It will be given to an individual who has contributed substantially to the Industrial Engineering profession and or the Institution activities.
In deciding the winner of this Award, the following criteria shall be applied:
| (a) | The individual’s active involvement in the innovative development and application of Industrial Engineering. |
| (b) | The individual’s valuable support to the dissemination activities and other activities of the Institution. |
| (c) | The individual should be of a CEO level of a public / private organization or an individual who has contributed to the IE profession for a very long time at least ten years. |
| Year | Winners |
| 2005-2006: | NIL |
| 2006-2007: | Shri R. Kalaimani, CEO, Penguin Industries |
| 2007-2008: | Prof. N. S. Narahari, Director - P&T Dept., HOD - IEM.- RVCE, Bangalore |
| 2008-2009 | Dr. V. S. Deshpande, Principal, SRKNE, Nagpur |
| 2009-2010: | Dr. B E Narkhede, Mumbai |
| 2010-2011: | Shri CKN Guptha, Bangalore |
| 2011-2012: | Dr. K Mallikarjuna Babu, Visakhapatnam |
| 2012-2013: | Shri AVV Prasada Raju, Bangalore |
| Dr. K N Subramanya, Bangalore | |
| 2013-2014: | Dr. Rupesh Pais, Nagpur |
| Dr. U.K. Behera, Hyderabad | |
| 2014-2015: | Shri MAN Murthy Nagpur |
| Dr. B Ravishankar Hyderabad | |
| 2015-2016: | Prof T R Sukumar Nagpur |
| 2016-2017: | Shri M.Prabhakar RaoNagpur |
| Shri S.S.PatankarHyderabad |