NIT Arunachal Pradesh: National Institute of Technology, AP

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The National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh (NITAP as NIT Arunachal Pradesh) is one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology in India and is recognized as an Institute of National Importance. The classes of NIT Arunachal Pradesh were started from 2010 in a temporary campus in Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh.

NIT Arunachal Pradesh or NITAP

 

NIT Arunachal Pradesh Key Description:

Motto: न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते

Motto in English: Certainly there is no purifier in this world like Knowledge

Established: 2010

Director: Prof. Pinakeswar Mahanta

Location: Yupia, Ar.P., India

Acronym: NITAP

Website: nitandharapradesh

Social Network: Facebook

 

NIT Arunachal Pradesh Location

NIT Arunachal Pradesh Temporary campus in Yupia
Yupia is 18 kilometers from Naharlagun, which is the twin capital town and houses the temporary campus ces are available from Guwahati, which is 400 kilometers from Naharlagun.

 

NIT Arunachal Pradesh or NITAP History

The Indian government started 14 RECs between 1959 and 1965, at Bhopal, Allahabad, Calicut, Durgapur, Kurukshetra, Jamshedpur, Jaipur, Nagpur, Rourkela, Srinagar, Surathkal, Surat, Tiruchirappalli, and Warangal). It established one in Silchar in 1967 and added two others located at Hamirpur in 1986, and Jalandhar in 1987.

The RECs were jointly operated by the central government and the concerned state government. Non-recurring expenditures and expenditures for post-graduate courses during the REC period were borne by the central government, while recurring expenditure on undergraduate courses was shared equally by central and state governments.

Due to the costs and infrastructure involved in creating the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), in 2002 MHRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi upgraded RECs to "National Institutes of Technology" (NITs) instead of creating IITs. The central government controls NITs and provides all funding. In 2003, all RECs became NITs.

The upgrade was designed along the lines of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) after it was concluded that RECs had potential as proven by the success of their alumni and their contributions in the field of technical education. Subsequently, funding and autonomy for NITs increased. The changes implemented recommendations of the "High Powered Review Committee" (HPRC). The HPRC, chaired by Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, submitted its report entitled "Strategic Road Map for Academic Excellence of Future RECs" in 1998.

In 2004, MHRD issued NIT status to three more colleges, located at Patna (Bihar Engineering College - a 110-year-old college), Raipur (Government Engineering College), and Agartala (Tripura Engineering College). Based on the request of state governments and feasibility, future NITs are either converted from existing institutes or can be freshly created. The 21st (and the first brand-new) NIT is planned for Imphal in the north-eastern state of Manipur at an initial cost of Rs. 500 crores. In 2010, the government announced setting up ten new NITs in the remaining states/territories. This would lead to every state in India having its own NIT.

Union Cabinet has approved 10 new NITs in India. NIT, Arunachal Pradesh is one of those new NITs to be mentored by NIT, Durgapur. NIT Arunachal Pradesh shall be temporarily housed in Yupia, the district headquarters of the Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh. Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh is situated in the same district. An all-weather road to the other parts of the country connects Yupia.

 

NIT Arunachal Pradesh or NITAP Functioning

NIT Arunachal is an autonomous technical institute. It functions under the MHRD

 

NIT Arunachal Pradesh or NITAP Departments

  • Department of Basic and Applied Science
  • Department of Biotechnology Engineering
  • Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Department of Civil Engineering
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Department of Electrical Engineering
  • Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Department of Management and Humanities

 

NIT Arunachal Pradesh or NITAP Facilities

The facilities and services that NITAP renders to the students, faculty and staff members make it stand among the top level institutes. The amenities provided to the students make the stay in NITAP a good experience. The presence of modern facilities such as 24 X 7 availability water and electricity and a variety of food for different test. The institute and hostels are equipped with Internet and LAN facility so as to get relevant information for academic development.

NIT Arunachal is a fully residential campus. There are five hostels for boys, namely Deer Hall of Residence, Mithun Hall of Residence, Lagoon Hall of Residence, Pragati Hall of Residence, and Tiger Hall of Residence and three hostels for girls, namely Rose Hall of Residence, Hornbill Hall of Residence and Peacock Hall of Residence. The mess is run privately. Each hostel is under the care of a warden.

Sufficient number of buses have been provided by the institute and the State Gov't for the students to travel from their hostels to the Institute.

 

NIT Arunachal Pradesh or NITAP Admissions

Students are taken in for the undergraduate courses through the Joint Entrance Examination(JEE) conducted by CBSE, New Delhi. More than one million students write this test every year to gain admission into one of the 31 NITs. Admission to some other autonomous national level technical institutes (called Deemed University) is also through JEE undergraduate programs.

The institute awards B.Tech. degrees in engineering. Admission to the programs is through a Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). NIT-AP follows the reservation policy declared by the Supreme Court of India, by which 27% of seats are reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), 15% for Scheduled Castes (SCs), and 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes (STs). The institute accepts foreign nationals through scholarships awarded by the government of India, and non-resident Indians through an independent scheme known as Direct Admission for Students Abroad (DASA).

The B.Tech. program is a four-year program while the B.Arch. program is five years long. The first year of the B.Tech. program is common across all disciplines, during which students take basic courses in engineering, mathematics and professional communication.

Admission to the graduate M.Tech and PhD courses are primarily based on scores in the GATE exam, conducted by the IITs. Admission to the MS programme is done through the CCMN conducted by the NITs.

 

NIT Arunachal Pradesh or NITAP Rankings

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 200 among engineering colleges in 2020.

 

Cultural Events

A performance from Atulyam, NIT Arunachal Pradesh
ATULYAM is the Annual Cultural Festival of NIT Arunachal Pradesh. The first cultural festival ATULYAM was held on 3-4 October 2013. There are 23 events in eight categories including Flash Mob, theatrics, creat_ev_villaze, Viking zone, rhythm on the floor, literature, sports and Mr. & Ms. Atulyam.

Technical Festival ADDOVEDI

Addovedi is the annual intercollege technical festival organized by the students of NIT Arunachal Pradesh. It is the first dedicated technical festival organized by a university in Arunachal Pradesh. The third edition of the festival was organized from the 30th to 1 November 2015.

Social activity ROSHNI

Roshni is a social activity for the deprived people of the Arunachal Pradesh. It helps the people of Arunachal Pradesh with social activities, especially in education development and awareness. It is run by the students.

Publication

Dept.of EEE has taken an initiative by publishing the first ever magazine of NIT Arunachal Pradesh.

 

Administration

The Administrative Block under construction in permanent campus
Under the constitution of the National Institutes of Technology Act 2007, the President of India is the Visitor to the Institute. The authorities of the institute are Board of Governors and the Senate. The Board is headed by the Chairman, who is appointed by the Visitor. The Director, who is the secretary of the Board, looks after the day-to-day running of the institute. The Board of Governors has nominees of the Central Government, the State Government, the NIT Council and the Institute Senate.

NIT Surat: Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology

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The National Institute of Technology, Surat (NIT Surat), formally known as Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), is an public technical university established by the Parliament of India in 1961. It is one of 30 National Institutes of Technology in India recognized by the Government of India as an Institute of National Importance. It is the Anchor Institute for the Auto and Engineering sector and will be training the workforce. The project is also designated as the "Center of Excellence" in water resources and flood management and is supported by the World Bank.

The institute organizes annual cultural and technical festivals: MindBend (technical festival) and Sparsh (cultural festival) that attract participants from all over the country and abroad.

NIT Surat campus details

 

Key Description of NIT Surat:

Motto: Vigyanam Saarthi nah syatt

Motto in English: Charioteer of Science

Type: Public Technical University

Established: 1961

Director: Shailesh R. Gandhi

Academic Staff: 210

Location: Surat, Gujarat, India

Campus: Urban

Affiliations: Indian Institutes of National Importance

Website: www.svnit.ac.in

Social Network: Facebook, Twitter

 

NIT Surat History

In order to serve the growing demand for trained quality technical manpower, the Government Of India established fourteen Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) between 1959 and 1965, now known as NITs with campuses at Surat, Allahabad, Bhopal, Calicut, Durgapur, Kurukshetra, Jamshedpur, Jaipur, Nagpur, Rourkela, srivada, Surathkal, Tiruchirappalli, and Warangal.

Under its former name, Sardar Vallabhbhai Regional College of Engineering and Technology, NIT Surat was established in June 1961 as a co-operative venture between the Government of India and the Government of Gujarat. The institute is named after India's first Home Minister, fondly known as the Ironman of India, honorable Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

A review committee (HPRC) was set up by the Union Government in 1998 for review of RECs. The HPRC, under the chairmanship of Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, submitted its report entitled "Strategic Road Map for Academic Excellence of Future RECs" in 1998. Following the recommendations of HPRC, in 2002, the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India upgraded, all the seventeen Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) to National Institutes of Technology (NITs). On 4 December 2002 the institution was granted Deemed University status with the approval of the UGC/AICTE and was renamed Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology.

On 5 June 2007, the Parliament of India passed the National Institutes of Technology Act declaring it an Institute of National Importance which came in effect on Independence Day 2007.

 

NIT Surat Administration

NIT Surat is governed by its ex officious visitor, the honorable President of India and the NIT Council who head the NIT organizational structure. Under the NIT Council is NIT Surat's Board of Governors consisting of 12 members that includes representatives of the state of Gujarat, MHRD in addition to other members appointed by the NIT Council and the institute's senate. The Director serves under the Board of Governors, and is the school's chief academic and executive officer. Under the director and the deputy director are the deans, heads of departments, registrar and Chief Hostel Warden.

The Registrar is the chief administrative officer and oversees day-to-day operations. He is the custodian of records, funds, and other properties of the institute. Under the charge of the heads of departments (HOD) are the faculty (full-time professors as well as those of associate and assistant status). Director is the chairman of Council of Wardens and the wardens of hostels are placed under the Chief Hostel Warden of individual hostels in the organization.

NIT Surat receives funding from Government of India of Rs.500 million per year. Other sources of funds include student fees and research funding by industry-sponsored projects. NIT Surat subsidizes undergraduate student fees by approximately 80% and provide scholarships to all M.Tech. students and research scholars to encourage them to pursue higher studies.

