G.S. Mandal's Marathwada

G.S. Mandal's Marathwada

GS Mandal's Marathwada Institute of Technology (MIT), Aurangabad was established in 1975 under the Bombay Public Trust Act and is one of the engineering institutes under the Gramodyogik Shikshan Mandal.GSM has established 19 institutes and 5 centers of learning at various locations in India over the last three decades.MIT is ranked 113 for B.Tech by Indiatoday 2022.

The institute has a direct second-year admission through lateral entry in the respective subject, and the exams are conducted in semester way. The faculty members are well-educated and have a past experience in their own field.

The college has an exclusive Central library spread over an sqm area with 85000+ volumes, 25000+ titles, 350+ periodicals, 1000+ eBooks, 1000+ national and international journals. Reading rooms with a capacity for more than 700 students. Digital library with access to international journals, newspaper and magazine sections, and e-learning material.

The College has a Sports facility. Physical fitness is of prime importance in order to bring out the best in every student. The College understands that a healthy mind resides in a healthy body and hence includes a well-equipped gymnasium on the campus. There are also sports facilities like a spacious playground for games and recreation. Games like cricket, football and volleyball are quite popular games at College. The College also has dedicated playing areas for indoor games like badminton, carom, chess, etc.

Auditorium and Seminar halls, catering to capacities of 30 to 500 persons are well furnished, well equipped, and suitably located. Also, smart classrooms with interactive screens enrich the learning process.The college has a departmental-based laboratories facility for the students.

The region of Hingoli and Aurangabad were a major hub for the military stations and depot during the time of Nizam as well as during the British rule. Also Hyderabad State took special work to build Dams, modify and renovate the existing underwater system, particularly in Aurangabad. Major works were undertaken to built railways (Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway) connecting the city of Hyderabad to Bombay (now Mumbai) via Aurangabad. Handlooms and paper factories were established in Kaghzipura near Aurangabad. Religious sites were developed in Khuldabad. Temporary guest houses were built for Sikh devotees in Nanded which lies in ruins due to neglect by the government authorities. Also roads connecting to Ahmedabad were initiated.

GSM has established 19 institutes and 5 centres of learning at multiple locations in India. GSM has grown organically in three important provinces of India, viz. Maharashtra (Western India), Delhi (National Capital) & Uttar Pradesh (Northern India).

The region also sees high instances of farmer suicides. According to government records, 422 farmers in Marathwada committed suicide in 2014. This was because of their inability to bear crop losses and a financial quandary made acute by water scarcity and an agrarian crisis. 2014 was the third consecutive year of low rainfall, and when rainfall did occur it was sometimes untimely and damaged crops. Of the 422 suicides, 252 cases were due to an inability to repay agricultural loans. There have been more than 117 farmer suicides in the first two months of 2017. According to a study by IIT Bombay, the severe or extreme droughts have frequently occurred in major portions of Marathwada, in the last few decades.