HIGHLIGHTS OF RAMCO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Genesis:
Ramco Institute of Technology is established in 2013 under the aegis of Raja Charity Trust
by our visionary Founder Chairman Shri P. R. Ramasubrahmaneya Rajha and Chairman Shri
P. R. Venketrama Raja to provide good quality technical education to the students. The
Institute is built in a serene campus of around 98 acres to promote value based education. It
is located near Rajapalayam and is about 85 kms from Madurai. At present the Institute
offers 5 Under-Graduate courses in Engineering, namely B.E Civil Engineering, B.E.
Computer Science and Engineering, B.E. Electrical and Electronics Engineering, B.E.
Electronics and Communication Engineering and B.E. Mechanical Engineering.We have
1625 students on roll for all four years. We have planned to start PG courses and Research
programmes in the forthcoming years subject to the approval by AICTE. RIT has an active
Advisory Committee headed by Prof. M. S. Ananth, Former Director, IIT Madras and has
prominent academic and management heads.
Modern Infrastructure:
Our Institute has around 3.5 lakh sq. ft. built-up area with state-of-the-art class rooms and
laboratory facilities to meet the academic needs. We have 200 Mbps Internet connectivity,
35 Classrooms, 5 Seminar Halls, 10 Computer Centres having 1000+ computers with IT
tools, Conference hall with Placement centre and a big auditorium with a seating capacity of
2500 to meet high-tech academic, co-curricular, training and placement needs. The library
has nearly 15600 Books, 1500 e-journals and 1200 NPTEL Videos for e-learning. We have
built a modern training and placement centre facilitating continuous training and placement
activities. We have established RIT-Harita Advance Learning Centre, RIT-NI Labview
Laboratory, RIT-AI Research lab, IBM powered data centres, and Networking Centre with
high-tech servers for offering specialised training to both faculty members and students.
There is a dedicated team of around 100 faculty members among which 25 are Ph.D. holders,
around 36 are pursuing Ph.D., and the remaining are postgraduates of high merit with good
experience. The hostels with a built-up-area of 2.8 Lakh sq. ft. are fully furnished for
comfortable stay and offers an excellent environment for learning with internet and Wi-Fi
connectivity. Separate common rooms, Gymnasium and indoor game facilities are provided
in each Hostel for promoting extra-curricular activities.
Speciality in Teaching-Learning:
Our students, in addition to the regular curriculum have access to MIT open courseware and
NPTEL videos. Many faculty members and students have pursued online courses from MIT
and other prominent foreign Universities to learn about the recent advancements in the
domains they specialise, fine-tune their understanding of basic concepts and to improve their
thinking skills. So far nearly 290 courses were completed by faculty members in prominent
engineering disciplines from reputed universities.
Events Organized:
Engineer’s Day and National Science Day are celebrated every year in which many Project
Presentations, Aptitude, Technical Quiz, Coding Contests, Poster Designing competitions
are conducted to enhance students’ knowledge. We also have signed MoUs with reputed
companies like Tessolve Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd., BSNL, Future Calls and TVS-HARITA
Techserv Limited. In addition to this, various value added courses on recent technologies
and Industry oriented trainings are given to the students.
