National Institutes of Technology(NITs)

National Institutes of Technology

Seventeen RECs were established from 1959 onwards in each of the major states, to meet the country's growing requirement for trained technical manpower for various development projects. Each college is a joint and cooperative enterprise of the central government and the concerned state government. While all the 17 colleges offer degree courses in various branches of engineering and technology, 14 have facilities for postgraduate and doctoral programs. The entire non-recurring expenditure and expenditure for post-graduate courses in the RECs are borne by the central government. As regards the recurring expenditure on undergraduate courses, the same is shared by the central government and the state government on 50:50 basis. The MHRD has taken an important decision to covert the RECs into NITs by changing their administrative structure and granting them Deem University status. So far, 13 RECs have been converted into NITs under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. The total. budget provision for all RECs/NITs for 2002-03 is Rs 72 crore under Plan and Rs. 118.13 crore under non-Plan. Activities undertaken by the individual RECs/NITs during the year under report are as under.


Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal

National Institute of Technology, Calicut

National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur

Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar

National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

National Institute of Technology, Roukela

National Institute of Technology, Silchar

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

National Institute of Technology, Surathkal

National Institute of Technology, Warangal

Regional Engineering College, Durgapur

Regional Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur

Regional Engineering College, Srinagar

Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli

National Institute of Technology Patna

National Institute of Technology Raipur

National Institute of Technology Agartala