The academic policies of NIT Surat are decided by its senate. It consists of all professors of the institute, and administrative and student representatives. The senate controls and approves the curriculum, courses, examinations and results and appoints committees to look into academic matters. The teaching, training and research activities of the institute are reviewed by the senate to maintain educational standards. The director is the ex officio chairman of the senate.

NIT Surat follows the credit-based system of performance evaluation, with proportional weighting of courses based on their importance. The total marks (usually out of 100) form the basis of grades, with a grade value (out of 10) assigned to a range of marks. For each semester, the students are graded by taking a weighted average from all the courses with their respective credit points. Each semester's evaluation is done independently with a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) reflecting the average performance across semesters. The medium of instruction is English.

 

NIT Surat Campus

The campus is located at Ichchhanath in the city of Surat at a distance of about 10 km from the Surat Railway Station. Public transport including buses and rickshaws connect the campus to the railway station. The main entrance is located on the northern end of the campus, facing Surat-Dumas Road 13 km from the Surat Railway Station. The campus is very near to the various entertainment hubs of Surat, it also is a much favored place for joggers and walkers who come on a regular basis to the campus in morning and evening time.

Academic buildings

In addition to laboratories and central research facilities, NIT Surat has ten academic departments. The institute's academic facilities are located in the north-western part of the campus; these include the department buildings, laboratories, lecture halls, the central computer center and the central library. Each department has its own library, in addition to the central library.

The institute has 11 departments which focus on the following fields of applied sciences, engineering and technology:

  • Applied Chemistry
  • Applied Physics
  • Applied Mathematics and Humanities
  • Applied Mechanics
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physical Education

The institute also has many more building spread over its campus including an administrative building that houses most of the administrative offices, a classroom complex which houses lecture halls and drawing halls.

Student halls of Residence

SVNIT has ten hostels with nine for boys and one for girls named after personalities of India. Each hostel is administrated by the Chief Hostel Warden. Each hostel elects representatives from the hostel residents for areas like Entertainment, Computer Facility, Network, Environment and Cultural. Two mega hostels for boys and one mega hostel for girls with large number of facilities have been constructed.

Each hostel has its own mess, TV room, Sports room and computer facility.

NIT Surat Admissions And Academics

Admission to most undergraduate and postgraduate courses in NIT Surat is granted through written entrance examinations. Admission to M.Tech. and Ph.D. programmes is based primarily on a personal interview, though candidates have to take written tests as well.

Admission to undergraduate programmes in all NITs is through the All India Engineering Entrance Examination now known as JEE Main. Candidates who qualify for admission through JEE Main can apply for admission in B.Tech. (Bachelor of Technology) and Integrated M.Sc. (Master of Science) courses at NIT Surat. The admissions to postgraduate programmes (M.Tech.) are made primarily through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). Integrated MSc program was started in the year 2007, in three branches, Applied Chemistry, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics. This program now has 90 seats each.

NIT Surat follows the reservation policy declared by the Supreme Court of India, by which 27% of seats are reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), 15% for Scheduled Castes (SCs), and 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes (STs). The institute also accepts foreign nationals through scholarships awarded by the Government of India, and non-resident Indians through an independent scheme known as Direct Admission for Students Abroad (DASA).

NIT Surat Sponsored Research

Research in the institute is sponsored by government agencies including Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST); in 2008–09, research grants from these agencies exceeded one crore Indian rupees (Rs. 1,00,00,000; approx. US$200,000). The campus also boasts of having India's first solar plant to desalinate seawater. This was set up at an investment of Rs. 3,50,00,000

NIT Surat Ranking

SVNIT was ranked 54 among engineering colleges in India by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020.

 

NIT Surat Student Life

NIT Surat provides on-campus residential facilities to its students, research scholars, faculty members and staff. The students live in hostels (referred to as the Bhavans) throughout their stay in the institute. Facilities such as computing infrastructure and high-speed internet are extended to all the hostels and the entire campus is connected via Gigabit LAN.

Festivals

The institute has student-organised festivals like MindBend, Kashish ( for freshers )Sparsh, Quest (by ACM), Ignis (Sports festival), Grand Robo Prix-GRP and Makerspace (by DRISHTI), JoyFest (by iIndia), MMNCT, SIPHON(organized by Chemical Engineering society) and Prakriti (organised by Applied Science department).

MindBend is SVNIT's annual technical festival, the largest of its kind in Gujarat. Technical competitions and events covering all areas of engineering expose students across India to practical engineering. There are competitions, guest lectures, workshops and quizzes. The robotics events of Mindbend are famous in western India.

Sparsh is SVNIT's annual cultural festival. It usually takes place in the second week of February. This five-day festival, the largest of its kind in South Gujarat consists of literary and debating events/competitions in the morning and gala cultural shows in the evenings. The 'Sparsh Nights' are the Singing Night, Dance and Skit Night, Fashion Night, Inaugural and the Celebrity Night. Celebrity Night has seen performances by Euphoria, Udit Narayan, Shaan, Abhijeet Bhattacharya.

In March 2007, Punjabi singer Daler Mehndi came to perform on the celebrity night. The 2008 version was graced by Mohit Chauhan and Gaurav Dagaonkar. The 2009 version saw Bombay Rockers come to the college. The 2011 version boasted of Kailash Kher's performance. SPARSH'12, which marked the golden jubilee of SVNIT Surat was a grand success with KK performing in the celebrity night. This event also marked the beginning of mega shows in Sparsh such as Stuntmania, Hypnotism, Street Dancing. An Inaugural Night was added to the event which was graced by Flute performers and singer Rishabh Srivastava. The Sparsh of 2013 witnessed stellar duo of Salim-Sulaiman along with Shrraddha Pandit perform for the celebrity night. In 2014, Javed Ali performed sang on celebrity night. Also Paradigm Shift, a local Mumbai based band performed on singing night. In 2015, music directors and singers Vishal and Shekhar lead the musical performance and Singer KK was guest of celebrity night of the 2016 edition. 2017 saw the singer composer duo Sachin-Jigar gracing Sparsh. Cultural events like kavi sammelan and musical programs such as Ghazal nights are also organized during Sparsh. The institute Literary and Debating committee organizes public speaking competitions and talent pageants.

AutumnFest is SVNIT's annual Automotive-Entrepreneurial festival. In 2007 events included The Apprentice, Business baazigar, Spark the B-plan event, Strategem, and Lock stock and trade. A workshop by Mantis was part of Entru-meet '07.

Manoj Memorial Night Cricket Tournament (MMNCT) is a cricket tournament, organised by the students with the help of SVNIT Board of Sports, Hostel Office and Bihar Students Alumni. This tournament was first organised in 2006. It is in remembrance of a student, Manoj Kumar, who was pursuing electrical engineering in the institute and died of dengue. All the matches are played under floodlights. Nikhil Maheshwari holds the record for highest runs.

Student Organisations

  • DRISHTI (Technical Hobby Club)
  • Official Language Implementation Committee (Hindi Cell)
  • ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Student Chapter
  • CEV (Cutting Edge Visionaries)
  • CES (Civil Engineering Society)
  • SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers)
  • TEAM PHOENIX RACING (CAR NO. 50) at Buddh International Circuit, Noida, India
  • LAC (Literary Affairs Committee)
  • SCOSH (Society for Cultivation of Sciences and Humanity)[20]
  • EES (Electrical Engineering Society)
  • ISHRAE (Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers)
  • CHRD(Centre for Human Resource Development)
  • ChES (Chemical Engineering Society)

Student publications

Multiple press and media publications are managed by the institute students, which includes AS WE ARE (annual college magazine), Sammukh Hindi Magazine: "सम्मुख"( राजभाषा विभाग की वार्षिक पत्रिका ), and Renesa (monthly college magazine).

 

NIT Surat Alumni network

The SVNIT Alumni Association fosters the close relationship between the institute and its alumni. The association consists of a wide network of alumnus, students, staff, and faculty who organize events, publications and alumni meets. The group is directed by the office of the Dean of Alumni and Resource Generation.

The Alumni Association has chapters extend to all metropolitan cities in India and abroad that hold annual networking meets and class reunions.

 

Notable Alumni

  • Amit Sharma, Managing Director & CEO, Tata Consulting Engineers
  • Jalaj Srivastava, CFO, Imperial Oil, Exxon Mobil

NIT Srinagar: National Institute of Technology, Srinagar

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National Institute of Technology, Srinagar (NITSRI or NIT Srinagar) is a public technical university located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and as such is directly under the control of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). It was established in 1960 as one of several Regional Engineering Colleges established as part of the Second Five Year Plan (1956–61) by the Government of India. It is governed by the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007 which has declared it as Institute of National Importance.

NITSRI admits its undergraduate students through Joint Entrance Examination (Mains), previously AIEEE. It has 12 academic departments covering Engineering, Applied Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences programs.

NIT Srinagar campus details

 

Key Description of National Institute of Technology, Srinagar:

Former Name: Regional Engineering College, Srinagar

Motto: Lead me from Darkness to Light

Type: Public Technical University

Established: 1960

Chairman: M.J. Zarabi

Director: Rakesh Sehgal

Location: Srinagar, Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, 190006, India

Campus: Urban

Website: nitsri.ac.in

Social Network: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn

 

NIT Srinagar History

NITSRI was established in 1960 as the Regional Engineering College, Srinagar. It was one of the first eight Regional Engineering Colleges established by Government of India during the first Five Year Plan.[citation needed] The institute shifted to its present campus in 1965. The Regional Engineering College, Srinagar was upgraded to become the National Institute of Technology, Srinagar in July, 2003. In the same year, the institution was granted Deemed University status with the approval of the University Grants Commission, All India Council of Technical Education and the Government of India. On 15 August 2007 it became an Institute of National Importance under the NIT Bill passed by the parliament of India.

 

NIT Srinagar Location

The institute is located on the western bank of Dal Lake near the Hazratbal Shrine in the north eastern region of the Srinagar city. The institute is located 23 km from the Srinagar International Airport and 13 km from Srinagar railway station.

