National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

National Institute of Technology
Rourkela

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Type	Deemed University
Established	1961
Undergraduates	1,500
Postgraduates	800
Location	Rourkela , Orissa , India
Campus	Urban, Spread over 2.62 km² beyond Sector-1, Rourkela Steel City
Acronym	NITR, NITRKL
Website	www.nitrkl.ac.in

Introduction

National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (NIT) formerly known as the Regional Engineering College, (REC) is one of the top premier national level institutions for technical education in India. NIT is a joint undertaking of Government of India and Government of Orissa. NIT Rourkela was established in 1961 under the able vision of the then Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru.

Today, nearly fifty years later, NIT Rourkela continues to contribute significantly in the growth of the techno-economic strength of the country in a number of ways. It has produced high quality engineers and scientists, and continues to do so. Today, alumni of NIT Rourkela are doing well in various capacities as entrepreneurs, managers, technocrats, administrators, consultants and advisers and as faculty, both in India and abroad. At home, they are contributing to the growth of the techno-economic strength of India and also as entrepreneurs, thereby generating employment. Abroad, the alumni have enhanced the prestige of the Institute and the country by their excellent performance in their chosen fields.

The institute is managed by the Board of Governors of National Institute of Technology (Rourkela) Society and vested with significant degree of administrative and financial autonomy. Government of India have recognised the institute as a premier institution of repute and have developed it as a center of excellence under plan funding. The institute has been modernised by two foreign collaborative funding agencies i.e. the Material theme in the Materials and Metallurgical Engineering department under Indo-U.K. REC project and the Computer Science and Electronics streams under World Bank cum Swiss Development Corporation IMPACT project.

Campus

The campus of the institute consisting of the institute buildings, halls of residence and staff colony is situated at the eastern end of Rourkela steel city, beyond Sector-1 over an area of 2.62 km² of land provided by the Government of Orissa. It is a residential campus offering accommodation to faculty, staff and students. The campus has all the amenities for developing personal, social and academic skills of the student community.

There are eight halls of residence within the campus as the courses are mostly residential on full-time basis. Major attraction among the male students of the institute include Backpost, which serves purpose of refreshment and chillout zone.The residential campus is equipped with a vast stadium which has been host for several national level university tournaments.There are several other courts within the hostels and residential campus of the Institute.

The Main Building of the Institute is surrounded by the department buildings. Electrical Engineering, Metallurgical and Material Sciences Engineering and Civil Engineering departments are housed mostly in the Main Building. The Main Building also houses the Central Library, Administrative and Academic sections.

Talent pool

Today NIT, Rourkela nurtures the best talent in India and abroad. At the end of Spring Semester, each year scores of companies including several fortune 500 companies like Microsoft, Oracle Corporation,Lucent Technologies, Amdocs, Intel, Cisco Systems, IBM, Texas Instruments, Accenture, GE, Schneider Electric, Google, Huawei Technologies, Tata Motors, CSC, Saint Gobain, IndianOil,Praxair and many more visit the campus to recruit some of the best minds for the evergrowing industrial and scientific requirements of India.

Location

The city of Rourkela came into prominence in the year 1954-55, with the decision of the Government of India to set up the first Public Sector Steel Plant in this locality in collaboration with the then West Germany. The city is a huge metropolis connected with all parts of the country by railway and road. The population of the city is about 6 lakhs.

Academic programs

The currently offered majors are :

• • Electrical Engg
  • Electronics With Communications and Instrumentation Engg
  • Computer Sciences and Engg
  • Metallurgical and Material Sciences
  • Ceramic Engg
  • Civil Engg
  • Mechanical Engg
  • Mining Engg
  • Chemical Engg
  • Applied Physics
  • Mathematics and Computing
  • Applied Chemistry
  • Liberal Arts and Humanities

The institute is known to offer the highest number of disciplines among the NIT'S(National Institute of Technology).

Prominent Alumni

• Mr P.K.Mahapatra (1972-Chemical Enggineering), President & CEO (Technology Business Sector), RPG Enterprises
• Prof. Barada Mishra (1981-Metallurgical Engineering), Director ,Regional Research Laboratory,Bhubaneswar

Mr Zia Saquib ( 1985- Electrical Engineering) Executive Director, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Mumbai

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