13th Convocation at NITIE Saw Highest Student Turnout

13th Convocation at NITIE Saw Highest Student Turnout

On the evening of 21st July 2007, the faculty of National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) reaffirmed the role they played in NITIE's enterprise - to transform first class engineers into world class techno managers.

They watched with pride and joy as their students - the highest turnout in NITIE'S - officially receive Post Graduate Diplomas at NITIE's 13th Convocation.

With the establishment of Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering in 1971, followed by Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management in 1994, Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety & Environment Management in 2001, and subsequently, Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology Management in 2006, NITIE has been proactive in responding to the dynamic business environment.

Befitting NITIE's successful endeavor in imparting the science of management, this year's convocation was graced by an esteemed Chief Guest Padma Vibhushan Dr. K. Kasturirangan who has made the nation proud as the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Dr. K. Kasturirangan is a member of Rajya Sabha also.

The academic procession was led by Dr. Kasturirangan and NITIE's Director Dr. S. D. Awale. Amongst the invitees were eminent industrialists Shri Arun Firodia, Dr. Ganesh Natrajan, Shri Harsh Goenka and Shri S. Behuria, members of the Board of Governors, NITIE.

In his address, the Director, Dr. Subhash Awale, spoke of NITIE's students as its real assets. "NITIE's students go out into the world empowered with knowledge and responsibility not just as job-seekers but as potential job-providers." Consistently being ranked among the top-10 institutions, receiving Bombay Management Association's Best Management Institute Awardin 2006 and NITIE's Shri Shreyas Srinivas receiving the Best B-school student award, reinforce NITIE's Mission - To nourish a learning environment conducive to foster innovation and creativity in productivity and business development with social responsibility.

The Director spoke of a Perspective Plan which envisages establishment of various Schools of Research & Centres of Excellence, a proposal under consideration by UGC to make NITIE a University, outreach activities that include income generating opportunities for unemployed youth.

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Contributed by -
Sriram Vasudevan,
Student Media Cell - IMpress,
NITIE Business School, Mumbai.

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