Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

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Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar (NIT Jalandhar or NITJ), formerly Regional Engineering College Jalandhar, is a public engineering institute located in Jalandhar, Punjab, India. It has been declared as an Institute of National Importance under the Ministry of Human Resoure Development, Govt of India. It is one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology of India. It was founded as a joint venture between the governments of Punjab and India, originally under the name Regional Engineering College, Jalandhar, Punjab, India (RECJ). RECJ and now NITJ was established in 1989 by the joint venture of Govt of India and Govt of Punjab on the Land of Village Bidhipur and Village Suranussi of District Jalandhar(Punjab) on the Grand Trunk Road bye-pass.

NIT Jalandhar News 2020

 

Key Description:

Former Name: Regional Engineering College Jalandhar

Motto: Saraswati Namastubhyam (sanskrit)

Motto in English: Hail Sarasvati

Type: Public Technical University

Established: 1987

Endowment: Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India

Chairperson: Prof Lalit Kumar Awasthi

Director: Prof Lalit Kumar Awasthi

Academic Staff: 191

Students: 4700(approx)

Undergraduates: 3854

Postgraduates: 400

Doctoral Students: 416

Location: Jalandhar, Punjab, India

Campus: Urban, 154 acres (0.62 km2)

Affiliations: Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Website: www.nitj.ac.in

Social Network: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube

 

History

Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology was established in the year 1987 as Regional Engineering College and was given the status of National Institute of Technology (Deemed University) by the Government of India on October 17, 2002 under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi. Now the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has declared the Institute as “Institute of National Importance” under the act of Parliament-2007. A large number of reputed Industrial houses in the country visit the Institution and select the final year students as Engineers/ Management Trainees. As one of the National Institutes of Technology (NIT), the Institute has the responsibility of providing high quality education in Engineering, Technology and Sciences to produce competent technical and scientific manpower for the country. The Institute offers B.Tech, M.Tech, MSc, MBA and PhD programmes in the several disciplines of Engineering, Technology and Sciences.

 

Admissions in NIT Jalandhar

The admissions to the B.Tech programs run by the institute are very competitive having acceptance ratio of nearly 2-3%. Students were admitted on the basis of All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) till 2012 but from 2013 the admission is based on Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) conducted across India. Total seats for B.Tech is 652 for 2011 admissions. For the session of 2019-2020, the seats for B.Tech had increased by 33% and 874 students were admitted for B.tech courses. Similarly, the number of postgraduate seats were also doubled. As of 2019, there are 3854 students in Graduate and postgraduate programs of the institute. Admissions to the MTech programs are by the GATE exam conducted by the IIT and IISc. The postgraduate admission is on the basis of research and interviews by the appropriate screening committees.

 

Departments of NIT Jalandhar

The following departments are present. All departments offer courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and are actively involved in research in their specific fields.

The various academic departments in the institute offer course based degree programmes and also degree programmes that are inclined towards research. The following courses based degree programmes are offered by the departments:

There are fifteen academic departments in the institute. All the departments have the doctoral programme.

The following departments offer B.Tech programmes:

  • Department of Biotechnology
  • Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Department of Civil Engineering
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Department of Electrical Engineering
  • Department of Industrial and Production Engineering
  • Department of Information Technology
  • Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Department of Textile Technology

The Department of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry offer two year Regular M.Sc. Programmes

  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Physics
  • Department of Mathematics

The Department of Humanities & Management offer two year Regular MBA Programmes

  • Department of Humanities and Management

 

NIT Jalandhar Courses

  • B.Tech
  • M.Tech
  • M.Sc
  • MBA
  • PhD

 

NIT Jalandhar Placements

The institute is regularly visited by Indian and foreign Multinational corporations for offering jobs to final-year B.Tech and M.Tech students. The ratio of the number of students placed to total number is nearly 1:1, with a number of students receiving multiple job offers. Campus Interviews are arranged for the final year B.Tech/ M.Tech/ M.Sc. students. The average salary offers at NIT Jalandhar, it is up nearly 54% in 2020. A large number of reputed Industrial houses in the country visit the Institution and select the final year students as Engineers/ Management Trainees. Some of the Companies invite the students to their Corporate Offices for the interviews. Major companies like Amazon, Infosys, Reliance Petrochemicals Limited, Hero Motor corp.

 

NIT Jalandhar Housing

The students of National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar are drawn from all parts of the country. There are seven (plus one extension to hostel number 7) boys' hostels, two girls' hostels, and a mega girls' hostel. A mega hostel with three blocks was recently constructed. The facilities of the reading room, indoor games, etc. are available in each hostel. Internet facility is provided in every hostel. Other facilities like geysers, water purifiers, and Washing Machines are provided in all the hostels. The residential accommodation in hostels comprises cubicles and dormitories which have four-seater, two-seater, and one-seater facilities allotted on the basis of the year and course of study the student is pursuing. There are badminton courts, volleyball court, and special reading rooms which provide a good environment in the hostels.

 

NIT Jalandhar Campus

The Institute campus is widespread over an area of 254 acres. It has many topographical features, various buildings of different nature with clean and wide roads surrounded by a green belt. The campus area has been broadly divided into different functional zones:

  • Institution zone for teaching (departments/centers/administration)
  • Residential zone for the faculty and staff
  • Students’ hostel zone.

Other amenities on the campus include:

  • Computer Centre
  • Central Library
  • Central Workshop
  • Central Seminar Hall
  • Dispensary
  • Post Office
  • Banks (State Bank of India, Canara Bank)
  • Guest House
  • Community Centre
  • Gymnasium Hall
  • Open Air Theatre
  • Sports Complex
  • Students' Activity Centre
  • Canteen
  • Mega Boys Hostel A, B and F (3/6 Blocks completed)
  • Modern Lecture Theaters
  • Technology Business Incubators(G+7) - Under Startup India Scheme
  • shopping centre
  • Tennis courts, Basketball courts, Volleyball courts, and night canteen.

 

Fests on campus

TechNITi: A techno-management fest that is conducted during the odd semester in mid-September. Participants from all over the country converge for this three-day event, which is usually the highlight of student life on campus. The fest involves events from all the departments, including from robotics, workshops, guest lectures, and informal.

Utkansh: A cultural fest that is conducted during the even semester, which aims at drawing out the creative side of the techies on campus. The event is usually a three-day affair that occurs during the end of March. Each day usually has theme-based events; previous themes have included folk, rock, Kavi Sammelan (poets meet), comedy, theatre, fusion, etc.

 

NIT Jalandhar Ranking

In 2020 NIRF Rankings, the institute was ranked 52 among the top 100 engineering colleges of India.

 

Alumni Association

Institute has an active Alumni Association with Prof. Anish Sachdeva and Dr. Jatinder Kumar Ratan as its President and General Secretary respectively. NITJ aluminus are spread out all over the Globe.

 

NIT Jalandhar Notable Alumni

  • Anindya Ghose - Professor, Stern School of Business
  • Upasana Taku Founding team of MobiKwik in 2009

MNIT Jaipur: Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

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The Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) is a public technical university located in Jaipur, India with emphasis on science, engineering and management.

Formerly known as Malaviya Regional Engineering College (MREC) Jaipur, it assumed its present name in 2002 and was recognized as an Institute of National Importance in 2007. It was founded in 1963 with only 2 engineering branches and now comprises fourteen departments, a school of management and allied centres. The Institute is fully funded by Ministry of Human Resource Development(MHRD), Government of India and is governed by a Senate as per NIT Statutes.

MNIT Jaipur news 2020

 

History of MNIT Jaipur

Former Name: Malaviya Regional Engineering College (MREC), Jaipur

Motto य़ॊगः कऱमसु कौशलम

Motto in English: Diligence leads to Excellence

Type: Public Technical University

Established: 1963; 57 years ago

Dean: Prof. Heerank Chandra(Dean,Student Welfare)

Director: Udaykumar R Yaragatti

Address: Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Jhalana Gram, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Campus Urban: 317 acres (1.28 km2)

Acronym: MNIT

Affiliations: Ministry of Human Resource Development

Website: www.mnit.ac.in

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History of Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

The institute was established in 1963 as Malaviya Regional Engineering College (MREC), as a joint venture of the government of India and Government of Rajasthan. It was named after Madan Mohan Malaviya. V.G. Garde was its first principal.The institute originally functioned from a temporary campus at Pilani and admitted 30 students each in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The college moved to the present campus to Jaipur in 1965.[citation needed]

It used to offer five-year Bachelor of Engineering programmes in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering. The duration of the B.E. Degree Course was changed to four years from 1983.

The institute was upgraded to a National Institute of Technology and was declared a Deemed University on 26 June 2002 and since then the institute started offering Bachelor of Technology (BTech) degree instead of Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree.

On 15 August 2007, MNIT and all other NITs were declared Institutes of National Importance by the government of India under the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007. The institute is now under The Ministry of Human Resource and Development, New Delhi. It has been selected to participate in the Technical Education Quality Improvement Program of the government of India and the World Bank.

MNIT celebrated its Golden Jubilee foundation year in 2013.

 

Academics of MNIT Jaipur

Programmes

MNIT offers a wide variety of courses of study in engineering, sciences, management, design and humanities with a primary focus on engineering. Eight four-year undergraduate courses of study leading to the Bachelor of Technology degree and a five-year undergraduate course leading to the Bachelor of Architecture degree, with a total of over 5000 students. Postgraduate degrees award Master of Technology (MTech), Master of Science (MSc), Master of Business Administration (M.B.A) and Master of Urban Planning. There are also doctoral programs with over 300 students. There are over 150 faculty members engaged in teaching and research.

