Allahabad: Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) will conduct a global alumni meet, which will see the participation of several corporate leaders, eminent scholars and successful managers who have passed out from the institute. The meet to be held on November 14 and 15 will be followed by the year long golden jubilee celebrations of the institute, which starts from December 2, 2009. MNNIT, formerly known as Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College (MNERC), was established in 1961. MNNIT Director Prof. A.B. Samaddar said that the institute is planning to host a grand ceremony on the completion of its 50 years. "Besides, we are also planning to organize a series of events as part of the golden jubilee celebrations. On the occasion, a special emblem, for which entries have already been invited, will be released,'' he added. A decision to hold this event was taken in a meeting of the MNNIT Alumni Association's executive committee held at the institute campus recently. General Secretary of the Alumni Association and a Senior Faculty Member R.P. Tiwari said that after long discussions over various names it has been decided to invite Chairman of Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) B.C. Tripathi, an MNNIT alumnus, as the chief guest. Besides, another alumnus, Deep Joshi, winner of Ramon Magsaysay Award, will also be felicitated during the global meet, the biggest ever to be hosted by the institute. The silver jubilee batch of 1984 of MNNIT will also be felicitated during the meet. The association plans to raise funds through this event, for upgrading facilities in the institute. "The aim is to raise funds needed for a new golden jubilee campus, setting up a golden jubilee chair for Alumni Officer besides having a golden jubilee fund for travel grant for the students to enable them to present their research papers abroad," Tiwari said. The association plans to raise enough funds to help the institute to start diverse activities like holding national/international conferences, publishing a golden jubilee monogram, constructing mega hostels, installing a golden jubilee gate and a clock tower on the campus, Tiwari added.