HINDUSTAN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (HITSAA)

• Hindustan Alumni Association (HITSAA)has completed several years of active functioning since its installation in 1993. HITSAA is registered as a Society (Sl. No. 156/2014) under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act 27 of 1975. HITSAA Office is situated in the campus and is operated by Alumni.
• HITSAA acts as a bridge between the alumni and the University, and provides a channel of communication for interactions of alumni with students and faculty. HITSAA Office manages Alumni Relations of the University which includes catering to the Alumni needs, establishment and operation of National and International Alumni Chapters, Alumni Reunions, release of HITSAA Newsletter and so on.
• Membership of HITSAA is open for all graduates of erstwhile Hindustan College of Engineering (HCE) and Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS), and all such people who pursued Short term courses, Certificate or Diploma programmes from the University.
• HITSAA has established the following Alumni Chapters till date.
  • HITS Chennai Alumni Chapter (in Chennai - University Campus)
  • HITSAA UAE Alumni Chapter (in Dubai)
  • HITSAA Oman Alumni Chapter (in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman)
  • HITSAA Bhutan Alumni Chapter (in Thimpu, Bhutan)
  • HITSAA Chennai Chapter (in Chennai - University Campus)
  • Plans are underway to inaugurate Alumni Chapters at Singapore, USA, Bangalore and Kerala.
• HITSAA is active on social media. Separate HITSAA FB groups& pages are available for International and city Alumni Chapters. The Official HITSAA social media handles are;
  • https://www.facebook.com/groups/Hindustan.Alumni.Association/
  • https://twitter.com/HITSAA_ADMIN
  • https://www.instagram.com/hitsaaadmin
  • https://in.linkedin.com/school/hindustan-university (nearly 18000 alumni are following)
• HITSAA Executive Committee comprising Alumni from different batches meets every semester to dwell upon the activities undertaken, to plan and execute Alumni events for the forthcoming season. Department Alumni Coordinators and student teams facilitate alumni relations of respective departments.
• HITSAA releases its Annual Newsletter 'My Hindustan' every year featuring Alumni news, achievements, articles and snippets.
• As set forth in the Byelaws, the primary objectives of HITSAA are
  • To strengthen alumni connections with their Alma Mater and with each other
  • To systematically and steadily uplift the image and status of Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, both nationally and internationally
  • To become the voice of the alumni in all matters related to the betterment of the University
  • To foster continuing professional/academic development of the University
  • To project nationally and internationally University's contribution to numerous fields of education

ALUMNI REUNIONS

• The University in association with HITSAA organises the Annual Alumni Meet every year wherein alumni from all the batches interact and network with each other. Further batch wise reunions are regularlyorganized, Silver Jubilee Reunions of the first four batches (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994) were held on campus in August 2014, August 2015, July 2016 and August 2017 July 2018, July 2019 respectively, wherein senior Alumni came together from across the globe along with their families and celebrated the memorable occasion.
• First batch MBA (1996) Alumni met in the campus in July 2014 and Aug 2019. MBA (1999) Alumni met in the campus in July 2019. First batch MCA Alumni celebrated their 20th Reunion in July 2017. Further, individual Departments / Schools also organise Alumni Meets for their respective Alumni
• Alumni batches interact with students and faculty during their visits to campus. Alumni pay tributes to the Founder Chairman and felicitate their teachers respectfully.

ALUMNI CONTRIBUTION

• Sixth batch alumni instituted awards to 6 deserving students and conferred cash awards to GyanDisha (Project Expo) winners
• Fifth batch alumni instituted 6 scholarship awards to economically needy students from civil, Mechanical and Electronics department
• Fourth batch Alumni institute ten Annual Awards to encourage Research publications and academic Performance from final year students and young outstanding Faculty of Civil, Mechanical and Electronics departments, and Annual awards for individual Sports achievement by a final year student.
• HITSAA organizes GyanDisha (Project Expo) every year for final years to highlight the technical innovation and creative skills of final year students, around 20 alumni from various industry come as jury and judge the projects and HITSAA confers cash awards to winners.
• HITSAA organizes Instituting of Alumni Ambassadors from every year to bridge the gap between every batch of students who graduate and the alma mater.
• Alumni representatives are members of Departments' Boardof Studies. Alumni provide advice for enhancing the curriculum and for upgrading the laboratories with latest developments as per the current trends in the Industry.
• Alumni take part in the Hindustan Technology Business Incubation (HTBI) and Hindustan Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre (HEIC), for mentoring and inspiring student entrepreneurs.
• Alumni visit the campus regularly to deliver Technical Lectures/Seminars and motivational lectures under Alumni Talk Series.
• Alumni come forward to offer Internships and Placements to students.
• An Alumni Team is constituted for Industrial Relations and assists the University in sustaining relationship with Industry.

ALUMNI EVENTS (from 2016)

• Annual Alumni Reunion - 27 Feb'16
• Silver Jubilee Re-union of Third Batch (1987-91) on campus - 9 July'16
• Hindustan Group 50th Year Alumni Reunion at Dubai - 14 Oct 2016
• 20th Year Reunion of First batch MCA (1994-97) on campus - 21 July'17
• Silver Jubilee Re-union of Fourth Batch (1988-92) on campus - 5 Aug'17
• Hindustan Group of Institutions Golden Jubilee Alumni Reunion - 2 Dec'17
• HGI - Bhutan Alumni Reunion held on 30th June 2018
• AlumniTalk Series on 04 Oct 2018
• Annual Alumni Reunion 2018 - 01 Dec 2018
• Instituting HITSAA Awards on University Day Celebration - 05 Apr 2019
• GyanDisha (Project Expo) 05 May 2018
• Silver Jubilee - Alumni Meet 1993 Batch - 7 July 2018
• MBA - Alumni Reunion - 27 July 2019
• Success Day 2019 (Recognizing final year students)- April 2019
• Annual Alumni Meet 2019 – 7 Dec 2019
• GyanDisha (Project Expo) 2020 (8 -11) July 2020
• 40 webinars – Alumni Talk Series –2020
• Online city chapter Meets - 2020
• Annual Alumni Meet -12 Dec 2020
• HITS Cyclothon 2 Oct 2021