National Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (NIAMT) formerly known as the National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (NIFFT) is a premier

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. It was established in 1966 by the

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in collaboration with

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–

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to provide qualified engineers and specialists for running

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and

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industries. It is an

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and Centrally Funded Technical Institute (CFTI) by Ministry of Education (MOE), Government of India. The institute offers

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program at the graduate level and

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program and advanced diploma courses at the

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level. The objectives of the institute have broadened to meet the present need of the industries, with the introduction of departments of

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in 1985,

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in 1998 ,

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in 2020 and

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in 2021.

Apart from training students, NIAMT also provides consultancy, documentation and information retrieval services in manufacturing engineering, industrial metallurgy and in foundry and forge sectors.

Location

Located in

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, which is about 7.4 km from

. Distance from Ranchi Airport: 6 km Distance from Ranchi Railway Station: 10 km Distance from Hatia Railway Station: 1.1 km and 140 km from Chaibasa.

History

In consonance with the general guidelines of

(1962) regarding establishment of specialized institutes, National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (NIFFT) was created in 1966 under the

program to cater to the need of a large number of technicians in industry. The particular emphasis was on

and

technology to meet the demand of trained

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in the primary metal manufacturing sectors like

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, heavy engineering, machine and component

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etc. Two carefully designed advanced diploma courses, namely foundry and forge technology, were offered. In view to push forward the knowledge boundary, four

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programs were introduced in the core areas of foundry and forge technology. Subsequently, two

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programs, one in

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in 1992, and other in

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in 1998. The courses were affiliated to the

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. The affiliation was later granted by the

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from 2018. In 2020, Manufacturing Engineering was replaced by

. However, as of 1 July 2021, the university grants commission has approved the institute for the Deemed University status under section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956. In 2022, two new Btech courses Computer Engineering and Production and Industrial Engineering is introduced to reinforce the core framework of foundry and forging technology with the knowledge of materials and manufacturing to cater the emerging need of the industries. The doctoral program for manufacturing engineering began in 2006. The institute currently offers

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s in 5 departments, 4

degrees, 4

degrees and 2 advanced diploma courses. The Institute is planning to introduce a Mtech programme in

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from the academic year 2023-24. NIFFT celebrated its golden jubilee year in 2016 with the

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, assuring to promote it to the status of an institute of national importance. In 2021, name of the Institution was changed from ' National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology ' to ' National Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology '.

Organization

The institute is registered as a society under the Indian Societies Registration Act of 1860. The management of the institute is vested with a board of governors with a chairman at its apex and members representing the

(

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and Industry),

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(AICTE), private and public enterprises, technical and R&D institutions. The institute received technical and financial assistance during its formative period in the form of

fellowships, experts services, and laboratory equipment.

Campus

The NIAMT campus is located on NH-75 around 7.2 km from Ranchi. It is around from

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and around from

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. The campus is around from

Birsa Munda Airport Birsa Munda Airport is a domestic airport serving Ranchi, the capital city of the Jharkhand, India. It is named after the Indian tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda, and is currently managed by Airports Authority of India. The airport is locate ...

making it easily accessible via rail as well as airways. The campus is spread over . It is located in the town of

. It houses the administrative building, academic buildings and halls of residence for students. The faculty residential area, grounds, library, auditorium, laboratories and workshops are other areas on its well maintained campus.

Hostels

NIFFT has five boys hostels namely Nirala Chatrawas, Homi J. Bhabha Chatrawas, J. C. Bose Chatrawas, M. Visvesvaraya Chatrawas, Vikram A. Sarabhai Chatrawas and one girls' hostel, Kalpana Chawla Chatrawas, whose total holding capacity is around 1200 students, in single-bed and double-bed rooms in ADC, B.Tech., M.Tech., and PhD courses. Each hostel has sports facilities such as TT tables, football ground, basketball ground, badminton court, cricket ground, carrom boards and volleyball courts apart from the common college facilities. Nirala Chatrawas, J. C. Bose Chatrawas and M. Visvesvaraya Chatrawas have canteens inside the hostel. The other hostels also have a student's mess and canteen nearby.

Sports facilities

The college provides sporting facilities to its students for their all-round development. These include a cricket ground, basketball court, volleyball courts, table tennis, football and shuttle badminton.

Computer facilities

The institute provides many computer facilities. These include software like DEFORM, PROCAST,

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Professional (Mechanical and Electrical),

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and also servers, desktops, workstations and terminals.

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Center/Computer Center and the E-library provide students with internet access.

Laboratories

The institute has well equipped laboratories and workshop for carrying out practical study work by the students and for extending testing facilities pertaining to foundry, forge, metallurgical analysis and materials characterization to the outside organizations on payment basis. The institute houses laboratories such as sand laboratory,

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laboratory, flexible manufacturing system (FMS) laboratory, non-destructive and mechanical testing laboratory, composite laboratory,

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laboratory, environmental monitoring and pollution control laboratory,

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laboratory, and a

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laboratory. The institute also houses workshop buildings which include carpentry, foundry and forge shops as well as graphics rooms and other laboratories.

Departments

NIAMT has the following six departments: *Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering *Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering *Department of

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and

*Department of

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Technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, ...

*Department of

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*Department of

Applied Sciences Applied science is the use of the scientific method and knowledge obtained via conclusions from the method to attain practical goals. It includes a broad range of disciplines such as engineering and medicine. Applied science is often contrasted ...

and

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Academics

The institute conducts educational programmes leading to the award of Advanced Diploma Course Certificates (ADC),

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(B.Tech.),

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(M.Tech.) and

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(PhD).

Admissions

For admission into the Advanced Diploma Courses (ADC), the institute self conducts examination. The

students for

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at the institute are selected through the competitive exam,

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. For

(M.Tech.) courses admission is through

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(GATE). For the PhD course, admission is through interview held at campus at the beginning of every semester.

Rankings

The

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(NIRF) ranked it 115 among engineering colleges in 2021. In 2022, NIAMT ranked 150th in NIRF Engineering category.

Life at NIAMT

NIAMT has many student clubs which conduct many technical and cultural events throughout the year. These include the ''SAC'' (Students Activity Centre), ''SAE'' Club, ''NIAMT Cricket'' Club, Football club, The ''NIAMT Ensemble'' (Music Club), ''Anagha'' (Dance and Drama club), Nukkad Team, Photography Club, etc.

College fests

Jinks-Pranav is the annual youth cultural cum techno-management festival organised by the Students'Gymkhana committee of NIAMT, held in last of February every year. The festival spans three days and comprises more than forty events. In Jinks Pranav 2017, the main attraction was Lagori band, DJ Tejas,

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Umeed

Umeed is a social welfare program that aims to help the poor and unfortunate survive the harsh winter by donating them clothes. Started in 2015 with the motto "For it is in giving that we receive" by the students of NIAMT, the program helped more than five hundred people of Ranchi in its first edition. The year 2016 saw the involvement of another educational institution from Ranchi,

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, in this social work. The collection and distribution of the clothes is managed by the student from the institutions. The cloth collection drive will be starts from mid October and will extend through the month till the first week of November. The distribution of the clothes will take place after the collected clothes have been sorted and filtered according to their fitness to be worn. On 13 November 2016 the clothes were distributed in various orphanages and old age homes in Ranchi. Cultural events for orphaned children on 14 November 2016, on the occasion of Children's day was also held at NIAMT, Ranchi.

In popular culture

Parts of the Punjabi movie Dakuaan Da Munda were shot at NIAMT.

References

External links

Official website

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