National Institute of Technology, Patna

National Institute Of Technology, Patna
Established	2004
Type	Institute of National Importance
Location	Patna, Bihar, India
Campus	Urban
Website	http://www.nitp.ac.in

The National Institute of Technology Patna (NITP), formerly Bihar School of Engineering and Bihar College of Engineering, is a National Institute of Technology located in Patna, Bihar, India. It was created by the Government of India on January 28, 2004.

History

NITP is the sixth oldest engineering college of India.^{[citation needed]} Its origin can be traced to 1886 with the establishment of a survey training school and subsequent renaming it to Bihar School of Engineering in 1900. A graduate level curriculum was introduced in 1924. It was renamed Bihar College of Engineering in 1932. In 2004 the Government of India decided to upgrade the college to National Institute of Technology (NIT) status, as the state of Bihar had lost its only Regional Engineering College (REC), located at Jamshedpur, when Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar in 2000. By 2002, the Indian government has already decided to upgrade all RECs to NITs, with the aim of having at least one NIT per state. Bihar College of Engineering was the first institute to be directly upgraded to NIT status. In 2007, it was granted Institute of National Importance status in accordance with the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007.

Departments

The academic departments at NIT Patna include:

• Architecture
• Civil engineering
• Computer science and engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Electronics and communication engineering
• Information technology
• Mechanical engineering

Department of Civil Engineering

The first degree program offered by the college was in the sphere of civil engineering. It now^[when?] offers undergraduate courses in civil engineering and postgraduate courses in areas such as water resource engineering, structural engineering and transportation engineering.^{[citation needed]} It also offers doctoral programs.^{[citation needed]}

The department undertakes proof checking of engineering designs, detailed project reports and consultancy services to governmental and non-governmental agencies.^{[citation needed]}.

Information Technology and Computer Science Engineering

The institute expanded to include departments of Computer Science and Engineering and of Information Technology in 2005-2006., this development being a key factor towards being accorded NIT status.^{[citation needed]}

Architecture

The institute has a five year degree program in Architecture, the department having being established in 1979. The department also intends to start a post-graduate course - a Masters degree in Regional and Urban Planning, from 2011-2012. It is offering PhD course since 2010-2011.^{[citation needed]}

Notable alumni

• Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar

Hostels

The locality around campus offers private accommodation for students. The housing facilities are:

• Engineer's Hostel 1
• Engineer's Hostel 2
• New Engineer's Hostel(Warden: Dr B K Das, Asst. Warden:Prof V Sahna)
• Girl's Hostel

Construction of new hostels are underway.^[when?]

References

External links

• Official website