National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

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{{short description|Public technical university in Durgapur, West Bengal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox university
| name = National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
| image = NIT Durgapur Logo.svg
| image_upright = .8
| motto = {{lang|sa|udyogaḥ puruśasya lakśanam}}
| mottoeng = Work Maketh A Man
| established = {{circa|{{start date and age|df=yes|1960}}}}
| parent = [[Council of NITSER]]<ref name="About Council of NITSER">{{Cite web |title=About the Council {{!}} Council of National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (NITSER) |url=http://nitcouncil.org.in/index.php/site/console/siteAboutCouncil |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=nitcouncil.org.in}}</ref>
| accreditation = [[National Board of Accreditation|NBA]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nbaind.org/accreditation-status.aspx |title=National Board of Accreditation |access-date=17 September 2020 |archive-date=8 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808222819/http://www.nbaind.org/accreditation-status.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| academic_affiliations = {{hlist|[[Association of Indian Universities|AIU]]|[[Institute of National Importance|INI]]}}
| type = [[Public university|Public]] [[Institute of technology|technical university]]
| chairperson = [[S. N. Subrahmanyan]]
| director = Arvind Choubey<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet our Director|url=https://nitdgp.ac.in/p/director-1|website=nitdgp.ac.in|access-date=16 May 2024|archive-date=16 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516130211/https://nitdgp.ac.in/p/director-1|url-status=live}}</ref>
| budget = {{INRConvert|192.67|c}}<br />{{small|([[Fiscal year|FY]]2024–25 est.)}}<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| academic_staff = 266 ({{small|2025}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| students = 4,973 ({{small|2025}})<ref name=nirf_stud>{{cite web |title=NIRF 2026 |url=https://nitdgp.ac.in/uploads/167e3c36185b16524edd67d8dacc0673.pdf |publisher=NIT Durgapur}}</ref>
| undergrad = 3,571 ({{small|2025}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| postgrad = 718 ({{small|2025}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| doctoral = 684 ({{small|2025}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| city = [[Durgapur]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| country = India
| coor = {{Coord|23|32|54|N|87|17|29|E|region:IN-WB_type:edu|display=inline, title}}
| campus = [[Industrial city]]<br />{{Convert|190|acre|ha}}
| language = [[English language|English]]
| website = {{Official URL}}
| logo = National Institute of Technology Durgapur Text Logo.svg
}}

'''National Institute of Technology Durgapur''' (also known as '''NIT Durgapur''' or '''NITDGP'''), formerly known as '''Regional Engineering College, Durgapur''' (also known as '''REC Durgapur''' or '''RECDGP'''), is a [[Public university|public]] [[technical university]] in the city of [[Durgapur]] in [[West Bengal]], India. Founded in 1960,<ref name="education.gov.in"/><ref name="NIT Durgapur">{{cite web |title=NIT Durgapur |url=https://nitdgp.ac.in/p/about-us-3 |access-date=30 August 2022}}</ref> it is one of India's oldest technical universities. It is located on a campus of 187 acres (0.75 km²).<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|title=Technical Education Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development|url=https://mhrd.gov.in/technical-education-5|access-date=2020-06-02|website=mhrd.gov.in}}</ref>

==History==
{{Main|History of RECs}}

The '''Regional Engineering College, Durgapur''' was first established under the direct control of [[The University of Burdwan]] in [[Burdwan]].

Later, The National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (formerly Regional Engineering College, Durgapur) was established in 1960<ref name="education.gov.in">{{cite web |title=National Institutes of Technology (NITs) |url=https://www.education.gov.in/en/technical-education-5 |website=Department of Higher Education Ministry of Education, Government of India |access-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830072048/https://www.education.gov.in/en/technical-education-5 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> under an Act of the [[Parliament of India]] as one of the eight such colleges, as a co-operative venture between the [[Government of India]] and the [[Government of West Bengal]] aimed to advance engineering education in the country and to foster national integration.<ref name="mhrd.gov.in">{{Cite web|url=http://mhrd.gov.in/technical-education-5|title=Technical Education Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development|website=mhrd.gov.in|language=en|access-date=2017-03-21|archive-date=14 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214041759/http://mhrd.gov.in/technical-education-5|url-status=live}}</ref> Later in 1999, The [[University Institute of Technology, Burdwan University|University Institute of Technology (UIT)]] was established in replace of REC Durgapur to fill the void of engineering faculty of [[The University of Burdwan| BU]].