Financial aid

More than 30 financial aid schemes are made available to students under different criteria to support institute fees and in some cases hostel accommodation as well.

Requisites for enrollments

Admission to undergraduate courses of the institute is through the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) which takes into account the performance in Joint Entrance Examination (JEE).

Supernumerary seats are reserved for students from outside India who are nominated by the Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, and the Indian Council of Cultural Relations and DASA students. SAT scores are criteria for selection.

Admission for post graduate courses namely Master of Technology (MTech) and Master of Urban & Regional Planning (MURP) are through Centralized Counselling for MTech/MArch and M.Plan (CCMT) after Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).

Admission to MSc is through CCMN (centralized counselling for MSc/MSc(Tech.), admission to M.B.A. is through GMAT/CAT followed by GD,PI and PhD is through department's respective written test followed by interview.

 

Rankings of MNIT Jaipur

Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur was ranked 35th among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020.

Grading

MNIT 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. This range of marks is decided by Grade Moderation Committee and is relative in nature. 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.

Research

Research in the institute is sponsored by major government agencies which include the Indian Ordnance Factories, Ministry of Communication & IT, Govt. of India, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST).

Collaboration with International Universities

  • University of Greenwich, London
  • Stevens Institute of Technology
  • North Dakota University
  • University of Saskatchewan
  • Deakin University
  • Florida International University
  • University of Dundee
  • Medine Education, Mauritius

 

Administration of MINT Jaipur

Organisational structure

MNIT shares a common Visitor (a position held by the President of India) who is the most powerful person in the NIT organizational structure and the NIT Council with the other sister NITs.

The board of governors consists of members nominated by NIT Council, the director, representatives from Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Government of India.

The institute's director, serves as the chief academic and executive officer of the institute. He is aided by the deputy director. Under the director and the deputy director are the deans, heads of departments, registrar, president of the students' council, and chairman of the hall management committee.

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 (HODs) are the faculty (full-time professors as well as those of associate and assistant status). The wardens of hostels are placed under the chairman of the hall management committee in the organisation.

Financing

Annually, the institute receives US$20 million from the Government of India and World Bank. Alumni and other bodies also donate to contribute to development in the institute. Financial management is undertaken by Financial Committee of the institute.

Academic policies

The academic policies of the institute are decided by its senate. It consists of deans of the institute, all the professors, the director, educationists and specialists. 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 serves as the ex-officio and chairman of the senate.

Motto

"Yogaḥ Karmasu Kauśalam" (योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् in Sanskrit). The motto literally translates to "Excellence in action is Yoga" essentially implying that doing your work well is (true) yoga or "Diligence leads to Excellence". It is sourced to Sri Krishna's discourse to Arjuna in Bhagavad Gita, chapter 2 verse 50. This quote in its larger context of Gita urges man to acquire equanimity because such a soul endowed with the mind of equanimity allows him to shed the effects of his good and evil deeds in this world itself. Equanimity is the source of perfection in Karmic endeavours while leading to Salvation.

 

Departments, centres and schools

Engineering departments

  • Architecture
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Science & Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kota (temporary campus) – Computer Science Engineering and Electronics & Communication Engineering

Centres

  • Energy and Environment
  • Earthquake and Disaster Mitigation Centre
  • Innovation and Incubation Centre
  • Advance Materials Research Centre
  • Tribology Laboratory
  • Electronics & ICT Academy
  • Stones

Science departments

  • Applied Biology
  • Mathematics
  • Physics (Photonics and Electronics )
  • Chemistry

Schools

  • Management Studies

Allied departments

  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Department of Physical Education

 

Campus of MNIT Jaipur

MNIT's 317-acre campus is located in Jaipur, Rajasthan, approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) from Jaipur International Airport. It is 6 miles (10 km) from Pink City and is within walking distance from business district and therefore the two locations are frequent getaways for MNIT students. The vast campus is lush green and has a hill out of Aravali Ranges. Numerous buildings, clusters constitute the campus. To the west are the departmental buildings, research laboratories, associations and club buildings, lecture theaters, bank (ICICI Bank), post office, canteens, lawns, auditoriums, main building, computer centre; to the east are Boys hostels, STP; to the north are guest houses, staff quarters, bank (SBI); at the centre and south are sports facilities and dispensary.

The dispensary is supervised by a team of Medical Officers and supported staff. The institute has a part-time Homeopathic doctor and Ayurvedic doctor on the campus. Canteen buildings, five in all, are near the instructional zone and hostels and in addition to it, an Amul parlor. The central canteen is run by Akshaya Patra Foundation. There are two guest houses in the campus for visitors, alumni, guests and guardians of students.

Each Department has its own building which have laboratories, staff cabins, lecture halls, classrooms, auditoriums, departmental libraries, etc., and all are linked via a continuous gallery that runs throughout the eastern part.

Sports Facilities

Facilities for sports and games include a soccer ground, a cricket ground with nets, three basketball courts, three lawn tennis courts, three volleyball courts and three raw volleyball courts, one indoor badminton court and other outdoor badminton courts, a gymnasium, a billiards room, a chess room, a jogging track, table tennis boards and a swimming pool is in future plans.

Materials Research Center

Materials Research Center (MRC) has infrastructure for advanced research in various streams with focus on materials. The facilities are extended to the scientists and researchers of other institutes. Equipment at the center, set up at the cost of $6.3 million, offers a wide range of research assistance. Various machines, facilities and software available in the lab.

Central Library

Now known as LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE (LRC), aids the teaching and research programmes of the institute and provides facilities for general reading and information with 156,314 print books, 3073 ebooks, 10,000 e-journals, international journals, technical pamphlets, standards, CD-ROMs and periodicals. In addition, it is connected to other library networks like DELNET, which enables students to access libraries of other 4697 Indian and International libraries. It is spread across a plinth area of 15,847 Sq. feet. The services and operations in the library are fully digital with RFID and Smart card systems with Koha (software). In addition to books, it offers wifi and LAN services.

Computer Center

The Centre has 10 computer laboratories. A Data centre with Private Cloud using VMWare V Cloud Suite 5 and 64 TB of EMC2 Storage has also been established in the centre. The Private Cloud has features of automated provisioning of IT resources, single interface for administrator for entire IT infrastructure and work load elasticity. It is used for Library digitization, E-mail archival, hosting various services/applications and Research on cloud computing by PhD and MTech students.

Vivekananda Hall under construction

Vivekananda Lecture Hall complex will have 40 class rooms that could accommodate about 5,500 students at a time. It will have a food court in its basement. Its construction was started on 19 September 2012. It holds the record of being Asia's Largest Lecture Theatre Complex.

Among other facilities, each hostel is equipped with Wi-fi and/or LAN, and a common room with a TV, LAN, table-tennis court, newspaper stands and a mess.

 

Student life in MNIT Jaipur

Gargi Hostel for Girls

Annually MNIT conducts the MNIT Sports Tournament(MST). Students from all across Rajasthan and other parts of North India, participate in the event. MNIT also hosts inter-NIT sports tournaments being a part of the Inter-NIT sports federation. The institute is West zone centre for NBA JAM.

Hostel of Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT)

MNIT has 10 boys and 2 girls hostels with an accommodation capacity of about 3000 students. The largest among them is Aurobindo Hostel comprising 950 single bed rooms. First year students are allotted triple bed rooms and from second Year onwards everyone gets single bed rooms. Most of the hostels are equipped with mess. Students are given Wifi, LAN, common room and sports facilities in hostels.

Blitzschlag

Blitzschlag is the annual cultural fest of MNIT Jaipur. It is a 3-day event held towards the start of February every year and attracts a crowd of over 5000 students from more than 20 colleges all over the country.

The word Blitzschlag has German origins; it means a lighting strike. Aimed at inspiring innovation, technical interest among students and awareness among the public, the event has played host to lectures, seminars, workshops, competitions, exhibitions, and quizzes.

Sphinx

Sphinx is the annual tech-fest organized autonomously by Malaviya National Institute of Technology, a 3-day event held towards late October each year. Since its inception in 2017, it has been considered the largest technical youth destination of Rajasthan in terms of participation, with a footfall of over 10,000. Sphinx’19, the third edition of the fest, is going to be held from 6 to 8 November 2019.

Sphinx derives its name from a mythical Greek creature that has the head of a human and the body of a lion. Staying true to its name, Sphinx represents the two sides to technology- boundless creativity and calculative science. Sphinx offers a complete array of tech-related events consisting of numerous workshops, competitions, guest lectures and more, perfectly synchronized with vibrant cultural events and pronites.

Creative Arts & Cultural Society

MNIT CACS (Creative Arts & Cultural Society) encourages students to showcase their extracurricular abilities. Events are organised throughout semesters and students are invited to participate in these events. Best entries of each event are showcased during annual functioN. MNIT CACS is a multi-faceted group and consists of smaller societies specific to drama, music, dance, photography, coding skills, etc. Students enroll in the society of their choice at the beginning of the odd semester, regular classes are held every week and at the end of the year, students are graded according to their level of participation in the group activities. Even though a student can be enrolled only in one society at a time, he/she can attend the classes and participate in events of all the societies. The societies are governed by faculty coordinators and student executives and imparts managerial skills as well. CACS is an essential component of the MNIT culture.

 

People

MNIT enrolls 710 undergraduates, 500 post graduate and 500 doctoral students every year. Ratio of male to female students is seven to one. 50% of students are from Rajasthan, due to home state quota followed by Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, North East and other states in the same order. Students from abroad are from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Bangladesh, Nepal, Uganda, Sri Lanka and other middle-eastern countries.