 

NIT Srinagar Admissions

The admissions to undergraduate through Joint Entrance Examination (Main) (JEE-Main) or Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) (through SAT), for non-resident Indians.[citation needed] Admission to postgraduate courses is done based on Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) scores, through Centralized Counselling for M.Tech (CCMT) for M.Tech courses and though Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. for M.Sc. courses.

 

NIT Srinagar Academics

The university includes eight engineering departments, for chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science and engineering, electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, mechanical engineering, metallurgical and materials engineering, and information technology, as well as four physical sciences departments for physics, chemistry, humanities and maths.

 

Campus and Student Life

NIT campus is on the bank of Dal Lake. University of Kashmir and Hazratbal Shrine are at walkable distance. The NIT SRI campus comprises academic buildings, student hostels with a 100% residential facilities for faculty, staff and students. The Health Center provides medical care to students, teachers, staff and their family members.

The Central Library is automated and provides services seven days a week, catering to more than 3500 users belonging to 12 departments and centres. The library houses 75,000 books.

There are a campus-wide fibre optic and Wi-Fi network, which covers all the departments, teachers' quarters, and students' hostels. There are a central computer lab and computer labs in each Departments. Institute is also part of high speed National Knowledge Network.

The Institute provides separate hostels for the male and female students with separate mess facilities. There are also guest houses available to meet additional temporary housing needs.

 

NIT Srinagar Halls of Residence

  • Indus Boys Hostel (for 2nd year B.Tech students).
  • Chenab Boys Hostel (for 3rd year B.Tech students).
  • Tawi Boys Hostel (for Mtech and PhD students)
  • Mansar and Manasbal hostel( For Ist Year B.Tech Students)
  • Jehlum Boys Hostel (for 4th year B.Tech students)
  • 8-Block Dal Boys' Hostel (For 4th and 3rd-year B.Tech Students)

Dal Hostel

Girls' Hostel (Combined for B.Tech, M.Tech and PhD girl students) (All Years)

For the first three years of Btech, each hostel room is shared by 4 students each while in the 4th year each student is allotted a single room in Jhelum hostel. The rooms in Jhelum hostel are allotted on the basis of CGPA(up to 5th semester). The students who are not able to get a single room in Jhelum hostel are allotted Dal hostels where the students reside in the ratio of 2 students per room. The M-tech students and PhD scholars are allotted the Tawi hostel during their stay on the campus. In Tawi hostel, each room is shared by three students.

There is a Common Hall, adjacent to the hostels, which provides facilities for indoor games like table-tennis and carom, along with a gymnasium. The Institute has a Maintenance Engineering Centre set up under the Indo-Italian collaboration. The centre caters to the maintenance engineering needs of the Institute and as the region as a whole in respect of research, consultancy and academics.

Technical festival

Techvaganza is the national-level technical festival of NIT Srinagar. It last occurred in 2018.

 

NIT Srinagar Notable Alumni

  • Sonam Wangchuk, an engineer, innovator and education reformist.
  • Subhash Kak, computer scientist, Regents Professor and a previous
  • Head of Computer Science Department at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
  • Vijay Vaishnavi, computer information systems researcher and scholar
  • Mansoor Ali Khan, member of the 13th Lok Sabha
  • Shehla Rashid, Indian student activist.
  • Davoud Danesh-Jafari, minister of economy and finance affairs of Iran.
  • Narinder Kumar Gupta, academician and Padma Shri awardee.

NIT Warangal: National Institute of Technology, Warangal

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The National Institute of Technology, Warangal (NIT Warangal or NITW) is a public technological university located in Warangal, India. It is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India. The foundation stone for this institute was laid by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 1959, the first in the chain of 32 NITs (formerly known as RECs) in the country. The institute was renamed as the National Institute of Technology, Warangal in 2002.

The campus is located in Warangal, spread over an area of 256 acres.

NIT Warangal News 2020

 

Key Description:

Motto in English: One who, shall succeed

Type: Public Technical University

Established: 1959; 61 years ago

Director: N.V. Ramana Rao

Location: Kazipet, Warangal, Telangana, India

Campus: Urban, 256 acres (104 ha)

Website: nitw.ac.in/main/

 

NIT Warangal History

The Regional Engineering College, Warangal was the first to be established (in 1959) among the chain of 15 Regional Engineering Colleges in the country. The approval of the Government of India to establish one of the RECs meant for the southern region of Warangal was conveyed to the State Government through its letter no .F 11- 5/ 58- T. 5 dated 30 January 1959. The Government of Andhra Pradesh through G. O. Ms. No. 2440 (Education Department) dated 15 July 1959 constituted the first board of Governors of the Regional Engineering College, Warangal, appointing Dr. D.S. Reddy (then Vice-Chancellor of Osmania University) as the chairman. The foundation stone for the college was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 10 October 1959 in Kazipet. The classes for the first batch of students in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering branches commenced on 12 September 1959 in temporary sheds erected in the Balasamudram area of Hanamkonda. Later temporary sheds were also erected in the Industrial Colony of Warangal for conducting lecture classes. Laboratory classes and workshop classes were conducted in the Government Polytechnic, Warangal in the initial stages. The conduction of classes on the premises of the permanent site in Kazipet commenced in January 1963.

The bachelor's programme in Chemical Engineering was initiated in 1964. The following year saw the start of the Metallurgical Engineering programme. In 1971, the college started the undergraduate program in Electronics and Communication Engineering. BTech in Computer Science & Engineering was started in 1983 and MTech in Computer Science & Engineering in 1987. In 2006, the institute started a bachelor's program in Biotechnology.

In 1976, its affiliation was changed from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University to Kakatiya University, with which it remained affiliated until the institute was granted deemed university status in 2002.

In 1994, the institute was selected by the Overseas Development Administration of the UK for exchange programs between the UK and India in the field of information technology. This program ran till 1999. In 2000, the institute started its MBA program.

In 2001, a centre of Software Technology Parks of India was opened in its campus.

In September 2002, the college was renamed as National Institute of Technology and was given deemed university status. NITW was given the status of Institute of National Importance (INI) on 15 August 2007.

 

NIT Warangal Facilities

Dr VA Sastry Centre for Innovation and Incubation

NIT Warangal has a centre established with the objective of providing laboratory space for start-up industries. Future Now Innosoft (p) ltd and Sky e it solutions have started their activities in this centre. The Lakshya Foundation, an alumni-led organization, also has its office set up here.[8] M/s Infosys (p) ltd. funded a research project which is carried out in this centre by the faculty and students of NIT Warangal.[9].CUSMAT, A Virtual Reality-based startup also has emerged at the Centre for Innovation and Incubation, NIT Warangal.

It also houses the Web and Software Development Cell (WSDC), a team of students which develop the institute website, semester registrations, online feedback, online attendance, online mess and hostel allotment (OMAHA) among many other things.

Center For Innovation And Incubation

The Innovation Garage is a 24x7 student-run multidisciplinary workspace for innovation. This innovators space provides students access to the latest gadgets, tools and technology devices. It is a joint initiative of the institute and Lakshya Foundation.

Other facilities

State Bank of India is situated beside the campus main gate and has two ATMs – one located in the bank premises and the other near the Sports Stadium. The institute has one shopping centre which caters to the needs of the students and residents. The campus has a post office located near Viswesvraya Hall. The NITW campus comes under a separate postal zone and it is a postal delivery office. The dispensary has an X-ray machine, an ECG and a pathology laboratory with equipment like an electronic BP apparatus with pulse reader, a mini lab, an electronic binocular microscope, and a sterilization oven.

NIT Warangal Ranking

NIT Warangal was ranked 19th among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020 and 46th overall.

 

NIT Warangal Admission

Bachelor of Technology admissions for Indian students are based on the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE – Main). Foreign students are accepted through Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) and ICCR schemes.

MTech students are admitted through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). MCA students are admitted through the NIT MCA Common Entrance Test (NIMCET). Admissions to the MBA program is based on Common Admission Test (CAT) or Management Aptitude Test (MAT) scores, and short listed candidates undergo group discussion or a personal interview for the final selection. MSc and MSc (Tech.) students are admitted through the National Institute of Technology Warangal Entrance Test (NITWET). Admissions in various MSc courses is also done on the basis of marks scored in JAM(Joint Admission test for MSc) through CCMN.

NIT Warangal invites applications for PhD degree admissions in almost all departments twice every academic year, in July and December.

 

NIT Warangal Student Activities

Festivities

NIT Warangal holds technical and cultural events throughout the year. Major annual events include Technozion (technical fest), Spring Spree (cultural fest) and Cura (management fest). The event called Zero Gravity is held every year, which is an inter branch competition in cultural events.

Technozion

Technozion is a three-day annual technical symposium organized by the student fraternity of the National Institute of Technology, Warangal, and is aimed at providing a platform for students across India to assemble, interact, and share knowledge in various fields of science and technology. Started in 2006, it has grown to become one of the major technical festivals of South India with a footfall of over 6000 students. It is a collection of events, initiatives, workshops, guest lectures, and exhibitions. Its name comes from "techno" for technology and "Zion" meaning the promised land.

Springspree

Springspree is an annual cultural festival of the National Institute of Technology, Warangal. It is organized by the student fraternity of NIT Warangal. This cultural fest has the distinction of being one among the largest cultural fests of South India. With a footfall of around 10,000 and participation of around 600 colleges and increasing this fest has come a long way from its humble inception in 1978.

 

NIT Warangal Notable alumni

  • Siva S. Banda, Director of Control Science Center of Excellence and Chief Scientist for Air Vehicles Directorate at United States Air Force Research Laboratory; elected to National Academy of Engineering; President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service in 2010
  • Lalit Goel, Professor and Head of Electrical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
  • Lakshmi Narayana, former Joint Director for India's Central Bureau of Investigation
  • Kavuri Sambasiva Rao, Member of Parliament, India (5th term, 8th, 9th, 12th, 14th, 15th Lok Sabha
  • Madhura Sreedhar Reddy, director, producer, Telugu cinema[30]
    S.P.Y. Reddy, Member of Parliament, India (2nd term, 14th, 15th Lok Sabha)
  • Rao Remala, first Indian employee of Microsoft
  • Ramajogayya Sastry, film lyricist, winner of Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu
  • Biswanath Rath, film director, screenwriter, editor and producer
  • Nambala Keshava Rao, General Secretary of Communist Party of India (Maoist)
  • Sudhir Kumar Mishra, Director General of the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO)
  • T Krishna Prasad, Chairman Road Safety Authority, Telangana state. Indian Police Service (IPS)

NIT Karnataka: National Institute of Technology Karnataka

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National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), formerly known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC), also known as NITK Surathkal, is a public engineering university at Surathkal, Mangalore. It was founded in 1960 as KREC while today, it is one of the 32 National Institutes of Technology in India and is recognised as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India. It has a suburban campus, in close proximity to the Arabian Sea. National Highway 66 runs through the campus and serves as the major mode of access.

