National Institute of Technology, Raipur

Infobox_University
name = National Institute of Technology, Raipur


motto =
established = 1956
staff=
head_label = Director
head = Dr. S.K.Pandey
state = Chhattisgarh
city = Raipur
country = India
campus =
alumni association = http://www.alumnigecnitrr.ac.in
type = Institute of National Importance
affiliations =
website = http://www.nitrr.ac.in

The National Institute of Technology, Raipur is a National Institute of Technology (NIT) established as "Government College of Engineering and Technology" in Raipur (Chhattisgarh) on 1956-09-14. The construction work was completed in 1962 and inauguration was done on 1963-03-14 by India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. The first session of the college commenced from 1956-07-01.

Campus

The NIT, Raipur is spread over an area of 130 acres. The campus has a main college building, an architecture building, six hostel blocks, residential quarters for teaching and non-teaching staff, a bank, a separate Public Works Department and electricity office for campus maintenance, a well equipped low cost dispensary and a well maintained guest house. The campus has got an additional facility of a local railway station named as Sarswati Nagar meant specially for the benefit of the students of nearby areas. The college is about 5 km from the Raipur railway station and about 12 km from the airport.

The college's main building alone covers a total area of 62060 m². It is a triple storied planned structure along with a central tower standing up to the height 23 meters. There are two beautiful gardens in front of the central tower. The college campus has a big playgroud for football as well as cricket. There are 35 lecture halls extending over an area of 6675 m² & 13 drawing halls/studios extending over an area of 3510 m². There are five boys' hostels and one girls' hostel with amenities like mess facility, Television, etc. The college has an yearly magazine named Shilpi which was relaunched few days ago after a gap of eight years.

Education

At present the institute offers 12 graduate and 6 post-graduate courses.

° [http://nitrr.ac.in/department-archi.asp Architecture]

° Bio - Medical Engineering ° Bio - Technology ° [http://nitrr.ac.in/department-chemical.asp Chemical Engineering] ° [http://nitrr.ac.in/department-civil.asp Civil Engineering] ° [http://nitrr.ac.in/department-electrical.asp Electrical Engineering] ° [http://nitrr.ac.in/department-electronics.asp Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering] ° [http://nitrr.ac.in/department-it.asp Information Technology] ° [http://nitrr.ac.in/department-mechanical.asp Mechanical Engineering] ° [http://nitrr.ac.in/department-mining.asp Mining Engineering] ° [http://nitrr.ac.in/department-metallurgy.asp Metallurgical Engineering]

° [http://nitrr.ac.in/department-computersc.asp Computer Science and Engineering]

The institute also offers part-time Degree Course in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering to the professional diploma engineers working in the industries.

The Golden Jubilee Celebrations

The institute formerly "Govt. Engg. College, Raipur." celebrated its golden jubilee celebrations in a grand fashion during 25-27 December 2005.The celebration witnessed some great cultural events by the "present and the past students of the institution."The legendary bollywood singer Udit Narayan and his troupe presented an unforgettable night for the entire invitees from across the globe.Moreover there were many events organized throughout the three days for all ages who were the part of the celebrations. These events include Fun Zone, Cultural Shows, etc.Many alumni attended the clebrations accompanied by their families and it was sheer nostalgia for them.

Placements Cell

This cell started some significant work in the year 2006-07 through the untiring efforts of self motivated students of GECNIT Raipur to provide better placements and career options to the passing out batch.It was a tough job to search for HR and alumni in top positions and create brand equity of NIT Raipur students.An official "Placement Cell", was formed which looks after the process of placements here.The placement cell is completely handled by students themselves and results have been encouraging.

tudents Committees

1. Cultural Committee2. Literary Committee3. Technical Committee