Alumni

Alumni-institute interaction is developed and maintained through the Alumni Network and Alumni chapters across world under directions of MNIT Jaipur Alumni Association (MNITJAA). It also helps in conducting the annual alumni meets. Alumni from MNIT contribute to the society in various fields like Academics, Science and Engineering, Public Service, Corporate Service, Entertainment, Defence, Arts & Design, etc.

 

Notable Alumni MNIT Jaipur

  • Thomas Abraham, president of GOPIO
  • Avinash Kumar Agarwal, mechanical engineer, Shanti Swarup
  • Bhatnagar laureate
  • Nikhil Gupta, researcher and professor based in Brooklyn, New York
  • Ashok M. Raichur, nanotechnologist, N-Bios laureate
  • Shivangi, Indian Navy First Woman Pilot
  • Shri Heera Lal Samariya, Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.
  • Rahul Khandelwal SPC at Oracle

NIT Hamirpur: National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur

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The National Institute of Technology Hamirpur (abbreviated as NIT Hamirpur or NITH) is a public technical university located in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India. It is one of the thirty one National Institutes of Technology established, administered and funded by MHRD. NIT Hamirpur offers a comprehensive curriculum for undergraduate, graduate and doctorate studies in various fields of Architecture, engineering, pure sciences and humanities.

NIT Hamirpur Details

 

Key Description of NIT Hamirpur:

Former Names: Regional Engineering College, Hamirpur

Motto: उद्यमेन हि सिद्धयान्ति कार्याणि न मनोरथैः॥ (Sanskrit)

Motto in English: No substitute for hard work

Type: Public Technical University

Established: 1986; 34 years ago

Affiliation: Ministry of Human Resource Development

Director: Prof. (Dr.) Vinod Yadava

Location: Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Campus: Urban (320 acres area)

Acronym: NITH

Website: www.nith.ac.in

Social Network: Facebook, Twitter

 

History of NIT Hamirpur

Foundation

The institute came into existence on 7 August 1986 as Regional Engineering College, Hamirpur in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India, it was a joint enterprise of the Government of India and the Government of Himachal Pradesh. The classes commenced at Government Polytechnic College, Hamirpur as REC Hamirpur did not have a campus initially. The classes and administration moved to current location in 1987 when few buildings were constructed. At the inception, the institute only had three departments, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Later, two more departments Electronics and Communication Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering were added in 1988 and 1989 respectively. The department of Architecture was established in 2000. Recently in 2013, Chemical Engineering department also came into existence. The institute only offered undergraduate courses until 2005, when it started offering graduate and Ph.D programs.

On 26 June 2002, REC Hamirpur was awarded the status of deemed university and upgraded into a National Institute of Technology. As a result of this transition the institute came under the sole purview of the Government of India. It was awarded the status of Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament along with other NITs and IITs. NIT Hamirpur has been ranked as best NIT in terms of infrastructure by the World Bank in 2007.

Departments And Centres of National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur

NIT Hamirpur has 15 departments and 2 centres of excellence. The academic departments at NIT Hamirpur include the following

  • Architecture
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Management and Humanities
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Energy and Environment
  • Material Science
  • Mathematics
  • Statistics

The two centres of excellence located at NIT Hamirpur are

  • Centre for Excellence in Energy & Environment
  • Centre for Material Science and Engineering

 

Facilities of National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur

Computer Centre

Computer Centre is a central facility, which caters to the needs of academic departments. The aim of the centre is to provide professional services, promote and assist the use of new computing technology among the students, staff and administration.[4]

Central Library

The institute library was set up in 1986 in one room of Government Polytechnic Hamirpur and was shifted to the institute campus in 1988 in Visvesvarya Block. At present it is in a separate building with the floor area of 3200 square meters. The library has more than 100,000 books and numerous scientific journals in both print and electronic format. The reading halls of the library can accommodate around 600 people at a time. Building is facilitated with water coolers, heaters Wi-Fi etc.

Sports

NIT Hamirpur provides sports facilities for indoor and outdoor games. Teams are sent out to compete in university-level sports competition. Sports facilities include cricket, football, lawn tennis, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, badminton and athletics.

Health Centre

NIT Hamirpur has its own health centre. It is equipped with basic medical facilities and in case of emergency, patients are referred to the Zonal Hospital, Hamirpur.

Campus

The institute campus is situated in the Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh, India, at an altitude of 900 meters above sea level. The campus spawns across 320 acres and is located on a hilly terrain which is surrounded by pine trees. According to MHRD survey NITH is the second most beautiful campus in the country including all engineering institute. The distance to campus from main bus terminus of Hamirpur city is approximately 4 kilometres. Bus and cab facilities are easily available for the campus.

Being a residential campus, there are eight boys' hostels and four girls' hostels, with residences for the faculty and staff. Some hostels have four-seated or triple-seated rooms, while others have doublets and singlets. Mega Hostel is the newest and largest in its capacity.

 

Hostels of NIT Hamirpur

Boys' Hostels

  • Kailash Boys' Hostel
  • Shivalik Boys' Hostel
  • Dhauladhar Boys' Hostel
  • Vindhyachal Boys' Hostel
  • Neelkanth Boys' Hostel
  • Satpura Hostel
  • Himadri Hostel
  • Himgiri Hostel
  • Udaygiri Hostel

Girls' Hostels

  • Parvati Girls' Hostel
  • Ambika Girls' Hostel
  • Aravali Hostel
  • Manimahesh Girls' Hostel

 

Festivities

Hill 'Ffair and Nimbus are the cultural and technical festivals respectively.

Hill'ffair

Students performing at Open Air Theater during Hill'ffair 2005
Hill'ffair is a cultural event of the institute, organized at the national level, with the involvement of bands, singers, musicians, artist, poets and participants from all across the country. Two days and three nights of performance with over a wide genre of dance, music, drama.

NIMBUS

NIMBUS is the annual technical festival of National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India. It is touted to be an amalgamation of ideas, expressions, innovations, prototypes, knowledge channels, taken to the most premier levels. In NIMBUS all the departmental teams compete with their best projects, demonstrations and Events. Students from himachal and outside himachal Pradesh come to participate in these events. The team which participates in NIMBUS are

  • OJAS (Electrical Engg)
  • MEDEXTROUS (Mechanical Engg)
  • VIBHAV (Electronics & Comm)
  • C HELIX (Civil Engg)
  • Hermetica (Chemical Engg)
  • .EXE (Computer & Sc)
  • Design O Crats (Architecture)
  • Metamorph (Material science engg)

 

Notable Alumni of NIT Hamirpur

Manu Maharaj, IPS, Serving as DIG of Munger.

Mohit Kumar, Prof. of Computational Intelligence in Automation at University of Rostock

Vijay Kumar Thakur, scientist in Manufacturing Enhanced Composites & Structures Centre[11] at Cranfield University.

Siddha Ganju, Solutions Architect at NVIDIA. Listed in Forbes 30 Under 30 – Manufacturing & Industry 2019. Author of Practical Deep Learning for Cloud, Mobile and Edge (O'Reilly, 2019).

 

Ranking

National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur was ranked 98 among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020.

Department of Architecture, NIT, Hamirpur was ranked 9 among all Architecture colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2018.

NIT Durgapur: National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

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The National Institute of Technology Durgapur (abbreviated NIT Durgapur or NIT DGP) is a public technical university located in Durgapur, West Bengal, India, was formerly known as the Regional Engineering College, Durgapur (REC Durgapur).

An Institute of National Importance under Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development.

NIT Durgapur

 

Key Description of National Institute of Technology Durgapur:

Former Names: Regional Engineering College Durgapur (1960-2003)

Motto: उद्योग पुरूषस्य लक्षणम् (Sanskrit)

Motto in English: Work Maketh a Man

Type: Public Technical University

Established: 1960; 60 years ago

Chairman: A. B. Bhattacharya

Director: Anupam Basu

Academic Staff: 224

Students: 4,265

Undergraduates: 2,897

Postgraduates: 721

Doctoral Students: 647

Location: Durgapur, West Bengal, India

Acronym: NITDGP

Website: www.nitdgp.ac.in

 

History of NIT Durgapur

In order to serve the growing demand for trained technical manpower, the Government of India started 14 RECs between 1959 and 1965 (NITs located at Allahabad, Bhopal, Calicut, Durgapur, Jamshedpur, Jaipur, Kurukshetra, Nagpur, Rourkela, Srinagar, Surathkal, Surat, Tiruchirappalli, and Warangal).

The National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (formerly Regional Engineering College, Durgapur) was established in 1960 under an Act of the Parliament of India as one of the eight such colleges, as a co-operative venture between the Government of India and the Government of West Bengal aimed to function as a pace setter for engineering education in the country and to foster national integration. It is a fully funded Technological Institution of the Government of India and is administered by an autonomous Board of Governors. The college was given autonomy in financial and administrative matters to achieve rapid development.

In 1998, a review committee "High Powered Review Committee (HPRC)" was set up by the Union Government for review of RECs. The HPRC, under the chairmanship of 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 17 Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) to National Institutes of Technology (NITs). In July 2003, the college was granted Deemed University status with the approval of the UGC/AICTE and was renamed National Institute of Technology, Durgapur.

 

Departments of NIT Durgapur

National Institute of Technology, Durgapur has the following departments:

  • Biotechnology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Applications
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Earth and Environmental Studies
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Management Studies
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
  • Physics

 

Library of National Institute of Technology Durgapur

The library is an institutional member of DELNET (Developing Library Network), American Center Library, Kolkata, National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), and Current Science Association, Bangalore. It is also a beneficiary Member of INDEST-AICTE (Indian National Digital Library in Engineering, Science & Technology) Consortium, which provides Desktop Access to high quality e-resources (online journals) like IEL Online (IEEE/IEE Electronic Library), Springer Verlag's Link, Proquest, ACM journals, ASCE, ASME, Nature Magazine, Indian Standards (Intranet version) and ASTM journals & Standards etc. It has a collection of several thousand E-Books on computer science (published by Springer).

