M S Ramaiah Inst. of Tech.
By M R Jayaram, Chairman
cholarships are provided to meritorious students all over the globe
to bring a sustainable change in students of BPL families through
various government and non-governmental entities. This story is not
about a nongovernmental organization or new government schemes
that have been introduced but about an Alumnus association that
voluntarily took the responsibility to handhold the underprivileged
students and facilitates them with food and education on their own
expense. M.S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, a private engineering
college which came into existence in the southern region of the
country in 1962 takes pride in having such an Alumnus association
exhibiting the very essence of humanity.
"œStudents are given every opportunity and through their hard work and constant effort
they have been successful in changing the course of lives," says Tallam Venkatesh, President
of Alumnus Association, MSRIT and CEO, PTL Bangalore and Alumnus (Batch1963).
The students are encouraged to join the institute for higher education
without worrying about their travel, food and any other related expenses
which might be a hindrance towards their education.
With a vision to evolve MSRIT to an autonomous institution
of international repute by imparting quality technical education,
Late Dr. M.S Ramaiah an industrialist and philanthropist
founded M.S Ramaiah Institute of Technology. Having started
with only two subjects, the institute currently houses 12
different verticals in engineering studies and offers architecture
and management degrees followed by doctoral degree on the
same imparting education to 5800 and 800 undergraduate and
post graduate students respectively.
"œWhen I joined MSRIT, the institute was in a nascent stage
but the transformation is beyond my imagination," shares Mr.
Venkatesh. Speaking of the time when he was in the campus Venkatesh
Sneha Choudhury
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recollects having known the founder as
the backbone of the institute, managing
the institute all by himself. Knowing all
the students in person showed his down
to earth nature which was an essence of
MSRIT as a family.
Even after the founder's demise, the
institute continued series of changes
adding more to its glory. Dr. NVR Naidu,
Principal, MSRIT has witnessed these
changes since 1983 and being a part of
its evolution along with his professional
journey from a lecturer to the principal,
now recollects the essential ingredients
that the institute has incorporated to the
flavor in educating minds. He points out
that an institution needs discipline and
then comes the most important pillars
of strength for any education institute -
"˜Management', "˜Faculty', "˜Infrastructure'
and "˜Students'. MSRIT has been able to
harness it, earning the reputation of being
one of the most important institutes. The
institute has instilled these four pillars
with tremendous dedication which have
borne fruits through five decades which
allowed it to grow into a tree of learning.
Among the four pillars, he attributes
the management as magnanimous and
supportive to provide all the necessary
facilities to germinate the seed of quality
education by incorporating new things
all the time. The institute is headed by
Dr.M.R.Jayaram, Chairman and son
of Late Dr. M.S.Ramaiah, handling the
autonomy since 2007 with a governing
council which includes two principals
of reputed institutes, bureaucrats from
Karnataka State and Central government
and a member from VTU. The
management has been playing a key role in
all the endeavors of MSRIT and nurtures a
conducive learning environment through
improvement and customizing quality in
all their pursuits.
Acknowledging the strength of the
faculty members, who enlighten the mind
of students keeping the vision of M.S
Ramaiah alive, the students reciprocate
the same love and respect to them as a
"˜Guru' was regarded in ancient days.
"œMSRIT has the best of mentors who are
talented and skilled in their own grounds
and root the same in the students,
considering them as one of the pillars
of MSRIT's success throughout," adds
Dr. Naidu. With faculty- student ratio
of 1: 15 one to one communication
has honed the students tremendously
making MSRIT achieve excellent
academic results progressively.
M.S Ramaiah Institute of
Technology through their 50+ years
of constant endeavor promoting
education and reaping fruits of labor
has set new goals for itself and is headed
with the same determination it had
in its inception. In recent times, the
institute has earned a name for itself
through their interdisciplinary research
activities and guiding students towards
innovation and scientific exploration.
These two elements are bound together
through numerous research and
consultancy projects with industrial
collaborations playing the role of
catalysts. The institute already holds
established centers of excellences and
industry recognition with Autodesk,
Cognizant, Schneider Electric and has
Karnataka's first IBM centre established
in 2009. These collaborations are
aimed with curriculum development
promoting skills of faculty programs.
Industry relevant courses such as
"˜advanced industrial automation and
media controls', "˜energy management'
and diploma in power plant engineering is the active student-industry benefitting
courses run by Schneider Electric and
JSW respectively.
The newest in the academic
alliances is "˜Boeing', which is intended
to collaborate for curriculum design in
mechanical engineering. The American
organization will set up a research lab
in the campus of MSRIT for the cause
and more of such ventures. Similar
centers are on line with Indira Gandhi
Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpagam;
GE and Philips. Along with the above
infrastructure, MSRIT has state of the
art laboratories, Individual computing
facility to all faculty members, Campuswide
networking connections making
the third pillar equally commendable.
