IEI Professional Engineers (PE) Eligibility Requirement:

Engineers whose qualification is BE / BTech or equivalent, recognized by the Statutory Authority or Government of India and who are having 5 years or more experience, having membership of a recognized professional society and having maintained continuous professional development at satisfactory level, can submit application in the prescribed format to the PE Cell, The Institution of Engineers (India), 8 Gokhale Road, Kolkata-700020.

WHO CAN BECOME PE?

• Having Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent recognised by Statutory Authority or Government of India;
• Minimum 5 years’, professional experience;
• Membership of recognised professional engineering institution / association;
• Maintained Continued Professional Development (CPD) at a satisfactory level;

WHY ONE SHOULD BECOME PE?

The function of IEI will be to grant appropriate certificate of competence to individuals to practice as “Professional Engineers” and to develop the profession of Engineering and to regulate the profession through a “Code of Ethics”. In furtherance of these functions of the profession, it will be aimed that only a Professional Engineer, either working individually or in an organizational set-up will approve designs/drawings/reports/products before these are released for use by the public at large. Such certified professional engineers will be designated as Professional Engineer (PE).

Professional Engineer (PE) Certification enables engineering professionals to advance their career aspiration in wide ranging ways.

• Gives confidence to employer/prospective employer about competency of Engineer in a particular domain
• Enhances an engineering professional’s stature,
• Makes them suitable for higher levels of responsibility.
• In future, only a professional engineer may prepare, sign, seal and submit engineering plans and drawings to a public authority for approval, or to seal engineering work for public and private clients.
• With the growing economy and massive expansion of technological infrastructure, the market demand of PE certified engineers are expected to be much higher.
• P.Eng. (India) Certification enables an engineer to become an independent engineering consultant, a valuer, a planner, a designer, an educator.