 

Ranking of NIT Durgapur

NIT Durgapur was ranked 47th among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020 and 96th overall.

 

Notable Alumni

  • Aloke Paul, recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
  • Bikramjit Basu, recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
  • Kamanio Chattopadhyay, recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology

NIT Calicut: National Institute of Technology Calicut

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National Institute of Technology Calicut (NIT Calicut or NITC), formerly Regional Engineering College Calicut, is a public technical university and an institute of national importance governed by the NIT Act passed by the Parliament of India. The campus is situated 22 kilometres (14 mi) north east of Kozhikode, on the Kozhikode–Mukkam Road. It was established in 1961 and was known as Calicut Regional Engineering College (CREC) until 2002. It is one of the National Institutes of Technology campuses established by the Government of India for imparting high standard technical education to students from all over the country. NIT Calicut hosts a supercomputer on its campus, and has a dedicated nanotechnology department.

NIT Calicut 2020

 

Key Description of NIT Calicut:

Former Name: Calicut Regional Engineering College (CREC)

Motto in English: From Darkness, Lead us into Light

Type: Public Technical University

Established: 1961; 59 years ago

Chairperson: Aruna Jayanthi

Director: Sivaji Chakravorti

Registrar: Lt. Col. Pankajakshan

Address: NIT Campus, Kozhikode, Kerala, 673 601, India

Campus: 300 acres (1.2 km2), rural

Website: www.nitc.ac.in

Social Network: Twitter, Instagram, YouTube

 

History of National Institute of Technology Calicut

National Institute of Technology, Calicut was set up in 1961 as Regional Engineering College Calicut (CREC), the ninth of its kind and the first one to be established during the Third Five-Year Plan period. Until the formation of Calicut University in 1963, the institute was affiliated with Kerala University. It was largely due to the efforts of Pattom Thanu Pillai, then Chief Minister of Kerala, that the institute came into being. Prof. S. Rajaraman, first principal of Government Engineering College, Thrissur was appointed as the special officer in 1961 to organise the activities of the college until M. V. Kesava Rao took charge as the first principal of the college. The classes were initially held at the Government Polytechnic at West Hill, before it moved to its present campus in 1963. The college started with an annual intake of 125 students for the undergraduate courses, on a campus of 120 hectares (1.2 km2).

Expansion

The intake for the undergraduate courses was increased to 250 in 1966, 150 for the first year and 100 for the preparatory course. The annual intake was reduced from 250 to 200 from the year 1968–69 on account of industrial recession.

After Prof S. Unnikrishnan Pillai took charge as principal in 1983, the Training and Placement Department was started to organised campus recruitment for students. The college moved into the area of information technology in 1984 with the commissioning of multi-user PSI Omni system and HCL workhorse PCs. In 1987 the college celebrated 25 years of its existence, and postgraduate courses were started. The CEDTI was established on the campus the following year.

In 1990 Shankar Dayal Sharma inaugurated the Architecture Department Block and construction of a computer centre was completed. In 1996, the institute website (the first in Kerala) was launched. The Indian Institute of Management Calicut functioned from the NIT campus in its first few years of existence before moving to its new campus in Kunnamangalam in 2003.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, accorded NIT status to REC Calicut in June 2002 granting it academic and administrative autonomy. It was a lead institute under the World Bank-funded Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP) which began in 2002. In 2003, students were first admitted to the flagship undergraduate B.Tech through the All India Engineering Entrance Exam. With the passing of the National Institutes of Technology Act in May 2007, NIT Calicut was declared an Institute of National Importance. The National Institutes of Technology Act is the second legislation for technical education institutions after the Indian Institutes of Technology Act of 1961. In 2007 NIT Calicut raised its annual intake for its undergraduate program to 570. The annual intake for undergraduate program was increased to 1049 by 2011.

 

Administration of NIT Calicut

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.

Rankings of NIT Calicut

NIT Calicut was ranked 23rd in the engineering stream and 3rd in the architecture stream in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020. It was ranked 24th among engineering colleges in India in 2018 by The Week.

Academic Departments

The institute includes eleven academic departments, eight centres departments, 8 centers and three schools. The departments include Architecture and Planning, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, and Physical Education as well as five engineering determinants for Chemical Engineering,Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The eight centres are the Campus Networking Centre (CNC), Centre for Biomechanics, Advanced Manufacturing Centre, Central Computer Centre, Centre for Value Education, Sophisticated Instruments Centre, Centre for Transportation Research and Centre for Scanning Microscopy. The three additional schools are the School of Biotechnology, School of Management Studies and School of Materials Science and Engineering.

School of Management Studies

The School of Management Studies (SOMS), NIT Calicut offers a two-year residential Master of Business Administration (MBA) program for graduates in any discipline from any recognized university/institute. Admission to the MBA program is based on CAT score, performance in group discussion and personal interviews. SOMS offers a two year full time MBA programme with specialisations in Finance, Marketing, Human resource management, Operations and Systems.In addition to two year MBA programme, NITC-SOMS offers research programmes leading to the award Ph.D degrees in streams of management such as General management, Finance and Economics, Human Resource Management and Marketing.The program was initiated in 2008 and the first batch of students enrolled in 2009.

Courses of NIT Calicut

Undergraduate course offered by NITC include Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in various engineering fields and Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.). These are paralleled by postgraduate courses offering Master of Technology (M.Tech). In addition, NITC offers an applied computer science course granting Master of Computer Application (M.C.A.), a business course granting Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and a two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) in science departments. PhD programmes are available in all engineering and science disciplines and management.

International Liaison Office

The institute has set up an International Liaison Office to follow up the MoUs (Memorandum of Understanding) signed between NITC and other institutions in the world. It also guides current students from abroad and those interested in joining the institute. In 2011, a MoU was signed between NITC and Auburn University (USA) for research in Photonics. A MoU was also signed with NITK Suratkal for academic and research collaborations. NITC is also the mentoring institute of NIT Sikkim.

International conferences and symposiums

For two consecutive years, 2010 and 2011, NIT Calicut organised the Indo-US Symposium on Biocomputing. The symposium was organised jointly by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the School of Biotechnology, and was held at the Taj Gateway in Calicut. It was jointly funded by the Department of Bio-Technology (India) and the National Science Foundation (USA).[18] The symposium consisted of a series of talks by leading researchers from India and the US in the area of biocomputing.

Embarking on novel research domain of light-matter interaction, and fostering interaction amongst researchers in the field of Light, the Department of Physics at NIT Calicut hosted an International Conference on Light: Optics '14. The conference conducted during 19–21 March 2014, witnessed research works from numerous institutes within the nation and abroad. Gold medals were awarded to the best papers, while some selected papers were reviewed and published in American Institute of Physics (AIP) Proceedings.

NIT Calicut hosted TEDx NIT Calicut on 14 January 2012,12 February 2017 which was an independently organised TED event, consisting of talks, video and interactive sessions with high-achieving entrepreneurs, innovators, performers, and industry leaders.

 

Facilities of National Institute of Technology Calicut

Hostels

NITC is a fully residential institution with 13 hostels on the campus to accommodate students. There are around 4500 students in NITC hostels. There are 13 Men's hostels, named by letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, PG I, PG II, IH and newly formed Mega Hostel and MBA Hostel. Professor's Apartments (FB) are also rented out due to shortage of hostel facilities. The shortage of hostels is expected to improve after the Mega Hostels are fully constructed and operational. The 4 Ladies' hostels (LH): A, B, C and Mega Ladies Hostels have triple rooms.

A and PG I hostels accommodate I year B.Tech students. II year B.Tech students are accommodated in the C and Mega Hostels. III year B.Tech students are accommodated in B and G hostels. Final year B.Tech students are accommodated in D, E, F, G and PG-II hostels. M.Tech. and MCA students reside in apartments.

Sports

NITC has a gymnasium, swimming pool, an open-air theater, an auditorium and facilities for outdoor sports like tennis, football, volleyball, badminton, roller skating, hockey and basketball. It also has a cricket ground where Ranji Trophy matches have been played.

Central Library

NITC's Central Library, with more than 100,000 books, is one of the largest technical libraries in India. It subscribes to more than 200 print journals. The institute has a digital library, Nalanda (Network of Automated Library and Archives), which houses online resources. Users of the institute and networked institutions can access around 17,000 journals, proceedings, databases, electronic theses, dissertations and online courses at Nalanda. It is part of the Indest consortium, which networks the libraries at technical institutions in India.

NIT Calicut's supercomputer, Purna (Parallel Universal Remote Numerical Analyser), is accessible from anywhere in the campus and is provided for the use of all students and faculty members. PURNA has a peak speed of 1.5 teraflops.

Technology Business Incubator

The Technology Business Incubator (TBI) at NIT Calicut was set up with the help of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and the National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB). Its objective is to help the development of start-up ventures in electronics and IT.TBI provide workspace with shared office facilities with emphasis on business and professional services necessary for nurturing and supporting early stage growth of technology and technology based enterprises.

Culture and student life

NIT Calicut holds two major annual events, the techno-management festival Tathva, held in the monsoon semester and the cultural festival Ragam, which is held in the winter semester.

