National Institute of Technology [NIT], Tiruchirappalli

National Institute of Technology - [NIT]

Tanjore Main Road, NH. 67, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu   |   ESTD : 1964   |   Approved By: UGC   |  AICTE   |   Type: Public
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About College

National Institute of Technology popularly known as NIT, was started as a joint venture of the Govt. of India & Tamil Nadu in 1964 & focused on the demands of manpower in the field of technology.

  • In 2003, got approval from UGC/AICTE and Govt. of India.
  • Provides the platform for bringing together the alumni of RECT/NITT.
  • NIT has a total campus area is about 800 acres.
  • The institute accommodates 3560 Undergraduate &postgraduate students.
  • Well-experienced & dedicated faculty not only serves education teachers but also acts as a mentor and a good guider for the students of NIT.
  • Offering undergraduate courses in its 10 branches & postgraduate courses in 22 disciplines of science, engineering & technology besides Ph.D. in all departments.
  • This institute also fulfills its commitment through Campus Placement Programs. Every year near about 125 to 150 reputed companies visit the campus.

Collaborations:

The institute has signed MOUs with many industries and institutions like BHEL, IBM, HP which provides very good opportunities to the young researchers.

BHEL also offers scholarships for such researchers who are pursuing Ph.D. and MS.

Signed MOUs with NIMS, Japan for collaborative research in the field of nanotechnology.

Notable Alumni:

Some of the renowned alumni of the institute who are working in different parts of the country & overseas:

  • K. R. Sridhar is the founder and CEO of Bloom Energy
  • Natarajan Chandrasekaran is an Indian business executive who is the CEO & managing director of Tata Consultancy Services.
  • T. V. Narendran is an Indian business executive. He is currently the Managing Director of Tata Steel (India and South East Asia)

Research & Development of Sponsored Projects

  • Career Award for Young Teachers (E.E.E)
  • “Process modeling and online monitoring of laser beam welding”(M.E)
  • “Non-linear soil structure interaction of piles on the sloping ground” (C.E)
  • “Optimization Techniques for the FGPA implementation of high-speed digital communication blocks for software-defined radio” (E.C.E)

Placement Description:

Placement Records

 

 

 

Over 160 companies participate in the placements annually.

In 2014, the average package was above Rs.4.75 lacs &the highest being $125,000 per annum.

Top Recruiters of the institute are Wipro, Yahoo, HP & Cognizant.

Given Below are the placement statistics:

Branch

Year 2011-12

Year 2012-13

Civil

85.5

92.9

 

ECE

98.8

88.9

 

CSE

100

97.8

 

EEE

96.2

94.0

 

MBA

93.8

74.3

 

MCA

94.8

84.9

 

Festivals:

3 of the institute's official annual events are:

  • Pragyan- Technical festival
  • Festember- Cultural festival
  • NITTFEST-Inter-Departmental Cultural Festival

Facilities:

Hostel

The institute provides accommodation facilities to its students.

  • There are 18 boys and 5 girls’ hostel
  • Accommodate level is up to 5320 Undergraduate & Postgraduate students.
  • It provides hygienic food & proper place for recreation
  • Having indoor games also like table tennis, carom
  • 2 dot telephones, intercoms, aqua guard, water coolers & kit for indoor &outdoor games.
  • 8 messes for boys & 1 for girls

Library

Modern & a big library with more than 1 lakh documents. It contains

  • 16,7500 books in the Book Bank
  • Departmental Libraries
  • CD-ROM Workstation
  • Audio Visual section

Sports

The institute not only credited by academics but also gain credit in sports through National Sports Organization.

The Sports centre offers the facilities required to train and evaluate the students.

It also contains a multi-station gym & swimming pool which are used up by faculty & students.

Outdoor stadium comprises of

  • 2 football grounds
  • 1 hockey field
  • 2 volleyball courts
  • 2 basketball courts
  • 3 tennis courts &
  • 2 ball badminton court

Octagon

 

The computer centre is called Octagon. There is LAN system which associates with 4000 users across the campus.

It also acts as a resource centre to supplement classroom instructions with Lab sessions.

Ranking:

  • Awarded with the “managerial excellence award” in the educational institutions category by madras management association in 2013
  • Consistently ranked in A++ category by B schools list by business India
  • “Best specialization award-information technology” in Indian B School awards by discovery education media private limited in 2013

Award For

Magazine

Rank

Year

Top Engineering colleges

India Today

9th

2012

Top Engineering colleges

Outlook

10th

2012

Outstanding B school in south India

ABP News

 

2013

Scholarship:

The institute is offering many scholarships to the students which are sanctioned by various state governments. Some of them are:

  • Silver 72 Trust Scholarships (Merit / need-based scholarship)
  • Sri J Ramakrishnan Memorial Scholarship
  • Scholarship for students with disabilities

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