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Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT) Established 2001 Type Private Un-Aided Engineering College Undergraduates B.E Postgraduates M.Tech, MBA, MCA Location Bangalore, Karnataka, India
13°7′45.0″N 77°35′13.4″E / 13.12917°N 77.587056°ECoordinates: 13°7′45.0″N 77°35′13.4″E / 13.12917°N 77.587056°ECampus 23 acres (93,000 m2), 20 km from Bangalore at Yelahanka. Affiliations VTU, affiliated with AICTE, Autonomous Website www.nmit.ac.in Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (also referred to as NMIT) is an engineering college in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. The college is affiliated to the Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum and approved by the AICTE, New Delhi. NMIT offers a four-year graduate programme in engineering leading to the award of the degree Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.). The college postgraduate programmes in Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Computer Applications (MCA) and M.Tech. (VLSI and Embedded Systems).
It is one of only four autonomous engineering colleges in Bangalore (according to autonomy status granted by VTU in 2007).
The campus is on a 23-acre (93,000 m2) site in Govindapura, Gollahalli village 3 km from Baglur cross, on the way to Devanahalli airport on Hyderabad-Bangalore NH 7.
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History
NMIT was started by Vinay Hegde, son of founder of NMAMIT, late Justice K. S. Hegde in 2001 after the success of Nitte Mahalinga Adyanathaya Memorial Institute of Technology (NMAMIT) at Nitte.
Courses offered
Undergraduate programme
Bachelor of Engineering (BE)
- Electronics and Communication Engineering [120]
- Computer Sciences and Engineering [120]
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering [60]
- Mechanical Engineering [120]
- Information Science and Engineering [60]
- Civil Engineering [60]
Postgraduate programme
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Specializations
- Finance
- Human Resource
- Marketing
- International Business
- this computer aided engineering drawing
Master of Technology (M.Tech)
- VLSI and Embedded Systems
- Computer Science and Engineering
Master of Computer Application (MCA)
Infrastructure
Total area: 23 acres (93,000 m2)
Laboratories
NMIT CleanRoom: Electronics lab of 10,000ppm used as integration chamber of first Indian Pico-satellite StudSat
Computer lab: 527 P-IV Computers + 10 Sun Micro Workstation; 450 systems connected through LAN; 60 printers; Internet Connectivity of 512 kbit/s through leased line.
Electronics lab: * R&D centre in VLSI/Embedded Systems; * Electrical, Physics, Chemistry Labs and Mechanical Workshop. Cypress Semiconductor and Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT) of Bangalore have agreed to build a joint PSoC (programmable system-on-chip) laboratory in the department of Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE) of NMIT. A two-semester course on PSoC is being planned at NMIT.[1]
Student activities
Inter-collegiate techno-cultural fest
Anaadyanta, a Sanskrit word meaning "the one which has neither the beginning nor the end..." is also an epithet for Lord Shiva. The institution hosts its inter-collegiate techno-cultural fest under this banner. It started in 2004 with around 20 events and 19 performing colleges. In 2008 the college count reached 56. Eminent personalities like Kannada superstar Puneeth Rajkumar, former VTU vice chancellor Dr. Balaveera Reddy, Lokayukta Justice Santhosh Hegde, etc. have graced the events. The event has hosted performances by Moksha, DJ Jasmet, Total Mukthi, DJ Goapu, and percussionist Gopi.
In 2009 38 events were lined up in two days.[2]
The IEEE Student Branch
They run conferences, seminars, project work on research topics. Activities include:
- Nine students from IEEE, NMIT, have been a part of student leadership congress held at NITK, Surathkal on 13th and 14 October 2007.
- AURA IEEE members and second year students had an industrial visit to CPRI Bangalore.
- Six Members from AURA have been to SJCE, Mysore to participate in Cyberia '08.[3]
- On 29 November 2007 a Technical Session was held on Mobile Television given by Mr. Prasanth Rao from Motorola.
- Three Members as part of a team presented a paper titled 'Wireless Surveillance System' at B.R.V Vardhan Memorial IEEE Bangalore Section paper presentation.
- As part of a team, two NMIT IEEE Members represented IEEE Bangalore Section at the 125th Anniversary Region 10 Student Congress at NUS, Singapore.[4]
- A team of two final-year students won the best paper award at the International Conference on Anti-counterfeiting, Security, and Identification in Communication, in the Communications stream, held during 20–22 August 2009 at Hong Kong.
It has a website developed by its members.[5]
The CSI NMIT Students' Branch
The Computer Society of India (CIS) inaugurated the NMIT Students' Branch on 19 May 2008 where Mr. Iqbal Ahmed, the former chairman of CSI Bangalore Chapter, was invited as a chief guest.
Yantra: Nitte Mechanical Engineering Students Association
Yantra was inaugurated in 2003 with a student and staff membership of 80. Today Yantra has more than 500 students and staff members which includes alumni students in India and other countries. Yantra was the first branch in NMIT to come out with its annual magazine MECHZINE even before the college annual magazine in 2004. The Yantra website is www.iyantra.in.
Library
The library has online search facilities, a Book Bank, and an inter-library loan facility with British Council Library, Bangalore and NAL, Bangalore.
Hostels
Separate hostels for boys and girls are within the campus. The junior boys' hostel Kumardhara accommodates more than 300 students and the senior boys' hostel Netravathi accommodates over 400 boys. The hostel Kaveri accommodates over 300 girls. NHA, a hostel association of NMIT, organizes sports and cultural events, encouraging the participation of hostelites.
Facilities
National Cadet Corps
The institute has raised the NCC Signal Coy from 2003 to 04 onwards. NCC unit at NMIT conducting activities under the leadership of Lt.Rajesh.N, Associate NCC Officer. For more details visit: www.nmitncc.org]
Games and sports
Football, cricket, basketball and volleyball courts are available inside the campus. The college hosted SRCA Cricket Tournament in October 2004. The annual inter-collegiate volleyball tournament was held in December 2004. The annual college sports meet was held in June 2005.
Soft skills
Competitions are held to encourage students in music, dance, drama, painting, rangoli, ethnic day celebration etc.
Campus Connect is a programme called by Infosys that helps students during the process of recruitment.
Kannada Rajyothsava is conducted annually in November as a part of Kannada Cultural Activity organised by BELAKU. Students and staff take part in the programme which showcases the cultural heritage of Kannada and Karnataka.
Alumni association: Nitte Alumni Association has members across the globe. The annual alumni meet is in July/August. Plans to start Nitte International Alumni are in progress. Members of alumni help and support current students in terms of studies, placement and any other support.
Notable alumni
Salman Khan Ghouse, winner of reality show Dance India Dance (Mechanical Engineer)
References
External links
Categories:- Educational institutions established in 2001
- Engineering colleges in Bangalore
- Universities and colleges in Karnataka
- Education in Bangalore
- All India Council for Technical Education
- Engineering colleges in Karnataka
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