National Institute of Technology, Patna
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| Established: | January 28, 2004 |
| Type: | Institute of National Importance |
| Location: | Patna, Bihar, India |
| Campus: | South bank of river Ganges behind Gandhi Ghat, 8 km from the Patna junction railway station and is 20 km from the Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport, Patna |
| Website: | http://www.nitp.ac.in |
The National Institute of Technology Patna is the 18th National Institute of Technology, created by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India on January 28, 2004. Its origin can be traced way back to 1886 with establishment of a Survey Training School and subsequent elevation to Bihar School of Engineering, Patna in 1900. Graduate level curriculum was introduced in 1924. It was renamed as Bihar College of Engineering Patna in 1932.
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[edit] History
National Institute of Technology Patna erstwhile Bihar College of Engineering, Patna, is the 6th oldest engineering college of India. It has currently been accorded Institute of National Importance Status in accordance with the NIT Act. In 2004, the then Government of India decided to upgrade the college to NIT status as the state of Bihar had lost its only REC located at Jamshedpur after its division. All RECs were gradually upgraded to NIT status after a decision taken by the government, as a pivotal step towards creating more centres of excellence in technical education like the now famous IITs.
In accordance with the Govt. of India's broad objective to have at least one NIT per state, Bihar College of Engineering was the first institute to be directly upgraded to NIT status. National Institute of Technology, Patna has taken rapid strides ever since it was accorded NIT status. With regularization of academic sessions and significant steps in the direction of improving infrastructure,it surely looks set to justify its up gradation and carve a niche of its own. New departments have been added and placements have improved significantly. The college is fast catching up with the more illustrious NITs. The newly earned INI status will further help in strengthening the academic programs with powers to frame its own academic policy.
[edit] College Environment
The college has a long history of academic excellence but lost its way somewhat in the middle due to regional politics and irregular academic sessions at Patna University.However with the upgradation to NIT status and a steady flow of funds, the institute is definitely looking forward to overcoming these problems & lots of significant steps have been taken, regularization of academic sessions being one such example.New departments have been added like Computer Science & Engineering and the institute looks set for bigger achievements.
[edit] Computer Science Engineering
The institute has recently added the departments of Computer Science and Engineering and Information Technology.The establishment of these two departments was a key contributing factor towards being accorded NIT status.Besides it is also expected that addition of these two departments will also have positive spin off effects on other departments and promote interdisciplinary research and give a big thrust to placements .
[edit] Notable alumni
- Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar
- Dr.S.K.Bose, Former Director of IIT-Kharagpur
- Dr.Vishwanath Prasad, Vice-President (Research), University of North Texas
- Dr.Anil Sinha, Professor of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering and Electronics, University of Edinburgh
- Dr.Priya Prasad, A world-renowned biomechanics expert at Ford Motor Company
- Krishna Batta,chief operating officer at celetronics
[edit] External links
- National Institute of Technology, Patna
- NIT alumni website - Largest database of all NIT'ians
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