also being organised to motivate students towards Science and Technology. These include Symposium (Metallurgical and Material Science Engineering), Chemix (Chemical Engineering) etc. VNIT Nagpur's Diamond Jubilee was held in 2020, with Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari attending as the chief guest at the inaugural function of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Notable alumni Neelam Saxena Chandra - poet and author Satyendra Pakhale - industrial designer, architect Sudev Nair - actor Vijay P. Bhatkar - scientist, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awardee, founding director of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Budaraju Srinivasa Murty - director, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Ramesh Jain - professor of Information & Computer Sciences, University of California, Irvine Nemkumar Banthia - professor of civil engineering at the University of British Columbia and CEO of IC-IMPACTS Akhilesh K. Gaharwar - professor of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University. Pradeep Kar - chairman and founder, Microland Dinesh Keskar - senior vice president of sales in Asia-Pacific and India at Boeing Commercial Airplanes Hemant Karkare - late chief of Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad Sanjay Joshi - former member of the Bhartiya Janata Party national executive; Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Pracharak. Anand Teltumbde - scholar, writer, and civil rights activist who is a management professor at the Goa Institute of Management Rashmi Urdhwareshe - An Indian automotive engineer, she is the director of the Automotive Research Association of India. In March 2020 she received the Nari Shakti Puraskar. References External links Engineering colleges in Nagpur National Institutes of Technology Organisations based in Nagpur Educational institutions established in 1960 1960 establishments in Maharashtra All India Council for Technical Education Technical universities and colleges in India