AGM – MIT Alumni Association

AGM – 2026 was held on 06-09-2026 at Dr. Ananthakrishnan Hall, Anna University Alumni Club at 10.30 AM.

After ascertaining the quorum, President Mr. B. Senthilnathan called the meeting to order. The meeting was attended by 85 alumni in person and 200 virtually.

Mr. Karthikeyan Nagarajan, the MC for the meeting called upon the President for the Welcome address.

Mr. B. Senthilnathan, while welcoming the Alumni from Chennai, other states and from overseas – outlined the various activities undertaken by MITAA, which is in its Diamond Jubilee year (60 years since its inception in 1966). He thanked his predecessors for all the hard work put in by them when communication used to be by snail mail only and for the enthusiasm shown by the founders to make MITAA a successful Association. He touched upon activities undertaken by MITAA during the silver jubilee year in 1991, Golden Jubilee of MIT in 1999, how a seed capital of Rs 1.00Cr by Mr. K.B. Chandrasekhar paved way for the PPP ventures inside MIT. Emphasizing on the support by Alumni fraternity, he discussed about the proposed MITAA Skill Development Centre in place of the Alumni house which was constructed in 1991. He once again appealed for active involvement by Alumni in bringing this centre to reality for the benefit of the students of MIT.

Before concluding his welcome address, the President made obituary reference. A one minute silence was observed to pay respects to the Alumni who left us during the previous one year.

Mr. T. Sankar, Secretary – MITAA, before presenting his Annual Report took up the MoM of the AGM-2025 for adoption.

Subsequently he presented the Annual report which was made available in physical copy as well as a soft copy through a QR Code. Secretary’s Annual report outlined on innumerable activities by Alumni for the benefit of MIT students – in the form of financial support (through AMITA Trust and FFE, about Rs 3.00 Cr per annum), imparting knowledge by way of Industry Oriented Course (IOC), Guest Lectures all by MIT Alumni, support for projects, internship, placement.

Achievements of MIT Alumni in their professional careers were also highlighted in the Annual report.

The Annual Report was adopted by the General Body.

Mr. N. Ramachandran, Trustee – AMITA Trust in his address sought the involvement of Alumni to take forward various initiatives taken up by the Assn. He also suggested about MIT leasing out various equipment in its labs to Industry. He said by doing so, revenue can be generated and also involve students, research scholars to get Industry oriented experience inside MIT itself.

Dr. Venkatasamy – Treasurer presented the accounts of MITAA and AMITA Trust. In his presentation, he lamented on the decline in enrollment of life membership by the outgoing MIT students. Only about 65 students (not even 10% of the outgoing students opted to become life members of MITAA as they passed out of MIT in 2025). Both Financial reports and reappointment of existing auditors with a slight hike in renumeration were adopted.

After this, Mr. Anbuselvan, V.P. – MITAA spoke about the proposed MITAA Skill Development Centre, describing the details of the centre. Names of some of the donors were mentioned. Mr. Gaffar of Hyderabad handed over Rs 10 Lakhs cheque for the Skill Development Centre on his personal behalf.

Post these presentations, honoring Alumni for their achievements was taken up.

Mr. H S R Sharma and Mr. Shaji Vinod – Jt. Secy MITAA read out the citations for the awardees.

Following Alumni were honored with the Awards:

Eminent Alumnus Awards:

Mr. S.V. Raman, T.No: 23094, Instrumentation, Coimbatore
Mr. P. Swaminathan, T.No: 37336, Electronics, Bangalore
Dr. V. Arumugam, T.No: 40103, Aeronautics, Chennai
Mr. T. Shailendra, T.No: 40338, Electronics, Hyderabad
Mr. Stanley Moses, T.No: 982325 Instrumentation, USA Bay Area

Eminent Entrepreneur Award:

Mr. A. Edhayachandran, T.No: 46207, Automobile

Young Achiever Award:

“Team Raptee HV”, a start-up co-founded by Mr. Dinesh, Mr. Karthikeyan, Mr. Keerthivasan all MITians and Mr. Punith, an NITian.

Eminent Researcher Award:

Dr. Senthilkumar, Director CASR, MIT, Aerospace Department

Each of the awardees addressed the gathering in their acceptance speech and thanked MITAA for the recognition.

After this Goldies Awards were presented to Alumni from the 25^th batch, who passed out in 1976.

MITAA recognized the contribution of Alumni who spent time in providing Guest Lectures and took IOC classes with Certificates and thanked them for their involvement.

