During the inaugural ceremony of the three-day conference held to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Madhav Institute of Technology and Science (MITS), Padmabhushan Rajendra Singh Pawar said that there is only 30 per cent computerisation in the IT sector. The sector has an acute need of qualified people. He exhorted the students not to be a job aspirant; instead become a provider of jobs.
Jyotiraditya Scindia, the chairperson of the Scindia Engineering College Society said that women are making headways in every field, and that only through women’s advancement can a society develop. He further said that out of the toppers who collected trophies and certificates seventy percent were girls, and this is proof that girls are making progress.
The secretary of the society Ramesh Agarwal said that MITS was established as a college with three branches and 120 students. The college was started by Jiwaji Rao I in 1957. It was the time when IITs were being set up in the country. Jiwaji Rao I went to Germany and brought the machinery and equipment for the college and these machineries and equipments are still in use in the institute. Today the institute has over 5000 students in 29 UG & PG courses.
Director of the Institute RK Pandit welcomed the gathering. During the function Jyodiraditya Scindia released the Diamond Jubilee Annual calendar through the digital technology. After this the guests and participants went around the technical exhibition and congratulated the teachers and students. The meeting was conducted by Prof Manish Dikshit and vote of thanks expressed by board member Prashanth Mehta.
During the function senior faculties laksmi Srivastava, Manjari Pandit, Prof lK Jain, PK Singhal and Rajiv Kansal were felicitated. The all rounder award for the year 2017 went to Pulkit Agarwal of Electronics branch and Divya Chandran of IT branch. Sparsh Varma, who designed the flag of the institute received the first prize.