Mysuru :

Srinath Batni, Trustee, Infosys Science Foundation and former Board Member of Infosys, was elected as the President of the National Institute of Engineering (NIE) Society, Mysuru, while N. Ramanuja, former Chairman and Managing Director of HMT and Chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru, was elected Vice-President.

S.K.Lakshminarayana and T.K.Chittaranjan were elected as Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer respectively.

The other five directors, who got elected in the Society elections held on Dec. 14 are: S.L. Ramachandra, Partner, Gopika Perfumery Works; H.N. Ramatirtha, Proprietor, Aravinda Parimala Works; Dr. T.R.Seetharam, former Principal of NIE; R.S.Rajkumar, Head, Bosch India Foundation; V. Sivagopal, former Scientist, ISRO; G.S. Ramachandra, former Dy. General Manager, BHEL. The tenure of this newly constituted Managing Committee is five years.

Sixteen candidates, including M. Sreepada Rao, M.N. Shivaram, Prof. A.T. Bhashyam, Shantamurthy and Prof. C.K.N. Raja contested the elections.

The voters included N.R.Narayana Murthy, Founder, Infosys Ltd., cricketer Anil Kumble, renowned writer Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa and Ravishankar, Banker in London.

NIE, started in the year 1946, today stands at the 29th position among India’s top 100 Engineering Colleges that include IITs and NITs and 2nd in Karnataka. It is one of the 14 colleges in Karnataka that has been recognised and given autonomous status under Ministry of Human Resources Development-World Bank sponsored Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP). NIE is a recognised QIP Research Centre of AICTE, New Delhi.

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