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National Institute of Technology Srinagar (NIT Srinagar or NITSRI) is a
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located in
Srinagar Srinagar (; ) is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary ...
, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is one of the 31
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(NITs) and, as such, is directly under the control of the
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(MoE). It was established in 1960 as one of several Regional Engineering Colleges established as part of the Second Five-Year Plan (1956–61) by the
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. It is governed by the
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, which has declared it an
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. NIT Srinagar admits its undergraduate students through the Joint Entrance Examination (Mains), previously AIEEE. It has 12 academic departments covering
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,
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,
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, and
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programs. Also, the medium of instruction is English. Prof. Binod Kumar Kanuajia is an academic administrator currently serving as the director of the National Institute of Technology Srinagar. He is known for his contributions to the field of education, as well as his leadership in advancing the educational and research initiatives at NIT Srinagar.


History

NIT Srinagar was established in 1960 as the Regional Engineering College, Srinagar. The first chairman was Wajahat Habibullah IAS (2004–2014). It was one of the first eight Regional Engineering Colleges established by the Government of India during the first Five-Year Plan. The institute shifted to its present campus in 1965. The Regional Engineering College, Srinagar, was upgraded to become the National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, in July 2003. In the same year, the institution was granted
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status with the approval of the University Grants Commission, All India Council of Technical Education , and the Government of India. On 15 August 2007, it became an
Institute of National Importance In India, an Institution of National Importance (INI) refers to a premier public higher education institution granted special status by an act of the Parliament of India. Such institutions are recognized for their pivotal role in developing high ...
under the NIT Bill passed by the parliament of India.


Location

The institute is located on the western bank of Dal Lake near the
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in the north eastern region of
Srinagar Srinagar (; ) is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary ...
city. The institute is located 23 km from the Srinagar International Airport and 13 km from
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.


Admissions

The admissions to undergraduate through the
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(JEE-Main) or Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) (through
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), for non-resident Indians. Admission to postgraduate courses is done based on
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(GATE) scores, through Centralized Counselling for M.Tech. (CCMT) for M.Tech. Courses and though Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. for M.Sc. courses.


Academics

The university includes eight engineering departments, for
Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials ...
,
Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...
,
Computer Science and Engineering Computer science and engineering (CSE) is an academic subject comprising approaches of computer science and computer engineering. There is no clear division in computing between science and engineering, just like in the field of materials science ...
,
Electrical Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...
,
Electronics and Communication Engineering Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current flow ...
,
Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...
,
Metallurgical Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys. Metallurgy encompasses both the ...
and
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, and
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, as well as four
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departments for
Physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...
,
Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...
,
Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...
, and
Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...
.


Rankings

NIT Srinagar is ranked 79th among the engineering colleges of India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024. In "India Today's Annual Rankings 2022", NIT Srinagar secures 24th Rank among the best Engineering Colleges in India.


Campus and student life

The NIT campus is located on the bank of Dal Lake.
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is at a walkable distance from the institute. The campus consists of academic buildings, student hostels with hostel accommodation for only non-locals, and some far-flung areas of the valley. However, there are no residential facilities for PhD Scholars. The Health Centre provides medical care to students, teachers, staff, and family members. The Central Library is automated and provides services seven days a week, catering to more than 3500 users belonging to 12 departments and centers. The library houses 75,000 books. There are a campus-wide fibre optic and Wi-Fi network, which covers all the departments, teachers' quarters, and students' hostels. There are a central computer lab and computer labs in each Departments. Institute is also part of high speed
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. The Institute provides separate hostels for the male and female students with separate mess facilities. There are also guesthouses available to meet additional temporary housing needs. ; Halls of residence: * Indus Boys Hostel (for 1st year B.Tech. students). * Chenab Boys Hostel (for 2nd year B.Tech. students) * Tawi Boys Hostel (for M.Tech and Ph.D. students) * Mansar and Manasbal hostel( For 3rd Year B.Tech. Students) * Jehlum Boys Hostel (for 4th year B.Tech. students) * 8-Block Dal Boys' Hostel (For 4th and 3rd-year B.Tech. Students) * Dal Extension ' Hostel (Renovated) * Girls' Hostel (Combined for B.Tech., M.Tech.) (All Years) For the first three years of Btech, each hostel room is shared by 5 students each while in the 4th year, each student is allotted a single room in the Jhelum hostel. The rooms in the Jhelum hostel are allotted based on CGPA(up to the 5th semester). The students who are not able to get a single room in the Jhelum hostel are allotted the Dal hostels, where the students reside in the ratio of 2 students per room. The M-tech students and Ph.D. scholars are allotted the Tawi hostel during their stay on the campus. In the Tawi hostel, each room is shared by three students. There is a Common Hall, adjacent to the hostels, which provides facilities for indoor games like table tennis and carom, along with a gymnasium. The institute has a Maintenance Engineering Centre set up under the Indo-Italian collaboration. The center caters to the maintenance engineering needs of the Institute and the region as a whole in respect of research, consultancy, and academics.


Technical Festival

Techvaganza is the National Level Technical Festival (Tech-Fest) of NIT Srinagar. It usually occurs in the month of April every year. 3. Techvaganza is a national level technical festival held annually at National institute of technology Srinagar in Srinagar. It is the first Techno-Management festival in region.


Notable alumni

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, Computer Scientist, Regents Professor , and an Ex Head of Computer Science Department at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater *
Vijay Vaishnavi Vijay Kumar Vaishnavi is a noted researcher and scholar in the computer information systems field with contributions mainly in the areas of design science, software engineering, and data structures & algorithms, authoring over 150 publications ...
, Computer Information Systems Researcher and Scholar * Mansoor Ali Khan, Member of the 13th Lok Sabha * Davoud Danesh-Jafari, Minister of Economy and Finance Affairs of
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. * Narinder Kumar Gupta, Academic and Padma Shri Awardee. * Sonam Wangchuk (engineer), Engineer, innovator, and education reformist


See also

* 2016 NIT Srinagar Student Protests *
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Indian Institute of Science The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a Public university, public, Deemed university, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The ...
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Indian Institutes of Management The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are Centrally Funded Business Schools for management offering undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and executive programmes along with some additional courses in the field of business administra ...
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University of Kashmir University of Kashmir (UoK), informally known as Kashmir University (KU), is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public State university (India), state university located in the Hazratbal neighbourhood, on the western side of ...
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Srinagar Srinagar (; ) is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary ...


References

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