Madras Institute of Technology
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| Motto | In the service of India |
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| Type | Public university |
| Established | 1949 |
| Chancellor | Konijeti Rosaiah (Governor of Tamil Nadu, Ex officio) |
| Vice-Chancellor | Dr M Rajaram |
| Dean | Dr. A.Rajadurai |
| Registrar | S Ganesan |
| Undergraduates | 2000 (approx) |
| Postgraduates | 300 (approx) |
| Location | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Campus | Urban (200 acre) |
| Website | http://www.mitindia.edu/ |
The Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) is an engineering institute located in Chromepet, Chennai (Madras), India. It is one of the four autonomous constituent colleges (University Departments) of Anna University It was established in 1949 by C. Rajam as the first self-financing engineering institute in the country, and later it merged with Anna University. The institute was at that time an experiment in technical education, for it introduced to India new areas of specialization: aeronautical engineering, automobile engineering, electronics engineering and instrumentation technology. MIT was the first self-financing college opened in India.
The MIT is the first institute in India to offer postgraduate courses in avionics and mechatronics. The institute also has an unusual practice of "T-series" a student mentoring system by senior students The aeronautical, automobile and electronics departments of this institute are very popular and get the cream of students in Tamil Nadu, usually having very high cut-offs with seats getting filled in the early batches of first day counselling.
The alumni of this institute include former president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, and writer Sujatha rangarajan. The former Vice-Chancellor of Anna University Dr P Mannar Jawahar is a former MIT-ian. The cultural festival of MIT Mitafest, is well known in the vicinity of Chromepet. The institute campus is also home to AU-KBC research centre.
With the dawn of Independence, the need for establishing a sound technological basis for industrial advancement of the country was realized. At this juncture in 1949, Mr Rajam Iyer donated INR 5,lakhs through the sale of his house and founded the MIT, and raised funds from people and industries for its running. Sri M K Ranganathan, Rtd Chief Engineer, became the first principal of the institute.
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