India emerging world leader: Moily at NMAMIT silver jubilee fete

Mangalore Today News Network

KARKALA, Oct 30 : India is emerging a world leader in the field of Information Technology and this fact has been even a concern for the US President Obama,” opined M Veerappa Moily, Union Minister for Law and Justice.

He was speaking after inaugurating the silver jubilee celebrations of the NMAM Institute of Technology (NMAMIT) at Nitte on October 30, Saturday. Moily also inaugurated the Vocational Training Institute at NMAMIT on the occasion.

 

Mr. Moily further called upon higher educational institutions to achieve excellence through innovation and was all praise for the NMAIT for  achieving recognition and commendation even at the global level.

He said the Union Government  wanted each and every citizen of the nation to be educated  and added it would strive towards this end.

Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt, inaugurated the  Staff quarters and NRI hostel block on the occasion.

In his address, he said the nation can progress only when  the society  and the government worked in unison.

Dr NR Shetty, President of ISTE and former  Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University, who presided over the function, released the  College’s journal and analysed the progress of the institution. He was all praise for the Nitte Education Trust which  helped a remote village like Nitte to be recognized in the global  level.

Dr VS Acharya, State Minister for Higher Education, laid the foundation for the silver jubilee lecture complex.

N.Vinay Hegde,Chancellor of Nitte University, welcomed the gathering. Dr SY Kulkarni, Principal of NMAMIT,  Dr Niranjan N Chiplunkar, Vice Principal, Vishal Hegde, Trustee of Nitte Education Trust, Legislator H Gopal Bhandari, MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik and others were present on the occasion.