The MIT Group of Institutions initiated the revolutionary spread of technical education in Maharashtra, facilitating quality education to a knowledge deprived society which was then dependent on a very few Government Engineering Institutions. Maharashtra Institute of Technology, the flagship institute of MIT Group of institutions was established in the year 1983, under the trust called MAEER acronym for “Maharashtra Academy of Engineering and Educational Research, Pune”.

MIT is one of the first nine private Engineering institutions of Maharashtra. It’s a dream come true of a simple and dedicated teacher Revered Prof. Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad, founder of MIT Group who coveted that quality education should reach the masses and be available to every merit holder, irrespective of one’s class, creed or religion.

What makes MIT special is the strong ethical foundation upon which MIT Group has embarked. Its life-mission of imparting education with five main principles of Holistic Social Development Policy are:

• To develop a spirit of inquiry and achieve Academic Excellence;
• To inculcate a sense of discipline and character;
• To develop a spirit of Social Commitment;
• To promote a Culture of Peace in the society;
• And to build a strong industry–institute interface.

Today after 40 years of excellence, MIT Group has 59+ institutions with more than 7,000 teaching and non-teaching personnel catering educational needs of more than 54,000+ thousand students in more than 34 campuses all over Maharashtra.

Apart from Quality education MIT Group of Institutions believe in a value based education system. In appreciation of the work carried out by the MAEER MIT’s ‘World Peace Centre’ in championing the cause of promoting the Value based Universal Education system for spreading the message of peace in society with the apt blend of science, technology and spirituality, UNESCO, Paris bestowed it with an UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Democracy, Peace and Tolerance on May 12, 1998.