National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur (NIT Jamshedpur or NITJSR), is an

Institute of National Importance Institute of National Importance (INI) is a status that may be conferred on a premier public higher education institution in India by an act of Parliament of India, an institution which "serves as a pivotal player in developing highly skilled per ...

for Technical Education located at Jamshedpur,

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . I ...

, India. Established as a Regional Institute of Technology on 15 August 1960, it was upgraded to

National Institute of Technology The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are the central government-owned-public technical institutes under the ownership of Ministry of Education, Government of India. They are governed by the National Institutes of Technology, Science ...

(NIT) on 27 December 2002 with the status of a Deemed University. It is one of the 31 NITs in India, and as such is directly under the control of the

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

(MHRD). It is the third in the chain of 8 NITs established as a part of the Second Five Year Plan (1956–61) by the

Government of India The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...

History

NIT Jamshedpur Main Administrative Building

National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur was founded as the Regional Institute of Technology in 1960 by Dr. Srikrishna Sinha, the then Chief Minister of the state of Bihar (unpartitioned). The date of 15 August, Independence Day in India, was chosen for the laying of the foundation stone. It was among the first eight

Regional Engineering Colleges The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are the central government-owned-public technical institutes under the ownership of Ministry of Education, Government of India. They are governed by the National Institutes of Technology, Science ...

(RECs) established as part of the Second Five-Year Plan (1956–1961). It now serves as the NIT for the newly carved state of

, while

NIT Patna National Institute of Technology Patna (NIT Patna), formerly Bihar School of Engineering and Bihar College of Engineering, is a public engineering institution located in Patna in the Indian state of Bihar. It was renamed as NIT Patna, by the G ...

serves as the NIT for the

state of Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

Academics and admission

The institute offers a

Ph.D A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

in various streams and twelve semester courses various disciplines. It offers admission in its undergraduates courses of

BTech A Bachelor of Technology (Latin ''Baccalaureus Technologiae'', commonly abbreviated as B.Tech. or BTech; with honours as B.Tech. (Hons.)) is an undergraduate academic degree conferred after the completion of a three to five-year program of studi ...

through JEE-Main Entrance Examination, which is the pre-requisite for admission in all

NITs The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are the central government-owned-public technical institutes under the ownership of Ministry of Education, Government of India. They are governed by the National Institutes of Technology, Science ...

Ranking

NIT Jamshedpur was ranked 79 among engineering colleges in India by the

National Institutional Ranking Framework The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a methodology adopted by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India. The Framework was approved by the MHRD and launched by Minister ...

(NIRF) in 2020. Its rank slipped down to 86 in the 2021 NIRF ranking. It slipped further down to 90 in 2022.https://www.nirfindia.org/2022/EngineeringRanking.html

Festivals

There are three annual festivals: * Ojass, a techno-management festival of the college to showcase the technical and managerial skill of the students. *Urja, annual athletics sports meet. * Culfest, a cultural festival. * Technica, an annual festival for students of Metallurgical and Materials engineering from all over India * Vidhaan, a civil branch festival managed by Civil Engineering Society of NIT Jamshedpur. * NIT Jamshedpur Conference Catalysis and Photocatalysis for Clean Energy (CPCE)

Notable alumni

Malli Mastan Babu Mastan Babu Malli (3 September 1974 – 24 March 2015) was an Indian mountaineer. He is best known for his 2006 world record of climbing the Seven Summits in the shortest span of time at that point - a total of 172 days with the first climb ...

- fastest 7 summiteer in the world * Kul Man Ghising - former managing director of

Nepal Electricity Authority Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), founded on 16 August 1985, is the parent generator and distributor of electric power under the supervision of the government of Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Repu ...

(NEA) known for ending load-shedding *

Ram Vinay Shahi R.V. Shahi is the Chairman of Energy Infratech Private Limited. He previously served as the Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Power and formerly the Chairman and Managing Director of Bombay Suburban Electric Supply Limited ...

- Chairman of Energy Infratech Private Limited. Former Chairman and Managing Director of Bombay Suburban Electric Supply Limited. Former Secretary to GOI in the ministry of power.

References

External links

*
Official Team Phoenix website
{{authority control Education in Jharkhand Engineering colleges in Jharkhand National Institutes of Technology Educational institutions established in 1960 Education in Jamshedpur 1960 establishments in Bihar Universities and colleges in Jharkhand All India Council for Technical Education Technical universities and colleges in India