National Institute of Technology, Patna

National Institute of Technology Patna
राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान ,पटना
Former names
 Bihar Engineering College
Motto श्रमोअनवरत चेष्टाय
Motto in English
 Hard Work and Consistent Efforts
Type Public
Established 1800 AD
Director Prof. Rajeev Tripathi
Students 3000+
Undergraduates 2500+
Postgraduates 400+
100+
Location Patna, Bihar, India
25°36′38″N 85°08′30″E / 25.61056°N 85.14167°E / 25.61056; 85.14167
Campus Urban
Website www.nitp.ac.in

The National Institute of Technology Patna (NIT Patna), formerly Bihar School of Engineering and Bihar College of Engineering, is a public engineering institution located in Patna in the Indian state of Bihar. It was renamed to NIT Patna, by the Government of India on January 28, 2004. It is an autonomous institute functions directly under Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

History

NIT Patna Main building

NIT Patna is the third oldest engineering college of India after IIT Roorkee and College of Engineering Pune. Its origin can be traced to 1886 with the establishment of a survey training school and subsequent renaming it to Bihar college of Engineering in 1900. A graduate level curriculum was introduced in 1924. It was renamed Bihar College of Engineering in 1932. In 2004 the government of India upgraded the college to National Institute of Technology (NIT) status, as the state of Bihar had lost its only Regional Engineering College (REC), located at Jamshedpur, when Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar in 2000. By 2002, the Indian government decided to upgrade all RECs to NITs, with the aim of having at least one NIT per state. Bihar College of Engineering was the first institute to be directly upgraded to NIT status. In 2007, it was granted Institute of National Importance status in accordance with the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007.

Campus

Aerial view of NIT Patna
Main Building (Rear view)

NIT Patna functions from a 40 acres (16 ha) campus along Ashok Rajpath, geographically which lies on the southern bank of the river Ganges exactly opposite the point of its confluence with river Gandak. Land for a new campus, a 100 acres (40 ha) plot, has been assigned at Sikandarpur village in Bihta, around 40 km from Patna. Earlier it was assigned at Dumri village in Bihta. Once NIT-Patna shifts to its new campus in Bihta, it will run some management courses on the present campus at Ashok Rajpath.

Facilities

Central library

Library

The institute maintains a central library which has 1,50,000 books and 1,100 e-journals and works for only about 10 hours per day. The Central Library has an e-resource section on the Ground floor, a study section and Library office on the First floor and a separate r

Computer center

The institute has a computer center with 6 computer labs and a 2 virtual classroom equipped with computing and audio-visual facilities such as interactive boards, and projectors. The labs have CCTV cameras for conducting online interviews, tests and presentations. CC has internet connectivity throughout the day so students can use internet facility. A central bandwidth of 1GBps provided by RailTel fir uninterrupted high speed internet connection.

Academic departments

The Institute is organised into six engineering and an architecture department along with individual departments for physics, chemistry, mathematics and humanities.

Department of Integrated Msc in Physics

The Department of Physics was established in 1924 and since then has been functioning as an important part of the institute. As of now, the Department has eight faculty members and four support staffs at different levels.

At present, there are 12 students enrolled in Integrated M. Sc. And 8 students enrolled in the Ph.D. program.

The Department is mentored by Prof. K.L.Chopra, Ex-Director, IIT Kharagpur.

Department of Integrated Msc in Chemistry

The department's own teaching program, 5 year Integrated M.Sc. in Chemistry started in 2015-16, and research activity is gradually being expanded.

Departmental Curricula: Teaching:

B. Tech. 1st year (1st and 2nd Semester) General Chemistry course (600 students) Chemical Sciences (1CH101) B. Tech. 1st year (1st and 2nd Semester) General Chemistry Lab (600 students) Chemical Sciences Lab (1CH102) B. Tech. 3rd and 4th Semester UG Course (600 students) Green Technology (CH104) B. Tech. 3rd and 4th Semester UG Course (600 students) Bio-Science (4GE105).

Department of Integrated Msc in Mathematics

The Department of Mathematics was established in 1924 and department offer several courses that support other engineering departments.

Two new programs, Integrated M. Sc. in Mathematics and M. Tech in Computational Mathematics started in the academic year 2015-2016.

Current faculty strength of the department is eight and they are experienced in teaching and research in several branches of Mathematics.

Department of Mathematics is one of the backbone of the Institution as it is an essential department for engineering courses up to Ph.D level.

Department of Architecture

HOD is Dr. Kamini Sinha. The department offers a 5-year degree program in Bachelor of Architecture and Master in Urban and Regional Planning. It provides courses in graphics and design, including Architectural Design, Climatology, Visual Arts, Architectural Graphics, and Architectural Acoustics.

Students are offered electives and in the last two semesters they are involved exclusively in apprenticeship and projects.

Department of Civil Engineering

HOD is Dr. Vivekanand Singh. The first degree program offered by the college was in the sphere of civil engineering. It offers undergraduate courses in civil engineering and postgraduate courses in areas such as water resource engineering, structural engineering and transportation engineering. It also offers doctoral programs.

The department undertakes proof-checking of engineering designs, detailed project reports and consultancy services to governmental and non-governmental agencies.

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

HOD is Dr. Prabhat Kumar. The department offers courses leading to Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering. Courses include Data Structures; Design and Analysis of Algorithms; System Programming; Computer Networks; Data Mining and Warehousing; Distributed and Parallel Computing; Mobile and Wireless Computing; Real-time Systems; Cryptography; Genetic Algorithm; and Artificial Intelligence. Students are offered a variety of electives.