Tathva

Tathva is the annual techno-management fest organised by the college. It is usually held during the month of September and lasts for four days. Tathva has come to be regarded as one among the biggest technical festivals of South India. It has been held every year since its inception in 2001. Aimed at inspiring innovation and technical interest among students and the public, Tathva has played host to lectures, seminars, workshops by companies like ParaMek Technologies, competitions, paper presentations, exhibitions, quizzes, model displays and robotics events. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, G. Madhavan Nair, Harold Kroto, Johannes Orphal, Jimmy Wales, and Suhas Gopinath, were some of the eminent guests in previous editions of Tathva.

Ragam

Ragam is the cultural festival of NITC. Colleges and universities from Kerala and outside compete in events like trivia quizzes, dance competitions, rock shows and music concerts. Some of the performers who have performed in previous years include Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Blaaze, Shankar Mahadevan, Kartik, Benny Dayal, Stephen Devassy,Sonu Nigam and Parikrama. Breathe Floyd, a Pink Floyd tribute band from the UK, performed during Ragam 2009. Ragam 2010 featured KK, Naresh Iyer and Higher on Maiden, a tribute band to Iron Maiden. Ragam is held in the memory of former student P. Rajan who died after being held (ostensibly for being a Naxalite) in police custody.

Hoping to make their way into the Limca Book of Records, in Ragam 2015, students took part in an event to get the most number of people in a single selfie. It was organised to break the Bangladeshi record of 1,151 people in a single selfie that took place during a product promotion event. According to the event organisers, more than 2,000 students gathered in the venue for the event. Apart from this, another cultural event called Sneharagam was organised, which is meant for the differently abled children from all over Kerala.[26]

Student Organisations

The student organisations at NITC include Robotics Interest Group (RIG), the Literary and Debating Club (LND), The Indian Cultural Association (ICA), the Forum for Dance and Dramatics(DND), Civil Engineering Association (CEA), Electronics and Communication Engineering Association (ECEA), Electrical Engineering Association (EEA), Computer Science & Engineering Association (CSEA), Chemical Engineering Association (CHEA) which is the NITC Chapter of IIChE, Mechanical Engineering Association, Enquire (the NITC Quiz Club), The Music Club, Club Mathematica, Audio Visual Club (AVC), Team Unwired (Engineering and Technology Club), Aero Unwired (an Aeromodelling Club), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) student chapter, the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) Students' Chapter, the SPICMACAY NIT Calicut chapter, The Industrial and Planning Forum (IPF), the Nature Club, Adventure Club (Ad-Club), and the Robotics Interest Group (Engineering and Technology).

Professional bodies with student chapters include NIT Calicut ACM Student Chapter, Computer Society of India, the Indian Society for Technical Education, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Engineers (India).

 

Admissions

Students are taken in for the undergraduate courses through the Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA). Around 16 lakh students wrote this test in 2012 to gain admission to one of 20 NITs. This makes it one of the largest such examinations in the world. Admission to some other autonomous national level technical institutes (called Deemed University) is also through JEE Main. Students who have studied outside India for a minimum period of 2(two) years may seek admission through DASA (Direct Admission for Students Abroad) which was managed by EdCil (Educational Consultants India Limited) and is currently being managed by National Institute of Technology Hazaratbal, Srinagar, (based on 12th Standard Board Examination marks or equivalent higher secondary examination marks/grade and SAT-II (Scholastic Aptitude Test -II) scores in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics conducted by College Board. Similar admission provision is provided for foreign nationals.

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 MCA programme is done through the NIMCET conducted by the NITs. The first NIMCET in 2006 was conducted by NIT Calicut. Faculty from other institutes work as research scholars in NITC under the Quality Improvement Programme (QIP). It is the national co-ordination centre for the QIP of polytechnic institutes.

Admission to MBA course is based on the Common Admission Test[CAT] score. Admission details will be published in the institute website and major dailies in India. The applicants will be shortlisted based on the CAT score, performance in qualifying degree (BTech/BE), work experience etc. The final selection is based on the performance of shortlisted candidates in group discussion (GD) and personal interview (PI). The GD and PI are normally conducted at major cities across India.

 

NITC people

Chairpersons

  • C. G. Krishnadas Nair (2011–2014)
  • Aruna Jayanthi (2014–present)

Notable alumni

  • Jishnu Raghavan, Malayalam film actor
  • John Mathai, former Chief Secretary of Kerala

NIT Bhopal: Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

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Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, also known as National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (NIT Bhopal, NIT-B), is a public technical university located in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is part of the group of publicly funded institutions in India known as National Institutes of Technology. It is named after the Independent India's first Minister of Education, scholar and independence activist Abul Kalam Azad who is commonly remembered as Maulana Azad.

Established in the year 1960 as Maulana Azad College of Technology (MACT) or Regional Engineering College (REC), Bhopal, it became a National Institute of Technology in 2002 and was recognized as an Institute of National Importance under the NIT Act in 2007. The Institute is fully funded by Ministry of Human Resource Development, the Government of India is governed by the NIT Council.

It offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, architecture and management.

NIT Bhopal 2020 News

 

Key Description of MANIT

Other Names: National Institute of Technology, Bhopal

Former Names: Maulana Azad College of Technology; Regional Engineering College, Bhopal

Motto in English: Vidya Param Bhushanam

Type: Public technical university

Established: 1960

Endowment: MHRD

Chairperson: Prof. (Dr.) Bhim Singh

Director: Dr.N.S.Raghuvanshi

Academic Staff: 308

Students: 5014

Undergraduates: 4017

Postgraduates: 917

Doctoral Students: 80

Location: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Campus: Urban, spread over 650 acres (2.6 km2)

Language: English

Website: www.manit.ac.in

Social Network: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube

History of MANIT:

MANIT was started in 1960 as Maulana Azad College of Technology (MACT), named after the first Minister of Education of India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. MACT started functioning in 1960 at Govt S.V. Polytechnic with an intake of 120 students and seven faculty members. It was one of the first eight Regional Engineering Colleges started during the second five-year plan (1956-1960) in India, where the main focus was development of the public sector and rapid industrialization.

To ensure enough supply of trained personnel to meet the demand for these projects, a decision was taken to start the Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs), at the rate of one per each major state, which can churn out graduates with good engineering merit. Thus, seventeen RECs were established from 1959 onward in each of the major states. Each college was a joint and cooperative enterprise of the central government and the concerned state government. MACT was one of the first 8 REC's to be established in each region in India. It was established in the Western Region along with Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur and Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat.

It first operated from the Swami Vivekananda Polytechnic with Mr.S.R. Beedkar, Principal of Swami Vivekananda Polytechnic as the planning officer of the institute. The foundation stone of the Institute building was laid by the then Prime Minister late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 23 April 1961. The Institute Progressed into the higher level of an education center in the steady development of infrastructure as well as academics. Shri J.N.Moudgill became the first principal of MACT in 1962. 5-years degree program in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering was started. In 1963, the five-year Bachelor of Architecture was started as well. In 1964, Institute is shifted to its own building which is its present campus. As the necessity of science and technology kept on growing, more undergraduate program kept on getting added which were- Electronics and Communications Engineering in 1972, Computer Science and Engineering in 1986, Information Technology in 2001 (later merged with Computer Science and Engineering in 2013 and 3-year Master of Computer Applications (MCA) in 1988.

The success of technology-based industry led to high demand for technical and scientific education. During the Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the then Minister of Human Resource Development, Murli Manohar Joshi decided to upgrade all "Regional Engineering Colleges" to "National Institutes of Technology" that shall be funded by the Central Government itself. Hence, in 2002, all REC's became NIT's and MACT became Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT). In the same year, MANIT was granted deemed university status. With this advancement, the World Bank assisted "Technical Education Quality Improvement Program" started in 2003, for the rapid academic and infrastructural growth of the college. In addition to engineering programs, an MBA program as well commenced from 2006. The Government of India in 2007 passed the NIT Act as per which MANIT was declared an Institute of National Importance.

 

Administration

The NIT Council is the governing body of India's National Institutes of Technology (NIT) system. The NIT Council is each NIT's Board of Governors.

Campus and Infrastructure of NIT Bhopal

MANIT is spread over 650 acres which makes it one of the largest NITs in India in terms of total campus area. The entire campus consists of administrative and academic buildings, workshops, library and community centers, residential accommodations for students and staff and other general amenities such as Post Office, a Bank with ATM, Shopping complex, a School for children, medical care unit, an auditorium with the capacity of 1000 persons and sports complex with vast expand of open area. An official branch of the State Bank of India also operates from the main campus. The campus is divided into three sections and facilities are given below:-

Academic Sector

  • Total Area of academic block 265 hectares.
  • Total building area of Offices 250 sq. m.
  • A computer center.
  • A dispensary.
  • The Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Auditorium with a seating capacity of
  • 1000 persons.
  • Institute Cafeteria, Amul parlor, Nescafé huts, fast food court.
  • A gymnastic hall.
  • Football ground, Track and field's ground; cricket ground, basketball grounds and volleyball court.
  • Sports complex with indoor games facilities such as table tennis,chess,badminton, and meditation hall.

Hostel Section

  • Built-in area of Hostels 14011 sq.m.
  • 9 Boys Hostels (hostel no. 1-11, except hostel no. 7)
  • 2 Girls Hostels ( hostel no. 7 and faculty guest house)
  • Each hostel has indoor and outdoor games facilities.

