Dr Ranjan calls for energy efficient future
Source: Chronicle News Service / DIPR

Imphal, October 05 2021: Union minister of state (external affairs and education) Dr Rk Ranjan has emphasised on green technology and green energy for an energy efficient future.

Speaking as the chief guest at the 8th convocation ceremony of National Institute of Technology (NIT), Manipur held on Tuesday at its Langol premises, Dr Ranjan congratulated the young graduates and expressed his desire for the students to give more emphasis on green technology and green energy for ensuring an energy efficient future.

Green technology application will monitor, model and conserve the natural environment and resources and also to help in curbing the negative impacts of human involvement, he added.

Noting that the NIT was established on August 2, 2010 with just three undergraduate programmes including Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering and Engineering and Computer Science, he pointed out that it was set up with an objective to contribute in enhancing economy and social development of the state by producing trained students, scientists and engineers.

Dr Ranjan stressed that with the implementation of National Education Policy 2020, NIT Manipur will achieve more as skilling is compulsory right from Class VI.

The present period is transitional phase for science and technology, he added.

Chairman's Gold Medal was awarded to Avichal Srivastava, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, who stood first securing highest mark among all the students of the batch receiving B.Tech degree.

Gold medals for branch toppers were awarded to Roshan Loitongbam for Civil Engineering, Lal Krishna Pal for Mechanical Engineering, Himanshu Singh for Electronics & Communication and Shailesh Prajapati for Electrical Engineering.

While presenting the annual report of the institute, chairperson of the Senate and director of NIT Manipur Prof Goutam Sutradhar said that as per NIRF Ranking of 2021, NIT Manipur ranked 114th among the technical institutes in the country.

The institute has been approved as one of the Quality Improvement Programme (Minor), a centre for Faculty Development Programme by AICTE.

During this COVID-19 pandemic, students of NIT Manipur had adjusted to the new system of online learning and self-learning, he pointed out while highlighting the number of activities and programmes taking up by the institute.

The convocation ceremony was also attended by NIT Agartala director (W) Prof HK Sharma and NIT Nagaland director Prof S Venugopal as guests of honour.

During the convocation, certificates were handed over to six PhDs, 40 Mtech students, 26 MSc students and 140 Btech students.

It may be mentioned that NITs were declared institutes of national importance by an Act of parliament in 2012 .

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