Goa Sub-Centre of the Institution of Engineers (India) was started on 27th September 1974 under the guidance of Late Er. B. R. Naique, FIE (Ex-Chief Engineer in PWD, Govt. of Goa, Daman and Diu).The Sub-Centre was attached to IEI, Maharashtra State Centre.
Goa, Daman and Diu were under union territory of the Indian Union since its liberation till 30th May 1987 when Govt. of India declared Goa as separate State.
In 1987, Goa Sub-Centre was upgraded to Local Centre when the membership of Centre was around 200. AMIE examinations were started in Goa in 1988 for students appearing for the Section A & B examinations.
From January 1997, the Local Centre started publishing its Bulletin. This Quarterly Bulletin provided information to its members about various activities of the centre and also published technical articles of general interest.
Goa Local Centre was affiliated to Maharashtra State Centre.
In December 2008 Goa Local Centre was upgraded to Goa State Centre when the membership of Centre was around 800. The Centre has 1165 corporate members as on 31st March 2016.
This Centre has completed 42 years since its inception in 1974.
The present membership details of State Centre as on 31st March 2016 are as under,
| Sr. No. | Engineering Division | DIV | Members |
| 1 | Agricultural Engineering Division | AG | 02 |
| 2 | Architectural Engineering Division | AR | 02 |
| 3 | Aerospace Engineering Division | AS | 02 |
| 4 | Chemical Engineering Division | CH | 16 |
| 5 | Computer Engineering Division | CP | 23 |
| 6 | Civil Engineering Division | CV | 513 |
| 7 | Electrical Engineering Division | EL | 157 |
| 8 | Environment Engineering Division | EN | 06 |
| 9 | Electronic &Telecommunication Engineering Division | ET | 68 |
| 10 | Mechanical Engineering Division | MC | 238 |
| 11 | Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Division | MM | 12 |
| 12 | Mining Engineering Division | MN | 50 |
| 13 | Marine Engineering Division | MR | 65 |
| 14 | Production Engineering Division | PR | 09 |
| 15 | Textile Engineering Division | TX | 00 |
| Total | 1165 | ||