In 2003, the institution was granted [[Deemed University]] status with the approval of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] / [[All India Council for Technical Education]]; it was renamed the National Institute of Technology Durgapur and started granting degrees under its name.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Institutions declared to be deemed universities by the UGC|url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/pub/newsletters/jan_2004/45.htm|access-date=2020-06-02|website=ugc.ac.in|archive-date=3 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403112059/http://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/pub/newsletters/jan_2004/45.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> It became a fully-funded institution administered by an autonomous Board of Governors under the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]], Government of India.<ref name="education.gov.in"/>

National Institute of Technology Durgapur is one of the institutes in Eastern India to be selected as a Lead Institute under the [[Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme]] (TEQIP) of the Govt. Of India funded by the [[World Bank]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=TEQIP NIT Durgapur|url=https://www.nitdgp.ac.in/p/teqip|access-date=2021-05-25|website=www.nitdgp.ac.in|archive-date=24 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524173209/https://nitdgp.ac.in/p/teqip|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, the Union Government of India declared it an "[[Institutes of National Importance|Institute of National Importance"]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=National Institute of Technology Act 2007|url=https://nitdgp.ac.in/uploads/3.1THE%20NATIONAL-INSTITUTES-OF-TECHNOLOGY-ACT-2007.pdf|journal=Government of India|access-date=25 May 2021|archive-date=25 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525093530/https://nitdgp.ac.in/uploads/3.1THE%20NATIONAL-INSTITUTES-OF-TECHNOLOGY-ACT-2007.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Pranab Mukherjee being felicitated by the Chairman, Board of Governors, NIT, Durgapur, Professor Bikash Sinha, the 9th Convocation of National Institute of Technology, Durgapur.jpg|thumb|The [[President of India|President]] [[Pranab Mukherjee]] and Professor [[Bikash Sinha]] at 9th Convocation of NIT Durgapur on 22 Nov 2013]]
On 22 November 2013, during the institute's 9th convocation, Shri [[Pranab Mukherjee]], [[President of India]], addressed the Institution and appreciated its efforts towards research and innovation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pranabmukherjee.nic.in/sp190714.html|title=Speech by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the 9th Convocation of NIT Durgapur|website=pranabmukherjee.nic.in|access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref>

== Campus ==

=== Overview ===

The campus spans 187 acres (0.75 km2).<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us NITDGP |url=https://nitdgp.ac.in/p/about-us-3 |website=NIT Durgapur |access-date=30 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830070311/https://nitdgp.ac.in/p/about-us-3 |url-status=live }}</ref> The main entrance is located on the eastern end of the campus, facing Mahatma Gandhi Road. The institute's academic facilities are located in the eastern half of the campus; these include the department buildings, laboratories and workshops, lecture halls, computer centres, and the central library.<ref name="Library NIT Durgapur">{{cite web |title=Library NIT Durgapur |url=https://nitdgp.ac.in/p/library |access-date=30 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830081709/https://nitdgp.ac.in/p/library |url-status=live }}</ref> The campus has separate buildings for the departments of Computer Science Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, management, Chemistry, Biotechnology. Each department has its own library, in addition to the central library, which holds more than one lakh resources including books, periodicals, and journals in print and electronic format.<ref name="Library NIT Durgapur"/>
[[File:Nitdgpfront.jpg|thumb|NIT DGP Campus Front Gate]]

=== Library ===

[[File:Libnitdgp.jpg|left|thumb|Central Library]]
NIT Durgapur has a modern central library with more than 1.7 lakh volumes of print resources consisting of technical books, reports, standards, compact disks, and back volumes of journals.<ref name="Library NIT Durgapur"/> The library also provides air-conditioned and Wi-Fi-enabled reading halls. It is situated opposite the High Voltage Laboratory. The library is an institutional member of DELNET (Developing Library Network), American Centre Library, Kolkata, National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), and Current Science Association, Bangalore. It is also a beneficiary Member of INDEST-AICTE (Indian National Digital Library in Engineering, Science & Technology) Consortium, which provides Desktop Access to high-quality e-resources (online journals) like IEL Online ([[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|IEEE]]/IEE Electronic Library), [[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer Verlag]]'s Link, Proquest, ACM journals, [[American Society of Civil Engineers|ASCE]], [[ASME]], [[Nature (journal)|Nature Magazine]], Indian Standards (Intranet version) and [[ASTM International|ASTM]] journals & Standards, etc. It has a collection of several thousand E-Books on computer science (published by Springer).<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Departments|url=http://www.nitdgp.ac.in/departments.php|website=nitdgp.ac.in|access-date=3 February 2018|archive-date=4 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204124012/http://www.nitdgp.ac.in/departments.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indest/downloads/brochureforcoremembers.pdf INDEST-AICTE Brochure for core members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232448/http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indest/downloads/brochureforcoremembers.pdf |date=3 March 2016 }} from [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi|IIT, Delhi]]</ref>

