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{{short description|Public Technical University in Durgapur, West Bengal}}
{{short description|Public technical university in Durgapur, West Bengal}}
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{{Infobox university
  | name                  = National Institute of Technology Durgapur
  | name                  = National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
  | image                  = NIT Durgapur Logo.svg
  | image                  = NIT Durgapur Logo.svg
  | image_size            =  
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  | motto                  = {{lang|sa|udyogah purushasya lakshanam}} {{small|([[Sanskrit]])}}
  | motto                  = {{lang|sa|udyogaḥ puruśasya lakśanam}}
  | mottoeng              = Work Make the a Man
  | mottoeng              = Work Maketh A Man
  | established            = {{start date and age|1960}}
  | established            = {{circa|{{start date and age|df=yes|1960}}}}
  | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]|[[Ministry of Education (India)|MoE]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mhrd.gov.in/technical-education-5|title = Department of Higher Education &#124; Government of India, Ministry of Education}}</ref>|[[All India Council for Technical Education|AICTE]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aicte-india.org/education/institutions | title=Institutions View &#124; Government of India, All India Council for Technical Education }}</ref>|[[Washington Accord (credentials)|Washington Accord]]}}<ref>http://www.nbaind.org/accreditation-status.aspx {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
  | 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]]
  | type                  = [[Public university|Public]] [[Institute of technology|technical university]]
  | chairman               = Sadanand Sadashiv Gokhale<ref>{{cite web |title=Chairperson {{!}} NIT Durgapur |url=https://www.nitdgp.ac.in/p/chairperson-1 |website=www.nitdgp.ac.in}}</ref>
  | chairperson            = [[S. N. Subrahmanyan]]
| director              = Anupam Basu<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet our Director|url=http://www.nitdgp.ac.in/director.php|website=nitdgp.ac.in|access-date=1 December 2017}}</ref>
| 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>
  | academic_staff        = 246 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| budget                = {{INRConvert|192.67|c}}<br />{{small|([[Fiscal year|FY]]2024–25 est.)}}<ref name=nirf_stud/>
  | students              = 4,545 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud>{{cite web |title=NIRF 2022 |url=https://www.nitdgp.ac.in/uploads/userfiles/files/NIRF2022_OVERALL.pdf |publisher=NIT Durgapur}}</ref>
  | academic_staff        = 266 ({{small|2025}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
  | undergrad              = 3,061 ({{small|2022}})<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>
  | postgrad              = 825 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
  | undergrad              = 3,571 ({{small|2025}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
  | doctoral              = 659 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
  | postgrad              = 718 ({{small|2025}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
  | doctoral              = 684 ({{small|2025}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
  | city                  = [[Durgapur]]
  | city                  = [[Durgapur]]
  | state                  = [[West Bengal]]
  | state                  = [[West Bengal]]
  | country                = India
  | country                = India
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  | campus                = [[Industrial city]]<br />{{Convert|187|acre|ha}}
  | campus                = [[Industrial city]]<br />{{Convert|190|acre|ha}}
  | language              = English
  | language              = [[English language|English]]
  | website                = {{Official URL}}
  | 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|West Bengal, India]]. Founded in 1960, it is one of India's oldest technical universities. It is located in a campus of 187 acres (0.75&nbsp;km²).<ref>{{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>
'''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&nbsp;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>
 
''[[National Institutional Ranking Framework]]'' ranked the university 6th among the NITs, 29th for engineering,<ref>{{Cite web|title=MHRD, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)|url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2021/EngineeringRanking.html
}}</ref> and 71st overall in India in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MHRD, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)|url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2021/OverallRanking.html
}}</ref>


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


The National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (formerly Regional Engineering College, Durgapur) was established in 1960 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 function as a pacesetter for engineering education in the country and to foster national integration.<ref>{{cite web|title=NIT DURGAPUR – NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DURGAPUR |url=https://www.wiki.meramaal.com/2018/09/05/nit-durgapur-national-institute-of-technology-durgapur/ |website=meramaal.com|date=5 September 2018 }}</ref><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}}</ref> 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 was finally granting degrees under its own name. Thus, it became a fully-funded institution administered by an autonomous Board of Governors under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
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"/>


<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}}</ref>
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>
National Institute of Technology Durgapur is the first institute 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}}</ref> In 2007, the Union Government of India declared it as 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}}</ref>


On 22 November 2013, during the institute's 9th convocation, Shri [[Pranab Mukherjee]], President of India addressed the Institution and appreciated its efforts in thrust 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>
[[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 ==
== Campus ==


=== Overview ===
=== Overview ===
{{unreferenced section|date=May 2021}}
 
The campus spans 187 acres (0.75 km2). 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. 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. A new lecture hall complex named was inaugurated as a part of the institute's campus development plans, and it currently serves undergraduate students. The old Academic complex has several departments and is currently used for the academic classes and lectures for undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students.
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]]
[[File:Nitdgpfront.jpg|thumb|NIT DGP Campus Front Gate]]
=== Administrative building ===
The newly constructed Administrative building has modern amenities and is one of the institute's landmarks. The building houses the administrative offices, the offices of the institute’s director and deans.


