Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology - [NITJ]

About College

Quite a good number of institutes in India are there providing education on technology and engineering and bringing out top class engineers and IT professionals every year. In the reputed list of such universities and institutes comes the Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology of Jalandhar.

• 1987 is the year when the institute got established as Regional Engineering College
• The Government of India gave it the status of National Institute of Technology – a Deemed University – on October 17, 2002 with the support of Ministry of HRD, New Delhi.
• It has also been declared by the HRD Ministry of the Government of India as an “Institute of National Importance” under the Parliament Act of 2007.
• The institute provides excellent placement opportunities being visited by the top industries of the country who select the final year students for job.
• The campus of the institute has an area extending over 154 acres and is surrounded by nature’s beauty providing ideal atmosphere for the students.
• The area of the NITJ campus has three functional sections in which it is divided namely Institution zone for teaching departments, centers and administration, Institution zone for the faculty and staff and Residential zone for the faculty and staff
• The vision of the institute is to build a rich intellectual potential embedded with interdisciplinary knowledge, human values and professional ethics among the youth, aspirant of becoming engineers and technologists, so that they contribute to society and create a niche for a successful career.
•  To nurture and sustain an academic ambience conducive to the development and growth of committed professionals for sustainable development of the nation and to accomplish its integration into the global economy.

Departments:

The institute is a pioneer in the field of technology and engineering comprising of various departments which offer diverse courses. It has a very well structured academic curriculum and the departments under it are:

• Department of Biotechnology
• Department of Chemical Engineering
• Department of Civil Engineering
• Department of Computer Science and Engineering
• Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Department of Electrical Engineering
• Department of Industrial and Production Engineering
• Department of Information Technolgy
• Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Department of Mining Engineering
• Department of Textile Engineering

Placement Record:

Students Placed Statistics (2012-13)

Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP):

Its objectives are:

• Strengthening Institutions to produce high-quality engineers for better employability
• Scaling-up postgraduate education and demand-driven Research & Development and Innovation
• Establishing Centers of Excellence for focused applicable research
• Training of faculty for effective Teaching
• Enhancing Institutional and System Management effectiveness

Women Cell:

To facilitate a gender-sensitive and congenial working environment at NIT Jalandhar so that women employees and female students are not subjected to gender-specific discrimination or sexual harassment.

Facilities:

Festival:

• TechNITi: A techno-management fest that is usually the highlight of student life on campus. The fest involves events from all the departments, including robotics, workshops, guest lectures, and informal.
• Utkansh: A cultural fest that aims at drawing out the creative side of the techies on campus.

Ranking:

In 2012, NIT Jalandhar was ranked 13^th out of 30’s NIT