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{{Short description|Engineering college}}

 

| name = National Institute of Technology Rourkela

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| image = NIT Rourkela Colour Logo.svg

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| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|br=yes|1961|8|15}}

| type = [[Public university|Public]] [[Institute of technology|technical university]]

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| chairperson = This position is vacant

| director = Animesh Biswas

| students = 5,648<ref name="NIRF 2020 Data">{{cite web|title=National Institute of Technology Rourkela Data for NIRF 2020|url=https://www.nitrkl.ac.in/docs/Documents/Ranking/NIRF2020/NIRF%202020%20OVErall.pdf|publisher=[[National Institute of Technology Rourkela]] Jun 11, 2020 |access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref>

| undergrad = 2,805<ref name="NIRF 2020 Data"/>

| postgrad = 1,951<ref name="NIRF 2020 Data"/>

| doctoral = 892<ref name="NIRF 2020 Data"/>

| city = [[Rourkela]]

| state = [[Odisha]]

| country = [[India]]

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| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]<br /> {{convert|262|ha}}

| website = {{URL|http://www.nitrkl.ac.in/}}

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'''National Institute of Technology, Rourkela''' ('''NIT Rourkela''' or '''NITR'''), formerly '''Regional Engineering College, Rourkela''' is a publicly funded institute of higher learning for engineering, science and technology located in the steel city of [[Rourkela]], [[Odisha]], India. It is one of the 31 [[National Institutes of Technology]] in India and has been recognized as an [[Institute of National Importance]] by the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007. It is ranked 16 in the ''[[NIRF|NIRF Rankings]]'' 2020 of Indian engineering universities.

NIT Rourkela was established as [[Regional Engineering College]] (REC) Rourkela on 15 August 1961. [[Chief Minister of Odisha]], [[Biju Patnaik]] provided the land for it, approximately 648 acres. Its foundation stone was laid by the first [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. It was granted autonomy in 2002 and now functions independently under the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]],<ref>[http://www.nitrkl.ac.in/About_NIT2.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614132455/http://www.nitrkl.ac.in/About_NIT2.html |date=June 14, 2012 }}</ref> thus becoming one of the [[National Institutes of Technology]].

The Rourkela Steel City is a medium-sized metropolis, located on the Howrah-Mumbai and Ranchi-Bhubaneswar main railway routes, and well connected to all parts of the country by road and rail.  The population of the city is about 7 lakhs. The institute is about 7&nbsp;km from the railway station. The campus of the institute consisting of the institute buildings, halls of residence and staff colony is situated at the eastern end of Rourkela, beyond Sector-1, on land provided by the [[Government of Odisha]]. The institute is bordered by small mountains on the south which are sometimes used as a picnic spot by students.<ref>[http://www.nitrkl.ac.in/about_nit2.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718111319/http://www.nitrkl.ac.in/about_nit2.html |date=July 18, 2011 }}</ref>

[[File:The Institute Guest House(South Block).jpg|thumbnail|right|Institute Guest House (South Block)|224x224px]]

The lecture area and the department of biotechnology and medical engineering are situated behind the Department of Chemical Engineering. The new Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering has come up behind the Department of Computer Science. The buildings of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Mining Engineering and Ceramic Engineering have an extension part.

 

Residential accommodation is provided to all faculty, staff and students. There are eleven halls of residence for the students within the campus: seven for male graduates and postgraduates, two for female students and two for married students pursuing doctorate degrees and beyond or full-time research.

===Institute library===

The Biju Pattanaik Central Library, functional from 1965, was named after [[Biju Patnaik|Biju Pattanaik]], the former chief minister of Odisha. At present, the library holds about 65,000 books and 18,000 back volumes of periodicals. It has purchased a license to access over 2000 online research journals on science and technology to foster local research activity. The BPCL is automated with an integrated library software package called Libsys – LSmart and is modernized with the latest radio frequency identification (RFID)-based automation system that facilitates self check-in, self check-out, and an automatic security system. This technology offers the fastest, easiest, and most efficient way to track, locate and manage library materials. The RFID system counts more than 1.2 lakhs of transactions (issue, return, and renewal) in a year.<ref>http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/index.php/about/our-library</ref>

The Institute has different departments, centers and technical service units (TSUs). Each department or centre is headed by a faculty member and each TSU is headed by a faculty member or an officer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nitrkl.ac.in/about_administration_bog2.html |title=Authorities of the Institute|access-date=February 18, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920011819/http://nitrkl.ac.in/about_administration_bog2.html |archive-date=September 20, 2012 }}</ref>

The director is supported in various activities by the deans,<ref>[http://www.nitrkl.ac.in/About_administration_general.asp ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920012757/http://www.nitrkl.ac.in/About_administration_general.asp |date=September 20, 2012 }}</ref> i.e. the Dean for Academics, the Dean for Student Welfare, the Dean for faculty welfare, the Dean for Alumni, the Dean for Planning and Development and the Dean for SRICCE (Sponsored Research, Industrial Consultancy, and Continuing Education). The registrar is in charge of all office and staff administration, and has two deputy registrars and six assistant registrars.

