The Bangladesh Professional Engineers, Registration Board (BPERB), has been established     to develop the engineering profession in Bangladesh and to establish and maintain a high    standard of professional competence within the engineering profession. The Board will     establish the standards to be achieved by engineers wishing to be registered as     Professional Engineers, will assess applicants for registration against these standards and,     for those who achieve that standard, will confer the designation Professional Engineer,        PEng. on them and enter their names on a register of Professional Engineers to be     maintained by the Board.    The Board has been established by amendment of the Constitution of the Institution of     Engineers, Bangladesh and exists as an autonomous body with a Chairman and Board     consisting of both engineers and other non engineering professionals. The first meeting of     the Board took place on 11th January 2001.