The National Association of Mapúa Alumni, Inc. (NAMA) is the premier alumni organization of graduates of Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT). All graduates of the MIT Schools/Departments, including High School and Advance ROTC, automatically become members of NAMA upon graduation. NAMA organizes conventions and annual homecoming events as well as co-organizes the MapúaWorld event. It is during the annual homecoming that recognition is conferred to Mapúans who have excelled in the field of professional practice as well as to those who have given prestige to Mapúan in service to the Society and the membership. This award was christened TOM-The Outstanding Mapúan-in obvious reference to the great founder of MIT, Don Tomas Mapúa.