Indian Engineers’ Attain World Mobility

The Institution of Engineers (India)(IEI) obtained full membership of the Engineers Mobility Forum in its bi-annual International Engineering Meeting held on 17 Jun 09 at Kyoto, Japan. The IEI delegation in the meeting was led by the President IEI, Rear Admiral K O Thakare, Immediate Past President IEI, Shri R P Gupta and Secretary & Director General Cdr A K Poothia, IN (Retd).

The Engineers Mobility Forum agreement is an International Recognition Agreement for Professional Engineers. Engineering organisations in the member jurisdictions create the framework for the establishment of an international standard of competence for professional engineering. The International Agreements empowers each member organization to establish a section of the International Professional Engineers Register.

Each member operates a national section of the International Professional Engineer (IntPE) register. Engineers on this international register receive credit when seeking registration or license in the jurisdiction of another member. Engineers on international register are free to practice engineering in member countries and are recognized at par with local professional engineers. Presently, the members of the Engineers Mobility Forum are Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom and United States.

The IEI is now authorised to operate Indian Section of the International Register of Professional Engineers. Eligible Indian Professional Engineers after due process would be placed on International Register. They would be entitled to exclusively use the title IntPE (India) indicating their international status.

With IEI becoming part of the International Agreement on mobility, on one hand Indian Professional Engineers would be readily acceptable for practice in foreign countries and on other hand a system for quality certification of incoming engineers would be easily available for employers in India. Additionally, Professional Engineers certified to international standards would also command higher recognition in domestic market with local and foreign employers.
The recognition of IEI as full Member of EMF would provide level playing field, mobility and recognition to Indian engineers.