Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Delhi faculty members have been elected as Fellows of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, INAE 2020 for their contributions to engineering and technology. Five faculty members of the Institute have been selected as a fellow for INAE 2020.

IIT Delhi Director, V. Ramgopal Rao has congratulated these five faculty members of the institute. He wrote, “Five #IITDelhi faculty members have been elected as Fellows of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in the year 2020 in recognition of their contributions to engineering and technology. Hearty congratulations to them.”

Prof. Naveen Garg of Computer Science and Engineering, Kamal Kishore Pant of Chemical Engineering, Indra Narayan Kar of Electrical Engineering, Jayadeva of Electrical Engineering, and Suddhasatwa Basu of Chemical Engineering are selected for the fellowship.

As a Fellow of INAE, the person should be Indian nationals who have worked and/or maintained a regular position in India for the last five or more years and have significantly contributed to the engineering and technological field in India. The Academy has several criteria for election to the fellowship that needs to be followed by professors who are applying for it, as per the official site. 

Meanwhile, IIT Delhi has set up the ‘School of Artificial Intelligence’. The school will offer a Ph.D. program to students and the admission cycle would begin from January 2021. The Institute is also planning to offer PG level degree courses in this school soon.

About INAE

The Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), founded in 1987 comprises India’s most distinguished engineers, engineer-scientists, and technologists covering the entire spectrum of engineering disciplines. INAE’s activities include programmes on issues of technology policy and overall development for the benefit of society, and the Academy promotes research projects, pilot studies, engineering education, fellowships, scholarships, awards and other benefactions. Seminars/Workshops/ Round Tables are conducted on topics of current national importance.