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Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology also called NIT-Jalandhar or NITJ and formerly known as Regional Engineering College, Jalandhar is one of the youngest amongst the eighteen National Institutes of Technology of India. The institution was established in the year 1987 as Regional Engineering College and recently (October 17, 2002) has been given the status of National Institute of Technology (Deemed University) by the Government of India under the control of Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi, India.
As NIT-Jalandhar the institute has a responsibility of providing high quality education in Engineering and Technology to produce competent technical manpower for the country. The institute offers BTech program in nine disciplines of Engineering and Technology along with research programs leading to MTech and PhD.The institute acquires a national character having 50% student intake from Punjab and the rest from other states/union territories of the country.
Departments
- Chemical and Bio Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Electronics and Communications Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Instrumentation and Control Engineering
- Leather Technology
- Mechanical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Textile Technology
- Applied Chemistry
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Physics
- Humanities and Management
Students
The students of National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar are drawn from all parts of the country. As per the admission policy, 50% of the students, who join, are from the state of Punjab whereas the other 50% are from the other States. At present the hostels have a capacity to accommodate 1050 male and 252 female students. The residential accommodation in hostels comprises of cubicles and dormitories (3 seater).
Departmental Societies
To promote academic and cultural activities each Department has a constituted Departmental Society. The brief introduction and the activities of the various societies are given below:
- Civil Engineering Society
- Chemical Engineering Society
- Professional Association of Computer Engineers (PACE)
- Society of Electronics and Communication Engineers
- Society of Progressive Instrumentation and Control Engineers
- Society of Industrial Engineers
- Society of Leather Technologists (SOLE)
- Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Textile Engineers Society
See also
National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar was ranked at 18th in list of the top 20 engineering colleges in India. It was ranked 4th among all NITs. The ranking was released by the India Today weekly magazine.
External links
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