The National Institute of Engineering (NIE) is a Grant in aid

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located in

Mysore Mysore ( ), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. As the traditional seat of the Wadiyar dynasty, the city functioned as the capital of the ...

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

, India. It was established in 1946 and affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University.

History

NIE was started in 1946 with diploma programs in Civil Engineering in a room under a thatched roof in Lakshmipuram under leadership of kushagra. The first batch consisted of 86 students. Later, the classes were held in a shed in the nearby Sharada Vilas High School campus, in

. S. Ramaswamy, D. V. Narasimha Rao and T. Ramarao ("Tunnel" Ramarao), the founders, established NIE by 1950 with its own class rooms and workshops on a campus. NIE started AMIE courses in

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for intermediate-passed students in 1948. The students were permitted to change over to the regular degree course leading to B.E. degree in Civil Engineering of the

University of Mysore The University of Mysore is a public state university in Mysore, Karnataka, India. The university was founded during the reign of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV and the premiership of Sir M. Visvesvaraya. The university is recognised by t ...

. Thus, NIE became the second engineering college in the state of

and the first in

. The first batch of students in Civil Engineering graduated in 1953. A Golden Jubilee Complex was completed in 1996 on a plot opposite the main building in part of the golden jubilee celebrations. In 2004, the college received

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aid under the TEQIP project. The funds obtained were used to strengthen the Centres of Excellence in the college and to set up new ones. In 2007, NIE attained autonomy under Visvesvaraya Technological University. In 2011, NIE received further

aid under the TEQIP-II. These funds were used to augment the postgraduate programs. In March 2019, the

government of Karnataka The Government of Karnataka, abbreviated as GoK or GoKA, formerly known as Government of Mysore (1956–1974), is a democratically elected state body with the governor as the ceremonial head to govern the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka ...

approved a

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status for NIE society through notification of ''The NIE University Act 2019'', and it was set to start NIE University with D.A. Prasanna was designated the founder chancellor. However, the plan was cancelled due to financial constraints and NIE continues to be an autonomous institute under Visvesvaraya Technological University.

Location and campus

The institute is presently located on Mananthavady Road and Koorgalli (adjacent to BEML),

Spread across 25 acres. The NIE Administrative Block houses the administrative offices, libraries, a gymnasium, department offices, laboratories, bank, several workshops. The Golden Jubilee Block, operational since 2000, houses the Golden Jubilee Lecture Theatre Complex, a canteen and a playground area. The Diamond Jubilee Sports Complex was set up in 2009. It contains a large, 1200-capacity arena which houses courts for badminton, table tennis and other indoor sports including basketball.

Rankings

The

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(NIRF) ranked NIE in the 201–250 band among engineering colleges in India in 2022.

Notable alumni

* Deepak Hegde, economist, professor of strategy and management,

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* H. R. Janardhana Iyengar, engineer, Mysore * Kumar Malavalli, founder of Brocade Communication Systems * N. R. Narayana Murthy, Executive Chairman, Infosys * Ramesh Kunhikannan, Founder and Managing Director, Kaynes Technology *

E. A. S. Prasanna Erapalli Anantharao Srinivas Prasanna (born 22 May 1940) is a former Indian cricket player. He was a spin bowler, specialising in off spin and a member of the Indian spin quartet. He is an alumnus of the National Institute of Engineering, Mys ...

, test cricketer - spin bowler * Nirmalananda Swamiji, head of Adichunchanagiri Math

References

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