Residential Area

  • Built-in Area of Staff Quarters 25,116 sq. m.
  • Total 369 numbers of staff Quarters
  • Children park
  • Officers club
  • Artificial lake "Lotus Lake" and MANIT Boat Club

Visitor Accommodation

  • Faculty/officer quarters
  • Bachelor flats
  • Dormitories
  • VIP Guest House
  • Faculty Guest House

 

Academics of NIT Bhopal

Departments

MANIT has various academic departments with a wide range of courses. The department at MANIT are as follows:

Architecture and Planning

Engineering:

  • Biological Science and Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Material Science and Metallurgical Engineering

Science:

  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Mathematics

1. Applied Mathematics

2. Bioinformatics

3. Computer Applications

  • Humanities
  • Management Studies

Programs

MANIT offers the following undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral degrees:

  • Bachelor of Technology
  • Bachelor of Architecture
  • Bachelor of Planning
  • Master of Technology
  • Master of Business Administration
  • Master of Planning
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
  • Master of Computer Applications
  • All course work and examinations for all majors and subjects are conducted with English language as the mode of instruction.

Admissions

Admission to undergraduate courses is through the national level engineering entrance examination – through the Joint Entrance Examination - Main. The selection is very tough as only top 5% of the applicant are able to secure admissions. Prior to the JEE Main, admission to MANIT was through the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), until 2013.

For NRI's and foreign nationals, the admission is conducted through DASA (Direct Admissions for Students Abroad) where a qualifying score of the SAT Subject Test in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics is required. Other than DASA, other scholarships programs for admission are provided through the Indian Council for Cultural

Relations. A number of students from different countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, UAE etc. take admission into the institute every year.

Postgraduate programs conduct selection of students through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering for the MTech program and through NIT MCA Common Entrance Test for the MCA program. Admission to the MBA program is through the Common Admission Test.

Ranking NIT Bhopal

MANIT is ranked 65 among engineering colleges of India by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020.

 

Notable Alumni

  • Ajit Jogi - First chief minister of Chhattisgarh; member of the Indian National Congress
  • P. C. Sharma- Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation(2001-2003), Cabinet Minister of Madhya Pradesh State Government(Law and Legal Affairs Department, Public Relations Department, Science and Technology Department, Department of Civil Aviation)
  • Rambabu Kodali - Pro-Vice Chancellor of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
  • Suresh Pachouri - veteran member of the Indian National Congress
  • Naveen Polishetty - Indian Film and Television actor in the Telugu and Hindi language films
  • Rajeev Verma - Noted Indian Film and Television Actor
  • Satish Kumar Sharma - Chairman and Managing Director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India
  • Santosh Choubey - Founder and Chairman AISECT and Chancellor
  • AISECT Group of Universities including Rabindranath Tagore University
  • Abhishek Ghorpade - Khabri and Chimkandi's Husband
  • Govind Sarathe - Founder and CEO of PaperBrahma

NIT Allahabad: Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology

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Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad (MNNIT or NIT Allahabad), formerly Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College (MNREC), is a public technical university located in Prayagraj (Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one among the top NITs National Institute of Technology in the country,and like the rest of them, classified as an Institute of National Importance.The college has the distinction of the being first in the country to start an undergraduate programme in Computer Science & Engineering, in 1976-77.

NIT Allahabad

 

Key Description of NIT Prayagraj

Motto: Siddhirbhavati Karmaja

Motto in English: Success is born out of action.

Type: Public Technical University

Established: 1961

Location: Prayagraj (Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh, India

Campus: Urban, 222 acres (0.9 km2)

Website: mnnit.ac.in

 

History of NIT Allahabad

Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College was established in 1961. Allahabad University also had a Department of Electronics & Communication (J.K. Institute of Applied Physics & Technology) engineering college but MNREC was started with two another branches of engineering- Civil & Mechanical. The foundation stone was laid by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, and the institute was named after his father, lawyer and freedom fighter, Motilal Nehru. The founding principal of the college was Gopal Kishore Agrawal. It has a great historical importance.

The main building of the college was inaugurated by Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on 18 April 1965. Effective from 26 June 2002, the college became a deemed university and was renamed as Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology.

From its beginnings the institute offered bachelor's degree programmes in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. The institute was the first in the country to offer an undergraduate program in Computer Science and Engineering, which was started in 1976. In 1982-83 undergraduate programs in Electronics Engineering, and Production and Industrial Engineering were started.

Postgraduate programs were introduced in 1970-71 with master's degree courses in all engineering departments. The institute now offers M. Tech. degree programs, MCA, M. Sc Mathematics and Scientific Computing courses and registers candidates for Ph. D. degrees. The institute has been recognized by the Government of India as a center for the quality improvement program in Civil and Mechanical Engineering. The institute started a two year/four semesters postgraduate degree in Management Studies in 1996. The institute added undergraduate programs in Chemical Engineering and BioTechnology in 2006.

The college has been recognized by AICTE as a center for the Quality Improvement Programme. In 1972, the college established an industrial estate with 69 sheds with the objective of encouraging entrepreneurs and creating additional revenue.

Design Centre

The college is a member of the Indo-UK REC project in the area of design. Under this scheme, a Design Center was established at a cost of about Rs. six crore, which offers training and consultancy. It was given the status of an Institute of National Importance (INI) on 15 August 2007.

In 2010, the institute celebrated its Golden Jubilee year.

It is among the few technical institutions in India to house two supercomputers, PARAM 8000 and PARAM 10000.

 

Ranking

MNNIT was ranked 48th among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020.

 

Academics of NIT Allahabad

MNNIT offers a four-year undergraduate course in various engineering disciplines. Indian students are admitted though Joint Entrance Exam (JEE Mains), while foreign students or N.R.Is (Non-Resident of India) are admitted through Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA).

MNNIT offers 19 post-graduate programs of two-year duration leading to M. Tech. degrees. The Computer Science department offers a Master's in Computer Applications (MCA). It has a master's course in Mathematics and Scientific Computing and a B-school known as the School of Management Studies. Master of Social Work (MSW) is also running in the institute since 2009.

 

Department of NIT Allahabad

The departments in the institute are:

Engineering

  • Biotechnology
  • Applied Mechanics
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Information Technology
  • Production and Industrial Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Product Design & Development

Science

  • Chemistry
  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Humanities and Social Science

School of Management Studies

 

Notable Alumni NIT Prayagraj

  • Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman of Indian Railway Board
  • Saurabh Tripathi: Former DIG, Central Bureau of Investigation
  • Sanjiv Chaturvedi, IFS officer who has exposed many corruption cases in Haryana and AIIMS; received the Presidential reference a record four times and the Ramon Magsaysay award in 2015.
  • Deep Joshi, social worker and NGO activist, recipient of the Magsaysay award in 2009
  • Onkar Singh, Founder Vice Chancellor of Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, (U.P.) - India[8]
  • B. N. Singh, Chairman of ICTACEM, Professor & Dean HR(Human Resource), IIT Kharagpur
  • Hemesh Singh, Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer at Unacademy
  • Sushil Kumar, Co-Founder of India's largest interactive Gameshow LOCO
  • Nelabhotla Venkateswarlu,Co-Founder and CEO of Vyom Biosciences
    Mouli Raman[10] Co-founder, CEO of OnMobilE
  • Sorabh Babu , UPSC -Civil Services Examination-1999 Topper

List of NITs: NITs Colleges in India: Courses, Fees, Ranking

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This article consist the list of NITs in India in till 2020. National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are recognized as one of the best engineering institutes across the country after the IITs. Not only do the NITs receive a special grant from the Government of India, but they are also considered as Institutes of National Importance and are widely acknowledged and sought-after by engineering aspirants of the country.

While elaborating on the list of NITs in India,

Total of 31 NITs in the country

that offer engineering and technology-based courses at undergraduate as well as postgraduate levels like B.Tech, M.Tech, etc..

 

List of NITs in India in 2020

List of NITs admission process

The NIT admission process is rigorous as it strives to offer seats to candidates who have a good technical aptitude. Screening of candidates for undergraduate programmes is done basis the national level engineering entrance exam - JEE Main every year. Candidates who qualify in JEE Main appear for centralized counselling where they opt for B.Tech specializations and best engineering courses of their choice.

On the other hand, admission to the postgraduate programmes is on the basis of GATE and NIMCET, depending upon the field of specialization one is opting for.

 

List of NITs: National Institutes of Technology (NITs)

 

Serial No Name Short Name Founded Established City/Town State/UT
1 NIT Allahabad MNNIT 1961 2001 Prayagraj Uttar Pradesh
2 NIT Bhopal MANIT 1960 2002 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
3 NIT Calicut NITC 1961 2002 Kozhikode Kerala
4 NIT Durgapur NITDGP 1960 2002 Durgapur West Bengal
5 NIT Hamirpur NITH 1986 2002 Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh
6 NIT Jaipur MNIT 1963 2002 Jaipur Rajasthan
7 NIT Jalandhar NITJ 1987 2002 Jalandhar Punjab
8 NIT Jamshedpur NITJSR 1960 2002 Jamshedpur Jharkhand
9 NIT Kurukshetra NITKKR 1963 2002 Kurukshetra Haryana
10 NIT Nagpur VNIT 1960 2002 Nagpur Maharashtra
11 NIT Rourkela NITR 1961 2002 Rourkela Odisha
12 NIT Silchar NITS 1967 2002 Silchar Assam
13 NIT Karnataka NITK 1960 2002 Suratkhal Karnataka
14 NIT Warangal NITW 1959 2002 Warangal Telangana
15 NIT Srinagar NITSRI 1960 2003 Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir
16 NIT Surat SVNIT 1961 2003 Surat Gujarat
17 NIT Tiruchirappalli NITT 1964 2003 Trichy Tamil Nadu
18 NIT Patna NITP 1886 2004 Patna Bihar
19 NIT Raipur NITRR 1956 2005 Raipur Chhattisgarh
20 NIT Agartala NITA 1965 2006 Agartala Tripura
21 NIT Arunachal Pradesh NITAP 2010 2010 Yupia Arunachal Pradesh
22 NIT Delhi NITD 2010 2010 New Delhi Delhi
23 NIT Goa NITG 2010 2010 Farmagudi Goa
24 NIT Manipur NITMN 2010 2010 Imphal Manipur
25 NIT Meghalaya NITM 2010 2010 Shillong Meghalaya
26 NIT Mizoram NITMZ 2010 2010 Aizawl Mizoram
27 NIT Nagaland NITN 2010 2010 Dimapur Nagaland
28 NIT Puducherry NITPY 2010 2010 Karaikal Puducherry
29 NIT Sikkim NITSKM 2010 2010 Ravangla Sikkim
30 NIT Uttarakhand NITUK 2010 2010 Srinagar, Uttarakhand Uttarakhand
31 NIT Andhra Pradesh NITANP 2015 2015 Tadepalligudem Andhra Pradesh

