Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT), a constituent college of Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) formerly known as Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences came into existence in year 1997 as a result of the agreement signed on 15th November, 1992 between the Government of Sikkim and the Manipal Pai Foundation, with the aim of imparting exemplary education and health care services in the state of Sikkim and country wide. Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT), a constituent college of Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) formerly known as Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences came into existence in year 1997 as a result of the agreement signed on 15th November, 1992 between the Government of Sikkim and the Manipal Pai Foundation, with the aim of imparting exemplary education and health care services in the state of Sikkim and country wide.