Dean of MIT, Prof. P. Jayashree addressed the gathering. She mentioned about the general trend – a college approaching its Alumni for support whereas in the case of MIT, it is the Alumni Assn offering its support to the alma mater. She touched upon various infrastructural facilities that are being made, that are in the pipeline to accommodate the ever increasing intake of UG students every year. It was mentioned that 976 students have been admitted into the First Year UG courses in Aug 2026 with 2/3 of them being hostellers. While thanking MITAA for the continued support, she appealed for the continuance of the same forever.

Mr. Karthikeyan proposed a vote of thanks and invited Mr. Senthamil Arasu, the returning officer to conduct the election process of new office bearers and EC members for the period of 2026 – 2028.

Based on the nominations that were received, he announced that only one nomination per post was received and in turn, the following are elected unanimously:

President : Mr. B. Senthilnathan (T.No. 32333)
Vice President : Mr. K.S. Anbu Selvan (T.No. 35402)
Vice President (nominated by MIT) : Dr. Arumugam (T.No. 40103)
Secretary : Mr. T. Sankar (T.No. 31326)
Joint Secretary : Mr. K.L.P. Shaji Vinod (T.No. 47444)
Treasurer : Mr. R. Venkatasamy (T.No. 37235)

Executive Committee Members:

Mr. S. Madhavan (T.No: 30316)
Mr. HSR Sharma (T.No: 30332)
Mr. Raja Palanimuthu (T.No: 34224)
Mr. Murugan (T.No: 34221)
Mr. Karthikeyan N (T.No: 46114)
Mr. Maria Antony (T.No: 46231)
Mr. Suresh Mariappan (T.No: 51427)
Mr. Reji Jose (T.No: 47220)

Mr. B. Senthilnathan, President of the newly formed committee thanked the gathering and adjourned the AGM till next AGM to be held in 2027.

The AGM was followed by Lunch.

AGM – 2025 was held on 20-09-2025 at Anna University Alumni Club at 6.00 PM.

The AGM was well attended by the Alumni fraternity in person and many viewed through video streaming.

President called the AGM to order and commenced the proceedings.

Mr. B. Senthilnathan in his Welcome Address initially paid respects to the Alumni who left us during the previous year. Alumni present at the venue also paid their respects by observing a one min silence. In his Welcome address Mr. B. Senthilnathan briefed the members on various activities of MITAA during the previous year with a special mention on efforts to construct the MITAA Skill Development Centre inside MIT and sought support from Alumni from all over.

Mr. T. Sankar, Secretary started off his presentation seeking approval to adopt the MoM of the AGM – 2024. After this, the Annual Report for 2024-2025 was presented. He gave a graphical representation on the growth of beneficiaries of AMITA Trust scholarships in MIT, over the years. Printed copy of the report was made available to all present in the meeting. After providing clarity on some of the points raised by members, the same was adopted by the General Body.

Mr. N. Ramachandran, Trustee – AMITA Trust gave a report on AMITA Trust for the year passed.

Treasurer Dr. R. Venkatasamy presented the Financial Reports for both MIT Alumni Association and AMITA Trust in detail. Doubts raised by some members were clarified. Subsequently, the Financial report and proposal to continue the auditors were also adopted by the General Body.

Following awards were presented.

Eminent Alumnus Awards:

Mr. K. Govindasamy, T.No: 26206, Auto
Mr. R. Ramesh, T.No: 34329, Electronics
Dr. Saji Devadathan, T.No: 36114, Aero
Dr. K. Manickavasagam, T.No: 38105, Aero
Mr. S. Muthu, T.No: 37434, Instrumentation

Eminent Entrepreneur Award:

Dr. K. Elamvazhuthi, T.No: 01602, RPT

Young Achiever Award:

Mr. P. Kasi Visvanathan, Roll No: 20037117, Auto

Eminent Professor Award:

Dr. N. Pappa – Instrumentation

Goldies Award: For the 24^th batch alumni passed out in 1975.

The awardees thanked MITAA for the recognition during their acceptance speech.

Dean of MIT, Dr. Jayashree addressed the Alumni and thanked MITAA for the continuous support extended to MIT in different ways. She appealed that this may be continued always.

The AGM concluded as the President adjourned the same.

The AGM concluded with National Anthem.

All members, spouses and other family members who were present had dinner after the event.

AGM – 2024 was held on 22-09-2024 at Anna University Alumni Club at 6.00 PM.

The AGM attended by about 60 Alumni at the venue and about 100 Alumni through virtual mode commenced as the President called the AGM to order.

