National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
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| National Institute of Technology Rourkela,Orissa, INDIA | |
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| Established: | 1961 |
| Type: | Institute of National Importance |
| 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 |
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[edit] Introduction
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela in Orissa, INDIA (NIT) (Hindi: राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, रौरकेला), 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 the government of India and the 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 to 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, advisers and as faculty and researchers, 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 amount of quality research undertaken at the institute is also phenomenal.
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. The 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: the Material theme in the Materials and Metallurgical Engineering department under Indo-UK. REC project, and the Computer Science and Electronics streams under World Bank cum Swiss Development Corporation IMPACT project.
[edit] Campus
The campus of the institute, consisting of the institute buildings, residence halls 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. The college was one of the premier institute and had the best cricket , basketball, table tennis, football and athlete who represented in various state and national level game.
There are eight halls of residence within the campus, as the courses are mostly residential on a full-time basis. Major attractions among the male students of the institute include the legendary Backpost, which serves as a refreshment and chillout zone. Backpost has been the cultural epicenter for the students for several decades. The residential campus is equipped with a 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 campus also houses a Student Activity Centre (SAC), auditorium (AV Hall), canteens (Hexagon, Nescafe and Canteen), dispensary, co-operative store, post office, SBI Bank, computer centre, workshop, research centres and temples.
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.
The overall environment is intellectually stimulating for the students of the full-time residential programs.
[edit] 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 100 companies like PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte & Touche, KPMG, Intel, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Lucent Technologies, Amdocs, Cisco Systems, Motorola, Samsung,Texas Instruments, Accenture, General Electric, Schneider Electric, Google, DRDO, Sasken, PepsiCo, FIIT-JEE, TIME, Huawei, Tata Motors, CSC, Saint-Gobain, Indian Oil Corporation, Praxair, Infosys, Wipro, L&T, Ashok Leyland, Delphi, The Linde Group, Hindalco, Schlumberger, ITC, Yahoo, Maruti Udyog,NTPC, Sun Microsystems, NVIDIA, Adobe and many more visit the campus to recruit some of the best minds for the ever-growing industrial and scientific requirements of India.
[edit] Location
The city of Rourkela came into prominence in the years 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. The institute is at a distance of about 8 km from the railway station. Places like Backpost, Friendz, Radhika, Madhuban,jam, Checkpost and Pahadi are popular hangouts among the students.
[edit] Departments
| Department | Phone No | |
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| Biotechnology and Medical Engineering | 0661 - 2462261 | hod-bm |
| Ceramic Engineering | 0661 - 2462200 | hod-cr |
| Chemical Engineering | 0661 - 2462250 | hod-ch |
| Civil Engineering | 0661 -2462300 | hod-ce |
| Computer Science & Engineering | 0661 - 2462350 | hod-cs |
| Electrical Engineering | 0661 - 2462400 | hod-ee |
| Electronics & Communication Engineering | 0661 - 2462450 | hod-ei |
| Mechanical Engineering | 0661 - 2462500 | hod-me |
| Metallurgical & Materials Engineering | 0661 - 2462550 | hod-mm |
| Mining Engineering | 0661 - 2462600 | hod-mn |
| Chemistry | 0661 - 2462650 | hod-cy |
| Applied Mathematics | 0661 - 2462700 | hod-ma |
| Physics | 0661 - 2462720 | hod-ph |
| Computer Centre | 0661 - 2462670 | hod-cc |
| Central Workshop | 0661 - 2462740 | hod-cw |
| Training and Placement | 0661 - 2462180 | hod-tnp |
| Humanities & Social Sciences | 0661 - 2462692 | hod-hs |
[edit] Prominent Alumni
- Sri CP Gurnani, (1981 - Chemical Engineering), President, Tech Mahindra, Pune
- Mr P.K.Mahapatra (1972-Chemical Engineering), President & CEO (Technology Business Sector), RPG Enterprises
- Prof. Barada Mishra (1981-Metallurgical Engineering), Director, Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar
- Mahesh Bulchandani, (1987 - Mechanical Engineering), Managing Director and Head of structuring and solutions, Asia ex-Japan, JP Morgan, Hong Kong.)
- Mr Zia Saquib (1985- Electrical Engineering), Executive Director, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
- Mr Vineet Vohra (1985- Mechanical Engineering), Regional Director, Citibank Singapore
- Sri L. N. Maharana (Chemical Engineering), alumnus of 1968 batch, is Head of Rare Earths Division, Indian Rare Earth Limited, Udyogmandal, Kerala.
- Sri Venkata G. Raju Bodapati, PMP, (1987 - Metallurgy), VP (Development), VisualSoft Technologies Ltd, Hyderabad.
- Sri J.K.Sasmal (Chemical Engineering), alumnus of 1970 batch, is Vice President (MIS), Reliance Industries Ltd. at Hazira.
- Sri Debasis Roy (1981 - Chemical Engineering) Joint President, Utkal Alumina
- Sri S. S. Mohanty (Chemical Engineering), alumnus of 1972, is now Executive Director (Personnel and Administration) in Rourkela Steel Plant.
- Sri Bijoy Kumar Padhee (Chemical Engineering), alumnus of 1976, is VP, Vedanta Alumina Ltd. at Lanjigarh.
- Mr. Srinivas Duvvuri, (1981 - Mechanical Engineering), Managing Director, Rolls-Royce India Limited, New Delhi.
- Mr Rambabu Yarlagadda, (1981 - Chemical Engineering), CEO, BPOsystems, USA
- Mr Satya prakash pattanaik( 1972 Mechanical Engineering) is now executive director SAIL Alloy Steels Plant Durgapur.0343-2545053
- S. Iyer (1995-Electrical Engineering) Executive Director, PABL Systems, USA
- Aakash Khurana,BTech-chemical engineering, Noted theatre and film personality,COO,NIMBUS
- Dr. Prashanta Mohapatra (1987 Electrical): Professor of Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA - a well-known name in Computer Architecture
- Dr. Laxmi Narayan Bhuyan (Electrical): Professor at University of California, Riverside, USA - a well-known name in Computer Technology
- Kishore Mishra (1987 Electrical): President and CEO of ASIC Architect, Inc. based in Silicon Valley USA and Bhubaneswar, India
- Purna Mohanty (1988 Electrical): Vice President of ASIC Architect, Inc. based in Silicon Valley USA and Bhubaneswar, India
- Anjan Swain (1988 Electrical): Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at Kozhokode
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- NIT Rourkela
- More Websites of NIT Rourkela:
- Departments
- Admissions and Intake Capacity
- Facilities
- Placement
- NIT Mail (server down at present)
- Campus Virtual Tour {old}
- Social networking portal of NIT Rourkela alumni and students
- An initiative by students, alumni and wellwishers.
- NITRKL Campus Virtual Tour {new}
- Interactive 360 degrees panoramic views from major important locations of NIT (REC) Rourkela. This is the first of its kind among the technical institutes of India.
- Alumni Zone
- NIT Rourkela Open Discussion Forum
- A platform for the students and alumni of NIT Rourkela for an open discussion. It contains articles and messages from the alumni of 1961's REC days till today's freshers. Also aims at catering to the needs of any one seeking information on NIT Rourkela.
- Nitrutsav
- Annual Cultural Program of NIT Rourkela.
- Confluence 2k7
- Annual All India Technical Symposium at NIT Rourkela. Fusion of Minds and Technology.
- Dataquest T-School Rankings
- NIT alumni website - Largest database of all NIT'ians
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