National Institute of Technology, Patna

National Institute of Technology, Patna

NIT Patna logo
Motto Excellence in scientific and technical education
Type Public
Established 1886 [1]
Director Professor Asok De
Location Patna, Bihar, India
Campus Urban
Website www.nitp.ac.in

The National Institute of Technology Patna (NIT Patna), formerly Bihar School of Engineering and Bihar College of Engineering, is a public engineering institution located in Patna in the Indian state of Bihar. It was renamed to NIT Patna, by the Government of India on January 28, 2004.[2] It is an autonomous institute functions directly under Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.[3]

History

NIT Patna Main building

NIT Patna is the second oldest engineering college of India. Its origin can be traced to 1886 with the establishment of a survey training school and subsequent renaming it to Bihar college 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 upgraded 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 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.

Campus

NIT Patna functions from a 40 acres (16 ha) campus along Ashok Rajpath, geographically which lies on the southern bank of the river Ganges exactly opposite the point of its confluence with river Gandak. Land for a new campus, a 100 acres (40 ha) plot, has been assigned at Sikandarpur village in Bihta, around 40 km from Patna.[4][5] Earlier it was assigned at Dumri village in Bihta. Once NIT-Patna shifts to its new campus in Bihta, it will run some management courses on the present campus at Ashok Rajpath.

Facilities

Central library

Library

The institute maintains a central library which has 1,50,000 books and 1,100 e-journals and works for about 10 hours per day. The Central Library has an e-resource section on the ground floor, a study section on the first floor and a separate section for computer related books on the second floor.

Computer labs

Every department has a computer lab to sharpen the students programming skills and to give hands-on experience with the use of the software in their field of study.

EDA lab

The Electronic Data Automation lab is the central lab used for general information access and research work.

Computer center

Computer center

The institute has a computer center with 6 computer labs and a 2 virtual classroom equipped with computing and audio-visual facilities such as interactive boards, and projectors. The labs have CCTV cameras for conducting online interviews, tests and presentations. CC has internet connectivity throughout the day so students can use internet facility. A central bandwidth of 1GBps provided by RailTel fir uninterrupted high speed internet connection.

Academic departments

All the engineering UG courses are NBA Accredited for 2k12 and 2k13 batch.

Department of Architecture

HOD is Dr. Kamini Sinha. The department offers a 5-year degree program in Bachelor of Architecture and Master in Urban and Regional Planning. It provides courses in graphics and design, including Architectural Design, Climatology, Visual Arts, Architectural Graphics, and Architectural Acoustics.[6]

Students are offered electives and in the last two semesters they are involved exclusively in apprenticeship and projects.

Department of Civil Engineering

HOD is Dr. Vivekanand Singh. The first degree program offered by the college was in the sphere of civil engineering. It offers undergraduate courses in civil engineering and postgraduate courses in areas such as water resource engineering, structural engineering and transportation engineering. It also offers doctoral programs.

The department undertakes proof checking of engineering designs, detailed project reports and consultancy services to governmental and non-governmental agencies.

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

HOD is Prof. Tanveer Haider. The department offers courses leading to Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering. Courses include Data Structures; Design and Analysis of Algorithms; System Programming; Computer Networks; Data Mining and Warehousing; Distributed and Parallel Computing; Mobile and Wireless Computing; Real-time Systems; Cryptography; Genetic Algorithm; and Artificial Intelligence. Students are offered a variety of electives.[7]

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

HOD is Dr Jayanta Ghosh. The department offers courses leading to Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering.

Courses include Digital Electronics; Analog Electronics; Solid State Physics and Devices; Intelligent Instruments; Optical Fiber Communication; Digital Signal Processing; IC Fabrication; and VLSI. Students are offered electives.

Department of Electrical Engineering

HOD is Prof. U.S. Triar. The department offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

Core courses under the undergraduate program include Electrical Power System, Electrical Machines, Control System, Instrumentation, Microprocessors, Power Electronics and Digital Signal Processing. Postgraduate courses include Control System Engineering and Power System Engineering. Students are offered electives.

Department of Information Technology

HOD is Prof. Tanveer Haider. The department offers courses leading to Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology.

From 2013 the IT branch was merged with CSE, so this branch does not exist distinctly.

