Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology

Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
Former names
Delhi Institute of Technology (1983-1997)
Motto Aa no bhadraa kratvo yantu vishwat
Motto in English
May God bring holy thoughts to my mind from all directions
Type Public
Established 1983
Chairman B. N. Mishra
President Najeeb Jung
Director Yogesh Singh
Location New Delhi, India
28°44′59.81″N 77°7′1.30″E / 28.7499472°N 77.1170278°E / 28.7499472; 77.1170278Coordinates: 28°44′59.81″N 77°7′1.30″E / 28.7499472°N 77.1170278°E / 28.7499472; 77.1170278
Campus 145 Acres, Urban [1]
Colours     
Nickname NSIT
Affiliations University of Delhi
Website www.nsit.ac.in

Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT), formerly known as the Delhi Institute of Technology, is an engineering college located in Dwarka, New Delhi, India.[2][3] Established in 1983, it is an autonomous institution of the Government of Delhi. Following the conversion of the Delhi College of Engineering into Delhi Technological University, NSIT is the only engineering college under the University of Delhi.

History

Towards meeting the growing demand of manpower in the field of technology, the then Delhi Administration, with the approval of Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Govt. of India, established the Delhi Institute of Technology in July 1983. The institute shared a campus at Kashmiri Gate with the Delhi College of Engineering. The institute started with an undergraduate academic program in the area of Electronics & Communication Engineering with an intake of 45 Students under the Faculty of Technology, University of Delhi. New programs in the areas of Computer Engineering, Instrumentation & Control Engineering, and Manufacturing Processes & Automation Engineering were added subsequently. Administrative autonomy was granted to the institute in 1986. The institute was registered as a Society in the name of "Delhi Institute of Technology" on 12 June 1987 under the Societies Registration Act No. XXI of 1860 (Registration No. S-17742 of 1987). The Institute initiated Ph.D. programs in 1989 and also formulated a number of postgraduate programs, four of which were approved by the AICTE in 1994. The institute has been and is affiliated to University of Delhi for all of its academic programs.

The Institute was formally inaugurated in its own new campus in Dwarka, New Delhi, by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India, on 23 January 1997. The Institute was renamed as "Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology" in 1997 via a Gazette notification.

Campus

NSIT Campus
NSIT Campus

NSIT has a fully residential campus on 145 acres of land.[4] Campus facilities include faculty and staff residences, student hostels, cooperative mess and a sports complex. A prominent feature of the campus is the vast expanse of flora and fauna that envelopes its entirety. The campus is divided into clusters of buildings. The administrative block contains the important offices, banks, a post office as well as an auditorium where major functions are held.[5] The academic area chiefly comprises the main building and various departmental annexes. The library is housed in a separate block behind the main five academic blocks. The campus has four boys' hostels (one for each year) and two girls' hostels.[6]

Programmes

The college offers the following courses.[7] The medium of instruction for all courses is English.

Undergraduate

The Institute offers Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree programmes in following fields:

Postgraduate

The Institute offers Master of Technology (M.Tech) degree programmes in following fields:

Doctorate

The Institute offers Doctorate of philosophy (Ph.D.) degree programmes in following fields:

Rankings

College rankings
Engineering – India
Outlook India[8] 8
Careers360[9] AAAA

NSIT was ranked 8 among engineering colleges in India by Outlook India in 2017.[8] Careers360 has given it the third best rating, "AAAA", among engineering colleges in 2017.[9]

Mode of admission

Until 2009, NSIT admitted students through the Common Entrance Examination (CEE). From 2009, the institute admitted students via the All India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE), which was renamed as the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-MAINS) in 2013.

Cultural and non-academic activities

The annual cultural festival Moksha, usually held in the month of March, is an event hosted by the students and the largest of its kind in Delhi region.[10] Moksha is well known for holding the best cultural competitions, games and musical concerts to draw out the best talent in the Delhi region.

Cultural activities like dramatics, speaking, literary arts, music and fine arts are also present on campus. Speaking and literary arts have always been very popular in the student community with students actively participating in quizzing, writing and debating activities. NSIT is well known name in the quizzing fraternity of the country and performed very well on National level.[11]

Notable alumni

References

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