Seshasayee Institute of Technology (SIT) celebrated its Founder’s Day on Sunday by felicitating three former students who have excelled in their professions.
The ‘SIT Ratna’ awards were presented to P. Kothandaraman, former Deputy General Manager, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Tiruchi, S. Rengarajan, General Manager, Harita Seating Systems Ltd., and J. Murali Krishnan, Professor of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras.
In his address, chief guest V. Gopalakrishnan, former Executive Director, BHEL, urged students to be inspired by the example of V. Seshasayee, who, with R. Seshasayee brought electricity and industrialisation to southern India, even though he was not an engineering graduate. Principal S. Sangappillai spoke. SIT recently concluded its year-long celebration of the 125{+t}{+h}birth anniversary of its founder V. Seshasayee. Among the many programmes conducted at the Ariyamangalam campus of the institute was the ‘Leadership Lectures’ series with experts from various fields, including G.R.K. Raju, former Chief Workshop Manager, Golden Rock Railway Workshop, Gopal Iyer, Training and Placement Officer, Saranathan College of Engineering, and N.G. Kannan, former Director, Indian Oil Corporation, addressing the students.
Every month, invited speakers talked to students and staff about different aspects of being a leader in one’s profession.