=== Departments ===

[[File:Biotechnology and Medical Engineering Department building.jpg|thumbnail|Biotechnology and Medical Engineering Department|221x221px]]The institute has the following twenty departments which offer B. Tech, B.Arch, B. Tech-M. Tech Dual, M. Tech, M.Sc, Integrated M.Sc, MBA and PhD degree:<ref>[http://nitrkl.ac.in/Academic/1Department/Default.aspx Departments/Centres]. Nitrkl.ac.in. Retrieved on 2013-10-09.</ref>

* Department of Planning and Architecture

Dual degree courses in various disciplines have been introduced recently. The institute provides opportunities for part-time graduate studies in selected fields in addition to doctoral research in various subjects.

 

==Academics==

| THE_W_2020 = 801-1000

| THES_A_2020 = 190

| NIRF_E_2020 = 16

| NIRF_O_2020 = 32

NIT Rourkela was ranked 801–1000 in the world by the ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' of 2020<ref name=Rankings_THE_W_2020/> and 190 in Asia.<ref name=Rankings_THES_A_2020/> In India it was ranked 16 among engineering colleges(including IITs)by the MHRD<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_E_2020/> by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) in 2020 and 32 overall. With this NIT Rourkela has bagged top position among the institutes in Odisha.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_O_2020/>

* Cosmopolitan Festival:It is a multi-cultural festival organized by the institute.

HackNITR<ref>{{Cite web|title=HACKNITR {{!}} Website|url=https://hacknitr.tech|access-date=August 22, 2021|website=hacknitr.tech}}</ref> is a yearly hackathon event organized in NIT Rourkela. The first event dates back to 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=HackNITR 1.0 {{!}} Monday Morning|url=https://mondaymorning.nitrkl.ac.in/article/2018/11/05/2144-the-plot-of-their-first-episode-run-io-and-robotics-exhibition/|access-date=August 22, 2021|website=mondaymorning.nitrkl.ac.in}}</ref>. HackNITR 2.0 was organised from 19th to 21st of March 2021<ref>{{Cite web|title=HackNITR 2.0 {{!}} Mozilla Community Portal|url=https://community.mozilla.org/en/events/hacknitr-2-0/|access-date=August 22, 2021|website=community.mozilla.org}}</ref> by students from Google Developer Student Clubs (GDSC) NIT Rourkela<ref>{{Cite web|title=GDSCNITRourkela {{!}} GDSC NITR|url=https://dscnitrourkela.org/|access-date=August 22, 2021|website=dscnitrourkela.org/}}</ref> in collaboration with OpenCode, Opensource community<ref>{{Cite web|title=Opencode {{!}} Opencode NITR|url=https://mondaymorning.nitrkl.ac.in/article/2018/01/15/1631-dawn-of-a-new-tech-consortiumopencode/|access-date=August 22, 2021|website=mondaymorning.nitrkl.ac.in/}}</ref> of NITR.

TEDxNITRourkela is a independently organized TED event, under a license by from TED Conferences LLC. It was organized for the first time in 2011<ref>{{Cite web|title=TEDxNITRourkela {{!}} TED|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/2426|access-date=2021-03-03|website=www.ted.com}}</ref> and again in the following year, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TEDxNITRourkela {{!}} TED|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/6373|access-date=2021-03-03|website=www.ted.com}}</ref> After a long gap, TEDxNITRourkela has been organized on 13th and 14th of March 2021<ref>{{Cite web|title=TEDxNITRourkela {{!}} TED|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/41324|access-date=2021-03-03|website=www.ted.com}}</ref> by a team of students from NITR, lead by Abel Mathew<ref>{{Cite web|title=Abel Mathew's TED Profile|url=https://www.ted.com/profiles/16504163/about|access-date=2021-03-03|website=www.ted.com|language=en}}</ref>.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rutaj Dash's TED Profile|url=https://www.ted.com/profiles/8828855/about|access-date=2021-03-03|website=www.ted.com|language=en}}</ref>

In its first years of operation, the issues ''MM'' covered included construction problems with the new Vikram Sarabhai Residence Hall and child labor abuse in a residence [[mess]].<ref name=NIE/><ref name=Nayak/> Its coverage of the latter attracted the attention of the Chief Warden, who "formed a team to inspect and raid all halls of residence caterers and mess owners to check on the number of children below the age {{nowrap|of 14}} working there and how they were treated".<ref name=Nayak/>  

* [[CP Gurnani]], B.Tech-chemical engineering, Managing Director and CEO of [[Tech Mahindra]]

* [[Nalini Ranjan Mohanty]], former [[IOFS]] officer, Chairman and Managing Director of the [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]] (HAL)