National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

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National Institute of Technology Rourkela
NIT Rourkela Colour Logo.svg
Type Public technical university Institute of National Importance
Established15 August 1961
(63 years ago) (1961-08-15)
Accreditation NBA [1]
Chairperson S N Subrahmanyan [2]
DirectorProf. K. Umamaheshwar Rao [3]
Academic staff
360 [4]
Students6,276 [5]
Undergraduates 4,007 [5]
Postgraduates 1,434 [5]
835 [5]
Location
Rourkela
,
Odisha
,
India

22°15′12″N84°54′04″E / 22.2534°N 84.9012°E / 22.2534; 84.9012
Campus Urban
1,200 acres (490 ha)
Website www.nitrkl.ac.in

National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NIT Rourkela or NITRKL or NITR), formerly Regional Engineering College Rourkela, is a publicly funded institute of higher learning for engineering, science and technology located in the steel city of Rourkela, Odisha, India. It is one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology in India and has been recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007. It is ranked 16th in the NIRF Rankings 2023 of Indian engineering universities. [6]

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History

NIT Rourkela was established as Regional Engineering College (REC) Rourkela on 15 August 1961. Chief Minister of Odisha, Biju Patnaik provided the land for it, approximately 1200 acres. [7] Its foundation stone was laid by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It was granted autonomy in 2002 and now functions independently under the Ministry of Education. [8]

Campus

Location

The Rourkela Steel City is a medium-sized metropolis, located on the Howrah-Mumbai and Ranchi-Bhubaneswar main railway routes, and well connected to all parts of the country by road and rail. The population of the city is about 7 lakhs. The institute is about 7 km from the railway station. The campus of the institute consisting of the institute buildings, halls of residence and staff colony is situated at the eastern end of Rourkela, beyond Sector-1, on land provided by the Government of Odisha. The institute is bordered by small mountains on the south which are sometimes used as a picnic spot by students. [9]

Bhubaneswar extension centre

With an aim to expand academic, placement and start-up activities, the institution is buildup an extension centre at Bhubaneswar. Its designed to cater to the needs of distance learning and short-term courses, conduct placements and training activities, promote industry-academia partnerships, and provide opportunities to promising startups. [10]

Infrastructure

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Administrative Building
NIT - Guest House The Institute Guest House(South Block).jpg
NIT - Guest House
Bhubaneshwar Behera Auditorium The Bhubaneshwar Behera Auditorium.jpg
Bhubaneshwar Behera Auditorium

Institute library

The Biju Pattanaik Central Library, functional from 1965, was named after Biju Pattanaik, the former chief minister of Odisha. At present, the library holds about 85,000 books and 18,000 back volumes of periodicals. It has purchased a license to access over 2000 online research journals on science and technology to foster local research activity. The BPCL is automated with an integrated library software package called Libsys – LSmart and is modernized with the latest radio frequency identification (RFID)-based automation system that facilitates self-check-in, check-out, and an automatic security system. This technology offers the fastest, easiest, and most efficient way to track, locate and manage library materials. The RFID system counts more than 1.2 lakhs of transactions (issue, return, and renewal) in a year. [11]

Institute Counselling Services (ICS)

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Institute Counselling Services office

Institute Counselling Services (ICS) is a technical service unit (TSU) which was conceptualized in the year 2017 for the purpose of taking care of the mental health needs of the students and employees. It is headed by a Head of Unit, faculty members and a dedicated student team. Visiting counsellor and psychiatrist are available to handle the mental health issues. Additionally, 24x7 online counselling services provided by YourDOST are also a part.

ICS also celebrates Mental Health Week every October to highlight the importance of mental health and spread awareness among the fraternity. Attempts are made to connect with the community through this week-long event and programs. ICS also conducts academic sessions, internship talks and personality development initiatives which aim to help the students. It also has a dedicated Android App service (ICS App) which contains an anonymous chat service and YouTube channel (ICS YouTube).

Administration and organisation

Governance

The institute has different departments, centers and technical service units (TSUs). Each department or centre is headed by a faculty member and each TSU is headed by a faculty member or an officer. [12]

The director is supported in various activities by the deans. [13]

Departments

The institute has the following twenty departments which offer B.Tech., B.Arch, B. Tech-M. Tech Dual, M.Tech., M.Sc., Integrated M.Sc., MBA and PhD degree: [14]

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NIT Rourkela Main Gate
The Biju Patnaik Central Library(BPCL) of the institute.jpg
Biju Patnaik Central Library
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Biomedical & Biotechnology Dept.
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NIT Lecture Hall
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Chemical Engineering Department
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Biotechnology & Medical Engineering Dept.

Rankings

NIT Rourkela was ranked 1001–1200 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2023 [15] and 251-300 in Asia for 2022. [16] In India it was ranked 19th among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024. [17]

University rankings
General – international
Times (World) (2023) [15] 1001-1200
Times (Asia) (2022) [16] 251-300
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2024) [18] 34
Engineering – India
NIRF (2024) [19] 19
Architecture – India
NIRF (2024) [20] 9

Student life

HackNITR

HackNITR [21] is a yearly hackathon event organized in NIT Rourkela. [22] It is the largest student run hackathon of India. The first event dates back to 2019. [23] HackNITR 4.0 took place in January 2023 and it received 5200+ registration from 500+ colleges and 30+ countries across the globe. Overall 336 projects were submitted in HackNITR 4.0. [22] HackNITR is organized [24] by students from Google Developer Student Clubs (GDSC) NIT Rourkela [25] in collaboration with OpenCode, Opensource community [26] of NITR.

TEDxNITRourkela

TEDxNITRourkela is an independently organized TED event, under a license by from TED Conferences LLC. It was organized for the first time in 2011 [27] and again in the following year, 2012. [28] After a long gap, TEDxNITRourkela has been organized on 13 and 14 March 2021 [29] by a team of students from NITR, led by Abel Mathew and Rutaj Dash. [30] [31]

Monday Morning

Monday Morning, also referred to as MM, is the student media platform at NIT Rourkela, founded in 2006, and the name of its e-newsletter. [32] It aims to bridge the gap between the administration and the student community. [33] The MM e-newsletter is published weekly during the academic year. [34]

In its first years of operation, the issues MM covered included construction problems with the new Vikram Sarabhai Residence Hall and child labor abuse in a residence mess. [32] [33] Its coverage of the latter attracted the attention of the Chief Warden, who "formed a team to inspect and raid all halls of residence caterers and mess owners to check on the number of children below the age of 14 working there and how they were treated". [33]

In 2012, it was reported that the newsletter's 'Placement Life' and 'Director's Desk' columns received just under 8,000 website hits per week. [32] That year, The Hindu reported that the newsletter had three chief coordinators, whose role was to set the newsletter's agenda, guide and co-ordinate other team members, and edit articles. Writing articles was done by a content team. Four students were responsible for the newsletter's policies, new features, setting long-term goals, performing regular reviews of the newsletter and taking decisions on coverage of controversial issues. It was reported that students spent two to three hours per week each on the newsletter, using the campus computer facility. [33]

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