Manzoor Ghori, Chairman, Jahangirabad Educational Trust and Executive Director IMRC, on Wednesday February 24, laid the foundation stone for construction of new boy’s hostel in Jahangirabad Institute of Technology (JIT), Barabanki, Lucknow.The foundation stone was laid in the presence of Shaheen Ghori, Laurel Benhamida besides six US doctors, Dr. M A Gafoor, Dr. M Y Ahmed, Dr. Moustafa Elkheir, Dr. John Rosenberg , Dr. M K Ahmed, Dr. Sabiha Gafoor, and two JET trustees, Syed Anisuddin and Shafi Mohammad. This is the third boy’s hostel to be constructed in the campus.Jahangirabad Institute of Technology (JIT) is under the umbrella of Jahangirabad Educational Trust Group of Institutions (JETGI) which is promoted by a number of professionally successful Indians who are settled abroad and have come together to promote higher education with leadership skills to give back to the community through Indian Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC).
The educational institution is imparting course in engineering, management and media at affordable fees. It has a tie up with the Hyderabad based Sahayta Trust that further helps the needy students in payment of fees on merit cum need basis.Being a Minority institution, majority of students belong to the Muslim community (minimum 50% of seats are reserved), but there are good number of non-Muslim students as well and the scholarship facilities are also available for them.Besides the institute also helps the students belonging to socially weaker sections in availing scholarships under different schemes of the government not only for the minorities, but also for SC/STs.