Coimbatore Institute of Technology

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Coimbatore Institute of Technology
கோவை தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்லூரி
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CIT
MottoNature in the service of man
Type Private (Government-Aided)
Established1956;68 years ago (1956)
Chairman Mr.S.Rajiv Rangasami
President Ms.K.DivyaMohana Rajiv
Principal Dr. A. Rajeswari
Location, ,
Campus Urban
Affiliations Anna University, Chennai - 600 025.
Website www.cit.edu.in OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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Entrance, Coimbatore Institute of Technology

Coimbatore Institute of Technology (CIT) is a government-aided autonomous engineering college located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1956 by V. Rangaswamy Naidu Educational Trust. It is affiliated to Anna University.

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History

Coimbatore Institute of Technology was founded in the year 1956 by V. Rangaswamy Naidu Educational Trust (VRET). Prof. R. Venkataswamy Naidu and Prof. P. R.Ramakrishnan are the Founders of Coimbatore Institute of Technology. Prof. R.Venkataswamy Naidu was the Founder Correspondent from 1956 to 1994. Prof. P. R. Ramakrishnan was the Principal from 1956 to 1981 and the Correspondent from 1994 to 2008.

CIT was affiliated to Madras University from 1956 to 1980. In 1980, the Institute became affiliated to Bharathiar University and subsequently to Anna University in 2001. CIT is recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education. The Institute was granted autonomous status in 1987 and is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation.

Academics

CIT offers 9 Under Graduate Academic Programmes and 12 Post Graduate Academic Programmes in addition for M.S. and Ph.D. Research Programmes.

The CIT Sandwich Polytechnic College was started in 1961. Presently, 8 Engineering Diploma Programmes are offered by the polytechnic in various engineering disciplines. The National Board of Accreditation has accredited the Mechanical Engineering (Sandwich) and Mechanical Engineering diploma programmes.

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CIT Main building, Coimbatore Institute of Technology

Rankings

University and college rankings
Engineering – India
NIRF (2021) [1] 102

CIT is ranked 102 in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) engineering ranking of 2021. [1]

Student life

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CIT cricket ground

Students Union

The students union consists of 20 clubs which include arts, dramatics, muthamizh mandram (Tamil), film, karate, literary, music, nature, photography, quiz, Kalam Knowledge Club (KKC), space, sports, NSS, NCC, YRC, RSP, Entrepreneurship development cell, Women Empowerment Cell, YHAI and Rotaract.

All the branches of engineering, technology, and applied sciences run associations which organize technical meetings and symposia in their respective disciplines.

The Coimbatore Regional Centre of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers functions with its office at the Department of Chemical Engineering in the Institute.

The Coimbatore centre of the Indian Welding Society (IWS) has been functioning in the Institute since 2002 in the department of Mechanical Engineering.

A student branch of IEEE functions with its office in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in the Institute.

The Institute has facilities for ball badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, tennikoit, tennis, and volleyball. [2] [3]

Computer Science Department

Interface

Interface, an inter-collegiate technical symposium, is conducted by the circuit branches of Coimbatore Institute of Technology. Interface is held for two days in the month of February every year and invites the university students across the country, helping the external university students to showcase their projects, present research papers, network with other university students and participate in various events on campus. This symposium is organized entirely by students—of various departments—from fund raising for the events to event management.

Technovation

It is a national level technical symposium by the Chemical, Civil and Mechanical engineering students conducted during September every year.

Cyber Fest

It is a National Level Student Technical Symposium organized by Department of Computer Applications Association during January every year conducted By M.sc Software Engineering and M.C.A. Students.

Notable alumni

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