President Mr. B. Senthilnathan commenced his Welcome Address by paying respects to the Alumni who left for their Heavenly Abode during the previous year. All members joined him by observing a one min silence. In his Welcome address Mr. B. Senthilnathan touched upon various activities by MITAA in the past one year. Significant ones like conducting the inaugural and valedictory functions of MIT’s 75 years of existence, construction of MIT Connect Point, presentation of Lab Equipment and High-end Server to the Instrumentation Department by Alumni. Special mention was made to thank Alumni who supported for the success of providing 75 Guest Lectures during the year. The President also mentioned about various initiatives taken up to provide Internships for students of MIT.

Secretary Mr. T. Sankar commenced his Presentation by seeking approval to adopt the MoM of the AGM -2023. Subsequently he presented the Annual Report for 2023-2024. During his presentation he detailed some more activities by MITAA during the year. Copy of the report, that was already circulated through email was given to all members present at the AGM, was subsequently adopted by the General Body.

Annual report of AMITA Trust was presented by Trustee Mr. N. Ramachandran.

Treasurer Dr. R. Venkatasamy presented the Financial Reports for MITAA and AMITA Trust in detail. He answered various queries from the members on the Financials. The Financial report and proposal to continue the auditors were also adopted during the AGM.

President Mr. B. Senthilnathan presented the model of “Alumni Centre” to be constructed in place of Alumni House inside MIT. He sought the support of Alumni Fraternity for the construction of the same.

Following this, Eminent Alumnus Awards, Young Achiever Award, Eminent Entrepreneur Award, Eminent Professor Award and Goldies Awards (for 23rd batch) were presented.

Eminent Alumnus Awards:

Mr. R. Arunagiri, T.No: 27103, Aeronautics
Mr. H.S. Abdul Majeeth, T.No: 32301, Electronics
Mr. N. Sundara Rajan, T.No: 34235, Automobile
Dr. R. Krishnamurthy, T.No: 37105, Aeronautics
Mr. B. Elamaran, T.No: 32409, Instrumentation
Dr. Babji Srinivasan, Roll No: 20013107, Instrumentation

Eminent Entrepreneur Award:

Mr. K. Sendilvel, T.No: 39342, Electronics

Young Achiever Award:

Dr. Tamilselvan Natarajan, Roll No: 20073620, RPT

Eminent Professor Award:

Dr. K. Ravichandran, Dean MIT

Goldies Award: For the 23^th batch alumni passed out in 1974.

The awardees thanked MITAA for the recognition during their acceptance speech.

Finally, the Election of Office Bearers and EC was taken up with Mr. T R Senthamil Arasu as Returning Officer. Mr. Arasu informed the General Body that only one nomination each for various Office bearers posts and for 7 EC members slots was received. Hence all those were elected unanimously and invited the new team of Office Bearers and EC members to take over. The following Alumni constitute the new team.

President : Mr. B. Senthilnathan (T.No. 32333)
Vice President : Mr. K.S. Anbu Selvan (T.No. 35402)
Vice President (nominated by MIT) : Dr. Arumugam (T.No. 40103)
Secretary : Mr. T. Sankar (T.No. 31326)
Joint Secretary : Mr. K.L.P. Shaji Vinod (T.No. 47444)
Treasurer : Mr. R. Venkatasamy (T.No. 37235)

Executive Committee Members:

Mr. S. Madhavan (T.No: 30316)
Mr. HSR Sharma (T.No: 30332)
Mr. Karthikeyan N (T.No: 46114)
Mr. Maria Antony (T.No: 46231)
Mr. Suresh Mariappan (T.No: 51427)
Mr. Reji Jose (T.No: 47220)

Finally, the newly elected President Mr. B. Senthilnathan thanked the Alumni and the General Body for the opportunity given to him and the team. With many new and young faces in the team, he promised to make MITAA more vibrant and active in the years to come.

The AGM concluded as the President adjourned the same.

After the National Anthem, Dinner was served to all members, spouses present at the event.

AGM of MITAA held on 24th September 2023 at Anna University Alumni Club, New Conference Hall.

President Mr. B. Senthilnathan called the AGM to Order after ascertaining the availability of quorum.

Fifty two (52) Alumni Members attended the meeting and the meeting started with invocation. President welcomed the members and addressed the gathering.

Before the welcome address, the President made Obituary reference and a one minute silence was observed as a mark of respect to the departed souls from our alumni fraternity. Subsequently, President welcomed the gathering. Made references to the growth of MITAA & AMITA Trust with the support of the Alumni fraternity. The Minutes of the AGM of the FY 2021-2022 was adopted by the General body.

