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

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in the city of Durgapur in

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, India. Founded in 1960, it is one of India's oldest technical universities. It is located on a campus of 187 acres (0.75 km²).

History

The Regional Engineering College, Durgapur was first established under the direct control of

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. Later, The National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (formerly Regional Engineering College, Durgapur) was established in 1960 under an Act of the

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as one of the eight such colleges, as a co-operative venture between the

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and the

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aimed to advance engineering education in the country and to foster national integration. Later in 1999, The University Institute of Technology (UIT) was established in replace of REC Durgapur to fill the void of engineering faculty of BU. In 2003, the institution was granted

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status with the approval of the University Grants Commission /

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; it was renamed the National Institute of Technology Durgapur and started granting degrees under its name. It became a fully-funded institution administered by an autonomous Board of Governors under the

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, Government of India. 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

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. In 2007, the Union Government of India declared it an " Institute of National Importance". On 22 November 2013, during the institute's 9th convocation, Shri

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, addressed the Institution and appreciated its efforts towards research and innovation.

Campus

Overview

The campus spans 187 acres (0.75 km2). 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. 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. Nitdgpfront

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. 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 (

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's Link, Proquest, ACM journals, ASCE,

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, Indian Standards (Intranet version) and

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journals & Standards, etc. It has a collection of several thousand E-Books on computer science (published by Springer).

Organisation and administration

Departments

Centres

Academics

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

Ranking and reputation

NIT Durgapur was ranked 44th among engineering colleges in India by the

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(NIRF) in 2024.

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.

References

External links

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