DGI STUDENT BRANCH OF ASHRAE is a student chapter established under the banner of “ASHRAE India Chapter”an affiliate of ASHRAE International, spreading all over the world. The student chapter aims to provide practical exposure to students for learning and innovating real engineering skills and encourages them through active participation of different campus as well as national engineering programs and projects.

The Vision and Mission statements of the student chapter are:

Vision: A healthy and sustainable built environment for all.

Mission: To serve humanity by advancing the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration and their allied fields.

OBJECTIVES AND BENEFITS

To ensure a bright future for ASHRAE and the industry, the Young Engineers in ASHRAE (YEA) Committee was developed to create programs and develop a path for our young professional members. Any current ASHRAE Affiliate, Associate or Member who is 35 years of age or younger is considered a YEA member, and automatically has a wide variety of programs, events, and opportunities at their fingertips.

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH & EXPERIENCE

In addition to your technical expertise, we (YEA Committee) want to be sure you have the tools you need to succeed. The YEA Leadership Weekend and YEA Leadership International events focus on personal development and allow you to interact with YEA members from around the world. If you want to find out how an association like ASHRAE operates, the Leadership U program gives you the chance to shadow an ASHRAE Vice President at one of our conferences.

TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION

Getting involved with ASHRAE Technical Committees (TCs) provides you the opportunity to help guide the future of our industry. Find a TC that focuses on your area of interest, get involved, and help to make a difference! You can find a list of all TCs and a sign-up form at ashare.org/TCs.

EDUCATION & RECOGNITION

To make sure you’ve got the latest and greatest education; YEA offers 10 scholarships to the ASHRAE HVAC Design Essentials Training. And since you’ve put in the hard work, why not be recognized for it and apply for the YEA Award of Individual Excellence or the Developing Leader Award.

NETWORKING

Join us at our YEA Hospitality Suite at the ASHRAE Annual and Winter Conferences to meet fellow YEA members, as well as many ASHRAE leaders who stop by. And to keep you up to speed on all things YEA, we publish a quarterly YEA Connections e-newsletter that goes straight to your inbox.

Membership Arrangement Includes:

• Access to the widest combined source of technological information and services relevant to building services (HVAC&R) that are based on global, industry accepted documents, standards, and guidelines
• Provide improved opportunities for international member to member liaison
• Access a wider range of technical and educational information that provides a more comprehensive international understanding
• Contribute, and benefit from, focused shared publication development
• Opportunity to participate as a full member in technical groups and committees in both organisations
• Provide ready-made conduit for young engineers to discover the global reach of engineering
• CIBSE YEN and ASHRAE YEA Potential to move forward to jointly supported projects
• Fast-tracking (and waived processing fees) of membership applications for selected membership 

Some of the key benefits of members enrolled in the STUDENT BRANCH OF ASHRAE are as follows:

• Scholarship Potential
• Added Value to Employers
• Access to the ASHRAE Website
• There are many scholarships available to ASHRAE Student Members.
  • Meritorious scholarships
  • 15 to 20 Scholarships every year
  • Amount can be $2000-$5000 depending on the scholarship grant
  • Supports Tuition fees (First, Second, and Third Year Students can apply)
  • Grants up to $5,000 are to be used to fund equipment and supplies for projects at Universities and 2-year technical schools that focus on ASHRAE-related topics.
  • The Best two projects are called for ASHRAE winter conference with the team budget of $25,000 covering the transportation and stay.
• Design competition to encourage students to design energy-efficient buildings and HVAC systems.