== Organisation and administration ==

===Departments===
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{| style="border:1px solid #ddd; background:#fefefe; padding:3px; margin:0; margin:auto;"
|+ style="font-size: 100%" | '''Departments of NIT Durgapur'''
|- style="vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"
|
* [[Biotechnology]]
* [[Civil engineering]]
* [[Chemical engineering]]
* [[Computer science and engineering]]
|
* [[Chemistry]]
* [[Electronics and communication engineering]]
* [[Electrical engineering]]
* [[Earth]] and [[Environmental studies]]
|
* [[Humanities]] and [[Social sciences]]
* [[Mathematics]]
* [[Mechanical engineering]]
* [[Metallurgical]] and [[Materials Engineering]]
|
* [[Management studies]]
* [[Physics]]

|}

===Centres===
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="2" |'''CENTRE OF EXCELLENCES'''
|-
|1
|Centre of Excellence in Advanced Materials
|-
|2
|Centre of Biomedical Engineering & Assistive Technology
|-
|3
|Centre for Advanced Research on Energy
|-
|4
|Centre for Research on Environment and Water
|-
|5
|Centre of Excellence on IoT and Intelligent Systems
|}

== Academics ==
NIT Durgapur offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in disciplines spanning engineering, science, architecture and management. The institute has 14 departments with about 224<ref name="nirf_stud" /> faculty members and more than 4,000 enrolled students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nitdgp.ac.in/AllPDF/IoTIS/Academic%20Brochure.pdf|title=NIT Durgapur B.Tech Rules and Regulations|website=NIT Durgapur}}</ref>

===Partnerships===
NIT Durgapur and [[IIT Roorkee]]’s iHUB DivyaSampark signed an MoU in June 2025 to advance [[Cyber-physical system|cyber-physical systems]]. The collaboration focuses on research, entrepreneurship, and commercializing patents to address societal technological needs.<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 Jun 2025 |title=NIT, IIT Roorkee sign MoU to boost cyber-physical systems innovation |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/nit-iit-roorkee-sign-mou-to-boost-cyber-physical-systems-innovation-1503444317.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250612010318/https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/nit-iit-roorkee-sign-mou-to-boost-cyber-physical-systems-innovation-1503444317.html |archive-date=12 Jun 2025 |access-date=12 Jun 2025 |work=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] {{!}} [[Kolkata]] {{!}} June 12, 2025 6:22 am |agency=Statesman News Service}}</ref>

===Ranking and reputation===
{{Infobox India university ranking
|NIRF_E_2024=44
|NIRF_O_2024=93}}
NIT Durgapur was ranked 44th among engineering colleges in India by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 NIRF Ranking |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/nirfpdfcdn/2024/pdf/Report/IR2024_Report.pdf}}</ref>

== Student life ==

=== Cultural and non-academic activities ===
The annual Techno-management festival of National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Aarohan is usually held in the month of February every year. It comprises various events like competitions, exhibits, workshops and talks from guest speakers. Aarohan 2021 was conducted in virtual mode.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Festivals {{!}} NIT Durgapur|url=https://nitdgp.ac.in/p/festivals-1|access-date=2021-05-24|website=nitdgp.ac.in|archive-date=24 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524172655/https://nitdgp.ac.in/p/festivals-1|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Alumni==


*[[Bikramjit Basu]], Indian materials scientist
*[[Kamanio Chattopadhyay]], Indian materials engineer
*[[Suvasish Mukhopadhyay]], Indian author
*[[Aloke Paul]], Indian materials scientist

==See also==
*[[Indian Institutes of Technology]]
*[[National Institutes of Technology]]
*[[Ministry of Education (India)]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{official website}}

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