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

HOD is Dr Gayadhar Pradhan. The department offers courses leading to Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering.

Digital Electronics lab

Courses include Digital Electronics; Analog Electronics; Solid State Physics and Devices; Intelligent Instruments; Optical Fiber Communication; Digital Signal Processing; IC Fabrication; and VLSI. Students are offered electives.

Networks and Microprocessor lab

Department of Electrical Engineering

Prof. S.N.Verma, currently is the Head of the Department. The department offers undergraduate, postgraduate and Doctoral Programmes.

Core courses under the undergraduate program include Electrical Power System, Electrical Machines, Control System, Instrumentation, Microprocessors, Power Electronics and Digital Signal Processing.

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Department of Electrical Engineering (2011-2015 Batch)

Postgraduate courses include Control System Engineering and Power System Engineering. Students are offered electives.

The electrical engineering department is one of the oldest departments of the Institute. It has various heritage laboratories such as Electrical Machines Lab, PLC SCADA Lab, High Voltage Lab, Control System Lab, Power Electronics Lab and a dedicate Computer Lab.Modern Facilities such as a Virtual Smart Class Room has been added to the department.

Department of Information Technology

HOD is Dr. Prabhat Kumar. The department offers courses leading to Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology.

From 2013 the IT branch was merged with CSE, so this branch does not exist distinctly.

Department of Mechanical Engineering

HOD is Dr. Amar Nath Sinha. The department offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

Core courses on the undergraduate program include Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Machinery, CFD, CAD/CAM, Machine Drawing, Manufacturing by Shaping and Joining, Design of Machine Elements, I.C. Engines and Gas Turbines, and Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. Specialized courses for higher degrees include Thermal Turbo Machinery, Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Transfer.

Extracurricular activities

From institute website to the annual cultural fest, the institute delegates responsibility to its students wherever possible. With activities and competitions taking place every other day, students are provided with opportunities to develop their soft skills and therefore broaden their perspective. A few notable events are listed below.

Festivals

Melange

The annual cultural fest of NIT Patna has grown into one of the largest youth festivals of the region. Every January, Melange provides a platform for students across the institute to showcase their talent in competitions, providing the students of NITP an opportunity to interact with celebrities and corporate persons and thereby hone their creative and managerial skills.Events include debates, dramas, essays and writings.Besides the literary events, Events such as Singing, Dance, Personality Contest, T-shirt Painting, etc.The 7 days party is all what students wait for throughout the year.National level colleges like BIT Mesra, CNLU, CIMP, NIFT etc. are seen taking active part in the event.The main attraction of the Fest is the Inter college Parliamentary Debate which sees a neck to neck competition.Currently this has been combined together with Corona from 2015 onwards and college now has a single Techno-cultural fest.

Corona

Underground Authority @ CORONA 2014,NIT Patna
Praveen Vettiyatil during his talk @ Corona 2014

The annual technical fest of NIT Patna, Corona has become one of the biggest technical fests of the country.Until 2014 Corona was a separate festival but from 2015 onwards the institute decided to merge it with Melange and thus it is now organised as Techno-Cultural Festival Every year in the month of January.

Recent editions have attracted participants from over 50 institutes from across the country, thus making it the largest technical fest of Bihar and Jharkhand. Events include robotics, circuit designing, programming, and presentations. The event has lectures by some of the biggest names in the field.

Irshad Kamil @ Corona 2014, NIT Patna

Personalities such as Kumar Vishwas, irshad kamil, Praveen Vettiyatil(A renowned Innovator), Srijan Pal Singh have attended and spoken to students. Famous Bands from India like Underground Authority and foreign such as Raeth (band), M-sonic have also performed in the event. Recently Indian Idol Fame Tia Kar has also performed.

A glimpse of Street Dance Event @ Corona

The event is entirely managed by students.

Parakram

The annual sports meet of college Parakram is an intramural sport festival. In this all the sports are played and team of each department compete with each other. For girls teams are formed year wise. the Sports Played in Prakram

Team Events

Individual Events

Indoor and outdoor sports

Every year in January, NIT Patna holds an annual indoor and outdoor sports week, with events such as cricket, football, table tennis, badminton, carom, and discus throw. Managed by students, this event tests their organising and managerial skills.

Societies

Nitish Kumar (an alumnus of NIT Patna) as a chief guest at a NIT Patna alumni meet

The institute recognizes these major societies:

Ranking

University and college rankings
Engineering – India
NIRF[1] 87

NIT Patna has been ranked as the 57th best Engineering College of India in the Edu-Rand Rankings of 2015.The survey was done jointly by Edu, an Indian company and Rand Corporation, a non-profit American thinktank. NIT Patna is ranked 87 in National Institutional Ranking Framework published by Ministry of Human Resource Development in April 2016.

Notable alumni

ChandraShekhar Prasad, Retired Director General, CPWD

Aditya Prakash Mishra, Retired Member, Railway Board

Arun Sinha, Editor, Nav Hind Times, Goa

Kaushal K Mishra, Retired MD & CEO, Tata-AIG General Insurance Co.

Gopal Krishna, Retired Ex. Director NTPC and CEO, Bharatiya Rail Bijali Company Limited.

Residential student halls

The housing facilities (hostels) are:

Boys Hostel

Girls Hostel

These hostels can only accommodate 40% of the students. The rest live in private lounges & p.g. may be near or far from campus. However, new hostels for both boys and girls are under construction.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2017 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2017.
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