National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

Coordinates: 29°56′57″N 76°49′02″E / 29.94906°N 76.817254°E

National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
Former names
 Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra
Established 1963
Type Public Institution
Director Prof. Anand Mohan[1]
Location Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
Campus Sub-urban, 300 acres (1.2 km2)
Affiliations AICTE
Website http://www.nitkkr.ac.in/

National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra (or NIT Kurukshetra), is a public engineering university located in Kurukshetra. In December 2008, it was accredited with the status of Institute of National Importance (INI). It is one of the thirty National Institutes of Technology established and administered by Government of India. It runs undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy programme in Engineering, Sciences and Humanities.

The institute is situated in the city of Kurukshetra, which is 168 km north of New Delhi on National Highway 1.

History

The first Prime Minister of independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru, sought to develop India as a leader in science and technology. Between 1959 and 1965, with this vision, the Government founded 14 educational institutions in different regions of India. The system of competitive entry (based on merit) gave access to higher education in these institutions. Such an institution was established in 1963 in Kurukshetra as a joint enterprise of the Government of India and the Government of Haryana as the Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra (REC Kurukshetra). In 2002, all the Regional Engineering Colleges were unified by a common entrance exam. Therefore, REC Kurukshetra was renamed to National Institute of Technology under the NIT Act and was given a Deemed University status.[2]

In 2007, the university was conferred the premium status of Institute of National Importance.

Director

Prof. Anand Mohan is the Director of National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra. Prior to his present assignment, he was Professor of Electronics Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology(BHU)-Varanasi.

Faculty

Admissions

Undergraduate (Bachelor of Technology)

Before 2000, admissions were made through a regional exam of the State Government.

From 2003 to 2012, admissions were made of the basis of merit in the All India Engineering Entrance Examination. This exam consisted of three sections on Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Every year, more than 1,000,000 students appeared for this exam. To get admission in NIT Kurukshetra, a student must achieve the rank within the top 3% of the total candidates.

However, from the year 2013, admissions are made on the merit list of Joint Entrance Examination. This is a common examination for all the premier universities in India. Under this, and ranks are given after considering 60% of the marks scored in the test, and 40% in the class 12 Board examinations.

For foreign students, admissions are done through Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) Scheme.[3]

Postgraduate

NIT Kurukshetra offers the following degrees under the postgraduate course:

For M.Tech. admission, seats are first filled up by admitting GATE qualified candidates and then by industry sponsored candidates. Remaining vacant seats are offered to Non-GATE candidates with a minimum of 60% marks (55% for SC candidates) in their qualifying examination. While GATE candidates are eligible for a scholarship of Rs.12400/- per month. Non-GATE candidates are not given any scholarship.[4]

Ph. D.

Applications on prescribed proforma are invited for admission to Ph.D (Full – time/Part – time) programmes.[5]

Academics

NIT Kurukshetra awards undergraduate B.Tech in various engineering fields in a four-year programme.[6] It offers postgraduate (PG) M.Tech degrees in similar engineering fields as well as Physics. The M.Tech degree is awarded after four semesters (two years) or two semesters for relevant PG diploma holders.[7] Ph.D. research programmes are offered in engineering, sciences, humanities & social sciences as well as computer applications.[8] As of 2006 it also offers an MBA degree.[9]

Discipline Faculty / Department Undergraduate Programs (B.Tech.)[10] Postgraduate Programs (M.Tech., MBA & MCA)[11] Ph. D.[12][13]
Engineering Civil Engineering Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering Yes
Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering Yes
Structural Engineering Yes
Transportation Engineering Yes
Water Resource Engineering Yes
Computer Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Engineering Yes
Information Technology Computer Applications Yes
Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering Control System Yes
Power Electronics & Drives Yes
Power Systems Yes
Electronics & communication engineering Electronics & communication engineering Electronics & communication engineering Yes
Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Industrial & Production Engineering Yes
Thermal Engineering Yes
Industrial Engineering & Management Machine Design Yes
School of Renewable Energy and Efficiency N/A Renewable Energy Systems Yes
Science Chemistry Taught as a subject N/A Yes
Mathematics Taught as a subject N/A Yes
Physics Taught as a subject Instrumentation Yes
Nanotechnology Yes
Humanities & Social Science Applied Linguistics Taught as a subject N/A Yes
Business Management Taught as a subject Business Administration Yes
Entrepreneurship Taught as a subject Taught as a subject Yes
Financial Management N/A Taught as a subject Yes
Human Resource Management N/A Taught as a subject Yes
Industrial Economics Taught as a subject Taught as a subject Yes
Intellectual Property Rights N/A Taught as a subject Yes
Marketing Management N/A Taught as a subject Yes

Apart from the above disciplines, the University has the following Schools of excellence:

Placements

Being near to the capital New Delhi, NIT Kurukshetra is visited by a large number of recruiters every year. Major companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Deloitte, Epic Systems, Oracle, Ubisoft, BirlaSoft, Adobe, Yahoo!, Pangea3, HCL, Accenture, Infosys, Goldman Sachs, Hewitt Associates, Axtria, Freescale Semiconductors, Idea Cellular, CDOT, Brahmos, DRDO, Newgen Software, Future First etc. recruit students from the institute. Some students even get foreign offers based on their performances.

