National Institutes of Technology - NIT in India

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National Institutes of Technology  popularly known as NITs are a group of 31 (as on 21st May, 2018) Autonomous public institutions of Engineering and Technology established as Institutes of National Importance in 2002 when the Ministry of Human Resource Development decided to upgrade all the existing Regional Engineering Colleges to "National Institutes of Technology" (NITs) instead of creating new Indian Institute of Technology’s.

Thus after enactment of a parliamentary legislation in the year 2002, these Engineering Colleges were brought under the direct control and purview of India's Central Government. In 2004, MHRD issued NIT status to three more colleges, located at Patna i.e Bihar Engineering College, Raipur’s Government Engineering College, and Agartala’s Tripura Engineering College. Subsequently in the year 2007 keeping in view their importance the Indian government declared these Engineering Colleges as Institutes of National Importance at par with much acclaimed Indian Institutes of Technology IIT’s.

These highly rated institutes are governed by the National Institutes of Technology Act  2007 which has declared them as institutions of national importance and lays down their powers. As far as the organizational structure of the NIT’s is concerned. The Prime Minister 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.

Although National Institute of Technology ’s in India was viewed at par with the Indian Institute of Technology -and they are comparing their Study- but National Institute of Technology was founded with the motive of promoting regional diversity and multi-cultural understanding in India.

To achieve this aim near about half of the candidates in each batch of the Institutes are taken up from the parent state of the NIT and the remaining half seats are filled with the open category students from the rest of India.

Providing admission to half the seat of NITs from their native state is the only major difference between the two most sort after Institutes of Engineering i.e NITs and IITs. However, both the institutes admit candidates on the basis of same exam entrance exam i.e Joint Entrance Exam. The list of NIT’s in chronological order is as follows:

S.No

Name

Founded 

Established

Place/State

1

MNNIT Allahabad

1961

2001

Uttar Pradesh

2

MANIT Bhopal

1960

2002

Madhya Pradesh

3

NIT Calicut

1961

2002

Kerala

4

NIT Hamirpur

1986

2002

Himachal Pradesh

5

NIT Jaipur

1963

2002

Rajasthan

6

NIT Jalandhar

1987

2002

Punjab

7

NIT Jamshedpur

1960

2002

Jharkhand

8

NIT Kurukshetra

1963

2002

Haryana

9

NIT Nagpur

1960

2002

Maharashtra

10

NIT Raurkela

1961

2002

Odisha

11.

NIT Silchar

1967

2002

Assam

12.

NIT Surathkal

1960

2002

Karnataka

13

NIT Warangal

1959

2002

Telangana

14

NIT Durgapur

1960

2003

West Bengal

15

NIT Srinagar

1960

2003

Jammu and Kashmir

16

NIT Surat

1961

2003

Gujarat

17

NIT Trichy

1964

2003

Tamilnadu

18

NIT Patna

1886

2004

Bihar

19

NIT Raipur

1956

2005

Chhattisgarh

20

NIT Agartala

1965

2006

Tripura

21

NIT Arunachal Pradesh

2010

2010

Yupia/Arunachal Pradesh

22

NIT Delhi

2010

2010

New Delhi/Delhi

23

NIT Goa

2010

2010

Farmagudi/Goa

24

NIT Manipur

2010

2010

Aizwal/Manipur

25

NIT Meghalaya

2010

2010

Shillong/Meghlaya

26

NIT Mizoram

2010

2010

Aizwal/Mizoram

27

NIT Nagaland

2010

2010

Dimapur/Nagaland

28

NIT Puducherry

2010

2010

Karaikal/Puducherry

29

NIT Sikkim

2010

2010

Ravangla/Sikkim

30

NIT Uttarakhand

2010

2010

Srinagar/Uttarakhand

31

NIT Andhra Pradesh

2015

2015

Tadepalligudem/Andhra Pradesh

All NITs are autonomous which enables them to set up their own curriculum. The language of instruction is English at all these institutes. NITs offer degree courses at bachelors, masters, and doctorate levels in various branches of engineering, architecture, management and science.

Admission to the undergraduate courses such as Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) and Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) programs in NITs are through the highly competitive Joint Entrance Examination (Main).

Admission to postgraduate courses is through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering for Master of Technology (M.Tech.) and Master of Science (M.Sc.) programs, Common Admission Test for Master of Business Administration (MBA) program and NIMCET for Master of Computer Applications (MCA) program.

Since 2015, the Joint Seat Allocation Authority and Centralized Counselling for M.Tech/M.Arch and M.Plan conduct the admission process for undergraduate and postgraduate programs respectively in all NITs.

As of 2017, the total number of seats for undergraduate programs is approx. 20,000 and for postgraduate programs is 8,000 in all 31 NITs.

