CALL FOR PAPERS

Irresistible India
A Global Engineering Powerhouse

Indian Engineering Congress

December 20-22, 2024, Kolkata, WB

Hosted by West Bengal State Centre

Organised by

The Institution of Engineers (India)

A Century of Service to the Nation

Venue:
Novotel Kolkata
President’s Message

A s the world embraces the

potential of deep tech, India is
poised to emerge as a powerhouse
advancements and revolutionizing industries. These game-
changers are reshaping the landscape in remarkable ways.
In this backdrop, The Institution of Engineers (India) have
in this transformative field. With aptly resolute to organize the 39th Indian Engineering
thriving ecosystem, India is actively Congress at Kolkata on the theme “Irresistible India - a
exploring and harnessing cutting- Global Engineering Powerhouse,” encapsulating India’s
edge technologies, addressing burgeoning influence in the global engineering landscape.
societal challenges, and fostering
I believe that deliberations during the Congress by the
transformative advancements and is set
acclaimed engineers, scientists, visionaries and doyens
to reshape the future of innovation and solidify its position
of industry in the field in different technical verticals
as a leader in the global deep tech landscape.
of engineering science and technology will enlighten
India’s deep tech landscape has experienced an astonishing engineers, technologists, scientists and other stakeholders
53% growth, catapulting it to the forefront of global markets on the opportunities & challenges ahead for a safe, secure
alongside established players like the US, Israel, and and meaningful development, in the years to come.
Europe. This rapid expansion sets the stage for India’s future
dominance in the deep tech realm. Dr G. Ranganath, FIE
In this wave of innovation, Indian start-ups are rewriting President
the rules of the global market, spearheading groundbreaking The Institution of Engineers (India)
About The Institution of Engineers (India) The objectives of the Indian Engineering Congress are:
The Institution of Engineers (India) or IEI is the largest • To debate and discuss the theme of the Congress to
multidisciplinary professional body in India that create awareness, promote ideas, innovations in their
encompasses 15 engineering disciplines and provides respective engineering disciplines.
engineers a global platform for sharing professional interests. • To provide Engineers with a forum for exchange of
IEI has membership strength of over 9 lakhs. Established knowledge, updating information and developing a
in 1920, with its headquarters at Kolkata, IEI has rendered sense of responsibility in their professional functioning.
over a century of service to the engineering fraternity and
• To promote and inculcate social responsibilities of
the nation. In this period of time it has been inextricably
engineers towards fulfilling the basic needs of common
linked with the history of modern-day engineering. In 1935,
citizen of our country.
IEI was incorporated by Royal Charter and remains the only
professional body in India to be accorded this honour. Today, • To promote the engineering practice that meets the
its quest for professional excellence has given it a place challenges of sustainable and renewable energy
of pride in almost every prestigious organization across demands.
the globe. IEI functions among professional engineers, Chairman, Organising Committee
academicians and research workers. It provides a vast array Er. Sandip Kumar Deb, Council Member, IEI
of technical, professional and supporting services to the
Government, Industries, Academia and the Engineering Co-Chairman, Organising Committee
fraternity, operating from 124 State/Local Centres, seven Prof.(Dr.) Sadhan Chandra Ray, Council Member, IEI
Foras located across the country and an organ viz Engineering Prof.(Dr.) Netai Chandra Dey, Council Member, IEI
Staff College of India (ESCI), Hyderabad and six Overseas Er. Prabir Kumar Mukhopadhyay
Chapters. IEI has been recognized as Scientific and Industrial Former Member Secretary, Damodar Valley Corporation
Research Organization (SIRO) by the Ministry of Science & Secretary, Organising Committee
Technology, Govt. of India and provides Grant-in-Aid to UG/ Prof. (Dr.) Raju Basak
PG/PhD students of Engineering Institutes & Universities Chairman, IEI-WBSC and Council Member, IEI
to conduct research and development on engineering
subjects. IEI holds the International Professional Engineers Convenor, Organising Committee
(IntPE) Register for India under the global International Er. Anirban Datta
Professional Engineers Alliance. The Institution also awards Honorary Secretary, IEI-WBSC
the Professional Engineers (PE) Certification. Theme of the 39th Indian Engineering Congress
Indian Engineering Congress Irresistible India - A Global Engineering Powerhouse
The aim of the Indian Engineering Congress is to bring India is a significant player in the global engineering
to fore the developments in various fields of engineering landscape, driven by its robust IT industry, skilled workforce,
and prepare our engineers to face the future challenges for and government initiatives. The Indian engineering sector
sustainable development of the country. provides high quality engineering goods and services to
domestic as well as overseas markets. Engineering exports, The country is also the home to a large number of STEM
about 110 billion USD in FY 2023-24, play a significant role graduates. However, the majority of this talent pool is
in the Indian economy, contributing substantially to foreign focused on routine IT development rather than research
exchange earnings and providing employment opportunities. and innovation. To address this, the Indian government has
India’s engineering basket includes a wide range of launched the National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence,
products & services such as mechanical, electrical, process aiming to create a thriving AI research and development
& transportation equipment& machineries, engineering ecosystem. AI start-ups in India are making significant
goods, ICT Software and various other industrial products. contributions to various sectors, including healthcare,
Their exports cater to diverse sectors globally, including finance, and telecommunications, by automating processes
automotive, aerospace, construction, electronics, and more. and improving efficiency.
Many MNCs have set up their Global Engineering Centre
In summary, India, as a global engineering powerhouse, is
in India. Over the years, India has emerged as a prominent
ready to foster the entire globe in all sectors which includes
player in the global engineering market, with countries
but not limited to Energy & Power, Metals & Minerals,
in Asia, Europe, North America and Africa being major
Information & Communication Technology, Chemicals
importers of Indian engineering products& services. Our
& Hydrocarbons, Biomedical Science & Technology,
Engineering Export is expected to reach 1 trillion USD by
Environment & Sustainability, as well as Infrastructure.
2030.