NIT Surathkal or NITK Surathkal

 

Key Description of NITK Surathkal:

Former Name: Karnataka Regional Engineering College

Motto: ಕಾಯಕವೇ ಕೈಲಾಸ

Motto in English: Work is worship

Type: Public

Established: 1960

Chairperson: Dr. K. Balaveera Reddy

Director: Karanam Uma Maheshwar Rao

Location: Surathkal, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Campus: Suburban

Administrative: Portal IRIS,NITK

Website: www.nitk.ac.in

Social Network: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram

 

NITK Surathkal History

The foundation stone for Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC) was laid on 6 August 1960, at Surathkal. It was made possible through the efforts of U. Srinivas Mallya and V. S. Kudva and the area is now called Srinivasnagar in his honour. KREC began with three under-graduate courses in engineering: Mechanical, Electrical, and Civil, with affiliation to the University of Mysore. 1965 saw the beginning of under-graduate courses in Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering. In 1966, the college started its first postgraduate course in Marine Structures and Industrial Structures, followed by post-graduate courses in Industrial Electronics (1969), Heat Power (1971), Hydraulics and Water Resources (1971), Chemical Plant Design Engineering (1971) and Process Metallurgy (1972).

More under-graduate engineering courses were added later: Electronics and Communication Engineering (1971), Mining Engineering (1984), Computer Engineering (1986) and information technology (2000). In 1980, KREC came under the affiliation of Mangalore University, and the five-year under-graduate courses were shortened to four-years. On 26 June 2002, it was elevated to the status of a National Institute of Technology and has been called NIT Karnataka (NITK) ever since. It is now a Deemed University. NITK celebrated its 50th Institute Foundation day on 6 August 2009. The year-long Golden Jubilee celebrations were inaugurated on 10 August 2009.

 

NITK Surathkal Campus

The 295.35-acre (1.1952 km2) campus is located on National Highway 66 (formerly National Highway 17), by the shores of Arabian Sea. It has a private beach, including a lighthouse. Almost all the students reside on-campus, as do most of the staff. Staff quarters consist of the Director's quarters, Professors & Assistant Professors quarters, Lecturers & Assistant Lecturers quarters, Warden quarters, bachelors quarters and non-teaching staff colony. There are more than 200 residences on campus including independent houses and flats.

The campus includes a Cooperative Society and a marketing center. Both State Bank of India and Canara Bank have branches in the campus along with ATM facility. The Central Library has a floor area of 2,758 m2, and its three reading halls can accommodate a total of 600 students. The Central Computer Centre, established in 1995 as a supporting facility, maintains the network backbone of the college and has computer labs that augment the computing facilities in the teaching departments.

Apart from the above, the campus also houses a staff club, a post office, two schools (Kannada and English medium), guest houses, a food court, a swimming pool and playgrounds. These facilities are made available to both the staff and the students at NITK.

 

NITK Surathkal Academics

NITK Surathkal offers undergraduate and graduate programs in Engineering, Science and Management. The institute has 14 departments[8] and 11 support centres with about 200 faculty members, 300 support staff, 5,500 students and 26,500 alumni worldwide.

Research and industrial consulting

Research in the institute is mainly sponsored by central and state government agencies with grants for the academic year reaching ₹10 crore (US$1.4 million)[9]. Faculty go on sabbaticals at foreign universities to encourage research and teaching interactions. Consulting activities are also conducted through the industry-institute partnership cell.

In January 2020, Indian Space Research Organization (IRSO) and NITK have signed an MoU to jointly setup a 'Regional Academic Centre for Space'.This centre will act as a facilitator for the promotion of space technology activities in the southern India and carry out advanced joint research and development activities in the area of space technology applications. The centre will pursue advanced research in the areas relevant to the future technological and programmatic needs of the Indian space programme.

 

NIT Surathkal Admissions

Undergraduate Programs

The B. Tech admissions are based on the JEE (Joint Entrance Exam). The exam consists of three sections on Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. From the 2013 academic year onwards, admission is through the JEE (Mains) test, and ranks are based on 60% of the marks scored in the test, and 40% in the class 12/Second PU Board exams. From 2017, admission is through the ranks based solely on the JEE (mains) test; the marks in the class 12 board exams serves as a cut off.

Undergraduate admissions were based on a state wise reciprocal system. 50% of the seats were reserved for students from the home state of Karnataka. Until 2007, the rest of the 50% was distributed over other NITs, with each state having a fixed quota of seats. However, since the batch starting in 2008, the remaining 50% has been made open to all other states.

10% of the seats in the undergraduate class are reserved for foreign students under the Direct Admission of Student Abroad (DASA) scheme. Admissions are based on the aggregate score obtained out of 2400 in the SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2, Physics and Chemistry.-

NIT Surathkal Postgraduate Programs

Postgraduate students are admitted to the program through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science. Postgraduate students are required to complete coursework in addition to a thesis or dissertation that entails independent research under the guidance of a faculty. Postgraduate and doctoral Ph.D students are also involved as teaching assistants for undergraduate courses. An MBA course has been recently introduced by the Humanities department. NITK also offers MCA (Master of Computer Application) course for graduate students in which admission is done on the based on NIMCET (NIT MCA Common Entrance Test). NITK from 2003 is offering Doctor of Philosophy Ph.D program for Mtech and other post graduate students.

NIT Surathkal Rankings

NITK was ranked 16th among engineering colleges in India by India Today in 2020, 10th by Outlook India and 14th by The Week in 2019 overall. It was ranked 13 among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2020 and 33 overall.

Student activities

Being primarily a residential institution along with Surathkal beach less than a kilometre (0.62 mi) away, a unique culture has developed over the 50 years of NITK's existence. Since 2002 when it became a centrally funded institution, NITK has opened doors to students from all over the country. Students involve in technical activities, as well as cultural events supported by one of the many student-run clubs and organizations on campus. An open-air theatre called Student Activity Center is the venue for most of the music performances and movie screenings. Beach events are unique to NITK, with sand sculptures and kite flying being recent highlights.

Engineer (a national level technical symposium) takes place typically around the last week of October and Incident (a cultural festival) is organized since 1980 during the last week of February. Over the years, the scale of these events has gradually expanded with students visiting from all over the country. Online technical events at Engineer see participation from all over the world. The biggest intra-college event is called Crescendo, organised by the Reading Room Committee. Students teams representing the year of their study compete in literary, personality, art and music competitions.-

Incident

Incident is the institute's annual cultural festival. Incident was first conducted in 1980.[citation needed] Held over four days, the festival includes events from dance and dramatics to music, painting, fashion and quizzing.[24] In addition, Incident Pro-Nite features top Indian singers and bands. International bands have also been part of the experience since 2010, with tribute bands like Led Zepplica, Breathe the Floyd Sound and Jailbreak performing crowd favourites to an enthralled audience. Some of the recent performances includes the likes of Vishal-Shekhar, Local Train, Amaal Malik,Kenny Sebastian, Rahul Subrahmanian, Raghu Dixit, Salim Sulaiman and many other celebrities.

Engineer

Engineer' is the annual technical symposium at NITK Surathkal. 'ENGI' as it is called by the students has the Penrose Triangle as its logo, and this theme has been used along with the tag-line, 'Think. Create. Engineer.' ‘Engineer’ in its first edition in 2005 was born out of the amalgamation of three smaller scale technical symposia held until then. Engineer 2006 was planned on a larger scale, with innovative events including paper presentations, Shrishti, where participants are required to apply engineering for the greater good of society, robotics events (Perfect Machine, Automata), hacking contests, programming contests, electronics design events, and workshops. Socially conscious engineering has been a recurring theme. Guest speakers at Video conferences include Richard Stallman, Bjarne Stroustrup, Sam Pitroda, Dr. Devi Shetty, Sir Anthony James Leggett, Kevin Warwick, and Tim Poston. Engineer 2010 was dubbed the 'Golden Edition' due to it coinciding with the Golden Jubilee year celebrations. NITK hosted its first TEDx conference during Engineer 2011, and many influential speakers of the region were invited to talk on socially relevant issues. From the year 2018, Engineer has also hosted its annual NITK Model United Nations conference where the committees focus on various pressing issues around the globe and have a committee which focuses on the theme of the fest.

NIT Surathkal Student Organizations

Technical clubs

NIT Surathkal Major national and international technical societies have set up local student chapters at NITK. They include Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), the Institution of Engineers (India), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)[26], the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (formerly chartered to Computer Society of India), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) has an active chapter constituted by Mechanical Engineering students. NITK has two racing teams which participate in SAE BAJA and international FSAE races.
The Flying and Robotics Club (FARC) of NITK is a group of hobby RC and robot enthusiasts. Their annual flagship event 'Wright Flight' attracts participants from all over Karnataka. a Members involve in presenting seminars on various levels of robotics to participating in renowned tech-fests like Techfest, IITB, Shaastra, IITM, etc. As of 2017, a team of students participate in Robocon India representing the college.
NITK has a Linux Users Group, which along with the WEB Enthusiasts Club promotes FOSS and Linux.
The Engineers' Forum for Entrepreneurship Awareness (E-FOREA) encourages entrepreneurial ideas from students and promotes leadership and entrepreneurship on campus. E-FOREA is now renamed as Entrepreneurship Cell (E-Cell). E-Cell hosts an annual Entrepreneurship Summit (E-Summit). The third edition of E-Summit is from 11 to 13 January.
The Amateur Astronomy Club (formerly the Star Gazing Club) conducts star-watching shows for the students and faculty. It also happens to be the oldest club in NITK.

