In his opening speech, Dr Subhash D Awale, Director NITIE, stated the objective of the institute, aTo nourish a learning environment conducive to foster innovations and creativity in productivity and business development.a

Addressing the congregation, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam elaborated upon the national challenges for Industrial Engineering. He stressed upon the need for quality research to get the maximum out of the opportunities that are knocking on Indiaas doors today. While talking about the nationas vision for the year 2020, he listed various sectors where competent techno-managers have ample scope to contribute a agriculture and food processing, Energy, Healthcare, Pharma, Aerospace etc. to name a few. He concluded his address by emphasizing upon the importance of creative leadership for the development of our nationas economy.

The highlights of the ceremony included the Chairmanas Medals for Best Student in the streams of PGDIE, PGDIM, PDGITM and PGDISEM. These medals were awarded to Mr Manjit Pandey, Mr Sharad Nawani, Mr Amal Makwana and Mr Sudheer Kolukula respectively. The Apeejay Trust Award for Best All Rounder Student from PGDIE batch went to Mr Sachin Doshi.

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