National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

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National Institute of Technology Durgapur
NIT Durgapur Logo.svg
Mottoउद्योगः पुरुषस्य लक्षणं || (udyogah purushasya lakshanam) (Sanskrit)
Motto in English
Work Maketh A Man
Type Public technical university
Established1960;64 years ago (1960) [1] [2]
Accreditation NBA
Academic affiliations
[5]
Budget₹175.51 crore (US$21 million)
(FY2022–23 est.) [6]
Chairman Sadanand Sadashiv Gokhale [7]
DirectorArvind Choubey [8]
Academic staff
270 (2024) [6]
Students4,850 (2024) [6]
Undergraduates 3,398 (2024) [6]
Postgraduates 767 (2024) [6]
685 (2024) [6]
Location
Durgapur
,
West Bengal
,
India

23°32′54″N87°17′29″E / 23.54833°N 87.29139°E / 23.54833; 87.29139
Campus Industrial city
190 acres (77 ha)
LanguageEnglish
Website nitdgp.ac.in OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

National Institute of Technology Durgapur (also known as NIT Durgapur or NITDGP), formerly known as Regional Engineering College, Durgapur (also known as REC Durgapur or RECDGP), is a public technical university in the city of Durgapur in West Bengal, India. Founded in 1960, [1] [2] it is one of India's oldest technical universities. It is located on a campus of 187 acres (0.75 km²). [9]

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History

The National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (formerly Regional Engineering College, Durgapur) was established in 1960 [1] under an Act of the Parliament of India as one of the eight such colleges, as a co-operative venture between the Government of India and the Government of West Bengal aimed to advance engineering education in the country and to foster national integration. [10] In 2003, the institution was granted Deemed University status with the approval of the University Grants Commission / All India Council for Technical Education; it was renamed the National Institute of Technology Durgapur and started granting degrees under its name. [11] It became a fully-funded institution administered by an autonomous Board of Governors under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. [1]

National Institute of Technology Durgapur is one of the institutes in Eastern India to be selected as a Lead Institute under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) of the Govt. Of India funded by the World Bank. [12] In 2007, the Union Government of India declared it an "Institute of National Importance". [13]

On 22 November 2013, during the institute's 9th convocation, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, addressed the Institution and appreciated its efforts towards research and innovation. [14]

Campus

Overview

The campus spans 187 acres (0.75 km2). [9] [15] The main entrance is located on the eastern end of the campus, facing Mahatma Gandhi Road. The institute's academic facilities are located in the eastern half of the campus; these include the department buildings, laboratories and workshops, lecture halls, computer centres, and the central library. [16] The campus has separate buildings for the departments of Computer Science Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, management, Chemistry, Biotechnology. Each department has its own library, in addition to the central library, which holds more than one lakh resources including books, periodicals, and journals in print and electronic format. [16]

NIT DGP Campus Front Gate Nitdgpfront.jpg
NIT DGP Campus Front Gate

Library

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Central Library

NIT Durgapur has a modern central library with more than 1.7 lakh volumes of print resources consisting of technical books, reports, standards, compact disks, and back volumes of journals. [16] The library also provides air-conditioned and Wi-Fi-enabled reading halls. It is situated opposite the High Voltage Laboratory. The library is an institutional member of DELNET (Developing Library Network), American Centre Library, Kolkata, National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), and Current Science Association, Bangalore. It is also a beneficiary Member of INDEST-AICTE (Indian National Digital Library in Engineering, Science & Technology) Consortium, which provides Desktop Access to high-quality e-resources (online journals) like IEL Online (IEEE/IEE Electronic Library), Springer Verlag's Link, Proquest, ACM journals, ASCE, ASME, Nature Magazine, Indian Standards (Intranet version) and ASTM journals & Standards, etc. It has a collection of several thousand E-Books on computer science (published by Springer). [17] [18]

Organisation and administration

Departments

Departments of NIT Durgapur
  • Biotechnology
  • Civil Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Computer Science & Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Earth and Environmental Studies
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
  • Management Studies
  • Physics

Centres

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCES
1Centre of Excellence in Advanced Materials
2Biomedical Engineering & Assistive Technology Centre
3Centre for Advanced Research on Energy
4Centre for Research on Environment and Water
5Centre of Excellence on IoT and Intelligent Systems

Academics

NIT Durgapur offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in disciplines spanning engineering, science, architecture and management. The institute has 14 departments with about 224 [6] faculty members and more than 4,000 enrolled students. [19]

Ranking and reputation

University rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2022) [20] 72
Engineering – India
NIRF (2022) [21] 34

NIT Durgapur was ranked 43rd among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2023.

Student life

Cultural and non-academic activities

The annual Techno-management festival of National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Aarohan is usually held in the month of February every year. It comprises various events like competitions, exhibits, workshops and talks from guest speakers. Aarohan 2021 was conducted in virtual mode. [22]

Notable alumni

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