| National Institute of Technology, Bhopal | |
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| Established | 1960 |
| Type | Public |
| Director | Appu Kuttan K. K. |
| Academic staff | 450+ |
| Students | 4000+ |
| Location | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Website | www.manit.ac.in |
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (Hindi: मौलाना आजाद राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान भोपाल, MANIT) is an Institute of National Importance under the NIT Act situated in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is part of the group of publicly funded institutions in India known as National Institute of Technology.
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Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (formerly Maulana Azad College of Technology, MACT), is one of the first eight Regional Engineering Colleges in India. The institute has been named after the scholar, educationist and the first Education Minister of the Republic of India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The government of India and government of Madhya Pradesh jointly sponsored the then MACT (a Regional Engineering College) in 1960 to attract bright young students from across the country.
The institute is situated in the Bhopal Central region of Bhopal City on its southern side. The verdant 650-acre (2.6 km2) campus is on a plateau with academic building, hostels and residential quarters.
The campus houses about 4,000 students and faculty members.
All course-works and examinations for all majors and subjects are conducted with English language as the only mode of instruction. Undergraduates courses are given in all engineering fields. Post graduate courses include Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Master of Technology (M.Tech) and Ph.D in relevant fields, as well as other Master degrees. Admission to B.Tech. programmes is made through All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) to M.Tech. programmes is made through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).
The departments of MANIT are:[1]
Student life revolves around the college campus and hostels. For male students there are seven separate hostels, while female students reside in a single hostel.
There are student organizations for different interests including a literary society (Drishtant) a software and web design club (Captcha), an ecologic club and more.
MANIT also hosts major national-level festivals and meets, including:
As of 2011[update] the management team includes:[2]
For the undergraduate courses the admission is through the national level engineering entrance examination - AIEEE. For the postgraduate courses the entry is through GATE for MTech, NIMCET for MCA or through an institute conducted entrance test.
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