 

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NIT’s: List of National Institutes of Technology (NIT)

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About National Institutes of Technology

NIT: On the recommendations of Engineering Personnel Committee (EPC) set up by the Planning Commission in 1955, eight Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) (two in each regions - east, west, north & south) were set up in early sixties as joint and co-operative ventures of the Central and State Governments concerned with a view to provide the required technical manpower for the industrial projects being contemplated during the 2nd Five-Year Plan (1956-61).

These institutes were registered as autonomous bodies under the Society Registration Act 1860 and affiliated to the State Universities in their respective regions. Gradually Seventeen Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) were established in various States as a joint and co-operative enterprise of the Central and the State Governments concerned.

Each REC was to function as an all-India institution admitting students and recruiting faculty from all parts of the country. Fifty percent of the admissions of these institutions (each of which was meant to be equipped for a total annual student intake of 250) was reserved for students from States other than the one in which they are located. In addition to under-graduate courses, these colleges also offered Post-graduate courses in various fields.

The main aim of setting up these RECs was to create the required technical manpower by providing undergraduate education and training in different branches of engineering & technology. Further, the RECs were also envisaged to function as pace setters and to provide academic leadership to the technical institutions in their respective regions.

In 2003, the Seventeen erstwhile Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) were rechristened as National Institute of Technology (NITs) and taken over as fully funded institutes of the Central Government and granted deemed university status.

In addition, Central Government has also taken over 3 other Institutes namely Bihar Engineering Colleges, Patna, Government Engineering College, Raipur and Tripura Engineering Colleges, Agartala, and converted them into National Institute of Technology (NIT) on 28th January 2004, 1st December, 2005 and 1st April, 2006 respectively.

Thus the total number of NITs has gone up to 20. These institutes are expected to be at par with other national level technical institutes and be able to fulfill the demand of high quality undergraduate and postgraduate level of education in engineering and technology. An Act, namely the National Institute of Technology Act, 2007 has since been enacted by Parliament so as to provide a common statutory framework for all NIT.

Admission to NITs is made through the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

National Institutes of Technology (NIT)
NIT's

 

List of NIT Colleges in India

 

S.No. Name of the Organisation Website
1 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology
G.T. Road, Bye Pass, Jallandhar, Punjab - 144011		 http://www.nitj.ac.in/
2 Malaviya National Institute of Technology
Jaipur, Rajasthan - 302017		 http://www.mnit.ac.in/
3 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology
Bhopal - 462007		 http://www.manit.ac.in/
4 Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology
Allahabad, U.P. - 211004		 http://www.mnnit.ac.in/
5 National Institute of Technology
Mizoram, Chaltlang, Aizawl-796012		 http://www.nitmz.ac.in/
6 National Institute of Technology
Warangal, A.P. - 506004		 http://www.nitw.ac.in/
7 National Institute of Technology
Yupia, District Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh - 791112		 http://www.nitap.in/
8 National Institute of Technology
Silchar, Assam - 788010		 http://www.nits.ac.in/
9 National Institute of Technology
Patna, Bihar - 800005		 http://www.nitp.ac.in/
10 National Institute of Technology
Calicut - 673601		 http://www.nitc.ac.in/
11 National Institute of Technology
Raipur, Chhattisgarh		 http://www.nitrr.ac.in/
12 National Institute of Technology
Delhi		 http://nitdelhi.ac.in/
13 National Institute of Technology
Goa		 http://www.nitgoa.ac.in/
14 National Institute of Technology
Hamirpur, H.P. - 177001		 http://nith.ac.in/
15 National Institute of Technology
Kurukshetra, Haryana - 132119		 http://www.nitkkr.ac.in/
16 National Institute of Technology
Hazaratbal, Srinagar, J&K - 190006		 http://www.nitsri.net/
17 National Institute of Technology
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand - 831014		 http://www.nitjsr.ac.in/
18 National Institute of Technology
Manipur		 http://www.nitmanipur.ac.in
19 National Institute of Technology
Meghalaya		 http://www.nitm.ac.in/
20 National Institute of Technology
Nagaland		 https://nitnagaland.ac.in
21 National Institute of Technology
Rourkela, Orissa - 769008		 http://www.nitrkl.ac.in/
22 National Institute of Technology
Puducherry		 http://www.nitt.edu/home/nitp/
23 National Institute of Technology
Srinivasanagar Surathkal - 575 025		 http://www.nitk.ac.in/
24 National Institute of Technology
Sikkim, Barfung Block, Ravangla Sub-Division, South Sikkim - 737139		 http://www.nitsikkim.ac.in/
25 National Institute of Technology
Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu - 620 015		 http://www.nitt.edu/
26 National Institute of Technology
Agartala, Tripura		 http://www.nita.ac.in/
27 National Institute of Technology
Govt. Polytechnic, Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarkhand - 246174		 http://nituk.ac.in/
28 National Institute of Technology
Durgapur, WEST BENGAL - 713209		 http://www.nitdgp.ac.in/
29 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology
Ichchhanath, Surat, Gujarat - 395007		 http://www.svnit.ac.in/
30 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
Nagpur - 440001		 http://www.vnit.ac.in/
31 National Institute of Technology
Andhra Pradesh - 534101		 http://www.nitandhra.ac.in/
32 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology
Shibpur, West Bengal		 https://www.iiests.ac.in

NIT Colleges: National Institutes of Technology, Ranking

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The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) or NIT Colleges are autonomous public technical and research universities located in India and are among most reputable institutes of technology in the world.

They are governed by the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007, which declared them as institutions of national importance and lays down their powers, duties, and framework for governance.

The National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007 lists thirty-one institutes. Each NIT is autonomous, linked to the others through a common council (NIT Council), which oversees their administration and all NITs are funded by the Government of India.

The Minister of Human Resource Development is the ex officio Chairperson of the NIT Council. These institutes are among the top-ranked engineering colleges in India and have one of the lowest acceptance rates for engineering institutes, of around 1 to 2 percent.

The language of instruction is English at all these institutes. As of 2019, the total number of seats for undergraduate programs was 21,133 and for postgraduate programs 10,550 in all the 31 NITs put together.

NIT Colleges in India
NIT Colleges

 

 

Key Description of Total NIT's Colleges in India:

Other Name: NIT or NITs (plural)

Type: Public Technical university

Established 15 August 2007, via National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007

Location: 31 places in India

Website: www.nitcouncil.org.in

 

 

History of NIT Colleges

During the second five-year plan (1956–60) in India, a number of industrial projects were contemplated. To ensure enough supply of trained personnel to meet the demand for these projects, a decision was taken to start the Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs), at the rate of one per each major state, which can churn out graduates with good engineering merit. Thus, seventeen RECs were established from 1959 onwards in each of the major states. Each college was a joint and cooperative enterprise of the central government and the concerned state government. The Government opened 8 RECs in 1960 two in each region, as follows:

Region Regional Engineering Colleges (REC)
Eastern Region Durgapur and Jamshedpur
Western Region Nagpur, Surat and Bhopal
Southern Region Warangal and Surathkal
Northern Region Srinagar and Allahabad

Later on, 5 more were added by 1965. The early 14 Institutes were Srinagar, Warangal, Calicut, Durgapur, Kurukshetra, Jamshedpur, Jaipur, Nagpur, Rourkela, Surathkal, Surat, Tiruchirappalli, Bhopal, and Allahabad. It established one in Silchar in 1967 and added two others located at Hamirpur in 1986, and Jalandhar in 1987.

These were large-sized institutions judged by the standards then prevailing in the country. The considerations that weighed in this decision were :

A large-sized college would be more efficient than the equivalent small colleges, the proposed colleges have to meet the additional requirements of the country as a whole and for that purpose should have to function on an all-India basis. Therefore, the smaller they are in number and the larger in size, the better, and for the same reason their location is important from an all-India point of view.

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.

The success of the technology-based industry led to high demand for technical and scientific education. Due to the enormous costs and infrastructure involved in creating globally respected Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), in 2002 Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) Minister Murli Manohar Joshi decided to upgrade RECs to "National Institutes of Technology" (NITs) instead of creating IITs. The central government controls NITs and provides all funding. In 2002, all RECs became NITs.

