The Dean(Academic) of NIT Tiruchirapalli then gave a brief report on the various activities undertaken by the institute in the current academic year in his address to the gathering. He began by mentioning
the number of students who graduated this year and the various achievements by the faculty members and students of various departments of the institute. Following the mention of these achievements he gave a brief talk about Festember the cultural fest o NITT, Pragyan, the Techno management fest of NITT and NITTfest the
intra college cultural fest. He concluded his address by giving a special mention to the sports contingent of NITT who won the inter-NIT championship held in NIT Tiruchirapalli this year.
Dr.Mini Shaji Thomas,Director,NIT Trichy began her speech by congratulating the faculty, alumni, staff and students of NIT Trichy for their phenomenal accomplishments in 2018-19. She also took this as
an opportunity on few of the milestones accomplished during her tenure. She was extremely happy in conveying that our impressive ranking positions in this year’s NIRF Rankings stands as a testament
to our tradition of excellence, which has reached newer heights this year. NIT Trichy has secured an astounding 10th position with regard to Engineering, thereby outranking various NITs and IITs with the aid
of research volume, industry-academia collaborations, perception and unbeatable talent in our campus. She also emphasized that the students and the faculty must be even more responsible to climb up the ladder
even more. She also focused on the most important historic achievement of our college via the inauguration of the 190 Crore Centre of Dynamic Excellence in Manufacturing in partnership with Siemens Industry
Software by the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar and the unveiling of the Institute’s five-year Strategic Plan (2019-2024). She also made a note on the revising of the Vision
and Mission statements of our college and also recounted on the design of a brand new emblem. She also spoke about the rise of several industrial collaborations with the likes of Tata Steel Ltd., Tata
Motors, BHEL, Tech Mahindra, CII, TNDISTSIA, Airports Authority of India. Dr. Mini Shaji Thomas mentioned about the establishment of a fully functional Office of Alumni-Institute Interaction Cell including
appointing new Dean (Alumni Relations) with an aim to expand our global footprint and to reshape ourselves as a cosmopolitan institution of the 21st century. She also acknowledged the tremendous
services rendered by the ‘Public Relations and Media Cell of NIT Trichy’ team which issues regular news releases thereby remaining as the point of contact for journalists and new media.
She then congratulated the students for bringing laurels to the institute and mentioned about securing second prize at Singapore-India Hackathon 2018.She also made a note about MHRD’s Unnat Bharat Abhiyan,
a programme that aims to improve the quality of life in rural areas where NIT mentors 14 institutes. She mentioned that in 2018, NIT Trichy became the only NIT among the thirty-one NITs in the country to
be awarded a position in the Swacch Campus Rankings and also bagged the Green Award conferred by TNPCB. She also congratulated the award winners on the Institute Day and motivated the students by saying that much more potential yet to be realized. She was confident that with research-led teaching, inspiring faculties, highly skilled staff, and well-developed students, the students, faculties and the administration as an entity will be in a position to successfully complete the priorities identified in the strategic plan. She finally concluded by urging everyone to work diligently as a team to make thisinstitution reach newer heights. Following the Director’s address Dr. Arumugam, Former Principal of REC and Director of NIT Trichy and Dr.
M. Chidambaram, Former Director of NIT Trichy were felicitated by the Chief Guest and Director.
The Chief Guest of the occasion, Prof.Deepak B Phatak,Subrao Nilekani Chair Professor,Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology,Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Indian
Institute of Technology Bombay began addressing the gathering by congratulating the students being honored for their achievements. He then emphasized on the fact that a large number of people do not avail
such opportunities that an institute like NIT has to offer. Further, he stated that though our country has been making rapid progress to alleviate the twin problems of ignorance and poverty, we as a nation
still have to develop. He then shed light on some of the developmental issues faced by our nation such as low Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education, having per-capita income levels amongst the lowest in the
world and the differences amongst us in terms of religion and language. However, he asserted that our country survived as a great democracy for seven decades overcoming these issues. He stressed on
the role of academic institutions in contributing to the society. He emphasized the need to cultivate social skills in addition to joining the rat race of academic excellence. He cited Dr. Abdul Kalam as a
person who had excelled in appreciating talent in young and old and that is an important trait of a leader. He exhorted the audience to develop such leadership skills and make it their ambition to improve
themselves on a daily basis. He urged the students to become leaders in their chosen field and contribute significantly towards nation building.
significantly to the nation. The Director then presented a memento to
the Chief Guest.
The students who have excelled in academics and the faculty members who have contributed to significant research publications and citations were then honoured with awards.
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