Director of National Institute of Technology - Tiruchi Mini Shaji Thomas digs the ground in the campus to plant a sapling during the silver jubilee reunion celebration of 1993- batch on Saturday. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT more-in The 1993-batch of National Institute of Technology - Tiruchi (NIT-T) converged from the nook and corner of the globe for an eventful silver jubilee reunion at their alma mater on Saturday. As many as 179 alumni members who had assembled for the reunion joined NIT-T Director Mini Shaji and retired faculty members in planting saplings on the campus. They turned emotional as they described how they had launched their dream careers from this very campus. Alongside felicitating the Director, retired professors, deans and faculty of the institute, the alumni batch also honoured 35 retired mess workers, who were called as special invitees, for having served them during their student days, and honoured them with gifts. Prof. Mini Shaji Thomas related NIT-T's progress to the support extended by the alumni by way of setting up laboratories and encouraging students to visits abroad. Their association also reflected in establishing strong industry-institute interface, she said. Chairman of the silver jubilee reunion organizing team Senguttuvan said: "The institute gave us a wonderful life. We wanted to honour our professors and other people who took care of us."

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