National Institute of Technology Puducherry (NITPy), an Institution of National Importance nestled in the scenes of Karaikal, a costal enclave in the basin of river Kaveri is one among the ten new NIT’s sanctioned by the Government of India under the 11th Five-year plan vide order No. F-23-13/2009-TS dated 30th October, 2009 by an act of parliament (NIT act 2007). It is situated in the Union Territory of Puducherry. Notwithstanding the tender age, NITPy is committed to produce effective and responsible technocrats who have the ability to serve the nation on its journey to growth and prosperity. In this process, students have been admitted from the academic year 2010-11 onwards through JEE Mains with 50% of seats reserved for the candidates having residence/native at Union Territories of Puducherry and Andaman & Nicobar. The remaining 50% of seats are filled on all India basis.
The Institution is at a constant attempt of making endeavours to scale new heights by developing a synergy between teaching, research, and consulting /training activities. The Institute provides keen guidance in terms of fundamental knowledge and advanced technologies, motivation for co-curricular and extra-curricular activities to sculpt the bright minds into professionally balanced individuals, capable enough to take up challenges of nature, society and the marketplace. The students are exposed to the most modern and up-to-date curriculum and contemporary developments in various disciplines of engineering, in addition to scientific and engineering skills, the institute provides scope to get exposure for team work on experiments, projects presentation & communication skills and active participation in all extracurricular activities.
National Institute of Technology Puducherry (NITPy) is energetically involved in different areas of research and offers consultancy services to industry to bridge the gap between industry and academia. The research and consultancy activities are actively taken up by the faculty members of the Institute and have been gaining momentum in the recent past. These activities help the faculty members to apply the concepts to practical problems and thereby gain the practical knowledge and share their gained knowledge effectively with the students. The research projects investigated by the faculty and sponsored by different government funding agencies and industry research collaborations have helped the Institute in developing state of the art facilities. The faculty of the Institute have bagged research project funding worth of nearly 100 M Indian Rupees
The Institute ranks in the band of 101-150 in National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023 (Engineering), (NIRF – 2023)
The Cultural Committee organizes “LE’CIEL” an intercollegiate cultural festival every year. “GYANITH” an intercollegiate technical festival is being conducted every year where the students across the country will assemble, interact, share, gain knowledge in the various fields of Engineering and Technology. Annual sports meet, celebration of international yoga day and Celebration of Fit India Movement are annually held. Annual leadership Training Camp and conduct of ‘B’ and ‘C’ certificate examination for NCC cadets are also being conducted.
The students of NITPY share and enhance their knowledge through various clubs and committees like FOSS club, Literary club, Innovation, sports and cultural club and Roteract club which works for the welfare of the society teaching children about hygiene and career prospects. The student chapters of Professional societies like IEEE, IE(I) and ISTE are functioning in the institute and various technical and non-technical activities are conducted through these chapters. In addition to the above, Art and Craft club, Design club, Music club, Dance club, Women’s Cell, Tamil Mandram, Photography Club, Esports club and Ragasvarupam Indian Performing Arts Club are functioning
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