The Institution of Engineers (India) is the national organization of engineering professionals in India. IEI has over 0.5 million members from 15 engineering disciplines in 99 centers/chapters in India and overseas; it is the largest multi-disciplinary engineering professional society in the English-speaking world. Institution of Engineers (India) obtained the full membership of the Engineers Mobility Forum at the Bi-annual International Engineers Meetings 2009 held at Kyoto, Japan on 17 June 2009. The IEI delegation to the meetings was led by Rear Admiral K O Thakare, President IEI was established in 1920 in Madras with Sir Thomas R. J. Ward as the founding president and was formally inaugurated in 1921 by Lord Chelmsford, the then-Viceroy of British India. In 1935, it obtained the Royal Charter of Incorporation from King George V “to promote and advance the science, practice and business of engineering”. Fellows of the Institution of Engineers (India) are entitled to use the post-nominals FIE, and all life corporate members are “Chartered Engineers”. Since 1928, an associate membership to the IEI is deemed equivalent to an undergraduate degree in Engineering. For those who have not pursued a formal education in Engineering, an associate membership can be achieved by qualifying in the examination conducted by the institution Wikipedia [ - ]

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