Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India, was the chief guest at the 88th Convocation Ceremony of the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME), Secunderabad. It was a rare honour for the officers of the 96th Degree Engineering (DE) & 24th Technical Entry Scheme (TES) course to receive their awards from the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. Speaking on the occasion, the President said: “I urge you to set yourself a befitting goal and having done so, utilise your technical threshold and dedicated hardwork to realise it.”

Pranab Mukherjee is the third President to visit MCEME since its raising. Prior to him, Dr Rajendra Prasad and Dr S. Radhakrishnan had visited the college in 1955 and 1964, respectively. However, this is the first time when the President was the chief guest for the convocation ceremony. The ceremony was attended by a host of dignitaries including E.S.L. Narasimhan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana; Lt General P.M. Hariz, GOC-in-C, ARTRAC; Lt General K.J. Singh, Director General of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers; and many other senior army and civilian officers.

MCEME, an ISO 9001 certified institution, was established in 1946. Over the years the college has developed into a premier training institution of the Indian Army. MCEME conducts courses ranging from basic level to M.Tech level for training human resource of Corps of EME in various disciplines like mechanical engineering, electronics and communication, microwave technology, aeronautical engineering, IT and computer science.