Chairman, Technical Committee Chairman, Publication Committee

Prof. (Dr.) Ajoy Kumar Ray, Padmashree Prof. (Dr.) N.R. Bandyopadhyay
Former Director, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Former Professor, Indian Institute of Engineering
Technology, Shibpur Science and Technology, Shibpur
Former Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Co-Chairman, Technical Committee Convenor, Technical Committee
Prof. (Dr.) Girish Shrikisan Mundada Dr. Nilanjan Sengupta
Professor (ET)- PICT-Pune and Former Director (Technical)
Council Member, IEI The Institution of Engineers (India)
Chairman -Committee for Advancement of Technology
and Engineering (CATE)

Call for Papers

Engineering professionals from Industries, Academic Institutions, Research & Development Organisations, Government
Departments, UG-PG-Ph.D. Students and Entrepreneurs are invited to contribute papers pertaining to the theme and sub-
themes of the Congress under each of the following Seven Technical Verticals and corresponding Sub-themes (sharing the
experience, concepts, innovative ideas, research findings, articles, etc.)
Technical Verticals and sub-themes
INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee Members Sub-themes
Chairman: Prof (Dr) Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya Planning and design of Infrastructural systems
Vice Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University
Application of AI & ML and Computational techniques
Co-Chairman Prof (Dr) Sudip Kumar Roy for Infrastructural systems
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and
Disaster Resilient Infrastructural systems
Technology, Shibpur
Sustainable Material for Infrastructural systems
Convener Dr. Swati Maitra
RCG School of Infrastructure, IIT Kharagpur Transportation Infrastructure

Members Prof. Dinakar Pasala Communication and Power Infrastructural systems

IIT Bhubaneswar Health Monitoring and Retrofitting of Infrastructural
Prof. Debasish Bandyopadhyay systems
Jadavpur University Safety and Reliability of Infrastructural systems
Prof. Subrata Chakraborty Special Infrastructural system and New Technologies
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and
Technology, Shibpur
 POWER & ENERGY
Committee Members Sub-themes
Chairman: Prof (Dr) Amitava Datta Advanced fossil-fuel technologies
Pro Vice Chancellor, Jadavpur University Renewable energy technologies
Co-Chairman Er Dipta Sundar Mallick Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies
Director Nuclear technology and beyond
Development Consultants Private Limited Electrical machines and drives
Power system stability, reliability and flexibility
Convener Prof (Dr) Ranjan Ganguly
Jadavpur University High-voltage engineering and technology
Energy storage technologies
Members Prof (Dr) Sudipta De Distributed generation, micro-grid and smart grid
Jadavpur University
Condition monitoring and retrofitting
Prof. (Dr.) Prithwiraj Purkait Frontier technologies in mobility
Jadavpur University Applications of AI and ICT
Dr Sudip Ghosh Smart energy utilization technologies
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Energy policy, economics and sustainability
Technology, Shibpur HVAC-HVDC

