Manipal Institute of Technology (M.I.T.)

Manipal Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), formerly known as Manipal Engineering College and affiliated to Karnataka University, was established in 1957 by Dr. T. M. A. Pai, at a time when there was an acute shortage of engineering institutions in the Country.

As a result of the reorganisation of geographical boundaries of the three universities in Karnataka during 1965, the Institute was later affiliated to the University of Mysore and since 1980-1981 the Institute was under the affiliation of Mangalore University. In 2000, M.I.T. became a constituent institution of the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal.  

Manipal Institute of Technology, formerly known as Manipal Engineering College and affiliated to Karnataka University, was established in 1957 by Dr. T. M. A. Pai, at a time when there was an acute shortage of Engineering Institutions in the Country.

As a result of the reorganisation of geographical boundaries of the three Universities in Karnataka during 1965, the Institute was later affiliated to the University of Mysore and since 1980-1981 the Institute is under the affiliation of Mangalore University.

Established as a co-operative venture, the Institute solely depended on the munificence of parents. At present, the admission is open to students all over India subjected to the admission rules of Government of Karnataka. The Institute does not receive grants from any source. The Sponsored candidates from Industries are also given admission under Management quota as per the guidelines of the Supreme Court of India. The Institute enjoys minority Institution status and its Management vests with Dr. T. M. A. Pai Foundation, Manipal. A separate Governing Council has been constituted for MIT by the Foundation.

UNDER-GRADUATE COURSES
Four Year B.E. & Five Year B.Arch. Degree Courses

• Architecture
• Civil Engineering
  
• Computer Science
• Printing Technology
• Chemical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
  
• Bio-Medical Engineering
• Industrial & Production Engineering
• Electrical & Electronics Engineering
• Electronics & Communication Engineering

Post graduate courses
One and a Half Year M.Tech.Degree

• Construction Engineering and Management (Civil Engg.Dept.)
• Structural Engineering (Civil Engg. Dept.)
• Engineering Management (Mech. Engg. Dept.)
• Computer Science & Engineering (Comp. Engg. Dept.)
• Biomedical Engineering (E&C Engg. Dept.)
• Illumination Tech. (E&E Engg. Dept.)

• Lending Section
• Reference Section
• Periodicals Section
• Text Book Section
• Audio-Visual Section
• Information Centre
• Photocopying Section.

Lending Section
Lending section is located in the ground floor of New Library Extension Building. All books are stacked in the ground floor. The Technical books are made available for home reading to the staff and regular students of the Institute from this section. About one lakh books can be stacked in this section and seating arrangement nearly 50-60 students has been made. At a time two books will be issued to each student against his or her Library Tickets during the week days by filling up in the prescribed borrower's slip and presenting it to the library staff in the circulation counter and on the production of identity card.

Reference Section
The reference sources like encyclopaedias, hand books, dictionaries and general reference tools are kept for reference along with the main stack in the ground floor of the new library extension building.

Periodicals Section
The Periodicals Section is located in the two Mezzanine floors of the ground floor of New Library Extension Building. It provides seating arrangement for about 50 students at a time. The Institute Library subscribes for 383 journals (both Indian and Foreign). Latest issues of each of the periodicals are displayed on the display rack. The loose issues of periodicals and bound volumes are issued to, students and staff for reference only but not for home reading.

Text Book Section
In order to enable students to study inside the Library, a Text Book Section is separately maintained and is located in the Ist floor of the New Library building. Arrangement for about 700 students has been made including the 2nd floor of New Library Extension Building and l st, 2nd and 3rd floor of the old building. This section maintains important and prescribed text books in multiple copies useful for day to day class work for reference. The books from this section are not lent out. The Indian Standards are also maintained in this section for reference purpose.

Audio-Visual Section
As an aid to learning, the Library has Educational Video-films on the topics related to Engineering and Technology with required equipments for the Library user. Information Centre In order to provide the users, information about the available library resources has the database developed using CDS/ISIS software. The library has the plan to computerize other library activities also. This centre has 'COMPENDEX PLUS'CD ROM (Compact disc read only memory) Data Base which covers nearly 4500 journals, reports, conference proceedings etc. published all over the world related to Science, Engineering and Technology. This gives full bibliographic information along with the abstract of the source indexed in the

Photocopying Section
It covers 40 disciplines in Engineering and Technology
Two photocopying machines are installed in the photocopying section at the right side of the ground floor of the Library. Both the staff and students can make use of the photocopying facility against payment.