Secretary Mr. T. Sankar presented the Annual Report and it was adopted by the General Body. Printed copies of these reports were given to all members who have attended the AGM.

Treasurer Mr. R. Venkatasamy presented the audited accounts reports for MITAA and AMITA Trust and both were passed by the General body. Printed copies of these reports were given to all members who have attended the AGM.

Mr. R. Venkatasamy made a mention that the auditors M/s Achutha & Mallik Associates can be appointed for one more year with no change in the existing Audit Fee. This was also accepted by the General Body.

Mr. N. Ramachandran, Trustee – AMITA Trust briefed the General Body on AMITA Trust activities.

The AGM was followed by honouring the Eminent Alumni, Young Achiever, Eminent Entrepreneur and Goldies Awardees.

Eminent Alumnus Awards:

Mr. N. Rajasekaran, T.No: 27322, Hyderabad
Mr. M.V. Emayavaramba Moorthy, ME/AE/110, Bangalore
Mr. T. Jeyapaul, T.No: 26412, UAE
Dr. S. Pandian, T.No: 31114, Chennai

Eminent Entrepreneur Award:

Mr. P. Abdul Kathar, T.No: 07501, Chennai

Young Achiever Award:

Mr. P. Balamurugan, Roll No: 20073213, ECE

Goldies Award: MITians who have completed 50 years after graduation were honoured with a memento. This year, MITians of 22nd batch, 1973 pass out were honoured. Mementos were presented to the following Goldies present. A few alumni of earlier batches were also honoured.

Mr. M. Kalyanaraman, T.No: 22086, Inst.Technology
Mr. V. Ramakrishnan, T.No: 2133, Automobile Engg
Mr. S. Ragunathan, T.No: 2157, Electronics Engg

Mr. M. Kalyanaraman, T.No: 22086 donated Rs 5000/ for the Book bank. Mr. B. Senthilnathan, President announced that his batch mates (32nd batch) had their “Ruby Re Union” during this month and they will be sponsoring one Chair – Professor of Practice in MIT for a period of three years at a cost of Rs.10 lakhs per annum totaling to Rs 30 Lakhs for 3 years.

Mr. Ketharaman, EC Member proposed Vote of Thanks. President Mr. B. Senthilnathan adjourned the AGM. The meeting was concluded with National Anthem.

The Meeting was followed by Lunch.

MITAA AGM 2022 was held on 09th October 2022 at Anna University Alumni Club, New Conference Hall from 06:00 PM to 08:30 PM.

President called the AGM to Order after ascertaining the availability of Quorum. About 70 Alumni attended the AGM which commenced with invocation.

President Mr. H S R Sharma commenced the proceedings with his welcome address. After making the obituary reference and paying respects to the departed souls of Alumni, President made references to the growth of MITAA & AMITA Trust with the support of the Alumni fraternity. He thanked Alumni fraternity, University, MIT and all stakeholders for the support extended to him, MITAA during his 4 year stint as the President. He also appealed to the Dean and the University to make amendment so that all outgoing students automatically are enrolled as Life Members of the Alumni Assn.

Secretary Mr. T. Sankar presented the annual report for the year 2021-2022 highlighting on various activities undertaken by MITAA facing the pandemic challenges. MITAA continued to provide the good services, the financial support to students despite facing challenges.

Treasurer Mr. R. Venkatasamy presented the audited accounts reports for MITAA and AMITA Trust and both were was passed by the General body. Mr. N. Ramachandran briefed the General Body on AMITA Trust activities.

Dr. J. Prakash, the Dean-MIT spoke and shared the various improvements & plans for the growth of MIT and continue to have a good interaction with the Alumni & the Institute. He also made a mention about the new courses started at the UG level and changes to be made on courses offered at PG level so that more seats are filled.

This was followed by honouring the Eminent Alumni and Goldies of MITAA. Mr. B. Senthilnathan, Vice President conducted the proceedings.

Eminent Alumnus Awards:

Mr. Dhaveji, T.No: 1345, Hyderabad
Mr. R. Panneerselvam, T.No: 32217, Chennai
Mr. S. Ramanathan, T.No: 33109, Bangalore
Mr. R. Surianarayanan, T.No: 35437, Singapore

Eminent Entrepreneur Award:

Mr. Ramesh Prabha, T.No: 05510, Chennai

Young Achiever Award:

Dr. Aravind Kumar Chandiran, Roll No: 20033601, IIT-Madras

Goldies Award: MITians who have completed 50 years after graduation were honoured with a memento. MITians of 21st batch, 1972 pass out were honoured. Mementos were presented to the Goldies present at the meeting.