METALS & MINERALS

Committee Members: Sub-themes
Chairman: Prof (Dr) Partha Protim Chattopadhyay Metallurgy and Materials
Director, National Institute of Advanced
High Performance Structural Materials for Mobility
Manufacturing Technology
Applications
Co-Chairman Prof (Dr) Pratik Dutta
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Materials for Energy, Sensors and other Electronics
Technology, Shibpur Applications
Convener Dr Sumit Chabri Multifunctional Materials
Narula Institute of Technology
Members Dr Shantanu Bhowmik Decarbonisation and Material Recycling
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Integrated Computational Materials Engineering
Dr Mirajul Islam (ICME)
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and
Mining and Minerals
Technology, Shibpur
Dr Snehanshu Pal Sustainability in mining
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Mineral beneficiation and waste management
Technology, Shibpur
Dr Gautam Anand Automation in mining operation
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) enabled
Technology, Shibpur mining
Dr Srijan Acharya
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

Committee Members Sub-themes
Chairman: Prof (Dr) Anirban Gupta Climate Change – Mitigation and Adaptation
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Sustainable Development and Smart Cities
Technology, Shibpur Waste Management and Circular Economy
Co-Chairman Prof. (Dr.) Sudipta Sarkar Environmental Pollution and Management
IIT Roorkee Air pollution and Control
Convener Prof (Dr) Asok Adak Contaminant Transport and Remediation
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Sustainable Industrial Processing and Green
Technology, Shibpur Technologies
Members Prof. (Dr.) Anupam Debsarkar River Rejuvenation
Jadavpur University Environmental Acts, Standards, Certification and Life-
Dr. Pritha Chatterjee cycle Analysis
IIT Hyderabad Natural Disaster Mitigation
Waste to Energy
Dr. Indrasis Das
Emerging Pollutants
CSIR - Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai
 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Committee Members Sub-themes
Chairman: Er Ram Chandra Chakraborty VLSI, Embedded and Mechatronics
Managing Director, PSI Metals India Private Limited Microwave, Millimeter Wave and THz Communication
Co-Chairman Dr Tapas Chakravarty Satellite Communication
Principal Scientist, TCS Research
Digital Transformation(AI/ML, Bigdata, IoT, IIoT,
Convener Er Chanchal Chakraborty
Analytics, Cloud Computing, Digital Twin, Robotics,
Director & CEO, Associated Tech
Industry 4.0/5.0
Management India Private, Limited
Members Dr Manodipan Sahoo 5G/6G Communication
IIT, Dhanbad Optical Fiber Communication
Dr Subhas Chandra Saha Computer Architecture
Vidyasagar University Quantum Computing- Quantum Sensing, Quantum
Mr Sushanta Saha Security, Quantum Communication
General Manager Cyber Security
Indian Oil Corporation Limited – Barauni Refinery

CHEMICALS & HYDROCARBON

Committee Members Sub-themes
Chairman: Prof (Dr) Papita Das Speciality Chemicals.
Jadavpur University
Gas Processing
Co-Chairman Dr. Avijit Ghosh
Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata Net Zero, Sustainability
Convener Dr Sudeshna Saha Application of AI and ML
Jadavpur University
Application of Renewable Feedstock
Members Dr Ratna Dutta
Jadavpur University Polymer and Nano Materials
Dr Mehabub Rahaman Hydrogen Economy and Circular Economy
Jadavpur University
Waste management & Pollution abatement
Dr Saswata Bose
Jadavpur University

BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Committee Members Sub-themes
Chairman: Prof (Dr) M Manjunatha Biomedical Imaging-Sensing and Instrumentation
IIT Kharagpur
Genomics, Bioinformatics, and Synthetic Biology
Co-Chairman Prof (Dr) Jyotirmoy Chatterjee
JIS Institute of Advanced Studies and Research Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, and Regenerative
Convener Dr. Keya De Mukhopadhyay Medicine
University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata Cancer and Immunology
Members Prof (Dr) Renu John
Microbiology, Virology, and Evidence-based Medicine
IIT Hyderabad
Prof (Dr) Ramakrishnan S AI /ML in Biomedical Research & Technology
IIT Madras Bio-inspired Mathematics/ Technology and Cognitive
Prof (Dr) Asish Chaudhuri Science
The University of Incarnate Word
San Antonio, Texas Ergonomics and Chronobiology / Chronomedicine
Dr. Sandip Paul Neural and Rehabilitation Engineering/Technology
JIS Institute of Advanced Studies and Research Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
Dr. Sugato Ghosh
JIS Institute of Advanced Studies and Research Space Medicine related Biomedical Technology &
Challenges

