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Encyclopedia > Madras Institute of Technology
Madras Institute of Technology

Motto: In the service of INDIA
Established: 1949
Type: Education and Research Institution
Chancellor: Surjit Singh Barnala (Governor of TamilNadu, Ex-officio)
Vice-Chancellor: Dr. D. Viswanathan
Dean: Dr. A. Raja Durai
Registrar: Dr. K. Jayaraman
Undergraduates: 2000 (approx)
Postgraduates: 300 (approx)
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Campus: Urban
Website: http://www.annauniv.edu/mit

The Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) is an engineering institute located in Chromepet, Chennai, India. It is one of the four autonomous constituent colleges of the Anna University. It was started in 1949 by Mr.C. Rajam. The Institute was at that time a bold experiment in technical education, for it introduced for the first time totally new areas of specialization viz. Aeronautical Engineering, Automobile Engineering, Electronics Engineering and Instrumentation Technology. The broad-based education, coupled with practice-oriented training in their speciality, has enabled the students of MIT to handle with skill and success a wide variety of technical problems. The MIT has developed into an important centre of engineering education and earned an excellent reputation both in India and abroad. It is the first institute in India to offer postgraduate courses in Avionics and Mechatronics. This Institute has a unique practice of "T-Series", a student mentoring system by senior students. The Alumni of this institute have achieved prominence in various fields and include Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, The missile-man of India and writer Sujatha among others. The cultural festival of MIT, Mitafest is famous in India. Image File history File links MIT_logo. ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the concept. ... This article is about institutions as social mechanisms. ... A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... Surjit Singh Barnala being sworn in as the Governor of Tamil Nadu in 2004 Surjit Singh Barnala (born October 21, 1925) is the present governor of Tamil Nadu, India. ... For other uses, see Governor (disambiguation). ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... This page includes English translations of several Latin phrases and abbreviations such as . ... A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a university in the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the de facto head of the university. ... In an educational setting, a dean is a person with significant authority . ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Madras redirects here. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... // This site is the yellow pages for chromepet and nearby areas. ... Madras redirects here. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Avionics is a portmanteau which literally means aviation electronics. ... Mechatronics is the synergistic combination of mechanical engineering (mecha for mechanisms, i. ... Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (Tamil: ) (Hindi: ) born October 15, 1931, Tamil Nadu, India, usually referred as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam^ , was the eleventh President of India, serving from 2002 to 2007. ...

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History

With the dawn of Independence, the need for establishing a sound technological basis for proper industrial advancement of the country was realised. At this juncture,in 1949, Mr. Rajam, came up with a munificent donation of Rs. 5 lakhs through the sale of his house and founded the M.I.T., and raised fund from various people and industries for its running. Sri M.K.Ranganathan, Rtd. Chief Engineer, became the first principal of the institute.


At a time when all other Engineering Institutions were offering conventional courses in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at the Under-graduate level, it was the rare genius and foresight of Mr. Rajam that impelled him in the evening of his life to launch on a bold experiment of introducing for the first time in the country, totally new areas of specialisation in Engineering, viz. Aeronautical Engineering, Automobile Engineering, Electronics Engineering and Instrument Technology, the entrants to these disciplines being Science graduates. Now in addition to this MIT also has Computer Science and Information Technology departments too. How wise and far-seeing this selection was, is shown by the striking growth that India has made in road transport and in the manufacture of road vehicles of all types; in the progress of civil and military aviation and the manufacture of military aircraft; and in the enormous growth in the applications of electronics and the electronics manufacturing industry. Instrumentation and Control which form the bedrock of industry did not exist in India as a subject of study in 1949; even the name was still below the horizon. Now this branch of applied science and technology has become all important in every industry, small or big, light or heavy. How useful and relevant trained manpower in these fields has been, is borne out by the fact that a significantly large number of the past students of M.I.T. are now holding key positions in research and development organisations, manufacturing industries and educational institutions within the country and abroad.


Now, it also provides technical education in other engineering fields such as Rubber & Plastic technology, Production technology & Information Technology. Research centres were also started in the past years.


