Madras Institute of Technology

Madras Institute of Technology(MIT)
Motto	In the service of INDIA
Established	1949
Type	Education and Research Institution
Chancellor	Surjit Singh Barnala (Governor of TamilNadu, Ex-officio)
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. P. Mannar Jawahar
Dean	Prof. A. Joseph Stanley
Registrar	Prof. S. Shanmugavel
Undergraduates	2000 (approx)
Postgraduates	300 (approx)
Location	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Campus	Urban
Website	http://www.mitindia.edu/

The Madras Institute of Technology (MIT - சென்னை தொழில்நுட்ப நிறுவனம் ^[1]) 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 and it was the first self-financing engineering Institute in the country and later it was merged with Anna University. 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.

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.

MIT hoarding as seen from senior hostel terrace

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.

MIT campus as seen from main gate

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.

Hangar-2

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.

Prominent alumni of this institute include Honorable President Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Sujatha Rangarajan & K B Chandrashekhar (founder of jamcracker.com & exodus.com in USA and AU-KBC Research Centre,MIT campus of Anna University).

Culturals

The annual festival of the institute is called Mitafest. Each department has its own festival, in addition to the musical festival Sivaranjani.

OAT of MIT

Techfest& Symposiums

Apart from this,MIT proudly presented "Asymptote 2009" along with its diamond jubilee celebrations.Asymptote-2009 was held on 9,10 and 11 January 2009. Students from various colleges participated in this event and this event was a grand success.

Every department has its own intra-college and inter-college technical symposium.

Participants overlook an event during asymptote 2009

Magazines

MIT has its own annual magazine MITMAG.Apart from this,Personality Development Association (PDA) has successfully published its magazine PERSOPLUS twice last year and Youth Red Cross published its magazine called Vircham in 2008 related to Social Awareness.

T series

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

• Department of Automobile Engineering - This is also one of oldest departments offered by the college since its inception. The college offers both UG and PG courses. The annual student intake is 40.The current president of AEA(Automobile Engineering Association) is Mr.Devaradjane. SAE also has its collegiate club in this dept. The Department of Automobile Engineering at MIT was started in the year 1949 and was offering a three year (undergraduate Programme) in Automobile Engineering for Science graduates (B.Sc). Subsequently, on the formation of Anna University in 1978, MIT has become one of the constituent institutions of the University and hence, the Department has also become a department of Anna University. The postgraduate Programme was started in 1978. This is the only pioneering Institute which is a offering both UG and PG Programmes in Automobile Engineering in the whole of India, besides offering MS (by research) and Ph.D. Programmes. From 1996 onwards a 4 year B.Tech undergraduate programme for students of higher secondary education is being offered. The Society of Automobile Engineers, headquartered in USA, credited this institute as "MIT of India". Globally it is well-known that MIT offers quality education in Automobile Engineering, which is evident from the fact that multi-nationals are selecting Chennai as their destination to start their mega car projects. Besides the academic activities, the department is dynamically involved in the programmes of “CENTRE FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH AND TRAINING” (CART).

• Department of Information Technology-The department of Information Technology was established in the year 2000 and has two branches as "Computer Science and Engineering" and the branch of "Information Technology" each having an intake strength of 120 every year(recently increased).The department has well connected facilities and good faculty strength.This is the department which gives a lot of job opportunities for the people belonging to every department in the college.The department includes a UG and PG running in parallel and the research areas include Grid computing, XML technologies,Networking and connectivity protocols,network security and Databases.

• 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 - The department of Instrumentation Engineering,which was started in 1949, offers Instrumentation Engineering at PG level, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering at UG level and Ph.D and M.S. (by Research) for both regular and Part-time scholars. This curriculum is formulated with motto of making the students aware of the current Industrial standards. With this perfect blend of industrial exposure, coupled with good technical base, our students have made a presence in various technological domains in all the top level industries.

• Department of Production technology - The department of Production Technology was started with three year B.Tech production engineering programme (for B.Sc graduates) in the year 1977 with an intake of 20 students and M.E programme in the year 1993. The dept offers B.Tech in Production Engg & ME in manufacturing Engg, Mechatornics Engg. It also offers part time UG programs in the areas of Mechanical Engg, Production Engg & PG programme in Manufacturing Engineering . For the first time in our country a PG programme in M.E Mechatronics was started in the year 1999 with an intake of 15 students. The department was awarded A5 grade in 1997-98 (Highest grade for 5 years) by the National board of Accreditation. The department has organized 9 national level seminars and 3 summer/winter schools and a number of short term programs in the areas of low cost automation CNC machines & programming and fluid power automations.

• Department of Rubber & Plastics Technology - The department of Rubber & plastic is one of the pioneering departments of the legendary institution MIT. The department was started in 1988 with an aim to ensure that each student coming into contact with the faculty develops his/her versatility to emerge as the fittest in this ever changing industrial scenario. The aim to mould personalities sharing a strong bonding with the humanity blended with the art of self empowerment.

Research Center

• ANNA UNIVERSITY-K B CHANDRASEKHAR (AUKBC)-The ANNA UNIVERSITY-K B CHANDRASEKHAR Center for the Internet and Telecom Technologies has been established at the MIT Campus in May 1999 through the donation of RS.1.00 crore Dr.K.B. Chandrasekhar, Chairman and Co-founder of Exodus Communications, USA. The infrastructure includes a 256 kbit/s Internet access over a 2 Mbit/s based line, high-end server with broad-based Networking. The research activities of the center are to investigate on cryptography, Network security, Internet Access over the power line medium and many others. In addition, the KBC foundation has donated another 0.5 crore Rupees towards setting up a state-of –art java lab at the center and 1.5 crore rupees for the campus networking and video conferencing facilities. One of the goals of the center is to link value-addition to the Domain-knowledge possessed by the faculty and the students of our University in diverse Domains through the use of the Internet and I.T Tools/Technologies.
• CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH AND TRAINING (C.A.R.T)-The Center for Automotive Research and Training (CART), an inter-disciplinary center, was established in the year 1997 by the University to mainly cater to the needs of the automotive industry with regard to design, research, consultancy, training and testing. The center functions currently both at the main campus and at the MIT campus. The center proposes to offer a postgraduate programme titled ,Automotive Manufacturing Management, which will be a highly inter-disciplinary programme mainly framed with inputs from the user industry, namely the automotive industry. The center acts as a nodal agency interacting with automotive industries both at home and abroad and with various academic departments and centers, functioning at Anna University.

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