The Library provides the following Library and Information Services

• Lending Service
• Reference Service
• Current Awareness Service
• Bibliographic Service
• Photocopying Service
• Text Book Service
• Audio/Visual Service
• Indexing Service
• CD-ROM Service

The library subscribes to 13 leading news papers published in India to have current knowledge of regional and national events. In addition to this, library publishes a quarterly library publication "New Additions to MIT Central Library". This gives the information about the new books, journals and video films purchased by different departments and subject-wise addition of books. This also provides a subject index for fast and easy location of the required information.

N.C.C.
"National Cadet Corps" is a premier youth organisation which plays a leading role in channelising the energies of the youth for Nation building activities. It helps the students to exhibit and develop the leadership qualities and helps to develop comradeship and spirit of adventure.

It also helps the students to have an insight into our Defence Organisation and helps them to be easily recruited into our Defence Service. Most of the Government as well as Private Limited Firms have agreed to give preference for candidates having N.C.C. 'C' Certificates.

In our Institution we have a Company under the name 4 KAR. ENGR. COY N.C.C. having the sanctioned strength of 150 cadets.

Hostels
Students who do not live with their parents or guardians duly recognised by the Principal, shall reside in hostels or lodgings inspected and approved by the Institute's Authorities. However the Principal has discretion to refuse admission of a student to any hostel.

• Every student is required to stay in the Institute's Hostel at Manipal unless the parent/guardian of the student concerned has applied in writing that his ward should be permitted to stay outside. Students however may be permitted to stay in the private houses of relations, or friends or in their own lodges with the prior permission of the Principal or if refused admission in any hostels according to the discretion of the Principal.
• The names of all the students admitted to the hostel will be entered in a Register. The student shall sign the register kept in the Hostel Office within a fortnight after his admission.
• Once a student has been admitted to the hostel, he will not be permitted to leave without a written application of his father or guardian and without the permission of the Principal.
• Every student when he is first admitted to the Institute and also subsequently when he returns to Manipal after the summer vacation must fill in the prescribed application form for allotment of a room in one of the hostels. These forms may be obtained in the Institute's Office or from the Hostel Clerk.
• Rooms will be allotted by Wardens, taking into consideration the priority of the applications, seniority in the course of studies, result of the examination held earlier and such other criteria, at their discretion. No allotment will be made to students who have not paid their Institution fee and other fees. No student shall claim as a right any particular room or seat in the hostel.
• Pending the final allotment of rooms by the Warden the students may be permitted to temporarily occupy any vacant seat in any of the hostel blocks. Rooms thus occupied must be vacated soon after the permanent allotments are notified.
• The Principal or the Chief Warden may refuse admission to the hostel at any time as a disciplinary measure.
• Students must occupy only the rooms allotted to them by the Warden. They shall not change over to any other room except with his written permission.
• All students residing in the hostels are required to mess in one of the attached messes, unless written permission in obtained from the Warden to the contrary.
• Allotment of a room made in favour of any student is subject to cancellation if he fails to occupy it before the notified date. Students will also forfeit their rooms if they fail to clear all their dues to the hostel by the appointed day. In all such cases the seat may be allotted to other deserving claimants.

Messes
Eight separate messes, Vegetarian and non-vegetarian, one cosmopolitan mess are attached to the hostels. Each student must specify his preference of the time of his admission to the hostel.Students will not generally be permitted to change from one mess to another in the middle of a month.

Sports and Recreation
These are organised under the auspices of the MIT Students Council, an organisation run by students of the Institute to co-ordinate their athletic, social and cultural life.

The MIT Students Council consists of an elected body with a President, Secretary, Joint Secretary and Cultural Secretary along with Class Representatives and Vice-President and Joint Secretaries of Sports Club, music and Fine Arts Club, Secretary and Debating Club and Photography Club.

The Council will organise programmes and provide opportunities for recreation, games and literary activities including the yearly magazine.The annual athletic meet, tournaments, annual social gathering, periodical entertainment programmes, concerts and other cultural and social functions form the activities of the Council.

Outdoor playgrounds for football, hockey, cricket, tennis, basket ball and volley ball are available for use. A swimming pool for the MIT is also now available. The Institute has well-equipped indoor games rooms providing for badminton, table tennis, chess, carrom and a good gymnasium.

It fosters various clubs also like the Music and Fine Arts Club, Photographic Club, Literary and Debating Club, Philatelic Club, Hobbies Club etc.

Technical Associations for each branch of Engineering are also instituted with the students of a particular branch becoming members of the respective association automatically. Each of these clubs and associations will have a nominated staff member as chairman, a student secretary, a joint secretary and treasurer.