Madras Institute of Technology - [MIT]
Overview Information
About College
Located in Chromepet, Chennai, Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), was established in 1949 year by C. Rajam. The institute is one of the 4 constituents of Anna University but in the year 1978 it was merged with Anna University.
- MIT is the 1st institute in India to offer postgraduate (PG) courses in mechatronics and avionics.
- The institute campus is also home to AU-KBC Center for the Internet and Telecom Technologies (AU-KBC) and Center for Automotive Research and Training (CART) research centers.
- MIT has received many awards which comprise an award by Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE) and an award for the Best Overall Performance in the year 1999.
- MIT has Alumni Associations in Singapore through SMITAAZINE, which is a quarterly e-newsletter cum e-zine containing events and announcements related to SMITAA and various chapters of MITAA.
- The institute follows the credit-based system of performance assessment and student-teacher relation with relative weighting of courses based on their significance.
- MIT publishes its annual magazine MITMAG, TECH TIMES (Computer Society), InsTrue (technical magazine), PRO-MAG (yearly magazine), PERSOPLUS (Personality Development Association magazine) and The MIT Quill (newsletter).
- A museum named MIT Museum has been setup on the campus. The museum involves pictures of all central events, newspaper, and books.
Alumni
Some notable Alumni of MIT, Chennai:
• Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
• Dr. P. Mannar Jawahar
• Sujatha Rangarajan
• Mr K.B.Chandrasekhar
• Susi Ganeshan
• Mr A.S Arunachalam
• Mr KUMAR.I
Academics: Institute has following departments to offer undergraduate, postgraduate and research programs-
- Department of Aerospace Engineering
- Department of Automobile Engineering
- Department of Information Technology
- Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
- Department of Instrumentation Engineering
- Department of Computer Technology
- Department of Production technology
- Department of Rubber & Plastics Technology
- Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities
Extracurricular:
In the conduct to help students to hone their entrepreneurial skills, time and people management and leadership qualities activities are organized in the campus. For this certain bodies are formed which comprises of:
• Athenaeum
• Rotaract Club
• Web Team of MIT
• National Sports Organization (NSO)
• Computer society
• National Service Scheme (NSS)
• Personality Development Association (PDA)
Facilities:
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Hostels |
Separate blocks are available for girl and boy students with general facilities in each of them. |
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Sports facility |
Indoor and outdoor sports facility is given to MIT students. The sports area is spread over 28 acres of land involving part of the MIT campus and Annexure (Rani Thottam). |
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Other facilities |
• Placement Cell |
Festivals:
- MITAFEST: It is a Cultural Festival Organized by MIT, Chennai
- Asymptote 2009: This was held on 9, 10 and 11 January in year of 2009. Students from other colleges partaken in the event.
- PRAYATNA: It is a Technical Symposium of Computer Technology department.
- Elastoplaz: It is Technical Symposium of department of Rubber & Plastics Technology.
Scholarship:
• Kuwait MITAA Scholarship
• Scholarship in memory of Prof PVVS
• BSNL Scholarship
• Prof GSS Sarma memorial scholarship
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