=== Library ===
=== Library ===
[[File:Libnitdgp.jpg|thumb|Central Library]]
NIT Durgapur has a modern central library with more than two and a half lakh documents consisting of technical books, reports, standards, compact disks, and back volumes of journals. 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>[http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indest/downloads/brochureforcoremembers.pdf INDEST-AICTE Brochure for core members] from [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi|IIT, Delhi]]</ref>


==Organisation and administration ==
[[File:Libnitdgp.jpg|left|thumb|Central Library]]
=== Academic departments ===
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>
National Institute of Technology, Durgapur has the following departments:<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Departments|url=http://www.nitdgp.ac.in/departments.php|website=nitdgp.ac.in|access-date=3 February 2018}}</ref>


'''Engineering'''
== Organisation and administration ==
[[File:Biotechnitdgp.jpg|thumb|Department of Biotechnology]]
* Computer Science and Engineering
* Electronics and Communication Engineering
* Electrical Engineering
* Mechanical Engineering
* Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
* Civil Engineering
* Chemical Engineering


[[File:Nitdgpcampus.jpg|thumb|Inside Main Campus]]
===Departments===
'''Sciences'''
{{clear}}
 
<!-- Please do not add new entries to this list. This is a minimal spanning set that should include only the highest-level subdivisions. -->
* Physics
{|  style="border:1px solid #ddd; background:#fefefe; padding:3px; margin:0; margin:auto;"
* Chemistry
|+ style="font-size: 100%" | '''Departments of NIT Durgapur'''
* Mathematics
|-  style="vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"
* Biotechnology
|
 
* [[Biotechnology]]
'''Other major departments'''
* [[Civil engineering]]
 
* [[Chemical engineering]]
* Computer Applications
* [[Computer science and engineering]]
* Earth and Environmental Studies
|
 
* [[Chemistry]]
''' Allied departments '''
* [[Electronics and communication engineering]]
* [[Electrical engineering]]
* [[Earth]] and [[Environmental studies]]
|
* [[Humanities]] and [[Social sciences]]
* [[Mathematics]]
* [[Mechanical engineering]]
* [[Metallurgical]] and [[Materials Engineering]]
|
* [[Management studies]]
* [[Physics]]
<!-- Please do not add new entries to this list. This is a minimal spanning set that should include only the highest-level subdivisions. -->
|}


* Humanities and Social Sciences
===Centres===
* Management Studies
{| class="wikitable"
 
| colspan="2" |'''CENTRE OF EXCELLENCES'''
=== Management School ===
The NIT Durgapur's Department of Management Studies (DoMS) offers a Master of Business Administration program. They offered Dual specialization in Marketing, Finance, Business Analytics, and IT Consulting, Human Resources, and Operations. DoMS Curriculum is designed with inputs from industry experts, faculty from IIM's, and other reputed B-Schools.
 
== 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>
 
===Postgraduate education===
The institute offers graduate programs in several disciplines, including programs in science and engineering, leading to a Master of Science (M.Sc.) or Master of Technology (M.Tech.) degree respectively, as well as a programme in computer applications (MCA) and management (MBA).
 
All of the institute's academic departments offer Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree programs.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}
 
===Ranking===
{| class="infobox vcard" style="width: 22em;"
|-
|-
| colspan="2" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;" |
|1
'''''[[National Institutional Ranking Framework]]'' India Rankings 2021'''
|Centre of Excellence in Advanced Materials
|-
|-
| colspan="2" |<hr />
|2
|Centre of Biomedical Engineering & Assistive Technology
|-
|-
|'''Overall'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=India Rankings 2021: Overall {{!}} MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2021/OverallRanking.html |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=[[NIRF]]}}</ref>
|3
| style="text-align:center;"|71
|Centre for Advanced Research on Energy
|-
|-
|'''Engineering'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=India Rankings 2021: Engineering {{!}} MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2021/EngineeringRanking.html |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=[[NIRF]]}}</ref>
|4
| style="text-align:center;"|29
|Centre for Research on Environment and Water
|-
|-
|5
|Centre of Excellence on IoT and Intelligent Systems
|}
|}
In the year of 2021 NIT Durgapur ranked 29 in Engineering and 71 in Overall Section of [[NIRF]] India Ramkings.
 
