Eighth convocation of NIT-Trichy held at the institute on Saturday in the presence of B Prasada Rao, chairman and managing director of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) as chief guest, 1322 students from various disciplines received their degrees.
Reportedly National Institute of Technology (NIT-T), Trichy, received 19 major projects this year from leading funding agencies for a value of Rs 6.26 crore, which is more than the average project value for the last four years.
NIT-Trichy director Sundarrajan appreciated the young faculty members of NIT-T for getting most of these projects from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Coir Board, Ministry of Information Technology, Department of Atomic Energy and Defence Research and Development Organisation. The institute is currently carrying out 141 projects with a funding of Rs 34 crore from as many as 25 leading national and international funding agencies. Moreover, the institute has on-going MoUs with 10 leading industrial organizations and 10 reputed universities from India and abroad.
On a long relationship with BHEL, Trichy, he said the MOU with BHEL had been renewed for a further five years with focus of strategic partnership in areas such as development of super-critical boilers. During this year, NIT-T trained around 500 engineers and managers from BHEL in personality development. The students of NIT-T also got placed in India and abroad with the highest offer of $ 1,25,000 ever made for any T-school being bagged by NIT-T.
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