prof. Arpita Patra, Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
  11. Dr. Pratyush Kumar, Co-founder, Sarvam AI, Bengaluru.
  12. Dr. Sachin Premsukh Lodha, Chief Scientist and Global Head of Research, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Research Development and Design Centre (TRDDC), Pune.
  13. Engineering Section-III (Mechanical Engineering)
  14. Prof. Sujatha Srinivasan, Professor, TTK Center for Rehabilitation Research and Device Development, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
  15. Prof. Satish Vasu Kailas, Professor (HAG), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.
  16. Prof. Sajan Daniel George, Professor and Head, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka.
  17. Mr. Koustubh Anilkumar Phalnikar, General Manager & Head, Design & Development Centre, Marine Equipment and Systems, Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai.
  18. Engineering Section-IV (Chemical Engineering)
  19. Prof. Mahesh Tirumkudulu, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
  20. Prof. Gargi Das, Dean (Faculty of Engg and Architecture) and Professor (HAG), Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
  21. Mr. Shirish Thakre, President, Aditya Birla Science & Technology Co. Pvt. Ltd., Aditya Birla Group, Rajgarh, Maharashtra.
  22. Dr. Kinshuk Dasgupta, Scientific Officer H and Head, Advanced Carbon Materials Section, Materials Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Mumbai.
  23. Mr. Yogesh M. Kothari, Chairman & Managing Director, Alkyl Amines Chemicals Limited
  24. Engineering Section-V (Electrical Engineering)
  25. Prof. Nishchal Kumar Verma, Professor (HAG), Smt. Lata and K.G. Karandikar Faculty Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
  26. Prof. Vinod John, Professor, Dept of EE, Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru.
  27. Dr. Subir Sen, Director (Technical), Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd and formerly Executive Director, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, Gurgaon.
  28. Engineering Section-VI (Electronics & Communication Engineering)
  29. Dr. Suyash P. Awate, Asha and Keshav Bhide Chair Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
  30. Prof. Radha Krishna Ganti, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
  31. Prof. Rajan Jha, Professor of Physics, Nanophotonics and Plasmonics Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar.
  32. Dr. Saptarshi Chaudhuri, Technology Manager – System Engineering Ericsson India, Bengaluru.
  33. Dr. Jolly Dhar, Outstanding Scientist & Former Deputy Director, SAC/ISRO, Ahmedabad.
  34. Mr. Amit Chadha, CEO of L&T Technological Services
  35. Engineering Section-VII (Aerospace Engineering)
  36. Prof. Satyanarayanan R Chakravarthy, Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai.
  37. Mr. S Manicka Vasagam, Director, Shriram Research Institute, Bengaluru and Formerly General Manager, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Bengaluru.
  38. Mr. Y Dilip, Distinguished Scientist and Director ADE, DRDO, Bengaluru.
  39. Smt. Nigar Shaji, Former Associate Director, Projects, ISRO and Programme Director, LEO & PP, UR Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru.
  40. Dr. Y Sreenivas Rao, Former Distinguished Scientist and Director General Naval Sciences and Materials, DRDO, Visakhapatnam.
  41. Mr. Ravi K, Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
  42. Engineering Section-VIII (Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
  43. Prof. Ravi Kumar NV, Professor of Ceramics, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
  44. Prof. Praveen Kumar, Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
  45. Prof. Nilesh Prakash Gurao, Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
  46. Dr. Krishnamurty Balasubramanian, Distinguished Scientist & Director, Nonferrous Materials Technology Centre (NFTDC), Hyderabad.
  47. Dr. R Balamuralikrishnan, Outstanding Scientist / Scientist H and Director, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Hyderabad.
  48. Engineering Section-IX (Energy Engineering)
  49. Prof. Shireesh Balwant Kedare, Director, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
  50. Dr. Dachepalli Sanyasi Setty, Outstanding Scientist & Deputy Chief Executive, Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC), Hyderabad.
  51. Dr. R Vijay, Director, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad.
  52. Engineering Section -X (Interdisciplinary and Special Engineering Fields and Leadership in Academia, R&D and Industry)
  53. Prof. Shobha Shukla, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
  54. Mr. Dilip Asbe, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), Mumbai.
  55. Dr. Ganesh Natarajan, Chairman, Honeywell Automation India Ltd. & GTT Data Solutions Ltd & 5F World Pvt Ltd., Pune.
  56. Mr. Rohit Saboo, President & CEO, National Engineering Industries Limited, Jaipur.
  57. Dr. C Anandharamakrishnan, Director, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.
  58. Dr. Sudeep Gupta, Professor of Medical Oncology and Director, TATA Memorial Centre, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Mumbai.

Foreign Fellows elected w.e.f. November 1, 2026

  1. Prof. Marco Amabili, Chair Professor, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China, Emeritus Distinguished McGill Professor, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
    Engineering Section I (Civil Engineering)
  2. Prof. Shrikanth Sambasivan Narayanan, University Professor and Niki & Max Nikias Chair in Engineering, Vice President of Presidential Initiatives, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California, USA.
    Engineering Section II (Computer Engineering & IT)
  3. Dr. Anil Kumar Sachdev, Former Principal Technical Fellow, General Motors, USA.
    Engineering Section III (Mechanical Engineering)
  4. Prof. Vijay Vittal, Regents Professor, Ira A. Fulton Chair Professor, and ASU Foundation Professor in Power Systems Engineering/School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, USA.
    Engineering Section V (Electrical Engineering)
  5. Prof. Dr. Michael Gelinsky, Director, Centre for Translational Bone, joint and Soft Tissue Research, University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.
    Engineering Section X (Interdisciplinary & Special Engineering Fields & Leadership in Academia, R&D and Industry)