Cultural clubs

The Rotaract Club conducts social, cultural and technical events for the students and club members alike. These include blood donation camps, clothing donation drives, coastal clean-up camps, and events conducted by the National Service Scheme (NSS) chapter of NITK.
The Mangalore chapter of the Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Among Youth (SPICMACAY) is centered at NITK and is one of the biggest chapters in the country. It organizes concerts and lectures by maestros of Indian classical art forms and strives to raise awareness of Indian culture in the surrounding regions through lectures, orientations and conventions.
Literary, Stage and Debating Society is the apex literary forum of the institute. The club mainly conducts quizzes while also holding debates and organizing plays. LSD was formed in 2004 from the quiz club to cater to literary events other than quizzes. It is the largest club at NITK Surathkal and consists of 5 Special Interest Groups(SIGs) - Lit Gig, for Literary and writing events, Stage for theater, they host the annual "In a Nutshell", a series of 5 short plays , the Debate society - which focuses on public speaking, parlimentary debating and Model United Nations, Quiz which organizes quizzes on a plethora of topics and Film, which makes short films and increases the culture and interest in film making.
Dance Dramatics and Fashion Club organises 'Spandan' annually, which provides students a platform to showcase their talent at dance and theatre. The NITK Music Club organises music shows, generally called Musical Night, and play popular music at the outdoor auditoriums. A variety of styles are on display at these events, from Indian classical music to fusion to rock.

The NITK Films Club screens movies at the Students' Activity Centre every Friday during the semester. Apart from English and Hindi releases, regional films are shown as well. The Press Club brings out a fortnightly wall magazine News Wagon, providing a tongue-in-cheek look at life around the campus, besides bringing out the official yearbook, The Vitruvian.
VOICE (Vedic Oasis for Inspiration, Culture and Education) is a youth group run by the students, for the students. Using the principles present in the ancient Vedic scriptures, they train students in a blend of character and competence. VOICE Club every year celebrates Rama Navami and Krishna Janmashtami. These two celebrations include worship of the Lord, music, dance, drama, devotional speeches, vedic insights into modern life, lamp offering and a delicious feast prasadam.
The NITK Photography Club captures photos and videos of events happening at NITK. It conducts "Expose", which is a national level photography contest organised yearly during Incident. The club contributes to the official yearbook, The Vitruvian.
The Artists' Forum, NITK is an art hobbyist club which conducts its own events like Art Beat, Kalakriti, and Waves. It is also credited with the decoration of the underpass connecting the eastern and western blocks of the institute. It added an abstract monument as a part of its annual project to the campus which is completely made of reused metal. Themed decoration of the campus during college festivals often comes under the prerogative of this club.

Athletics

Sports facilities include the cricket ground, tennis lawns, badminton and table tennis complex, the basketball and volleyball courts along with a swimming pool.

Recreational activities including freshers cup, floodlit cricket matches which garner a vibrant fan following. The much-awaited inter-year sports festival 'Phoenix' is organized during the even semester where students battle for gold, silver and bronze medals, and the overall shield. NITK sports teams participate in events all over the country as part of the Inter-NIT sports meet.

During the cultural festival 'Incident', NITK hosts 'Slam Dunk', an intercollegiate basketball tournament, which attracts some of the best teams in the region and plays host to many enthralling matches.

NITK Gymkhana is the state of the art gym facility available to the students in the campus and is equipped with all the modern equipment.

 

Entrepreneurship culture and NITK STEP

One of NITK's core mission is to promote entrepreneurship among students and alumni. The institute has its own technology startup incubator named STEP (Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Park) which provides office space and in some cases seed funds to startups incubated there. NITK–STEP (formerly KREC-STEP) was first established on 31 August 1994.

Some notable startups founded by recently graduated alumni of NITK Surathkal are Practo, Delhivery, Nestaway, DriveU, Taxi For Sure, Chai Point, Simplilearn, BHIVE, Travelyaari, Pinkvilla. Practo is one of the startups conceived within NITK Campus and is now valued at half a billion dollars. Many NITK alumni are actively involved as Partners in Venture Capital firms like Clear Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Peepul Capital, Benhamou Global Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Unitus Seed Fund.

Apart from this, many alumni who graduated in 1970s and 1980s are successfully running their own companies in India and abroad, some of the notable ones are Bangalore–Mysore Infrastructure Corridor, Peps India Mattress, Magma Design Automation, Quest Global.

Former principals of NIT Surathkal

  • A. S. Adke
  • B.H. Karakaraddi
  • K. Mahadevan
  • B.S. Basavarajaiah
  • T. Ramachandran
  • N.R. Shetty
  • B.T. Nijaguna
  • P.Sudhakara Shetty
  • P.N. Singh
  • M.R. Pranesh

Former directors

  • P.N. Singh
  • S.S. Murthy
  • H.V. Sudhaker Nayak
  • Y.V. Rao
  • K.N. Lokesh (Father of K. L. Rahul)
  • Sandeep Sancheti
  • Notable alumni

 

NIT Surathkal Notable Alumni

NITK Surathkal has an alumni association called NITK Alumni Association (NITKAA). Notable NITK alumni include:

  • K. V. Kamath, 1969, President of BRICS Bank, Former Chairman of ICICI Bank, former Chairman of Infosys
  • K. Ullas Karanth, 1971, Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society India Program
  • Ashok Kheny, 1972, Director of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises; MLA from Bidar (South) in Karnataka Legislative Assembly
  • Thomas Zacharia, 1980, Deputy Director of ORNL Computer Science and Mathematics Division
  • Pramod Madhwaraj, 1984, Former MLA, Government of Karnataka
  • Adimulapu Suresh, 1984, Minister of Education in Government of
  • Andhra Pradesh and Member of YSR Congress Party
  • Rajeev Madhavan, 1987, Founder of Magma DA, venture capitalist in USA, on the Dean's Advisory Board at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering
  • Sunil Kumar, 1990, Former Dean of University of Chicago Booth School of Business
  • Pramod Viswanath, 1993, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
  • Sridhar Rangayan, filmmaker with a focus on queer subjects
  • Sreejith Ravi, 1997, Film Actor in Malayalam cinema
  • Vasudhendra, Indian author
    Ghanshyam Tiwari (Indian politician), 2002, Indian Politician and National Spokesperson of Samajwadi Party, [51]
    Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj, 2004, IAS officer and Para-Badminton Asian Champion [52]
    Nakul Abhyankar, 2012, Indian Playback Singer and SaReGaMaPa 2010 finalist [53]
    Vishak Nair, 2014, Indian Film Actor appearing in Malayalam Cinema [54]

NIT Silchar: National Institute of Technology, Silchar

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National Institute Of Technology Silchar (NIT Silchar) is one of the 31 NITs of India and was established in 1967 as a Regional Engineering College in Silchar. In 2002, it was upgraded to the status of National Institute of Technology and was declared as Institute of National Importance under the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007.

NIT Silchar Details

 

Key Description of NIT Silchar:

Motto in English: May our education be brilliant and radiant

Type: Public Engineering School

Established: 1967 (53 years ago)

Chairperson: Prof. Sivaji Bandyopadhyay

Director: Prof. Sivaji Bandyopadhyay

Location: Silchar, Assam, India

Campus: 625 acres

Website: www.nits.ac.in

Social Network: Facebook

 

National Institute Of Technology Silchar Location

The institute is located at 24.75°N, 92.79°E by the Silchar-Hailakandi road, twelve kilometers from the city of Silchar in the state of Assam.

 

NIT Silchar History

The Regional Engineering College at Silchar (Assam) was founded in 1967 as a joint venture between the Government of India and the State Government of Assam to cater to the country's need for manpower in technology. RECs were jointly operated by the central government and the Assam state government.

The college was conferred with autonomy in financial and administrative matters[when?]. In 2002, the institution was granted Deemed University status and was renamed as the National Institute of Technology, Silchar. In 2007, through the NIT Bill, the Indian government declared the National Institutes of Technology as Institutes of National Importance.

Academics of NIT Silchar

NIT Silchar offers undergraduate and graduate programs in Engineering, Science and Humanities with 11 departments. The annual intake for the B.Tech. program is more than 632 (632 as of 2015). The institute also offers different post graduation programs in Engineering, Science and Management. The institute also has a Kendriya Vidyalaya school up to Class XII. Now, the Kendriya Vidyalaya has got its own campus inside the institute. The institute has its own kids school near to computer science building.

Undergraduate programs

The institute awards B.Tech. degrees in all six disciplines under the engineering departments. Admission to these programs is through the JEE-Main. NITS follows the Reservation Policy declared by the Supreme Court of India, by which 27% of seats are reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), 15% for Scheduled Castes (SCs), and 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes (STs).

The institute also accepts foreign nationals through scholarships awarded by the Government of India, and Non-Resident Indians through an independent scheme known as Direct Admission for Students Abroad (DASA).

In the four-year program of B.Tech, the first year instruction is common across all disciplines, in which students are taught the basic courses in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Professional communication, Basics of Computer Programming, Basic Engineering Drawing, and Basic Mechanical Workshop.

Postgraduate Programs

The institute offers M.Tech. and M.Sc. degrees in various disciplines. The institute also offers MBA degree in Human Resource, Marketing and Finance.

National Institute Of Technology Silchar Research

The institute has received funding in a number of international and domestic research projects with academia and industry in the past few years. Faculty from the institute have received 4 international projects in 2019 under the SPARC program of MHRD with University of Saarland, Germany, Dalhousie University, Canada, Queen's University, Canada and Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom. The institute has also received projects with universities in France and Finland. There are ongoing research projects with SERB, DST, DIT, MNRE, CSIR, BRNS, BARC, UGC, AICTE, MeitY, CPRI, under Govt. of India.

 

NIT Silchar Rankings

NIT Silchar was ranked 46th among all engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020.

Technical and Cultural fests

The annual technical and management festival of NIT Silchar, Tecnoesis, is held every year in the month of October. It comprises various events like competitions, exhibits, coding rounds, hackathons, robotic events and talks from guest speakers from all over India.

