The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)

The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) is the leading National Professional non-profit making Society for the Technical Education System in our country with the motto of Career Development of Teachers and Personality Development of Students and overall development of our Technical Education System. Being the only national organisation of educators in the field of Engineering and Technology, ISTE effectively contributes in various missions of the Union Government. The strength of ISTE is the strong base it has in technical education institutions in the country. ISTE has an Executive Council at National level. It has active membership of more than 128500 technical teachers, 535000 student members, more than 2740 institutional members (including IITs, IISc., NITs and other leading technical institutions), 1414 faculty chapters and 1505 students’ chapters at National level and 19 Sections at State Level

The major objective of the ISTE are:

• providing quality training programmes to teachers and administrators of technical institutions to update their knowledge and skills in their fields of activity.
• to assist and contribute in the production and development of top-quality professional engineers and technicians needed by the industry and other organisations.
• providing guidance and training to students to develop better learning skills and personality.

How would it help students by joining ISTE?

• Students will be involved in Organising lectures by experts from industry, R&D organisations, defence services, government departments and other institutions. Students will be able to develop their soft skills and get first in class technical insights. Members will communicate directly with experts and make connections with a global network of leading professionals.
• Developing skills in the field of inter disciplinary technical knowledge, bridging the gap between various disciplines, promoting overall cohesive engineering understanding
• Students would get the chance to participate in national events where they can show off their talents and at the same time learn about a lot of new innovations other teams bring along with them.