H. E. Saurabh Kumar, Ambassador of India in Myanmar, Mr. Nandan Singh Bhaisora, Consul General of India in Mandalay, and Dr. Muthukumarasamy B., First Secretary, Development Projects Assistance, Embassy of India in Yangon visited MIIT on March 12, 2019.
The Chief Minister of Mandalay Region Government, Dr. Zaw Myint Maung, visited our campus with several of his cabinet members in order to inspect the celebrations for Union Day and the birthday of Bogyoke Aung San.
A team of three MIIT students from the B.E. (Hons.) programme participated in the APT Young Professionals and Students Programme Robotic Competition on December 22, 2018. The team, comprising of Aye Nyein Wai, Hnin Htet Htet Khaing, and May Thu, stood 3rd in the finals and secured the 5th position for innovative design.
The orientation programme for students joining the B.E. (Hons.) programmes in computer science and engineering (CSE) and electronics and communication engineering (ECE) in Academic Year 2018-19 was conducted on December 3, 2018.
The second meeting of the MIIT Governing Council, chaired by Dr. Thein Win, Director-General, Department of Higher Education, Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Chairman of the MIIT Governing Council, was conducted on October 17, 2018 at MIIT, Mandalay, Myanmar.
On September 28, the students of MIIT organised Sayar Gadaw Pwe (Homage Paying Ceremony) for their teachers. The entire affair was completely managed by students. Following speeches by Dr. K. R. V. Subramanian and Dr. Win Aye, the students paid homage to their teachers through a prayer. All the faculty members from both India and Myanmar were in attendance.
As part of the faculty development programme at MIIT, Prof. K. A. Venkatesh conducted the first full-day session of a two-part workshop on LaTeX on September 21, 2018 in the Programming Laboratory at MIIT.
On September 11, 2018, Prof. Sinha delivered an invited lecture at St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering, Nagercoil, India on the topic of “Developing employability skills using ICT tools”.
MCPC 2018 saw 71 teams from universities from across Myanmar vying for the top prize. MIIT was represented at MCPC for the very first time by Mad Lads. The team comprised of three 3rd year students from the B.E. (Hons.) programme – Su Eaindray Htet, Saw Htoo Naing, and Thi Ha Min Maung.
All-Round Youth Development Festival 2018 was conducted from August 11-13, 2018 at Mandalay University, Mandalay. About 70 students of MIIT, accompanied by a few faculty members, attended the festival.