The annual cultural fest of Incandescence (festival), is held every year in the month of February. Various artists, singers, celebs are invited from all over the country. It also comprises the Gliterati, the annual fashion show of NITS and ThunderMarch, a metal concert.

Departments

  • Engineering departments
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Non-engineering departments
  • Chemistry
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Management Studies
  • Mathematics
  • Physics

 

Admissions in NIT Silchar

Students are admitted for the undergraduate courses through the JEE-Main conducted by National Testing Agency [NTA],  Admission to the M.Tech and PhD courses are primarily based on scores in the GATE exam, conducted by the IITs. Faculty from other institutes work as research scholars under Quality Improvement Program (QIP).

 

Administration of National Institute Of Technology Silchar

Under the constitution of the National Institutes of Technology Act 2007, the President of India is the Visitor to the institute. The authorities of the institute are the board of governors and the Senate. The board is headed by the chairperson, who is appointed by the visitor. The director, who is appointed by the Visitor, looks after the day-to-day running of the institute. The board of governors has nominees of the Central Government, the State Government, the NIT Council and the Institute Senate. NIT Silchar is the Mentor Institute of NIT Nagaland.

 

National Institute Of Technology Silchar Awards

The ABP News National Education Awards has decided to honor NIT Silchar, with the Outstanding Engineering Institute, East India.

NIT Silchar has been given the award of best engineering college in eastern India by leading industry body ASSOCHAM in the National Education Excellence Awards 2014 and 2015.

 

NIT Rourkela: National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

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National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NITR or NIT Rourkela), formerly Regional Engineering College Rourkela (REC Rourkela), is a publicly funded premier institute of higher learning for engineering, science and technology located in the steel city of Rourkela, Odisha, India. It is one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology in India and has been recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007. It is ranked 16 in the NIRF Rankings 2020 of Indian engineering universities.

NIT Rourkela

 

Key Description of National Institute of Technology Rourkela:

Type: Public technical university

Established: 15 August 1961 (58 years ago)

Chairperson: Santrupt B Misra

Director: Animesh Biswas

Students: 5,648

Undergraduates: 2,805

Postgraduates: 1,951

Doctoral Students: 892

Location: Rourkela, Odisha, India

Campus: Urban 262 hectares (650 acres)

Website: www.nitrkl.ac.in

Social Network: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube

 

NIT Rourkela History

NIT Rourkela was established as Regional Engineering College (REC) Rourkela on 15 August 1961. Chief Minister of Odisha, Biju Patnaik provided the land for it, approximately 648 acres. Its foundation stone was laid by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It was granted autonomy in 2002 and now functions independently under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, thus becoming one of the National Institutes of Technology.

 

Administration of NIT Rourkela

The institute is managed by a Board of Governors (BoG) created as per NIT Act of 2007. The Act is responsible for the overall superintendence, direction, and control of its affairs. The Director is responsible for managing the day-to-day affairs of the institute, and the director is the Principal Executive and Academic Officer. The BoG is assisted by the Senate, which frames the curriculum and conducts the examinations. The Senate also appoints advisory or expert committees to make recommendations to the BoG on academic matters related to various departments. The Building and Works Committee and the Finance Committee also assist the BoG.

The Institute has different departments, centers and technical service units (TSUs). Each department or centre is headed by a faculty member and each TSU is headed by a faculty member or an officer.

The director is supported in various activities by the deans, i.e. the Dean for Academics, the Dean for Student Welfare, the Dean for faculty welfare, the Dean for Alumni, the Dean for Planning and Development and the Dean for SRICCE (Sponsored Research, Industrial Consultancy, and Continuing Education). The registrar is in charge of all office and staff administration, and has two deputy registrars and six assistant registrars.

Prof. A Biswas's administration revamped Organisation structure and introduced Associate Deans for all Six Deanships to meet dynamic needs of the institute.

 

Location of National Institute of Technology Rourkela

The Rourkela Steel City is a medium-sized metropolis, located on the Howrah-Mumbai and Ranchi-Bhubaneswar main railway routes, and well connected to all parts of the country by road and rail. The population of the city is about 7 lakhs. The institute is about 7 km from the railway station. The campus of the institute consisting of the institute buildings, halls of residence and staff colony is situated at the eastern end of Rourkela, beyond Sector-1, on land provided by the Government of Odisha. The institute is bordered by small mountains on the south which are sometimes used as a picnic spot by students.

The closest domestic airport to Rourkela is Jharsuguda at a distance of 130 kilometers. Rourkela also has a private airport maintained by SAIL which is used only for official purposes.

Infrastructure NIT Rourkela

The campus of the institute is situated at the eastern end of Rourkela steel city, beyond Sector-1, on land provided by the Government of Odisha. The courses are mostly residential on a full-time basis.

The institute area is at the centre of the campus and surrounded by the residential areas. The main building of the institute is in a central area and is surrounded by the departmental buildings. It houses all the classrooms, the Central Library, and the Administrative and Academic sections. It also houses departments like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Humanities. All the departments, the lecture gallery, the workshops, the institute canteen and the audio-visual hall surround the main building.

The lecture area and the department of biotechnology and medical engineering are situated behind the Department of Chemical Engineering. The new Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering has come up behind the Department of Computer Science. The buildings of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Mining Engineering and Ceramic Engineering have an extension part.

Residential accommodation is provided to all faculty, staff and students. There are ten halls of residence for the students within the campus: seven for male graduates and postgraduates, two for female students and one for married students pursuing doctorate degrees and beyond or full-time research.

Student Activity Centre

The Student Activity Centre (SAC) within the central academic area is the hub of all extra-academic pursuits and is the main organizing office for all student symposiums and annual events. It is served by the approximately 400 seater Bhubaneswar Behera Audio Visual Auditorium and an approximately 1000-seat open air theater. Annually, SAC elections are held at the end of even semesters through online voting.

Health care

The institute is served by an on-campus dispensary (Health Centre) and the fully equipped Community Welfare Service (CWS) Hospital for medical treatments. All residential and non-residential students are insured for all medical expenses by the institute.

The student co-operative store facilitates the purchase of books and stationery at reduced prices. The on campus postal service is the state-owned India Post. The official on-campus banker to students and the institute is the state-run State Bank of India (REC Campus).

Institute library

The Biju Pattanaik Central Library, functional from 1965, was named after Biju Pattanaik, the former chief minister of Odisha. At present, the library holds about 65,000 books and 18,000 back volumes of periodicals. It has purchased a license to access over 2000 online research journals on science and technology to foster local research activity. The BPCL is automated with an integrated library software package called Libsys – LSmart and is modernized with the latest radio frequency identification (RFID)-based automation system that facilitates self check-in, self check-out, and an automatic security system. This technology offers the fastest, easiest, and most efficient way to track, locate and manage library materials. The RFID system counts more than 1.2 lakhs of transactions (issue, return, and renewal) in a year.

Rankings of NIT Rourkela

NIT Rourkela was ranked 801–1000 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2020 and 190 in Asia. In India it was ranked 16 among engineering colleges(including IITs)by the MHRD by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020 and 32 overall. With this NIT Rourkela has bagged top position among the institutes in Odisha. NIT Rourkela has presently ranked the 3rd best NIT.

Academics and departments

The institute has the following twenty departments which offer B. Tech, B.Arch, B. Tech-M. Tech Dual, M. Tech, M.Sc, Integrated M.Sc, MBA and PhD degree:

  • Department of Planning and Architecture
  • Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
  • Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering
  • Department of Ceramic Engineering
  • Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Civil Engineering
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science
  • Department of Electrical Engineering
  • Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Department of Electronics and Instrumentation
  • Department of Food Processing
  • Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Department of Industrial Design
  • Department of Life Science
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
  • Department of Mining Engineering
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Department of School of Management

Dual degree courses in various disciplines have been introduced recently. The institute provides opportunities for part-time graduate studies in selected fields in addition to doctoral research in various subjects.

The institute also has three academic centres and six service centres.

Campus life

NIT Rourkela has as many as 40 clubs or student organizations. These clubs span and promote a variety of interests such as technical, cultural, literary, debating, quizzing, sports, and social service among the students, enabling them to explore and enhance their hitherto hidden talents.

NIT Rourkela hosts four major annual events:

Trancenation: It is the most anticipated EDM event by the most happening club, Drill n' Bass.

Innovision: a technical festival which showcases the technical talents of the students and the practical applications of their learning

Sports Fiesta: in which students from various colleges participate in various sports and games

Nitrutsav: a cultural festival where students from all parts the country participate

CHEMICON: It is a festival organised by chemical department which is started from 2017.

cosmopolitan festival:It is a multi-cultural festival organized by the institute.

 

Monday Morning

The institute has its own official independent media body with the name Monday Morning. Accredited as the second largest student media body in India, Monday Morning functions to bridge the gap between the administration and the student community. It covers events, seminars, meetings and other day-to-day happening in the campus. the e-newsletter publishes the weekly dose of campus news each Monday Morning. In addition to the e-print the newsletter also publishes two print issues - 1.Mini print issue during the freshers orientation and 2.Annual print issue during the Annual convocation.

 

Notable alumni of NIT Rourkela

  • Sandip Das (Mechanical), corporate executive
  • Ranjan Dash (Ceramic), founder and Chief Technology Officer of Y-Carbon, USA
  • Debasish Ghose, Professor at Department of Aerospace Engineering Indian Institute of Science
  • CP Gurnani, B.Tech-chemical engineering, Managing Director and CEO of Tech Mahindra
  • Prativa Mohapatra,B.Tech-computer science,Vice President of IBM Asia-Pacific
  • Akash Khurana, B.Tech-mechanical engineering, theatre and film personality; COO of NIMBUS
  • Nalini Ranjan Mohanty, former IOFS officer, Chairman and Managing Director of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
  • Sudeept Maharana, B.Tech - Computer Engineering, Country Head Priceline India. Priceline is a part of Fortune 250 Booking Holdings, world's largest Travel Technology Company.
  • Anustup Nayak, Vice president, XSEED Education,
  • B. K. Mishra, Director, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Goa
  • Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, IOC Chairman

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT)

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Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), formerly Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur (VRCE), is a public engineering and research institution in Nagpur, Maharashtra, in central India. It was established in June 1960 by the Government of India and later named in honor of engineer, planner and statesman Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.

