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 Iyer donated Rs. 5 lakhs through the sale of his house and founded the M.I.T., and raised funds 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 undergraduate level, Mr. Rajam launched the experiment of introducing for the first time in the country totally new areas of specialisation in Engineering, namely aeronautical engineering, automobile engineering, electronics engineering, and instrument technology, the entrants to these disciplines being science graduates. In addition to this, MIT also has computer science and information technology departments. M.I.T. also offers technical education in engineering fields such as rubber and plastics technology, production engineering, and information technology. Research centres were also started in the past years.
Instrumentation and Control 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 important in industry, and a significant number of the past students of M.I.T. now hold key positions in research and development organisations, manufacturing industries and educational institutions within the country and abroad.
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