 

List of Total Number of NIT Colleges in India

 

Serial No Name Short Name Founded Established City/Town State/UT
1 NIT Allahabad MNNIT 1961 2001 Allahabad Uttar Pradesh
2 NIT Bhopal MANIT 1960 2002 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
3 NIT Durgapur NITD 1960 2002 Durgapur West Bengal
4 NIT Calicut NITC 1961 2002 Calicut Kerala
5 NIT Hamirpur NITH 1986 2002 Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh
6 NIT Jaipur MNIT 1963 2002 Jaipur Rajasthan
7 NIT Jalandhar NITJ 1987 2002 Jalandhar Punjab
8 NIT Jamshedpur NITJSR 1960 2002 Jamshedpur Jharkhand
9 NIT Kurukshetra NITKKR 1963 2002 Kurukshetra Haryana
10 NIT Nagpur VNIT 1960 2002 Nagpur Maharashtra
11 NIT Rourkela NITRKL 1961 2002 Rourkela Odisha
12 NIT Silchar NITS 1967 2002 Silchar Assam
13 NIT Karnataka NITK 1960 2002 Suratkhal Karnataka
14 NIT Warangal NITW 1959 2002 Warangal Telangana
15 NIT Srinagar NITSRI 1960 2003 Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir
16 NIT Surat SVNIT 1961 2003 Surat Gujarat
17 NIT Tiruchirappalli NITT 1964 2003 Trichy Tamil Nadu
18 NIT Patna NITP 1886 2004 Patna Bihar
19 NIT Raipur NITRR 1956 2005 Raipur Chhattisgarh
20 NIT Agartala NITA 1965 2006 Agartala Tripura
21 NIT Arunachal Pradesh NITAP 2010 2010 Yupia Arunachal Pradesh
22 NIT Delhi NITD 2010 2010 New Delhi Delhi
23 NIT Goa NITG 2010 2010 Farmagudi Goa
24 NIT Manipur NITMN 2010 2010 Imphal Manipur
25 NIT Meghalaya NITM 2010 2010 Shillong Meghalaya
26 NIT Mizoram NITMZ 2010 2010 Aizawl Mizoram
27 NIT Nagaland NITN 2010 2010 Dimapur Nagaland
28 NIT Puducherry NITPY 2010 2010 Karaikal Puducherry
29 NIT Sikkim NITSKM 2010 2010 Ravangla Sikkim
30 NIT Uttarakhand NITUK 2010 2010 Srinagar, Uttarakhand Uttarakhand
31 NIT Andhra Pradesh NITANP 2015 2015 Tadepalligudem Andhra Pradesh

 

 

Organisational Structure of NIT Colleges

The President of India is the ex officio visitor of all the NITs. The NIT Council works directly under him and it includes the minister-in-charge of technical education in Central Government, the Chairmen and the Directors of all the NITs, the Chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC), the Director-General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Directors of other selected central institutions of repute, members of Parliament, Joint Council Secretary of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), nominees of the Central Government, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and the Visitor.

Below the NIT Council is each NIT's Board of Governors. The Board of Governors of each NIT consists of the following members:

  • Chairman - an eminent technologist / engineer / educationist to be nominated by the Government of India.
  • Member Secretary - Director of the NIT.
  • Nominee of the MHRD, Government of India.
  • Nominee of the Department of the Higher / Technical Education of the respective state government.
  • Head of another technical institution in the region or an eminent technologist to be nominated by Central Govt.
  • Director, IIT (in the region) or his nominee.
  • Nominee of the UGC not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary.
  • Nominee of the AICTE not below the rank of an Advisor.
  • An alumnus of the institute from amongst alumni in education/industry to be nominated by Board of Governors.
  • Two representatives representing large, medium and small scale industries to be nominated by Central Government.
  • One Professor and one Assistant Professor of the institute by rotation.

NIT Colleges
Organisational structure of the NIT Colleges

 

The Director serves under the Board of Governors and is the school's chief academic and executive officer. Academic policies are decided by its Senate, which is composed of some professors and other representatives.

The Senate controls and approves the curriculum, courses, examinations, and results. Senate committees examine specific academic matters.

The teaching, training, and research activities of various departments of the institute are periodically reviewed to maintain educational standards.

The Director is the ex officio Chairman of the Senate. The Deputy Director is subordinate to the Director. Together they manage the Deans, Heads of Departments, Registrar, President of the Students' Council, and Chairman of the Hall Management Committee. Deans and Heads of Departments in NITs are administrative postings rather than career paths. Faculty members serve as Deans and Heads of Departments for limited periods, typically 2 to 3 years, then returning to regular faculty duties.

The Registrar is the chief administrative officer and overviews day-to-day operations. Below the Head of Department (HOD), are the various faculty members (professors, assistant professors, and lecturers). The Warden serves under the Chairman of the Hall Management Committee.

 

 

National Institutes of Technology Act

The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 was enacted by the Parliament of India to declare India's National Institutes of Technology as Institutes of National Importance.

The Act received the assent of the President of India on 5 June 2007 and became effective on Independence Day, 2007. The National Institutes of Technology Act is the second law for technical education institutions after the Indian Institutes of Technology Act of 1961.

 

 

NIT Council

The NIT Council is the supreme governing body of India's National Institutes of Technology (NIT) system. The NIT Council consists of chairmen, directors of all NITs along with the government nominees from various sectors with the Minister of Human Resource Development as the Chairman of the Council.

The NIT Council is the highest decision-making body in the NIT fraternity and is answerable only to the Government of India. The NIT Council is expected to meet regularly and take steps conducive for maximum growth of the NITs as whole in the near future.

 

 

Educational Rankings of NIT Colleges

In 2020, National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked twenty two NITs in the top 20 in engineering category and they are the following:

Serial No NIT NIRF Ranking
1 NIT Tiruchirappalli 10
2 NIT Rourkela 16
3 NIT Karnataka 21
4 NIT Warangal 26
5 NIT Calicut 28
6 NIT Nagpur 31
7 NIT Kurukshetra 41
8 NIT Allahabad 42
9 NIT Durgapur 46
10 NIT Silchar 51
11 NIT Jaipur 53
12 NIT Surat 58
13 NIT Hamirpur 60
14 NIT Bhopal 62
15 NIT Meghalaya 67
16 NIT Agartala 70
17 NIT Raipur 74
18 NIT Goa 87
19 NIT Jalandhar 52
20 NIT Jamshedpur 130
21 NIT Patna 134
22 NIT Manipur 148

 

Alumni of NIT Colleges

Many NIT alumni have achieved leading positions in corporations, such as:

  • Natarajan Chandrasekaran (Chairman, Tata Sons)
  • Rajesh Gopinathan (CEO, Tata Consultancy Services)
  • T.V. Narendran (CEO, Tata Steel (Global))
  • C.P. Gurnani (CEO, Mahindra Satyam)
  • K. V. Kamath (Chief, BRICS New Development Bank, Shanghai; Former CEO of ICICI Bank; Padma Bhushan Awardee)
  • Srini Raju (Chairman, Peepul Capital, iLabs VCF, Former CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions & Satyam)
  • K. R. Sridhar (founder and CEO, Bloom Energy)
  • Shyam Srinivasan (CEO and MD, Federal Bank)
  • Nelabhotla Venkateswarlu (CEO, Emami)
  • Dinesh Keskar (Senior VP, Boeing Aircraft Trading and Head Boeing India)
  • Rao Remala (First Indian employee of Microsoft)
  • Rajeev Madhavan (Founder, Magma Design Automation, venture capitalist in USA. on the Dean's Advisory Board at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering)
  • Pawan Munjal (Chairman, MD & CEO, Hero Motocorp)
  • Shailesh Rao (Director, New Products & Solutions, Google Enterprise, Google)

NIT alumni have also pursued careers in public service; for example:

  • Thomas Abraham (Chairman of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin, coined the term PIO)
  • Dawood Danesh Jafari (Minister of Finance & Economic Affairs, Iran)
    Ajit Jogi (First chief minister of Chhattisgarh also a former lecturer at NIT Raipur)
  • Deep Joshi (Recipient of Magsaysay award & Padma Shri, Social activist, founder of PRADAN (NGO))
  • Hemant Karkare (Chief, Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), killed during the November 2008 Mumbai Terrorist Attacks)
  • Nitish Kumar (Chief minister of Bihar)
  • Lakshmi Narayana (Former Joint Director for India's Central Bureau of Investigation)
  • Suresh Pachouri (Member of Parliament)
  • Ram Vinay Shahi (Longest-serving power secretary of India)
  • Abhishek Singh (Member of Parliament from Rajnandgaon Region)
  • Prafulla Kumar Das (Engineer-in-chief, Odisha (Retd.))
  • Balram Singh Yadav (Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Department, Uttar Pradesh)
  • Malli Mastan Babu (Mountaineer and Motivational speaker, Andhra Pradesh)
  • Sonam Wangchuk, an engineer, innovator and education reformist
    Mansoor Ali Khan, member of the 13th Lok Sabha

Notable alumni in academics and research include:

  • Madhavan Swaminathan (Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • Guruswami Ravichandran (Recipient of 2013 Eringen Medal and Chair of Engineering Division, California Institute of Technology)
  • Nambirajan Seshadri (Recipient of 2018 IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal and Professor of Practice, University of California, San Diego)
  • Anindya Ghose (Professor, New York University Stern School of Business)
  • Rajkumar Chellaraj (CFO and Associate Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)
  • Avinash Kumar Agarwal (mechanical engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate)
  • Akhilesh K. Gaharwar (Professor, Texas A&M University)
  • Siva S. Banda (Director of the Control Science Center of Excellence and Chief Scientist for the Aerospace Systems Directorate at the United States Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base)
  • Samir Barua (Director, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad)
  • Lalit Goel (Professor and Head of Electrical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University)
  • Baldev Raj (Padma Shri awardee, former director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, currently the Chairman of Board of Governors at NIT Puducherry)
  • Vallabh Sambamurthy ( Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin, Madison)