Ing. Dr. Kwame Boakye – President of GhIE
This year’s Engineering Excellence Awards has been slated for Saturday, November 12, 2016 at the Engineers Centre, Roman Ridge, Accra.
The awards ceremony is expected to attract all the stakeholders in the engineering community, including council members, past presidents and members of the Institution and members of the Ghana Engineering Council.
Officials from all the four branches of government, members of allied professional bodies, engineering students from the universities and selected high school students are expected to attend the event.
The prestigious awards being organized by the GhIE is to recognize and honour outstanding contributions of individuals and organizations in the engineering industry.
The President of the Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE), Ing. Dr. Kwame Boakye said, “This third edition of the awards has seen expansion in the number and areas of awards and also classification of the award categories into four main thematic areas: Engineering Practice; Advancing Engineering Knowledge; Promoting the Future of Engineering and Application and Advocacy of Engineering.”
Chairman of the 2016 Awards Committee, Ing. Simon Kwasi Adobasom also indicated that entry to this year’s awards is free of charge for all engineers.