Election of Office bearers and EC Members for the period 2022 – 23 & 2023 – 24 was conducted by the Returning Officer Mr. M.R. Senthamil Arasu. Based on the Nominations received as per procedure, he declared the following Members are elected unopposed.

President : Mr. B. Senthilnathan (T.No: 32333)
Vice President : Mr. K.S. Anbu Selvan (T.No: 35402)
Secretary : Mr. T. Sankar (T.No: 31326)
Joint Secretary : Mr. K.L.P. Shaji Vinod (T.No: 47444)
Treasurer : Mr. R. Venkatasamy (T.No: 37235)

Executive Committee Members:

Mr. P. Thyagarajan
Mr. M. Hariprakash
Mr. J. Giridharan
Mr. Ketharaman
Mr. Chinnapandian
Mr. Karthikeyan Nagarajan
Mr. Suresh Mariappan

Prof. Dr. K.M. Veerabadran, Dept. of Applied Science & Humanities of MIT was nominated by the Institute as Vice President to MITAA.

Mr. B. Senthilnathan, the newly elected President spoke and assured that he and his team will take forward the activities of MITAA in a befitting manner while thanking the Alumni for having elected him as the President.

Mr. K.L.P Shaji Vinod, Jt. Secretary proposed Vote of Thanks after which the AGM was concluded with National Anthem.

President Mr. B. Senthilnathan adjourned the AGM which was followed by dinner.

AGM of MITAA was held on 26-12-2021 at Anna University Alumni Club. From 10:30 AM to 12:45 PM.

After ascertaining the availability of quorum President Mr. H S R Sharma called the AGM to order. 43 Alumni were present at the venue while many Alumni joined the same through Live Streaming.

After the invocation, President commenced his Welcome Address with Obituary reference, paying respects to the departed souls from Alumni fraternity. President detailed on various activities undertaken by MITAA despite the pandemic situation hampering many an activity.

Secretary Mr. T. Sankar presented the annual report of MITAA activities while the Treasurer Mr. R. Venkatasamy presented the audited accounts reports for MITAA and AMITA Trust

Mr. M.R. Senthamil Arasu briefed the General Body on AMITA Trust activities virtually from Kuwait.

A few amendments to Memorandum of Association & bye- laws of MITAA were proposed and these were passed by the General body after due deliberations.

The AGM was followed by Honoring the Outstanding Alumnus, Distinguished Alumnus, Eminent Alumni and Goldies of MITAA. Mr. B. Senthilnathan Vice President compiled and presented it.

The Outstanding Alumnus Award for the year 2020 was given to Mr. N. Raja (T.No 35228) MD & CEO –Toyota Financial Services India Ltd in recognition of his contribution in the field of Automobiles & Social commitment.

The Distinguished Alumnus Award for the year 2020 was given to Mr. Ilango Krishnamoorthy, (T.No 36206) in recognition of his extraordinary contribution in the field of Printing Technology & Community activities.

The following Alumni were honoured /presented with various categories of Awards for the year 2021.

Eminent Alumnus Awards:

Mr. C. Madhusudhana Rao, T.No: 1143, Hyderabad
Mr. E.J. RaviSankar, T.No: 31431, Qatar
Mr. V. Narayanasamy, T.No: 32322, Bengaluru
Mr. C. Vasantharaj, T.No: 33118, Coimbatore

Eminent Entrepreneur Award:

Mr. P. Duraisamy, T.No: 31445, Chennai

Young Achiever Award:

Mr. E. Sundaravathanam, Roll No: 20073035, IPS, DCP Madhavarm District.

Special Recognition Award:

Mr. P. Thyagarajan, T.No: 2199 – In recognition of his contribution for the Book Bank Project & MIT Library Activities.

Goldies Award: MITians who have completed 50 years after graduation was honored with a plaque.

This year, MITians who passed out in 1971 were honoured with Mementos / Plaques. The following Goldies present, from 20^th batch.

Mr. K. Krishnamurthy, T.No: 2046
Mr. H. Subbaraman, T.No: 2064
Mr. K.S. Mohanavelu,T.No: 1947
Mr. V.N. Krishnamurthy, T.No: 2047
Mr. S. Oulaganathan, T.No: 1952
Mr. P. Sethumadhavan, T.No: 2062
Mr. K. Venkataraman, T.No: 2069

Mr. M. Chinnapandian – EC Member proposed Vote of Thanks and the meeting was concluded with National Anthem. Subsequently The President adjourned the AGM which was followed by Lunch.