Administration

Madras Institute of Technology, being a constituent college of Anna University, is governed by the Chancellor, vice-Chancellor and registrar of the varsity. The varsity has a syndicate too. The Dean is the head of the institute and oversees day to day activities. Each department is headed by Head of the Department(HOD). The hostels are headed by assistant executive wardens placed under an executive warden with dean as the ex-officio warden.
The academic policies are decided by the course committee, whose members include all the professors and student representatives headed by a chairman.
Madras Institute of Technology follows the credit-based system of performance evaluation, with proportional weighting of courses based on their importance. The total marks (usually out of 100) form the basis of grades, with a grade value (out of 10) assigned to a range of marks. For each semester, the students are graded by taking a weighted average from all the courses with their respective credit points. Each semester's evaluation is done independently with a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) reflecting the average performance across semesters. The medium of instruction is English.
Look up credit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A grade may refer to many different concepts, including: in various contexts: Each item in a (generally ordered and finite) collection of symbols or designators used as a particular grade system to distinguish and rank corresponding groups, where distinct members or instances of each group are regarded as sufficiently similar... A grade in education can mean either a teachers evaluation of a students work or a students level of educational progress, usually one grade per year (often denoted by an ordinal number, such as the 3rd Grade or the 12th Grade). This article is about evaluation of...


The broad-based education, coupled with practice-oriented training in their speciality, has enabled the students of MIT to handle with skill and success a wide variety of technical problems. The MIT has developed into an important centre of engineering education and earned an excellent reputation both in India and abroad. Admission into the institute previously was through the TNPCEE . But from 2007 onwards it was decided that the 12th grade examinations would be the sole criterion. The Tamil Nadu Professional Courses Entrance Examination is an entrance examination used for admitting students to the Engineering (for doing B.Arch students should take one more aptitude test) and Medical Colleges in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. ...


Prominent alumni of this institute include Honorable President Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Sujatha & K B Chandrashekhar (founder of jamcracker.com & exodus.com). The annual festival of the institute is called Mitafest. Each department has its own festival, in addition to the musical festival Sivaranjani. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (Tamil: ) (Hindi: ) born October 15, 1931, Tamil Nadu, India, usually referred as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam^ , was the eleventh President of India, serving from 2002 to 2007. ... Sujatha (b. ...


MIT has the unique practice of 'T-series'. This is a mentorship system and the word is said to have originated from the term Technocrat. Each new 'technocrat' of the institute is assigned to a mentor from the previous batch. He / she also inherits the complete set of 'T-seniors' from this mentor. Mentorship activities span whole gammit of student activities starting from passing on books up to job interview preparation tips. This system creates a sense of bonding and gives a unique family atmosphere to MIT.


UG Departments

  • Department of Aeronautical Engineering - The oldest Department in the Country offering Aeronautical Engineering education at the undergraduate level. The Department has been functional since 1949 and its alumni have made significant contributions to the development of aerospace technology in the Country. In keeping with the needs of time, the Faculty of Aeronautics transformed itself into a Department offering 4-year undergraduate and post-graduate programmes in Aeronautical Engineering with revised and periodically updated curriculum. There has been a steady build-up of infrastructure also and today the Department has up-to-date laboratories in the core areas of aerodynamics, structures and propulsion. 57th batch students are the best students ever studied in the coll. named '''Icarus'''
  • Department of Automobile Engineering
  • Department of Information Technology
  • Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering - The department of Electronics Engineering established in the year 1949 has its core strength in the area of Electronics & Communication technology. This is the largest department of the MIT campus of Anna University, which has about 25 faculty members serving about 400 undergraduate students and 100 postgraduate students. The cutting edge research areas include Communication Technologies, Wireless Communication, Network Security, Sensor Networks, Optical Communication, Avionics, Signal Processing, Image Processing & Pattern Recognition and VLSI. The department has colloborative partners from academia and industry both locally and worldwide.
  • Department of Instrumentation Engineering
  • Department of Production Technology
  • Department of Rubber & Plastics Technology

External links

  • Madras Institute of Technology website

Coordinates: 12.94810° N 80.13974° E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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