The institute is currently working
on the curriculum changes and looks
forward to take it to the next level. Incorporating
an outcome based learning
which includes intensive self study component,
mini projects, internships and
add-on courses. MSRIT has introduced
Learning Management System through
an open summer breaks for students promoting
from 4th to 5th and 6th to 7th
semester respectively. MSRIT plans to
have a research and development centre
for interdisciplinary subjects at the institution
level. This would be one of a kind
allowing different
departments such as
mechanical, electrical,
electronic engineering
to combine
for new innovations
and projects.
Over the years,
the institute has
honed a number of
students into notable
personalities. S
Jindal - MD of JSW
Steel, Dr. S.C Sharma
- former VC of Tumkur University,
Jasbir Singh- Director of GMW, Adithya
Srinivasan having nominated in the 57th
Grammy Awards are some whales in
the ocean of MSRIT proving the significance
of the fourth and the prime
pillar-Students. Not only the Alumnus
but students while the course work continues
have proved heading towards their
professional careers through innovations
and active participation bringing laurels
to MSRIT. In 2015, EDHITHA, a 14
member team from MSRIT has clinched
1st prize at the Student Unmanned Air
Systems (SUAS) among 39 international
teams creating a history of being the first
Indian team to do so. Occurring prior to
this event was a Platform independent,
secure and optimized identity service led
by a four member team under UIDAI
at FINO Pay tech in 2014, the service
is used to simplify and enhance security
in institutions such as banks, hospitals,
hotels and insurance companies. However,
to be able to acquire the cream of
thousands of students applying for admissions,
Dr. Naidu boasts of the institute's
privilege to have these hard working intellectuals
which further add to greatness
of MSRIT.
Focusing on the need for
entrepreneurs and the changing
industrial scenario, Dr. Naidu,
explains, "œAs we look back and see
the successful careers of our Alumnus,
we have taken note of only 2 percent
entrepreneurs out of the 40000
students in the past five decades.
So we plan to motivate more of
entrepreneurial ventures and increase
the rate upto 4 percent in the next
five years." Since most of the students
are far more capable than seeking a
routine job, yet the placement cell
serves their purpose whenever needed
and hardly spoon feeds students with
placements. However, MSRIT has been
the traditional recruitment destination
for many organizations and top notch
organization such as Adobe, Amazon,
JP Morgan, Oracle, Google and many
more visit the campus every year to
take the crème de la crème.
MSRIT being a self financing
institution affiliated to Visvesvaraya
Technological University, established
under the Gokula Education
Foundation (GEF) which runs along
28 other institutes offering various
educational verticals has become
an important name in the southern
region of the country. As days pass by,
numerous institutes may rise up but the
amount of enthusiasm added by MSRIT
in achieving a global rank is increasing
in a lightning speed which would
ultimately reap new standards of higher
education worldwide
to bring a sustainable change in students of BPL families through
various government and non-governmental entities. This story is not
about a nongovernmental organization or new government schemes
that have been introduced but about an Alumnus association that
voluntarily took the responsibility to handhold the underprivileged
students and facilitates them with food and education on their own
expense. M.S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, a private engineering
college which came into existence in the southern region of the
country in 1962 takes pride in having such an Alumnus association
exhibiting the very essence of humanity.
"œStudents are given every opportunity and through their hard work and constant effort
they have been successful in changing the course of lives," says Tallam Venkatesh, President
of Alumnus Association, MSRIT and CEO, PTL Bangalore and Alumnus (Batch1963).
The students are encouraged to join the institute for higher education
without worrying about their travel, food and any other related expenses
which might be a hindrance towards their education.
With a vision to evolve MSRIT to an autonomous institution
of international repute by imparting quality technical education,
Late Dr. M.S Ramaiah an industrialist and philanthropist
founded M.S Ramaiah Institute of Technology. Having started
with only two subjects, the institute currently houses 12
different verticals in engineering studies and offers architecture
and management degrees followed by doctoral degree on the
same imparting education to 5800 and 800 undergraduate and
post graduate students respectively.
"œWhen I joined MSRIT, the institute was in a nascent stage
but the transformation is beyond my imagination," shares Mr.
Venkatesh. Speaking of the time when he was in the campus Venkatesh
Sneha Choudhury
WHERE WISDOM BEGINS BY WILL
|14 |June 2016 HIGHER Review
recollects having known the founder as
the backbone of the institute, managing
the institute all by himself. Knowing all
the students in person showed his down
to earth nature which was an essence of
MSRIT as a family.
Even after the founder's demise, the
institute continued series of changes
adding more to its glory. Dr. NVR Naidu,
Principal, MSRIT has witnessed these
changes since 1983 and being a part of
its evolution along with his professional
journey from a lecturer to the principal,
now recollects the essential ingredients
that the institute has incorporated to the
flavor in educating minds. He points out
that an institution needs discipline and
then comes the most important pillars
of strength for any education institute -
"˜Management', "˜Faculty', "˜Infrastructure'
and "˜Students'. MSRIT has been able to
harness it, earning the reputation of being
one of the most important institutes. The
institute has instilled these four pillars
with tremendous dedication which have
borne fruits through five decades which
allowed it to grow into a tree of learning.
