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National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India • 430 Employees
Higher Education

National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, earlier known as Regional Institute of Technology was established on 15th August 1960 as a joint venture of Government of India and the Government of Bihar in the chain of RECs (Regional Engineering College) in India with the aim to impart technical education at B.Tech. M.Tech. M.Sc., MCA, and Ph.D levels.The foundation stone of RIT (REC) Jamshedpur was laid by Dr. Srikrishna Sinha, the then chief minister of Bihar , with the aim of nurturing talent and setting high standards of education and excellence. On 27th December 2002, in the line of all other RECs of India, RIT Jamshedpur was converted to National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur by the Govt. of India. The Institute is fully funded and governed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. On 15 August 2007, NIT Jamshedpur was given the status of the Institute of National Importance through an Act of the Parliament known as the NIT Act-2007. The Institute has 12 departments including engineering, science and humanities. The Institute, with 200+ faculty, 3000 students, 150 administrative and supporting staff, is a self-contained campus. It is located on the outskirts of Jamshedpur on 320 acres of sprawling, rolling hilly, wooded land. It combines natural beauty of countryside with urban glamour of an industrial area. The flowing river and picturesque backdrop of low hills on one side and large tracks of forest on the other make the 320 acres of rolling campus an ideal place for higher learning and research. It has been growing from strength to strength ever since it was established in 1960.There is refreshing development on every front. The institute has achieved impressive placement for its students, with top industrial houses and software companies recruiting the students in large numbers.Other than B.Tech. the institute also offers M.Tech,M.Sc. Ph. D., Non-Formal B. Sc. Engineering Programme and MCA programmes.