IEAE – Maharashtra Region Best Engineering College Principal of the Year - 2017 Dr. Devendra Ningapa Kyatanavar Principal Sanjivani Rural Education Society’s Sanjivani College Of Engineering, Kopargaon Sahajanandnagar, Shingnapur, Kopargaon, Ahmednagar Maharashtra
IEAE – Tamil Nadu Region Best Engineering College Principal of the Year - 2017 Dr. P. Kasinatha Pandian Principal KarpagaVinayaga College of Engineering & Technology, Padalam, Madurantagam, Kanchipuram Tamil Nadu
IEAE – Andhra Pradesh Region Best Principal of the Year under Public Welfare – 2017 (for extraordinary use of science for the public good) Prof. Dr. Muppa Lakshmana Rao Principal Prakasam Engineering College Kandukur, Prakasam Andhra Pradesh
IEAE – Maharashtra Region Principal of the Year - 2017 Dr. Manjusha Deshmukh Principal Saraswati College of Engineering, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai Maharashtra
IEAE – West Bengal Region BestEngineering College Principal of the Year - 2017 Dr. A. Rameshkumar Principal, Surendra Institute of Engineering & Management, New Chamta, Siliguri, Darjeeling, West Bengal
IEAE – Madhya Pradesh Region Best Engineering College Principal of the Year - 2017 Dr. Indra Kumar Khanna Principal Takshshila Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
IEAE – Kerala Region Best Engineering College Principal of the Year - 2017 Dr. Soosan George T Principal Mar Athanasius College of Engineering Kothamangalam, Ernakulam Kerala
IEAE – Karnataka Region BestEngineering College Principal of the Year - 2017 Prof. Dr. Sunilkumar S. Manvi Principal Reva Institute of Technology and Management Yelahanka, Bengaluru Karnataka