VNIT Nagpur is centrally funded and belongs to the National Institutes of Technology (NIT) system. In 2007, the institute was conferred the status of Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament of India.

The Institute awards Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees in engineering, technology and architecture, for which the entry is through the Joint Entrance Examination – Mains and Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering.

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

 

Key Description of Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology:

Former Names: Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering

Motto in English: Excellence in action

Type: Public Engineering College

Established: 1960

Chairman: Shri. Vishram Ramchandra Jamdar

Director: Dr. P. M. Padole

Students: 3716

Undergraduates: 3150

Postgraduates: 705

Location: Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Campus Urban: 215 acres (87 ha)

Website: www.vnit.ac.in

Social Network: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube

 

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology History

Earlier, the Institute was known as Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering (VRCE). It was established in the year 1960 under the scheme sponsored by Govt. of India and Govt. of Maharashtra. The college was started in June 1960 by amalgamating the State Govt. Engineering College functioning at Nagpur since July 1956. In the meeting held in October 1962, the Governing Board of the College resolved to name it after the eminent engineer, planner, and statesman of the country Sir M.Visvesvaraya.

The prime objective of establishing Regional Engineering Colleges was to impart quality technical education throughout the country and foster national integration. The College started functioning in 1960 from camp office in the premises of Govt. Polytechnic, Sadar, Nagpur and subsequently an area of about 214 acres was acquired to house an independent Regional Engineering College at present location.

 

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Campus

The VNIT Nagpur campus is located in the western part of Nagpur city near Ambazari Lake, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Nagpur Railway Station and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport. There are three main entrances to the 225 acres (91 ha) campus: the Main Gate on South Ambazari Road, the Bajaj Nagar Gate and the Yashwant Nagar Gate. The campus has significant green space, and is mostly untouched by the pollution of the rest of the city.

The Institute has a well equipped gymkhana, as well as grounds for tennis, badminton, basketball, volleyball, football, hockey, and cricket. An NCC unit is also located on campus. The Institute's auditorium, which has traditionally held large events, such as convocations and college festivals, is currently undergoing renovation. A health centre with a full time residential medical officer also exists.

The campus has a State Bank of India branch, with ATM, a Canara Bank branch, a post office, and courier services. Residences and office buildings are near to the campus.

 

Academics of Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

Departments, laboratories and research centers

VNIT Nagpur has many academic departments, with over 30 specialized laboratories and research centres.

Departments and laboratories

  • Applied Mechanics
  • Applied Statistics
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Architecture and Planning
  • Biomechatronics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Computational Physics
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Geoscience and Technology
  • Geobiology
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Hydrologic Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
  • Mining Engineering
  • Physics
  • Urban Design & Planning

Centers

  • Center of Excellence for Commbedded Systems
  • Computer Aided Design (CAD)
  • Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)
  • Material Engineering Center
  • Center for Remote Sensing
  • Center for Water Resources
  • Center for VLSI and Nanotechnology
  • Incubation Center

Programs

Undergraduate programs are offered in Architecture (B.Arch) and eight engineering (B.Tech) disciplines:

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Electronics and Communications Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
  • Mining Engineering

The Engineering undergraduate programs are usually four years, while Architecture is a five-year program. The institute accepts an incoming freshman class of up to 798 students.

Graduate and research programs leading to Master's (M.Arch, M.Sc. and M.Tech) and Ph.D. degrees, are offered by the Architecture department, as well as all basic science departments and all eight engineering departments. A range of special fields of study are available in graduate and research programs in each discipline. The institute will soon offer Aeronautical Engineering. Up to 350 students are admitted to the Master's program each year.

The institute uses relative grading on a 10-point scale.

 

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology in Admissions

Till 2012-13, admission to the undergraduate courses (B.Tech) at NITs was through the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE). From 2013-14, admission to the undergraduate courses (B.Tech) is through the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main. The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) have one of the lowest acceptance rates for engineering institutes, around 2 to 3 percent, second only to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in India.

From 2015, the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSSA) conducts common counselling and allocates seats jointly for all Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs). In 2015, over 1,300,000 candidates appeared for the JEE exam for admission to 28,000 undergraduate engineering seats (B.Tech) in 68 centrally-funded technical institutes that included all 19 IITs (10,000 seats), 31 NITs (15,500 seats) and 18 IIITs (2,500 seats).

For B.Tech at VNIT Nagpur in 2015, the acceptance rates were as following:

  • Computer Science and Engineering: 0.33 percent
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering: 0.58 percent
  • Mechanical Engineering: 0.67 percent
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering: 0.82 percent
  • Civil Engineering: 1.23 percent
  • Chemical Engineering: 1.50 percent
  • Metallurgical and Materials Engineering: 2.18 percent
  • Mining Engineering: 2.61 percent

Undergraduate admissions for foreign students and NRIs are done through Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) scheme which considers SAT scores.

Eighty percent of students to the postgraduate programs (M.Tech) are admitted based on performance in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). These students receive stipends and tuition assistance from the institute and the Indian government. Another 20% of students are admitted based on industry or other research organization sponsorship, with full tuition typically paid by the sponsoring institution.

The institute invites applications for PhD degree admissions in all departments every academic year.

 

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Naggpur Ranking

VNIT Nagpur has been ranked 27th among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020, and 24th by Outlook India in 2019.

Academic collaboration and sponsored research

The 18th National Seminar on Aerospace Structures (NASAS) was organized by VNIT Nagpur in association with Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC) Nagpur, Aeronautical Research and Development Board (AR & DB), Ministry of Defence, Government of India, New Delhi and Maintenance Command, Indian Air Force, Nagpur.

The institute has academic collaborations with many universities in India and abroad. During 2015 alone, VNIT Nagpur signed 7 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with international universities and 21 MoUs with national institutions, laboratories and industries. These collaborative programmes include student and faculty exchange, internships for students and joint research activities among others. Some of the major universities with an MoU with VNIT Nagpur are:

  • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  • National Institute of Technology, Warangal
  • National Institute of Technology Raipur
  • National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand
  • College of Engineering, Pune
  • Aichi Gakuin University, Japan
  • ESIEE Paris, France
  • Belarusian National Technical University, Belarus
  • Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Belarus
  • New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
  • Beijing Normal University, China
  • Hunan University, China
  • Southwest University for Nationalities, China
  • Jiangshu University, China
  • ISAN Medical Institute, South Korea

VNIT Nagpur was one of 12 institutes selected by the MHRD, Government of India, for the BRICS Network University on behalf of India. The institute was identified for the knowledge field ‘Ecology and Climate Change’ and participated in the Indian delegation that attended the Conference of the BRICS held at Ekaterinburg, Russia. A special protocol to the MoU on the establishment of the BRICS Network University was signed by Dr Narendra Chaudhari, Director, VNIT Nagpur.

Departments of the institute are involved in various research projects funded by the Department of Science and Technology (India) and other public and private corporations. VNIT Nagpur has been granted a World Bank assisted technical project for Applied Research in Combedded Systems with the status of Center of Excellence (CoE) under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme Phase-II (TEQIP-II). This program includes a grant of Rs. 5 crore. This is one of six National Institutes of Technology centers which have the status of Center of Excellence.

VNIT Nagpur has also partnered with IIT Bombay and the College of Engineering Pune in an R&D project in "Biomedical Engineering and Technology Center Incubation" costing Rs. 39.4 crore.

The institute will soon have a state-of-the-art research laboratory for robotics on its premises as per a pact with the Switzerland-based robotic technology bellwether, Asea Brown Boveri (ABB).

A team from the faculty of Applied Mechanics (structural dynamics and earthquake engineering) at the institute was asked by NGO SEEDS to visit Nepal in the aftermath of the earthquake in 2015 to provide technical support. The team from the department had earlier visited Gujarat when an earthquake struck the state in 2001 and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 2004 when a tsunami struck there after a massive quake in Sumatra, Indonesia.

Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL) has joined with VNIT Nagpur for testing facilities and inputs on the metro's structural drawings, inspection and testing of materials.

VNIT Nagpur has adopted nine villages in Amravati, Nagpur and Jalgaon districts under the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) aimed at bringing grassroots changes in rural areas through technological interventions from academic and research institutes, without affecting the local culture.

Festivities

The students club hosts a number of annual events, inviting participants from colleges across the nation. These include:

  • Axis, a science and technology festival.
  • Aarohi, a music and cultural festival.
  • Consortium, an entrepreneurship summit.

 

Notable Alumni of VNIT, Nagpur

Arts

Name Class

Year

 Degree Notability
Neelam Saxena Chandra 1990 B.Tech (Electronics and Power Engineering) Poet and Author
Satyendra Pakhale 1989 B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Industrial designer
Sudev Nair 2007 B.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering) Actor
Milind Ukey Movie Director & Writer
Arati Kadav 2002 B.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering) Filmmaker & Founder of Tangelo Production Private Limited

Researchers and academics

Name Class

Year

 Degree Notability
Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar B.Tech (Electrical Engineering) Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awardee, scientist, Founding Director of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
Samir Barua 1972 B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Former Director, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Budaraju Srinivasa Murty 1986 B.Tech (Metallurgical Engineering) Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
Ramesh Jain 1969 B.Tech (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) Bren Professor of Information & Computer Sciences, University of California, Irvine
Nemkumar Banthia B.Tech (Civil Engineering) Professor of civil engineering at the University of British Columbia and the CEO of IC-IMPACTS
Akhilesh K. Gaharwar 2003 B.Tech (Material Science) Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University.

