National Institute of Technology, Sikkim

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National Institute of Technology Sikkim
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Motto in English
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Type Public engineering school (INI)
Established2010
Chairman Mahesh Chandra Govil [1]
Dean Ranjan Basak (Academics) [2]
DirectorMahesh Chandra Govil [3]
Location
Ravangla
,
Sikkim
,
India

27°17′51″N88°21′26″E / 27.297505°N 88.357221°E / 27.297505; 88.357221
LanguageEnglish
Affiliations UGC, MoE, [4] AICTE [5]
Website www.nitsikkim.ac.in
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National Institute of Technology, Sikkim

National Institute of Technology Sikkim (NIT Sikkim or NIT SKM) is a public engineering and research institution near the city of Ravangla in Sikkim, India. It is one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology in India and has been declared as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India. It is an autonomous institute and functioning under the aegis of Ministry of Education, Government of India.

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History

National Institute of Technology, Sikkim is one among the ten newly sanctioned National Institutes of Technology by the Government of India under the 11th Five year Plan, 2009. [6] NIT Sikkim started functioning in August, 2010.

Campus

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NIT, Sikkim
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Currently,[ when? ] it is being operated from a temporary campus at the Barfung Block, Ravangla, Sub Division of South Sikkim. It is likely[ according to whom? ] to continue its activities at Ravangla Campus until its permanent campus comes up at Khamdong, Sikkim. [7]

Academics

All courses and examinations are conducted in the English language as the only mode of instruction. NIT Sikkim offers a 4-year Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) programme in various engineering fields, as well as a 2-year Master of Technology (M.Tech.) programmes and Ph.D. Programmes. Admission to undergraduate programmes is taken through JEE (Main). Admission to the postgraduate courses is through the GATE for Master of Technology (M.Tech.). [8]

Ranking

University rankings
Engineering – India
NIRF (2024) [9] 151-200

NIT Sikkim is ranked between 151-200 among the engineering colleges of India by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024. [10]

Departments

Academic departments include: [11]

Engineering
Sciences
Allied departments

Campus facilities

Currently, it is operating from a temporary campus at Ravangla.

PARAM Kanchenjunga supercomputer

NIT Sikkim is home to PARAM Kanchenjunga, one of the PARAM series of supercomputers. Unveiled in April 2016, it is the fastest supercomputer among NITs. Costing ₹3 crore (US$360,000), it was built with collaboration of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). [12]

Library

The institute has a central library which caters to all the academic needs of students. The library also subscribes to a number of scientific journals and magazines. [13]

Internet accessibility

The institute is part of the multi-gigabit National Knowledge Network (NKN), a National research and education network. The academic buildings are all Wi-Fi enabled and they are connected through high speed LAN too. All the labs are also connected to the internet through high speed LAN. Almost all hostels are provided with internet facility through Wi-Fi or LAN and other hostels will also be provided in near future.

Auditorium

An Auditorium is inside the campus for important occasions and cultural events.

Hostels

The Institute provides boarding facilities to the students and the faculty members, on the campus. The Institute provides separate hostels for the male and female students with separate mess facilities. [14]

Sports

The institute has playgrounds with facilities for playing cricket, football, volleyball etc. It also has facilities to play badminton, table tennis etc. The institution also hosts a number of intra-sports tournaments for its students which are handled by the student body of NIT Sikkim. [15]

Labs

The institute has well equipped labs for every department which facilitates the learning of a student giving her a practical approach. The computer labs are well facilitated with 105 systems in total with good LAN facility. The other department labs also have good equipments in them.

Student activities

Extracurricular activities include an innovation cell, the community development society Aayas, mechanical engineer's society Yantrikaa, the Illuzion dance club and the photography club. [16]

NIT Sikkim students also hold an annual technology festival (fest) called Abhiyantran which was held for the first time in 2014, [17] and a three-day socio-cultural fest called Udgam. [18]

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  1. ↑ "Board of Governors, NIT Sikkim".
  2. ↑ "National Institute of Technology Sikkim".
  3. ↑ "Director, NIT Sikkim".
  4. ↑ "Department of Higher Education | Government of India, Ministry of Education".
  5. ↑ "Institutions View | Government of India, All India Council for Technical Education".
  6. ↑ "Eleventh five year plan 2007-12,section 6.83" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "About Campus". nitsikkim.ac.in.
  8. ↑ "Training And Placement Cell | National Institute of Technology Sikkim". Training And Placement Cell | National Institute of Technology Sikkim.
  9. ↑ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework . Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "NIRF Ranking 2024" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "National Institute of Technology Sikkim". Joint Seat Allocation Authority . 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "'Param Kanchenjunga' fastest supercomputer among NITs". Business Standard India . Indo-Asian News Service. 17 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "KIC : About KIC". www.kic.nitsikkim.ac.in.
  14. ↑ "Hostel". nitsikkim.ac.in.
  15. ↑ "Sports : NIT Sikkim". nitsikkim.ac.in.
  16. ↑ "Clubs". nitsikkim.ac.in. NIT Sikkim. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  17. ↑ "Home | Abhiyantran'16". abhiyantran.nitsikkim.ac.in. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  18. ↑ "About Us". udgam.nitsikkim.ac.in. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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