The Harare Institute of Technology has signed yet another milestone Memorandum of Understanding with the Jawarharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, India.
The MoU was signed during a recent visit to India by a HIT delegation led by the Vice Chancellor, Engineer Kanhukamwe. The delegation also visited the Dehli Technological University.
The main objectives of the visit were to discover what Indian Universities offer in their TVET approach to tertiary education, to learn how they arrived at their present day TVET model, and to arrive at a win-win model of mutual benefit.
The Universities agreed that by August 2012, Harare Institute of Technology will send approximately 28 Teaching Assistants for Master of Technology degrees in various disciplines comprising MTech Chemical Technology, MTech Chemical Engineering, MTech Software Engineering, MTech Information Technology, MTech Computer Networks and Security, MTech Image Processing, MTech Parallel Computing, MTech Neural Networks, MTech Computer Science and Engineering, MTech Computer Science, MTech Web Technology, MTech Real Time Systems, MTech Nano Technology, MTech Microwave & Optical Communication, MTech Signals and Systems Processing, MTech Wireless and Mobile Communication, MTech Instrumentation and Controls, MTech Machine Design, MTech Engineering Design, MTech Automation, MTech Thermal Engineering, MTech Bioinformatics, MTech Biotechnology, M.Pharm Pharmaceutics, and M.Pharm Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Assurance.
This is in line with the Institute`s endeavour to identify strong, powerful, successful global Institutions/Universities of Technology which exist in an environment that shares a substantial number of values and traits with Zimbabwe as a nation and added to that aligning to the HIT Act (Chapter 25:26) and HIT Destiny, Cause and Calling.
The Jawarharlal Nehru Technological University and Dehli Technological University are a reflection of India’s growth model from Technical – Polytechnical – University under the ambit of Technology (i.e. BTech, MTech, DTech approach). These Universities are accredited by the All India Counsel for Technical Education (AICTE).
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTU Hyderabad) is a university, primarily focused on engineering, located in Hyderabad, India. Founded in 1965 as the Nagarjuna Sagar Engineering College, it was established as a university in 1972 by The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Act, 1972, also combining colleges in Kakinada and Anantapur. In 2008 the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological Universities Act, 2008 split the university back into four universities, Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture & Fine Arts University, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada.
The university is situated in the heart of the city at Kukatpally. It has ‘A’ grade accreditation by the (National Assessment and Accreditation Council) NAAC. It has an intake of about 1000 students.
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTU Hyderabad) is a university with academic and research-oriented courses, the B.Tech programmes (undergraduate) are about 25. Major branches among them are Aeronautical Engineering, Automobile, Biotechnology, Information Technology, Electronics, Electrical, Instrumentation and Control, Metallurgy, Mechanical, Bio-medical, and Civil. A few courses are offered through the correspondence-cum-contact mode.
The postgraduate programmes number 77, namely M.Tech, MSIT, MBA, MCA and MSc. The major branches are Bio-Technology, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Remote-Sensing and GIS, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Water Resources, Mechanical Engineering, Nano-Technology, Energy Systems, Environmental Studies, Microbiology, Food Technology, Management, Computer Applications, and Pharmaceutical Sciences.