1. Membership Growth

The Institution of Engineers (India) has decided to observe year 2008 as “Membership Year” and special one time concession has been given in membership fee for new applicants for Graduate, AMIE, MIE and FIE as detailed below for the period up to 31st march 2009.

Grading for Membership	Existing Rate	Special Concession Rate
Fellow	Rs. 3,900.00	Rs. 3,000.00
Members	Rs. 2,900.00	Rs. 2,200.00
Associate Members	Rs. 2,500.00	Rs. 1,900.00
Graduate Members	Rs. 2,000.00	Rs. 1,500.00

The special rates are one time concession and are applicable only for new applicant of different grades and are not applicable for up gradation of membership.

2. Technical Activities

In order to improve interaction between academic institution, field and industries, the Chhattisgarh State Centre, Institution of Engineers contacted number of field engineers and engineers in industries who have vast experience in their field and can spare time and can share their technical knowledge and experience amongst students of engineering colleges and polytechnics, by way of technical talk, so that the students can gain practical and professional field knowledge.

The list of names of engineers, their profile and subject of the talk is shown as follows. The engineering colleges and polytechnics can avail the opportunity.

List of Speakers and Topics for Technical Talks

1.         Er.A.K.Roy – Member(Gen), Retd. C.S.E.B., Raipur
Refurbishment (Renovation and modernization) of thermal power plant.
2.         Er.B.K.Sharma – Member (T&D), Retd. C.S.E.B., Raipur
            Planning and design of Transmission and distribution system.
3.         Er.R.N.Gupta – ENC, P.H.E.D., Raipur
            Formulation of water supply project.
4.         Er.M.L.Haldkar – C.E.O., R.R.D.A., Raipur
            Construction of rural road, design and specification.
5.         Er.Shivraj Singh – C.E.(Retd.) & Advisor C.S.E.B., Raipur
            Design aspect of EHV equipments and its significance.
6.         Er.I.P.Patel – C.E., C.S.E.B., Raipur
            Pollution in Thermal Power Plant.
7.         Er.P.K.Rohatgi – C.E.,(Retd.) Merchant Navy, Raipur
            Carrier Opportunity in Merchant Navy.
Diesel Engine in Merchant Ships.
8.         Er.V.K.Kasu – Add. C.E., C.S.E.B., Retd., Raipur
            Economics and planning of Thermal Power Plant.
9.         Er.K.K.Choubey – S.E., P.H.E.D., Raipur
            Water supply project.
10.       Er.K.V.Ranga Rao – S.E., Retd. C.S.E.B., Durg
            Break Down operations and restoration of power supply in EHV lines.
11.       Er.P.M.Jog– S.E., C.S.E.B., Raipur
            Numerical relays – application in transmission system.
12.       Er.G.C.Mukharjee - S.E., C.S.E.B., Raipur
            Energy Audit.
13.       Er.S.K.Sahu – A.G.M., B.S.N.L., Raipur
            Data Communication.
14.       Er.Ajay Dubey – Director (Fin), N.R.D.A., Raipur
            Application of financial management in engineering.
15.       Er.P.K.Girdoniya – Add.S.E., C.S.E.B., Raipur
            Power project – preparation of project report.
16.       Er.M.L.Agrawal – E.E., P.H.E.D., Raipur
            Design of pumping mains and distribution system of water supply.
17.       Er.B.L.Soni - E.E., C.S.E.B., Bhilai
            Maintenance of E.H.V. Substation equipments.
18.       Er.A.M.Parial – Add. C.E.O., CHIPS, Raipur
            IT – E Governance.
19.       Dr.V.K.Pande – Prof. Agri. Univ., Raipur
            Water shed management – why and how?
20.       Er.Abhishek Bajpayee – E.E., P.H.E.D., Raipur
            Water Quality.

3. The president Initiative

To aim at building up the strength and image of Institution Shri R.P. Gupta, President, IEI has initiated the following moves-

Quantum jump in membership and improvement in services.
Quantum jump in the numbers of candidate qualifying as Engineers through the educational system of Institution.
Enrolling Students in engineering colleges with a view to making them corporate members eventually.
Bringing into the institutions fold eminent engineering personalities and captains of industry.