ISTE Faculty Chapter (MH-268)
The Indian Society for Technical Education is a national, professional, non-profit Society registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act of 1860. First started in 1941 as the Association of Principals of Technical Institutions (APTI), it was converted into "Indian Society for Technical Education" in 1968 with a view to enlarge its activities to advance the cause of Technology education. ISTE has an Executive Council at National level. It has active membership of more than 97286 technical teachers, 5,66,466 student members, more than 2345 institutional members (including IITs, IISc.., NITs and other leading technical institutions), 1166 faculty chapters and 1280 students’ chapters throughout the country. The major objective of the ISTE is to assist and contribute in the production and development of top quality professional engineers and technicians needed by the industries and other organisations. 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 Ministry of Human Resource Development, CTE/Department of Science and Technology/MIT/State Govts. are well associated with the ISTE for programmes relating to technical education

Events Conducted

Sr. No.	Name of Activity	Activity Conducted Date	Outcomes
1	ISTE Faculty Chapter Inauguration	19/08/2017	1) To get information about various activity conducted under ISTE. 2) Importance of ISTE chapter for faculty members.
2	Seminar on “IPR (Intellectual Property Rights)”	19/08/2017	1) To make students and staff aware about procedure for filling patent. 2) Explain sample cases and number of areas for filling patent.
3	Expert Lecture on Research Methodology	27/09/2017	1) To get information about how to do research and publish papers with well known journals. 2) To provide information about different funded projects.
4	One day Workshop on “Non-Destructive Testing”	27/04/2018	1) To get knowledge for different Non-Destructive Testing  on round hammer test, Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Test, rebar locator, carbonation test and vibration test
5	One day FDP on “Stress Handling and Power of Motivation & Positivity”	20/08/2018	1) To get knowledge how to motivate colleagues and improve ability to lead. 2) To get information for strengthening the communication process. 3) To get ability to develop teamwork and team building

ISTE Faculty Committee

Sr. No.	Name of Faculty	Designation
1	Prof. Dnyaneshwar V. Kudande	Chairman
2	Prof. Bhavesh B. Shah	Secretary
3	Prof. Parag V. Bute	Treasurer
4	Prof. Girish N. Matre	Member
5	Prof. Anil B. Swami	Member