The Madras Institute of Technology (MIT - சென்னை தொழில்நுட்ப நிறுவனம் ) is a premier engineering institute located in Chromepet, Madras (Chennai), India. It is one of the four autonomous constituent colleges of Anna University. It was started in 1949 by Mr. C. Rajam as the first self-financing engineering institute in the country, and later it merged with Anna University. The Institute was at that time an experiment in technical education, for it introduced to India new areas of specialization: aeronautical engineering, automobile engineering, electronics engineering, and instrumentation technology. The MIT is the first institute in India to offer postgraduate courses in avionics and mechatronics. This Institute also has a unique practice of "T-Series", a student mentoring system by senior students.The aeronautical and electronics departments of this institute are very popular and get the cream of students in Tamil Nadu usually having very high cut-offs , with seats getting filled in the early batches of first day counselling. The alumni of this institute have achieved prominence in various fields and include Dr. A.P.J.