National Institute of Technology [NIT], Kurukshetra

National Institute of Technology - [NIT]

Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra, Haryana   |   ESTD : 1963   |   Approved By: AICTE   |   Type: Public
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About College

National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra is one of the thirty National Institutes of Technology established and administered by Government of India. It has been accredited with the status of Institute of National Importance. NIT, Kurukshetra was established in the year of 1963 as a joint and cooperative enterprise of Govt. Of India and State Govt. of Haryana to serve best quality training in the field of technology to the students of the state of Haryana as well as the whole nation.

  • The institute campus is located about 10 km from Pipli, which is 168 km north of New Delhi and about 5 km from Kurukshetra Railway station.
  • It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy program in Engineering, Sciences and Humanities
  • NIT Kurukshetra is visited by a large number of recruiters every year. Some major companies that visit the institute are Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Deloitte, Epic Systems, Oracle, Ubisoft, BirlaSoft, Adobe, Yahoo!, Pangea3, HCL, Accenture, Infosys etc

Academic Overview: Institute has the following departments and schools-

Departments

  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Information Technology
  • Industrial Engineering and Management
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Application
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Mathematics
  • Humanities

Schools of Excellence

  • School of Renewable Energy and Efficiency
  • School of VLSI Design and Embedded Systems
  • School of Biomedical Engineering
  • School of Material Science and Nanotechnology

 

Extracurricular: NIT students are indulged in many technical, cultural and managerial events throughout the year. There are societies for every technical event associated with each branch. Some of these technical and cultural clubs are-

Technical Clubs

  • Embedded robotics club (EMR)
  • SAE-NITK (Society of Automotive Engineers)
  •  MICROBUS (Electronics & Communication Engineering)
  • TECHNOBYTE (Computer Science)
  • MECHSOC (Mechanical Engineering)

  Cultural Clubs

 

  • MAD(Music and Dramatics)
  • Photography
  • Fine Arts and Modelling
  • English Literature and Debate Club
  • Hindi Literature and Debate Club
  • SAC
  • Spic Macay

Festivals: Following are the major festivals that take place at NIT Kurukshetra every year-  

  • Techspardha- It is the main technical festival of the institute. Various technology-based activities and competitions are organized and a large of students take part in these events thus adding to its popularity.
  • Confluence- It is the annual cultural event and one of the most anticipated events in North India. Many colleges from the state as well as from the other parts of the nation take part in Confluence. It is a 3 days long event and has been visited by some of the most famous artists and personalities of the county in the past few years

Ranking:

Publisher

Rank

Year

The Week

28th

2013

Career 360

1st (Haryana Region)

2013

Mint

24th

2009

JEE Main Ranking

7th (out of all NITs)

2013

 

 

Scholarship: The National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra offers various performance-linked awards and scholarships to the meritorious students of the institution. Various honors and awards are:

  • University Medal and Merit certificate for the toppers of the institution is given to the students of B.Tech who obtain the highest score in the final by clearing all the exams at one go.
  • Gold medal is given along with a cash prize of INR 5000 to the student who secures a 1st position in the final exam.
  • 'Best All-Rounder' Award.
  • Award for Technical Working Model.

College Infrastructure and Facility


Student Discussion

  • MALAY MALLICK 2016-08-04 19:26:10

    What about the admission procedure ?

    • Naveen Kumar 2016-08-18 16:53:51

      I had given AIEEE in 2012 and had secured total marks of 214 out of 360 and my all India rank was about 8000 i wanted to pursue my career in engineering so i decided to take admission in a good NIT, Nit kurukshetra was close to my house and also among top 5 Nits in India so i decided to go for it even though I got initially civil engineering branch but in internal sliding my branch was upgraded to Mechanical.