October 2025 | Prajwal Kumar Koretagere Vijay Kumar wins 2025 DAAD Price
Prajwal Kumar Koretagere Vijay Kumar from Bengaluru, India, received the DAAD Price 2025 in recognition of his exceptional academic and social commitment by the NIT Northern Institute of Technology Management. Being nominated by his classmates, he was awarded with this acknowledgement during the graduation ceremony of Class 25 on September 26th, 2025, which took place with 150 attendees in the main lecture hall (Audimax I) of the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH).
Worth € 1,000, the DAAD price is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and awarded to international students for strong academic performance, as well as outstanding social activity that enriches international cooperation.
Koretagere Vijay Kumar won over a jury of NIT students and staff. His fellow students praised him as a someone who is always approachable and dependable, showing determination, discipline and intellectual capability, while at the same time is known for fostering collaboration.
“Prajwal’s achievements are truly remarkable”, says NIT CEO Dr. Klemens Kleiminger. “He has managed to complete his double degree in Technology Management at the NIT and Microelectronics and Microsystems at Hamburg University of Technology both within three years, and both with exceptional grades. Beyond his academic success, he actively engaged as the president of the TUHH Indian Student Association as well as the International Affairs Representative at AStA TUHH, giving voice to international students and organizing numerous cultural and community events. These engagements eventually led to Prajwal Kumar being selected as DAAD Young Ambassador 2025, representing Germany’s academic and cultural values worldwide. He also has done research projects and gained valuable practical experience as a working student at semiconductor company NXP.”
We congratulate Prajwal most cordially and have no doubt that he will continue to achieve great things in his future endeavors. His dedication, intellectual curiosity, and commitment to building bridges between cultures make him a truly deserving recipient of the DAAD Award.
September 2025 | New Technical Equipment for the NIT
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In the process of permanently renewing its infrastructure and maintain a high standard in the learning environment, the NIT has, was the friendly financial support of sponsors, equipped one of his most representative and popular seminar and meeting rooms with a new 64,5'' touch display.
"Technology Management is not only our study programs' name, but also our everyday life", says NIT CEO Klemens Kleiminger. "It is part of our DNA to try to have a state-of-the art infrastructure for our students, team, and wider community to their professional usage."
The touch screen was bought with the friendly support of sponsors Raumtextilienshop, Heimtextilien.com and iGaming.com. Kleiminger: "The NIT has always worked together closely with cooperations and associations of any size to support it students and to bring talents from all over the world to Hamburg and in touch with regional and international companies. We are happy that our technical equipment is supported by sponsors to create ideal learning spaces that help international students to bring impact to the world."
Thank you to our sponsors!
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Im Rahmen der kontinuierlichen Erneuerung seiner Infrastruktur und zur Aufrechterhaltung eines hohen Standards in der Lernumgebung hat das NIT mit freundlicher finanzieller Unterstützung von Sponsoren einen seiner repräsentativsten und beliebtesten Seminar- und Besprechungsräume mit einem neuen 64,5-Zoll-Touchdisplay ausgestattet.
„Technology Management ist nicht nur der Name unseres Studiengangs, sondern auch unser Alltag“, sagt NIT-Geschäftsführer Dr. Klemens Kleiminger. „Es liegt in unserer DNA, unseren Studierenden, unserem Team und der breiteren Gemeinschaft eine hochmoderne Infrastruktur für den professionellen Einsatz zur Verfügung zu stellen.“
Der Touchscreen wurde mit freundlicher Unterstützung der Sponsoren Raumtextilienshop, Heimtextilien.com und iGaming.com angeschafft. Kleiminger: „Das NIT hat schon immer eng mit Unternehmen und Verbänden jeder Größe zusammengearbeitet, um seine Studierenden zu unterstützen und Talente aus aller Welt nach Hamburg zu holen und mit regionalen und internationalen Unternehmen in Kontakt zu bringen. Wir freuen uns, dass unsere technische Ausstattung von Sponsoren unterstützt wird, um ideale Lernräume zu schaffen, die internationalen Studierenden helfen, Einfluss auf die Welt zu nehmen.“
Vielen Dank an unsere Sponsoren!
July 2025 | Resignation of Christian Schuster
Hamburg | July 3, 2025
Professor Schuster, who had served as President of the NIT since early 2024, has announced his resignation for personal reasons.
"My professional activities as a researcher and head of an institute at TU Hamburg, combined with the honorary position of NIT President, collectively demand more time and attention than I will have available in the foreseeable future. An EU project on artificial intelligence with numerous academic and industrial partners will heavily occupy me for the next three and a half years. It is with a heavy heart that I am therefore stepping down from my role at the NIT," stated Professor Christian Schuster.
Christian Schuster is credited with significant reforms at the NIT, including the introduction of a new degree program (Master of Business Analytics and AI) and leading a positive development in the membership of the supporting association, which owns the NIT.
"Christian Schuster has decided to resign as President of the NIT effective June 30, 2025. We respect his decision to primarily dedicate himself to research and teaching at TUHH and thank him for his important and lasting contributions to the NIT," commented Professor Andreas Timm-Giel, President of TU Hamburg.
Christian Schuster added: "True to our motto 'Be the Change,' I dedicated myself to making the NIT future-proof by adapting to the current environment and revitalizing ties with the TUHH faculty. The founding idea of the NIT, to offer internationally oriented management education for engineers on the TUHH campus, remains of great importance."
"Christian Schuster led the NIT through a challenging time with great seriousness, noticeable commitment, and clear results orientation," praised Norbert Basler, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, acknowledging the outgoing President's achievements. "For that, we are very grateful to him. Mr. Schuster set important strategic directions in a short period and sustainably sharpened the institute's profile."
"I greatly enjoyed working with Christian Schuster – our collaboration was characterized by strong mutual trust and an excellent complementarity of our skills," said Dr. Klemens Kleiminger, CEO and Managing Director of the NIT. "I regret his decision to leave the NIT all the more. At the same time, I am deeply grateful to him for what we have achieved together: his dedication and crucial role in the successful introduction of the new M.Sc. in Business Analytics and AI degree program, as well as in attracting new members for the NIT's owner association, will be remembered for a long time. True to the NIT's motto 'Be the Change,' Christian has positively shaped and developed the NIT."
Professor Otto von Estorff, long-time president of the NIT and chairman of the owner’s association, will temporarily assume the duties of President. A successor will be sought through a structured process in collaboration with the Supervisory Board of the Northern Institute of Technology Management.
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