Guidelines for Authors

The authors are requested to submit the Extended Abstract through the online submission system under the following link:
www.39iec.org
Authors intending to submit an Extended Abstract for 39th Indian Engineering Congress are advised to adhere to the
guidelines as mentioned below:
• All extended abstracts must be submitted to the online submission system before September 30, 2024.
• Extended abstracts should be at least three pages, but not more than five pages in length including the references. Word
limit is 1500 - 2,000 words. The extended abstract should be submitted highlighting important findings (with max three
figures and table), relevant discussions and essential references.
• The following template of IEI should be used for writing the Extended Abstract:
https://www.ieindia.org/webui/IEI-Activities.aspx#Call_Papers
• The language of the Publication is English. The mode of presentation should be in third person.
• SI units should be used wherever possible. Other units, if used, should be given only in parentheses preceded by SI
units.
• Mathematical symbols should be typed and care should be taken to differentiate between similar characters (e.g. 1 and
I), upper and lower case letters and superscripts and subscripts.
• Lengthy mathematical proofs and derivations and extensive test data are discouraged. If absolutely essential, they
should be given as an appendix.
• All extended abstracts must be uploaded in PDF format.
• Each extended abstract should contain the following:
Title
It includes the title of the extended abstract, and the names and affiliations of the authors.
Please underline the name of the presenter.
Keywords
Three to five keywords of the extended abstract should be provided.
Introduction
The Introduction section should introduce the problem to be studied, review the literature briefly, and provide the main
findings of the work.
Methodology
The methodology of the research should be clearly explained in this section.
Results
The main results of the work should be presented and discussed. Tables and figures can be used to assist the explanation,
and the number of tables and figures is limited to three altogether.
Conclusion
A brief conclusion including the summary and generalization of the results, and the contributions and the limitations of the
work should be provided.
Acknowledgement (optional). Acknowledgement can be included identifying the funding sources. Do not use the name of
any persons in the Acknowledgment.
References
The references are not counted in the word limit.
Presentation of Papers
The selected Extended Abstracts will be invited to present their papers either in person or in online mode during the
Congress. Some selected Extended Abstracts will be invited for Poster presentation during the Congress.
The consent from the authors of “Accepted Extended Abstracts” agreeing to make presentation at the Congress should be
sent along with the necessary registration fees online, as mentioned in the relevant section in the brochure.
Publication of Papers
The selected Extended Abstracts will be included in the ‘Technical Volume of the 39th Indian Engineering Congress
(Book of Abstracts)’ (with ISBN No.).
The papers based on its worth and merit of presentation will be short-listed afterwards and will be intimated to the authors.
Authors may opt for possible publication through peer review, by uploading his paper, in IEI-Springer SCOPUS-indexed
journals (Series A,B,C,D,E) based on its appropriate technical domain.
 Name of the Journal Coverage
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Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C Mechanical, Production, Aerospace and Marine Engineering
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Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series E Chemical and Textile Engineering
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All the journals of The Institution of Engineers (India) are SCOPUS indexed and published through Springer
The papers which will not be considered in the journals, will be published in a separate Technical Volume (with ISBN) of The
Institution of Engineers (India).
The copyright of papers accepted for publication lies with The Institution of Engineers (India) and reproduction of the papers or
any part thereof is not allowed without the permission of the Institution.
The Publication subcommittee of 39th Indian Engineering Congress will guide and assist the authors willing to submit the papers
in the journals of The Institution of Engineers (India).
Awards
• The Institution of Engineers (India) will confer “39th IEC Best Paper Awards 2024” to authors based on the merit of their
presentations (both Oral and Poster) in each technical vertical, as will be evaluated by a panel of experts in the field for
selection.
• The papers published in the journals of The Institution of Engineers (India) will be considered for various awards of IEI
(please see https://www.ieindia.org/webui/IEI-Activities.aspx#prizes-awards), which are to be presented during the next
Indian Engineering Congress.
Nodal Dates
Last date for receipt of extended abstract 10th October 2024
Information of acceptance 15th October 2024
Due Date of Registration 30th October 2024
Communication on schedule of presentation 30th November 2024
Registration Fee for Authors, Paper presenters
Each author/paper presenter has to register for the Congress as a Delegate within the due date.
Type of Delegate Registration Fee within due date Registration Fee after due date
(30th October 2024) (30th October 2024)
To attend the full Congress on all three days INR 5000 + 18% GST INR 6000 + 18% GST
To attend only on the day of presentation INR 2000 + 18% GST INR 3000 + 18% GST
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The payment receipt along with the Paper number has to be mailed to [email protected]
Contact
Convenor, Technical Committee Co-Convenor, Technical Committee
Dr. Nilanjan Sengupta, FIE Er. Sudeep Chakraverty
Former Director (Technical) Deputy Director (Technical)
The Institution of Engineers (India) The Institution of Engineers (India)
Email for correspondence: [email protected]