National Institute of Technology, Srinagar is one of the premier Educational Institutes in the Northern Regions of the country. It was established in 1960 and has been one of the Nine Regional Engineering Colleges sponsored by the Govt. of India during the 2nd Plan. The Institute acquired the status of National Institute of Technology with deemed to be University status during August 2003 and attained full autonomy in its Academics. The Institute is situated at the banks of the world-famous Dal Lake, with the far-famed Hazratbal Shrine on another side of the campus. NIT Srinagar is a residential Institute with accommodation facilities in Hostels and Staff-Quarters.
Facilities and amenities are available within the institute such as Bank, Consumer cum Society, Shopping Complex, Recreational Centre, Medical Unit with Ambulances, Guest House, Students Activity Centre, Separate Female and Male State of the Art Gymnasium with the latest equipment, 24X7 Internet facility, Telephone Booths, Fax Services, Diesel Generator, Bus Facility. The Institution has an Industry Interaction cell which was established in 1989 with the aim to remain at the forefront of Scientific and Technological development and to share its experience with industries in utilizing. Manpower and other resources are available at the institute effectively with the assistance of the participating industries. The Institute has one of the best technical libraries in J&K State. It has a collection of over 70,000 books on Engineering Science and humanities and about 6,000 bound volumes/Journals, both foreign and Indian. The library has an online repository of IEEE, A.S.C.E, A.S.M.E.A.E.L, J.C.C.C etc in addition to journals through I.N.S.E.S, CONSORTIUM. It also has a collection of I.S.I codes, in the C.D-Rom format.
Recently two of our UG programmes B Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering, and B Tech Mechanical Engineering got accreditation from the National Board of Accreditation (Govt of India).
“Our motto is “Sports for all and all for Sports” and mission is “Fit students- Fit Nation”. To achieve this, Institute always encourage the students to take part in games & sports to keep themselves fit and inculcate a spirit of sportsmanship amongst themselves. Also, encourage the student’s participation in Inter-NIT and other open competitions in the country.
NIT Srinagar has the Training & Placement Department working with an unflinching devotion in sprucing up consummate professionalism in the students, besides honing their technical dexterity, thanks to the team of our dedicated professors. It strives for developing the students into adept and cognizant individuals, seeded to be the technical vanguards of the nation and the world at large, sailing through the turpitude of stark economic recession. The training & placement of NIT Srinagar has received accolades from all the visiting corporate firms for its commendable work and its heart winning hospitality. The ultimate aim of the Training & Placement department is to provide quality engineers to the visiting firms and a responsible citizen to the nation.
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