Among the four pillars, he attributes
the management as magnanimous and
supportive to provide all the necessary
facilities to germinate the seed of quality
education by incorporating new things
all the time. The institute is headed by
Dr.M.R.Jayaram, Chairman and son
of Late Dr. M.S.Ramaiah, handling the
autonomy since 2007 with a governing
council which includes two principals
of reputed institutes, bureaucrats from
Karnataka State and Central government
and a member from VTU. The
management has been playing a key role in
all the endeavors of MSRIT and nurtures a
conducive learning environment through
improvement and customizing quality in
all their pursuits.
Acknowledging the strength of the
faculty members, who enlighten the mind
of students keeping the vision of M.S
Ramaiah alive, the students reciprocate
the same love and respect to them as a
"˜Guru' was regarded in ancient days.
"œMSRIT has the best of mentors who are
talented and skilled in their own grounds
and root the same in the students,
considering them as one of the pillars
of MSRIT's success throughout," adds
Dr. Naidu. With faculty- student ratio
of 1: 15 one to one communication
has honed the students tremendously
making MSRIT achieve excellent
academic results progressively.
M.S Ramaiah Institute of
Technology through their 50+ years
of constant endeavor promoting
education and reaping fruits of labor
has set new goals for itself and is headed
with the same determination it had
in its inception. In recent times, the
institute has earned a name for itself
through their interdisciplinary research
activities and guiding students towards
innovation and scientific exploration.
These two elements are bound together
through numerous research and
consultancy projects with industrial
collaborations playing the role of
catalysts. The institute already holds
established centers of excellences and
industry recognition with Autodesk,
Cognizant, Schneider Electric and has
Karnataka's first IBM centre established
in 2009. These collaborations are
aimed with curriculum development
promoting skills of faculty programs.
Industry relevant courses such as
"˜advanced industrial automation and
media controls', "˜energy management'
and diploma in power plant engineering is the active student-industry benefitting
courses run by Schneider Electric and
JSW respectively.
The newest in the academic
alliances is "˜Boeing', which is intended
to collaborate for curriculum design in
mechanical engineering. The American
organization will set up a research lab
in the campus of MSRIT for the cause
and more of such ventures. Similar
centers are on line with Indira Gandhi
Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpagam;
GE and Philips. Along with the above
infrastructure, MSRIT has state of the
art laboratories, Individual computing
facility to all faculty members, Campuswide
networking connections making
the third pillar equally commendable.
The institute is currently working
on the curriculum changes and looks
forward to take it to the next level. Incorporating
an outcome based learning
which includes intensive self study component,
mini projects, internships and
add-on courses. MSRIT has introduced
Learning Management System through
an open summer breaks for students promoting
from 4th to 5th and 6th to 7th
semester respectively. MSRIT plans to
have a research and development centre
for interdisciplinary subjects at the institution
level. This would be one of a kind
allowing different
departments such as
mechanical, electrical,
electronic engineering
to combine
for new innovations
and projects.
Over the years,
the institute has
honed a number of
students into notable
personalities. S
Jindal - MD of JSW
Steel, Dr. S.C Sharma
- former VC of Tumkur University,
Jasbir Singh- Director of GMW, Adithya
Srinivasan having nominated in the 57th
Grammy Awards are some whales in
the ocean of MSRIT proving the significance
of the fourth and the prime
pillar-Students. Not only the Alumnus
but students while the course work continues
have proved heading towards their
professional careers through innovations
and active participation bringing laurels
to MSRIT. In 2015, EDHITHA, a 14
member team from MSRIT has clinched
1st prize at the Student Unmanned Air
Systems (SUAS) among 39 international
teams creating a history of being the first
Indian team to do so. Occurring prior to
this event was a Platform independent,
secure and optimized identity service led
by a four member team under UIDAI
at FINO Pay tech in 2014, the service
is used to simplify and enhance security
in institutions such as banks, hospitals,
hotels and insurance companies. However,
to be able to acquire the cream of
thousands of students applying for admissions,
Dr. Naidu boasts of the institute's
privilege to have these hard working intellectuals
which further add to greatness
of MSRIT.
Focusing on the need for
entrepreneurs and the changing
industrial scenario, Dr. Naidu,
explains, "œAs we look back and see
the successful careers of our Alumnus,
we have taken note of only 2 percent
entrepreneurs out of the 40000
students in the past five decades.
So we plan to motivate more of
entrepreneurial ventures and increase
the rate upto 4 percent in the next
five years." Since most of the students
are far more capable than seeking a
routine job, yet the placement cell
serves their purpose whenever needed
and hardly spoon feeds students with
placements. However, MSRIT has been
the traditional recruitment destination
for many organizations and top notch
organization such as Adobe, Amazon,
JP Morgan, Oracle, Google and many
more visit the campus every year to
take the crème de la crème.
MSRIT being a self financing
institution affiliated to Visvesvaraya
Technological University, established
under the Gokula Education
Foundation (GEF) which runs along
28 other institutes offering various
educational verticals has become
an important name in the southern
region of the country. As days pass by,
numerous institutes may rise up but the
amount of enthusiasm added by MSRIT
in achieving a global rank is increasing
in a lightning speed which would
ultimately reap new standards of higher
education worldwide