List of NIT in India

  • National institute of technology jamshedpur logo
    National Institute of Technology - NIT Jamshedpur

    location_on NIT Campus, P.O. RIT
      Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
    phone (0657)-2374108

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    National Institute of Technology - NIT Tiruchirappalli

    location_on Tanjore Main Road, NH-67
      Thiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu
    phone (0431)-2503000, 2504000

  • National Institute of Technology Srinagar Logo
    National Institute of Technology - NIT Srinagar

    location_on Hasratbal
      Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
    phone (0194)-2422032

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    National Institute of Technology - NIT Rourkela


      Rourkela, Orissa
    phone (0661)-2462020, 2462002

  • National Institute of Technology Raipur Logo
    National Institute of Technology - NIT Raipur

    location_on G.E. Road
      Raipur, Chhattisgarh
    phone (0771)-2254200

  • NIT Patna
    National Institute of Technology - NIT Patna

    location_on Ashok Rajpath, Mahendru
      Patna, Bihar
    phone (0612)-2371715, 2372715, 2371929, 2370419

  • National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra Logo
    National Institute of Technology - NIT Kurukshetra

    location_on Thanesar
      Kurukshetra, Haryana
    phone (01744)-233208, 238350

  • National Institute of Technology Karnataka Logo
    National Institute of Technology - NIT Karnataka

    location_on NH-66, Srinivasnagar, Surathkal
      Surathkal, Karnataka
    phone (0824)-2474000

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    National Institute of Technology - NIT Hamirpur

    location_on REC Campus, Anu
      Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
    phone (01972)-254011

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    National Institute of Technology - NIT Durgapur

    location_on Mahatma Gandhi Avenue
      Durgapur, West Bengal
    phone (0343)-2545290
    phone_iphone 9434788033, 9434788109

  • National Institute of Technology - Calicut
    National Institute of Technology - NIT Calicut

    location_on P.O. NIT Campus
      Calicut, Kerala
    phone (0495)-2286102 (Director), 2286106

  • NIT Silchar Logo
    National Institute of Technology - NIT Silchar

    location_on Cachar
      Silchar, Assam
    phone (03842)-242273, 224879

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    National Institute of Technology - NIT Warangal


      Hyderabad, Telangana
    phone (0870)-2459191, 2459366

  • B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology logo
    Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology - NIT Jalandhar

    location_on Grand Trunk Road, Barnala - Amritsar Bypass Road
      Jalandhar, Punjab
    phone (0181)-2690301, 2690453, 3082000

  • National Institute of Technology - NIT Arunachal Pradesh logo
    National Institute of Technology - NIT Arunachal Pradesh

    location_on Jote
      Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh
    phone (0360)-2954549

  • National Institute of Technology - NIT Goa
    National Institute of Technology - NIT Goa

    location_on Farmagudi, Ponda
      South Goa, Goa
    phone (0832)-2404200

  • Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Logo
    Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology - NIT Allahabad

    location_on Teliar Ganj
      Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
    phone (0532)-2545404, 2545407

  • Maulana Azad College Of Tech Logo
    Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal - NIT Bhopal

    location_on Link Road No. 3, Near Kali Mata Mandir
      Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
    phone (0755)-4051000, 4052000

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    Visvesaraya National Institute of Technology - VNIT Nagpur

    location_on South Ambazari Road
      Nagpur, Maharashtra
    phone (0712)-2222828, 2224123, 2231636, 2226750

  • Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) gif
    Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology - SVNIT Surat

    location_on Ichchhanath
      Surat, Gujarat
    phone (0261)-2259571, 2259582

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    National Institute of Technology - NIT Delhi

    location_on A-7, Institutional Area, Near Satyawadi Raja Harish Chandra Hospital, Narela
      Delhi, Delhi
    phone (011)-33861005, 33861006, 33861010, 33861012

  • National Institute of Technology - NIT Uttarakhand
    National Institute of Technology - NIT Uttarakhand

    location_on Temporary Campus, Government Polytechnic, Srinagar (Garhwal)
      Garhwal, Uttarakhand
    phone (01346)-257400, 250792, 251249
    phone_iphone 9557750890

  • National Institute of Technology - NIT Puducherry
    National Institute of Technology - NIT Puducherry

    location_on Administrative Office - Thiruvettakudy
      Karaikal, Puducherry
    phone (04368)-265232, 265235
    phone_iphone 9942761363

  • National Institute of Technology (NIT) logo
    National Institute of Technology - NIT Meghalaya

    location_on Bijni Complex, Laitumkhrah
      Shillong, Meghalaya
    phone (0364)-2501294

  • National Institute of Technology - NIT Mizoram
    National Institute of Technology - NIT Mizoram

    location_on Chaltlang
      Aizawl, Mizoram
    phone (0389)-2391236, 2391774, 2391699

  • National Institute Of Technology Sikkim - NIT Sikkim
    National Institute of Technology - NIT Sikkim

    location_on Barfung Block Ravangla Sub-Division
      South Sikkim, Sikkim
    phone_iphone 8670364931

  • National Institute of Technology - NIT Nagaland
    National Institute of Technology - NIT Nagaland

    location_on Chumukedima
      Dimapur, Nagaland
    phone (03862)-241821 (Registrar)

  • Malaviya National Institute of Technology Logo
    Malaviya National Institute of Technology - MNIT Jaipur

    location_on Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Jhalana, Malviya Nagar
      Jaipur, Rajasthan
    phone (0141)-2715034, 2715035

  • National Institute of Technology (NIT) Manipur
    National Institute of Technology - NIT Manipur

    location_on Langol
      Imphal, Manipur
    phone (0385)-2058566, 2445812