NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MEGHALAYA
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MEGHALAYA The National Institute of Technology Meghalaya (NITM) is one among the thirty-one NITs in India established under the NIT Act 2007 (Amended 2012) of the Parliament of India as Institutes of National Importance with full funding support from the Ministry of Education, Government of India. Its logo consists of a gear wheel, abstract of an atom with the orbit of an electron and an earthen lamp at the centre. Earthen lamp is a symbol of light. Light symbolises knowledge and darkness represents ignorance. The Lord is the ‘Knowledge Principle’ (Chaitanya) who is the source, the enlivener and the illuminator of all knowledge. Hence light is worshipped as the Lord himself. Knowledge removes ignorance just as light removes darkness. Also knowledge is a lasting inner wealth by which all outer achievement can be accomplished. Wheel is derived out of a circle. Meaning of the symbol circle is universal, sacred and divine. It represent