On September 7, 2019, MIIT Mandalay made history by conducting the first ever computer-based entrance examination in the history of Myanmar education for admissions to its Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) programme.
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On July 6, 2019, MIIT organised CodeMutants 2019 – the first-ever competitive programming competition for MIIT students. A total of 20 teams comprising of 50 students participated in the first edition of CodeMutants.
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The second meeting of the MIIT Governing Council, chaired by Dr. Thein Win, Director-General, Department of Higher Education, Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Chairman of the MIIT Governing Council, was conducted on October 17, 2018 at MIIT, Mandalay, Myanmar.
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On the sidelines of the second meetings of the MIIT Governing Council and the MIIT Senate, the convocation ceremony for the second and third batches of the Postgraduate Diploma in Software Development (PGDSD) programme was organised at MIIT. Dr. Thein Win, Director-General, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar was the Chief Guest.
MIIT, in collaboration with the University of Miyazaki, Japan, organised the 1st International Conference on Big Data Analysis and Deep Learning Applications at the University of Miyazaki from 14-15th May, 2018.
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The first meetings of the MIIT Governing Council and the MIIT Senate were conducted at the MIIT campus. Both meetings were chaired by Dr. Thein Win, Director-General, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, with members from Myanmar and India in attendance.
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The MoU between Myanmar and India on MIIT was extended on 6th September, 2017 at a ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw. Dr. Thein Win, Director-General of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Mr. Vikram Misri signed the documents.
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U Htin Kyaw, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, visited MIIT as part of the Children’s Literature Festival hosted at MIIT.
The statutory bodies of MIIT, namely the Governing Council and the Senate, were constituted after discussions between the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Ministry of External Affairs, Government of the Republic of India.
The new campus of MIIT was inaugurated by U Sai Mauk Kham, Vice President, Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Dr. Ko Ko Oo, Union Minister of Education, representatives from various ministries of the Union and Mandalay Regional Governments, and rectors of several Myanmar universities. The Indian delegation was led by the Ambassador of India in Myanmar, Mr. Gautam Mukhopadhyaya, and attended by Dr. N. Nandakumar, Consul-General of India in Mandalay, Dr. Neil Jain, First Secretary, Embassy of India in Yangon, and Dr. K. R.V. “Raja” Subramanian, Director, MIIT. Dr. Mie Mie Khin, Pro-Rector of MIIT, accompanied the faculty, students, and alumni of MIIT.
The convocation ceremony for the first batch of PGDSD students was attended by Dr. Ko Ko Oo, Union Minister of Science & Technology, Mr. Gautam Mukhopadhyaya, the Ambassador of India in Myanmar, and several other dignitaries.
The first batch of PGDSD students finished their programme with the conclusion of the Software Development Project.
The ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the new MIIT campus at 73rd Street and Ngu Shwe Wah Street was initiated by Dr. Ko Ko Oo, Union Minister of Science & Technology, and other dignitaries of the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
The first batch of the PGDSD programme started at IIIT-B in May, 2014 with 25 students. 5 Myanmar faculty members were also sponsored as part of the faculty development programme.
The first programme of MIIT – the PGDSD programme – was decided to be started in May 2014. Students were selected through an entrance exam conducted in Yangon and Mandalay. Over 200 applicants participated, and 30 students were selected.
MoU signed by H. E. U Aye Myint, Union Minister of Science & Technology, Myanmar and H. E. Mr. S. M. Krishna, Union Minister of External Affairs, India.