(i) likely to be of interest  to more than one professinal group, either because the work is fundamental or because it reflects the best in current technology.

(ii) summarising, at a sufficiently technical level, work done on special projects of interest to engineering scientists.

(iii) offering  extensive critical reviews, especially on subjects of interest in the country.

The criteria for acceptance of papers in the journal are therefore breadth of interest, irrespective of whether the paper reports research or development, theory or experiment, original work or review, and quality of work reported and its presentation (text, diagrams etc.). Papers on developments in Indian technology must pay special attention to the problems peculiar to the country in such projects.