Department of Mechanical Engineering

HOD is Dr. Om Pakash. The department offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

Core courses on the undergraduate program include Thermodynamics; Fluid Mechanics; Fluid Machinery; CAD; CAM; Machine Drawing; Manufacturing by Shaping and Joining; Design of Machine Elements, I.C. Engines and Gas Turbines; and Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. Specialized courses for higher degrees include Thermal Turbo Machinery, Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Transfer.

Students are offered various electives in the fields of automation, heat transfer finite element method, operation research, and others. Their knowledge and skills are augmented by professors, helping PhD students and comprehensible research works.

Extracurricular activities

From institute website to the annual cultural fest, the institute delegates responsibility to its students wherever possible. With activities and competitions taking place every other day, students are provided with opportunities to develop their soft skills and therefore broaden their perspective. A few notable events are listed below.

Festivals

Melange

The annual cultural fest of NIT Patna has grown into one of the largest youth festivals of the region. Every January, Melange provides a platform for students across the institute to showcase their talent in competitions, providing the students of NITP an opportunity to interact with celebrities and corporate persons and thereby hone their creative and managerial skills.[8] Events include debates, dramas, essays and writings.

Corona

The annual technical fest of NIT Patna, Corona has become one of the biggest technical fests of the country. Recent editions have attracted participants from over 50 institutes from across the country, thus making it the largest technical fest of Bihar and Jharkhand. It is a showcasing of the best innovations in the world of technology. Events include robotics, circuit designing, programming, and presentations. The event has lectures by some of the biggest names in the field. Artists such as Kumar Vishwas,irshad kamil have performed in the event. Famous Bands from India and foreign such as Raeth(band),M-sonic have also performed in the event.

The event is entirely managed by students.

Parakram

The annual sports meet of college Parakram is an intramural sport festival. In this all the sports are played and team of each department compete with each other. For girls teams are formed year wise. the Sports Played in Prakram

Team Events

Individual Events

Indoor and outdoor sports

Every year in January, NIT Patna holds an annual indoor and outdoor sports week, with events such as cricket, football, table tennis, badminton, carom, and discus throw. Managed by students, this event tests their organising and managerial skills.

Societies

Nitish Kumar as a chief guest in NIT Patna

The institute recognizes these major societies:

Ranking

University and college rankings
Engineering – India
NIRF[9][10] 87
Medical - India
Business – India

NIT Patna has been ranked as the 57th best Engineering College of India in the Edu-Rand Rankings of 2015.[11] The survey was done jointly by Edu, an Indian company and Rand Corporation, a non-profit American thinktank.[12] NIT Patna is ranked 87 in National Institutional Ranking Framework published by Ministry of Human Resource Development in April 2016.[13]

Notable alumni

ChandraShekhar Prasad, Retired Director General , CPWD

Aditya Prakash Mishra, Retired Member, Railway Board

Arun Sinha, Editor, Nav Hind Times, Goa

Kaushal K Mishra, Retired MD & CEO, Tata-AIG General Insurance Co.

Residential student halls

The housing facilities (hostels) are:

Boys Hostel

Girls Hostel

These hostels can only accommodate 50% of the students. The rest live in private lounges & p.g. may be near or far from campus. However, new hostels for both boys and girls are under construction.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nitp.ac.in
  2. ↑ "National Institute of Technology, Patna celebrates its 11th foundation day". Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "NIT Patna to get Deemed University Status very soon". Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "New land at Bihta for NIT- DM announces plot for tech institute campus".
  5. ↑ Kumar, Roshan (3 January 2012). "NIT frowns & accepts 100 acres". telegraphindia.com (Calcutta, India). Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  6. ↑ http://nitp.ac.in/archi_dept.php
  7. ↑ http://www.nitp.ac.in/php/cse_dept.php
  8. ↑ "Fun-filled days for tech collegians in the offing". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2016". Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2016.
  10. ↑ "HRD Ministry announces universities ranking, IIT Madras and IIM Bangalore top the list".
  11. ↑ "Best engineering colleges in India". digit.in.
  12. ↑ "Case Studies, Leaders, Policy, Administration, Industry Focus, Campus, Technology". www.edu-leaders.com.
  13. ↑ http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160405/jsp/frontpage/story_78430.jsp#.VwSd9Jx97IU

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