Entrepreneurs

Name Class

Year

 Degree Notability
Pradeep Kar 1981 B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Chairman and founder, Microland
Anil Kumar Reddy 2016 B.Tech (Metallurgical Engineering) CEO & Co-Founder of Donatekart
Shashikant Chaudhary 1983 B.Tech (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) Angel Investor. Former Managing Director, GlobalLogic India. Former CEO, President and Co-founder, Lambent Technologies Private Limited.
Shashank Garg 1996 B.Tech (Metallurgical Engineering) Co-Founder, President, InfoCepts.
Mithun Srivatsa 2005 B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Co-founder, CEO, Blowhorn
Shantanu Deshpande 2009 B.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering) Co-Founder, Bombay Shaving Company

Business and corporate

Name Class

Year

 Degree Notability
Dr. Dinesh Keskar Senior Vice President of sales in Asia-Pacific and India at Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Prasanna S. Ayer 1994 B.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering) Vice President, Wells Fargo, USA
Harsh Vardhan 1987 B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Partner and Director, Boston Consulting Group, USA
Arjun Cholkar 1996 B.Tech (Electrical Engineering) GM, Media Engineering, Prime Video at Amazon
Rajesh Kalra Managing Director, India at Atkins
Nitin Bawankule 1991 B.Tech (Electronics Engineering) President Ad Sales, Star TV Network
Upendra Mardikar 1992 B.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering) Former Vice President Information Security Strategy, Arch, Identity, Engineering and Applications Security.
Niranjan Deo 2000 B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Director- Business Planning, Microsoft Corporation, USA
Shirish Andhare 1991 B.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering) Head of India Product and Growth, Uber.
Neeraj Jaitley 1986 B.Tech (Electronics and Power Engineering) Sr. Vice President , Managed Services, Infrastructure & Cloud Computing Services at NTT Data. Former Vice President, Dell, USA.
Gautam Malik B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Chief Financial Officer, Xerox Canada
Vaibhav Kaple 2000 Executive Director, J.P. Morgan, USA
Nitin M Ambhaikar 1986 B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Former Vice President, Reliance Industries.
Rohit Suri 1986 B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) President and Managing Director, Jaguar Land Rover India
Vinita Paunikar B.Tech (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) Vice President, Oracle America, USA.
Raju Shukla Former Managing Director, Barclays Capital.
Vikas Sunkad 1995 B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Vice President Operations at The Coca-Cola Company.
Sameer Deshmukh 1989 B.Tech (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) Senior Vice-President, Bank of America Merrill, USA.
Dilip Karandikar 1988 B.Tech (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) Vice-President Product and Engineering, American Express, USA.
M.S Unnikrishnan 1982 B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Managing Director & CEO, Thermax India Private Limited.
Jagdish Ramaswamy 1984 B.Tech (Electrical and Power Engineering) President and Chief Digital Officer, Hindalco Industries Limited.
Ashish Saraf 1997 B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Head of Region - India & South Asia Airbus Helicopters.
Manish Kothari 1991 B.Tech (Metallurgical Engineering) President and Business Head, Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Santosh Panpaliya 1994 B.Tech (Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering) Vice President Infosys
Satyavrat Pendharkar 1991 B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Former General Manager, VP, Gulf & Levant Foods PepsiCo
Harsh Kar B.Tech (Civil Engineering) MD Accenture Applied Intelligence
Prakash M. Telang B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Former Managing Director Tata Motors
Jayarama Prasad Chalasani Former Chief Executive at Reliance Power Limited

Public and defense services

Name Class

Year

 Degree Notability
Hemant Karkare B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Late Chief of Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad
Pravin Kumar Mehta B.Tech (Civil

Engineering)

 Director General (Armament & Combat Engineering Systems), DRDO
Jeetendra Singh 1991 B.Tech (Electrical Engineering) Executive Director, Corporate Coordination (EDCC), Railway Board at Indian Railways
Sanjay Joshi B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Former member of the Bhartiya Janata Party national executive; Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Pracharak and Hindu fundamentalist.
Ramnivas Miniyar 1971 B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Chief, Project Management and GIS at US Air Force.

Others

Anand Teltumbde, scholar, writer, and civil rights activist who is a management professor at the Goa Institute of Management.

NIT Kurukshetra: National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

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National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra (NIT Kurukshetra) is a public engineering institute located in Kurukshetra. In December 2008, it was accredited with the status of Institute of National Importance (INI). It is one of the 30 National Institutes of Technology established and administered by Government of India. It runs undergraduate and postgraduate in programme Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy programme in Engineering, Sciences and Humanities.

NIT Kurukshetra

 

Key Description of NIT Kurukshetra:

Former Names: Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra

Motto: Shramo Anavarat Chesta Cha (Sanskrit)

Motto in English: Hard Work and Consistent Efforts

Type: Public Engineering School

Established: 1963

Chairman: Dr. Satish Kumar

Director: Dr. Satish Kumar

Undergraduates: 3600

Postgraduates: 1200

Location: Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

Campus: Sub-urban

Website: www.nitkkr.ac.in

Social Network: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube

 

History of NIT Kurukshetra

The first Prime Minister of independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru, sought to develop India as a leader in science and technology. Between 1959 and 1965, with this vision, the Government founded 14 educational institutions in different regions of India. The system of competitive entry (based on merit) gave access to higher education in these institutions. Such an institution was established in 1963 in Kurukshetra as a joint enterprise of the Government of India and the Government of Punjab, India as the Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra (REC Kurukshetra). In 2002, all the Regional Engineering Colleges were unified by a common entrance exam. Therefore, REC Kurukshetra was renamed to National Institute of Technology under the NIT Act and was given a Deemed University status.

 

Academics of NIT Kurukshetra

NIT Kurukshetra awards undergraduate B.Tech. in various engineering fields in a four-year programme. It offers postgraduate (PG) M.Tech. degrees in similar engineering fields as well as Physics. The M.Tech. degree is awarded after four semesters (two years) or two semesters for relevant PG diploma holders. Ph.D. research programmes are offered in engineering, sciences, humanities and social sciences as well as computer applications. As of 2006 it also offers an MBA degree.

 

Admissions in NIT Kurukshetra

Undergraduate (Bachelor of Technology)

Until 2012, admissions were made on the basis of merit in the All India Engineering Entrance Examination. This exam consisted of a section each on Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Every year, more than 1,000,000 students appeared for this exam and the acceptance rate was close to 3%.

Starting in 2013, admissions are now made on the basis of the merit list of Joint Entrance Examination. This is a common examination for all the premier universities in India. Under this, the candidates are ranked based on 60% of the marks scored in the test, and 40% of the marks in the grade XII board examinations.

For foreign students, admissions are done through Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) scheme.

Postgraduate

NIT Kurukshetra accepts applications to the following degrees under the postgraduate course:

  • Master of Technology (through GATE score)
  • Master of Business Administration (through CAT/JMET score, followed by group discussions and personal interview)
  • Master of Computer Application (through NIMCET score)

For M.Tech. admission, seats are first filled up by admitting GATE qualified candidates and then by industry sponsored candidates. Remaining vacant seats are offered to Non-GATE candidates with a minimum of 60% marks (55% for SC candidates) in their qualifying examination. While GATE candidates are eligible for a scholarship of Rs.12400/- per month. Non-GATE candidates are not given any scholarship.

 

Ph.D.

Applications on prescribed proforma are invited for admission to Ph.D. (full–time/part–time) programmes.

 

Rankings of National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra 41 in the engineering ranking in 2019.

 

Festivals

These are the major festivals that take place at NIT Kurukshetra every year.

Techspardha: Theme for Techspardha'18 PRIME was Realm of Possibilities. It is the main technical festival of the institute. Various technology based activities and competitions are organised and a large of students take part in these events thus adding to its popularity.

Confluence: It is the annual cultural event and one of the most anticipated events in North India. Many colleges from the state as well as from the other parts of the nation take part in Confluence. It is a three-day event and has been visited by some of the most famous artists and personalities of the county in the past few years. For Confluence’19 the theme is ‘Carnival of Heritage’.

Hostels

There are 15 hostels (11 for boys and 4 for girls), There are also apartments for married students. These are:

Boys

  • Abhimanyu Bhawan
  • Bhishma Bhawan
  • Chakradhar Bhawan
  • Dronacharya Bhawan
  • Eklavya Bhawan
  • Fanibhushan Bhawan
  • Girivar Bhawan
  • Harihar Bhawan
  • Indivar Bhawan
  • Visveswaraya Mega Boys Hostel
  • Vivekananda Bhawan

Girls

  • Alaknanda Bhawan
  • Cauvery Bhawan
  • Bhagirathi Bhawan
  • Kalpana Chawla Mega Girls Hostel

NIT Jamshedpur: National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur

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The National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur (NIT Jamshedpur), is an Institute of National Importance located at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. Established as a Regional Institute of Technology on 15 August 1960, it was upgraded to National Institute of Technology(NIT) on 27 December 2002 with the status of a Deemed University. It is one of the 32 NITs in India, and as such is directly under the control of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). It is the third in the chain of 8 NITs established as a part of the Second Five Year Plan (1956–61) by the Government of India.

NIT Jamshedpur

 

Key Description of NIT Jamshedpur:

Type: Public

Established: 1960

Chairman: Prof. Karunesh Kumar Shukla

Location: Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

Campus: Urban, 325 acres (132 ha)

Website: www.nitjsr.ac.in

Social Network: Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube

 

History of NIT Jamshedpur

National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur was founded as the Regional Institute of Technology in 1960 by Dr. Srikrishna Sinha, the then Chief Minister of the state of Bihar (unpartitioned). The date of 15 August, Independence Day in India, was chosen for the laying of the foundation stone. It was among the first eight Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) established as part of the Second Five-Year Plan (1956–1961). It now serves as the NIT for the newly carved state of Jharkhand, while NIT Patna serves as the NIT for the state of Bihar.

 

Academics and admission

The institute offers a Ph.D degree in various streams and twelve semester courses various disciplines.

 

Ranking of NIT Jamshedpur

NIT Jamshedpur was ranked 79 among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020.

 

Festivals

There are two annual festivals:

  • Ojass, a techno-management festival of the college to showcase the technical and managerial skill of the students.
  • Culfest, a cultural festival.
  • Technica, an annual festival for students of Metallurgical and Materials engineering from all over India
  • Vidhaan, a civil branch festival managed by Civil Engineering Society of NIT Jamshedpur.

 

Notable Alumni

  • Malli Mastan Babu - fastest 7 summiteer in the world