== 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 ==
== Student life ==


=== Cultural and non-academic activities ===
=== 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}}</ref>
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==
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*[[Bikramjit Basu]], Indian materials scientist
*[[Kamanio Chattopadhyay]], Indian materials engineer
*[[Suvasish Mukhopadhyay]], Indian author
*[[Aloke Paul]], Indian materials scientist


==Notable alumni==
==See also==
Notable alumni include:-
*[[Indian Institutes of Technology]]
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*[[National Institutes of Technology]]
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*[[Ministry of Education (India)]]
* [[Bikramjit Basu]], recipient of the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]]
* [[Kamanio Chattopadhyay]], recipient of the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]]
* [[Subir Chowdhury]], CEO and MD of JCB India
* [[Jayanta Kumar Ghosh]], Executive of Reliance JIO Infocom Ltd.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://alumnitdgp.in/Alumni/|title = CAAIR - Centre for Alumni Affairs & International Relations}}</ref>
* [[Aloke Paul]], recipient of the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]]
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File: Kamanio chattopadhyay.jpeg|[[Kamanio Chattopadhyay]], Honorary Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
File: Aloke Paul receiving the Bhatnagar award.jpg|[[Aloke Paul]] receiving the Bhatnagar award
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==References==
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National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
Mottoudyogaḥ puruśasya lakśanam
Motto in English
Work Maketh A Man
TypePublic technical university
Establishedc. 1960; 66 years ago (1960)
Parent institution
Council of NITSER[1]
Academic affiliations
Budget₹192.67 crore (US$27 million)
(FY2024–25 est.)[2]
ChairpersonS. N. Subrahmanyan
DirectorArvind Choubey[3]
Academic staff
266 (2025)[2]
Students4,973 (2025)[2]
Undergraduates3,571 (2025)[2]
Postgraduates718 (2025)[2]
684 (2025)[2]
Location
Durgapur
,
West Bengal
,
India

23°32′54″N 87°17′29″E / 23.54833°N 87.29139°E / 23.54833; 87.29139
CampusIndustrial city
190 acres (77 ha)
LanguageEnglish
Website{{URL|example.com|optional display text}}

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 technical university in the city of Durgapur in West Bengal, India. Founded in 1960,[5][6] it is one of India's oldest technical universities. It is located on a campus of 187 acres (0.75 km²).[7]

History[edit | edit source]

Main article: 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[5] 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.[8] Later in 1999, The University Institute of Technology (UIT) was established in replace of REC Durgapur to fill the void of engineering faculty of BU.

In 2003, the institution was granted Deemed University status with the approval of the 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.[9] It became a fully-funded institution administered by an autonomous Board of Governors under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.[5]

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.[10] In 2007, the Union Government of India declared it an "Institute of National Importance".[11]

The 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.[12]

Campus[edit | edit source]

Overview[edit | edit source]

The campus spans 187 acres (0.75 km2).[7] [13] 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.[14] 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.[14]

NIT DGP Campus Front Gate

Library[edit | edit source]

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.[14] 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 (IEEE/IEE Electronic Library), Springer Verlag's Link, Proquest, ACM journals, ASCE, ASME, Nature Magazine, Indian Standards (Intranet version) and ASTM journals & Standards, etc. It has a collection of several thousand E-Books on computer science (published by Springer).[15][16]

Organisation and administration[edit | edit source]

Departments[edit | edit source]

Departments of NIT Durgapur

Centres[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

NIT Durgapur offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in disciplines spanning engineering, science, architecture and management. The institute has 14 departments with about 224[2] faculty members and more than 4,000 enrolled students.[17]

Partnerships[edit | edit source]

NIT Durgapur and IIT Roorkee’s iHUB DivyaSampark signed an MoU in June 2025 to advance cyber-physical systems. The collaboration focuses on research, entrepreneurship, and commercializing patents to address societal technological needs.[18]

Ranking and reputation[edit | edit source]

University rankings

NIT Durgapur was ranked 44th among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024.[19]

Student life[edit | edit source]

Cultural and non-academic activities[edit | edit source]

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.[20]

Alumni[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "About the Council | Council of National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (NITSER)". nitcouncil.org.in. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "NIRF 2026" (PDF). NIT Durgapur.
  3. ↑ "Meet our Director". nitdgp.ac.in. Archived from the original on 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "National Board of Accreditation". Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "National Institutes of Technology (NITs)". Department of Higher Education Ministry of Education, Government of India. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "NIT Durgapur". Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Technical Education Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development". mhrd.gov.in. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Technical Education Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development". mhrd.gov.in. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Institutions declared to be deemed universities by the UGC". ugc.ac.in. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  10. ↑ "TEQIP NIT Durgapur". www.nitdgp.ac.in. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "National Institute of Technology Act 2007" (PDF). Government of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "Speech by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the 9th Convocation of NIT Durgapur". pranabmukherjee.nic.in. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  13. ↑ "About Us NITDGP". NIT Durgapur. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Library NIT Durgapur". Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  15. ↑ "List of Departments". nitdgp.ac.in. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  16. ↑ INDEST-AICTE Brochure for core members Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine from IIT, Delhi
  17. ↑ "NIT Durgapur B.Tech Rules and Regulations" (PDF). NIT Durgapur.
  18. ↑ "NIT, IIT Roorkee sign MoU to boost cyber-physical systems innovation". The Statesman | Kolkata | June 12, 2025 6:22 am. Statesman News Service. 12 June 2025. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  19. ↑ "2024 NIRF Ranking" (PDF).
  20. ↑ "Festivals | NIT Durgapur". nitdgp.ac.in. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.

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