National Institute of Technology, Raipur
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur is a central government-funded autonomous institution. It has been established in the year 1956 as a Government College of Mining and Metallurgy. It has been started with two engineering disciplines as Mining and Metallurgy. The institute has been awarded as the status of Institute of National Importance.
Campus
The institute is one of the 30 NITs in India. The campus is located on NH – 6 (Green Eastern Road) in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh. The campus is 5 km away from the Raipur Railway station and 14 km away from the Raipur Airport. The campus was inaugurated by the first Prime Minister of India, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.
Facilities
The campus provides world-class facilities for education and research. The major facilities like science & engineering labs, computing facility, tutorial facility, workshops, sports and recreation facility, transport facility, canteen & cafeteria, computer centre, library and separate hostel accommodation facility for boys and girls.
Programmes
The campus is offering various UG, PG and doctoral degree programmes in various domain and various fields of education like engineering and technology, applied science, environmental and social science, humanities, commerce and management studies. The top engineering disciplines offers by the NIT Raipur are as the following:
- Bio Technology Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science Engineering
- Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical Engineering
- Mining Engineering
Placement
The NIT – National Institute of Technology Raipur has a placement cum training cell which provides the job oriented trainings and placement. The major recruiters of the institution are ACC, HCL, Adani Group, ONGC Corp, Hindustan Petroleum, Hidalgo, Indian Army, IBM, Tata and Wipro Limited.