We live in a time of revolutionary change. Not only is the world relying increasingly on technology for economic growth and job development, but the nation is making the difficult transition of refocusing a significant amount of its technology investment from national security to international economic competitiveness. At the same time we view technology as important in helping to solve many difficult societal problems. Within this technological context, engineers play an ever more significant role. Engineering is an ideal education for living and working in the technologically--dependent society of the twenty first century. Apart from our missions as reflected above, our missions that an academic institution imparting professional courses should have towards the society at large, are embodied in a nutshell below :--