With excellent placements in IT, software and corporate firms, placements in core engineering companies are also very impressive. BHEL, GS Group, ACC Limited, ITC Limited, MRF Limited, Reliance Industries, Tata, Essar Steel, PepsiCo, Nestle, Wipro, Tech Mahindra etc. frequently recruit students from the institute.

In recent years, students have been selected in the Indian Army as well to serve the nation with pride and honour.

Academic Reputation and Rankings

According to the latest JEE Main ranking criteria, NIT Kurukshetra was ranked #7 out of all NITs and #10 out of all colleges under JEE Main.

In 2013, The Week (an Indian weekly magazine) ranked NIT Kurukshetra at 28th among all the Indian Engineering Universities.[14]

According to myEngg ranking, NIT Kurukshetra ranked 7th among 30 NITs.[15]

It the region of Haryana, Career 360 ranked NIT Kurukshetra at 1st position. It has many industrial collaborations and provides technical consultancy.[16]

In 2009, Mint (an Indian business newspaper) ranked NIT Kurukshetra at 24th among the Public Engineering Universities in India.[17]

Campus

NIT Kurukshetra campus extends over an area of 300 acres imaginatively laid down on a picturesque landscape. It presents a spectacle of harmony in architecture and natural beauty. Hostels for students are located towards Eastern side of the campus in the form of cluster. Three storey buildings of hostels provide comfortable accommodation and pleasing environment to students.

Among the facilities available within the campus are:

Student life

Additional to academic activities the NIT students are indulged in many technical, cultural and managerial events throughout the year. For Technical activities there are 5 societies associated with each branch named MICROBUS, TECHNOBYTE, ELECTRORECK, MECHSOC, INFRASTRUCTURE which organizes the events for electronics, computers, electrical, mechanical and civil branches respectively. These 5 societies along with a 6th one named Mexperts for PG students organzies technical fest Altius and techspardha each year in the college.

In addition to this there are three more technical groups named Industrial Cell, Embedded robotics club(EMR), Aeromodeling club and SAE-NITK(Society of Automotive Engineers) which are committed to organize technical events as well as technical knowledge of students in the field of Industry, Robotics, Aeromodelling and Automobile.

For cultural activities there are following clubs in the college :

  1. MAD(Music and Dramatics)
  2. Photography
  3. Fine Arts and Modelling
  4. English Literature and Debate Club
  5. Hindi Literature and Debate Club
  6. SAC
  7. Spic Macay
  8. AVA(Audio Visual Aid)

these clubs organizes a cultural fest named Confluence every year.

Festivals

Following are the major festivals that take place at NIT Kurukshetra every year.

Alumni

NIT Kurukshetra is proud of its large Alumni network across the globe with chapters in the United States and in Europe.

Notable Alumni

NIT Kurukshetra Alumni:

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Welcome to NIT Kurukshetra". nitkkr.ac.in. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  3. ↑ https://www.dasanit.org/
  4. ↑ http://www.nitkkr.ac.in/pagesUI/homePage.jsf?pageEvent=117&page=content&language=2
  5. ↑ http://www.nitkkr.ac.in/pagesUI/homePage.jsf?pageEvent=86&page=content&language=2
  6. ↑ "B. Tech. Degree". nitkkr.ac.in. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "M. Tech Degree". nitkkr.ac.in. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  8. ↑ "Ph. D Programmes". nitkkr.ac.in. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  9. ↑ "MBA Programme". nitkkr.ac.in. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  10. ↑ http://www.nitkkr.ac.in/pagesUI/homePage.jsf?pageEvent=84&page=content&language=2
  11. ↑ http://www.nitkkr.ac.in/pagesUI/homePage.jsf?pageEvent=85&page=content&language=2
  12. ↑ http://www.nitkkr.ac.in/pagesUI/homePage.jsf?pageEvent=53&page=content&language=2
  13. ↑ http://www.nitkkr.ac.in/pagesUI/homePage.jsf?pageEvent=86&page=content&language=2
  14. ↑ "THE WEEK-HANSA RESEARCH SURVEY". June 3, 2013.
  15. ↑ http://www.myengg.com/engg/info/8218/rankings-for-the-national-institutes-of-technologies-nits-in-india/
  16. ↑ http://www.university.careers360.com/articles/best-engineering-colleges-in-north-india-2011
  17. ↑ http://www.livemint.com/r/LiveMint/Period1/oldpdf/c44412de-5599-4286-935b-420729bdfc69.pdf
  18. ↑ http://www.nitkkr.ac.in/pagesUI/homePage.jsf?pageEvent=54&page=content&language=2
  19. ↑ http://www.nitkkr.ac.in/pagesUI/homePage.jsf?pageEvent=58&page=content&language=2
  20. ↑ http://www.nitkkr.ac.in/pagesUI/homePage.jsf?pageEvent=57&page=content&language=2
  21. ↑ http://www.nitkkr.ac.in/pagesUI/homePage.jsf?pageEvent=55&page=content&language=2
  22. ↑ "Technical Fest".
  23. ↑ "Cultural Fest".
  24. ↑ http://www.twenty19.com/opport.php?job=1199

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