The Public Petition dated 11-11-1839 initiated the establishment of Madras University. It was in January 1840 with Mr.George Norton as its President, that the University Board was constituted. In 1854 after a lapse of 14 years, the Government of India formulated a systematic educational policy for India and as a sequel to this on 5th September 1857 by an act of legislative council of India the University was established. The University was organised in the model of London University........
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, is one among the foremost institutes of national importance in higher technological education, basic and applied research. In 1956, the German Government offered technical assistance for establishing an institute of higher education in engineering in India. The first Indo-German agreement in Bonn, West Germany for the establishment of the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras was signed in 1959. The Institute was formally inaugurated in 1959.......
The birth of Indian Maritime University is a long cherished dream of the maritime community of India and on 14th November 2008, this dream took the wings of reality and proudly started its journey towards the epitome of maritime education by passing the act called INDIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY ACT in the parliament.
The maritime sector is continuously establishing its feet in the Indian economy and gradually its importance in the world trade has become vital. In order to match up.......