Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Prayagraj

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Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology

File:Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad logo.jpg
Motto	Siddhirbhavati Karmaja
Motto in English	Success comes through hard work
Type	Public
Established	1961
Chairman	V. K. Saraswat
Director	P. Chakrabarti
Academic staff	257
Undergraduates	2,362
Postgraduates	817
Location	Allahabad , Uttar Pradesh , India
Campus	Urban, 222 acres (0.9 km2)
Website	mnnit.ac.in

Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology (MNNIT or NIT Allahabad), formerly Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College (MNREC), is a public higher education institute located in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of the National Institutes of Technology, and like the rest of them, classified as an Institute of National Importance.MNNIT has been consistently ranked as one of the top engineering colleges in the country.

History

Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College was established on 26 June 1961 as a joint enterprise of the Central government and the government of Uttar Pradesh. The foundation stone was laid by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India and the institute was named after his father, lawyer and freedom fighter, Motilal Nehru. The founding principal of the college was Mr. Gopal Kishore Agrawal. The main building of college was inaugurated by Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on April 18, 1965. Effective from June 26, 2002, the college became a Deemed University and renamed as Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology.

From its beginnings the institute offered Bachelor Degree Programmes in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. The institute was the first in the country to offer an undergraduate program in Computer Science and Engineering which was started in 1976. In 1982-83 undergraduate programmes in Electronics Engineering, and Production and Industrial Engineering, were started.

Post Graduate programmes were introduced in 1970-71 with Master Degree courses in all engineering departments. The institute now offer M.Tech. degree programs MCA & M.Sc Mathematics and Scientific Computing course, and registers candidates for Ph.D. degree.The institute has been recognised by the Government of India as a centre for the quality improvement programme in Civil and Mechanical Engineering. The institute has started a two year/four semesters postgraduate Degree in Management Studies from 1996. Th institute has added undergraduate programmes in Chemical Engineering and BioTechnology.

The college has been recognised by AICTE as a centre for the Quality Improvement Programme. In 1972, the college established an industrial estate with 68 sheds with the objective of encouraging entrepreneurs and creating additional revenue.

The college is a member of Indo-UK REC project in the area of design. Under this scheme, a Design Center has been established at a cost of about Rs. six Crore, which offers training and consultancy. It was given the status of Institute of National Importance (INI) bringing it at par with IITs, IISc and ISI on 15 August 2007.

In 2010, the institute celebrated its Golden Jubilee year of its establishment. P. Chakrabarti took over the charge as the director on 3 June 2011.

Infrastructure

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad (formerly known as M.N.R.E.C), the cornerstone of excellence has been devoted to churning out the best and ever competitive technical professionals year after year ever since its founding. Located in the traditional cradle of culture and knowledge, MNNIT stands as the perfect epitome of profundity and inquisitiveness. The MNNIT site spreads over 222 acres (0.9 km²) on the bank of the river Ganges.

MNNIT is a fully residential institution with seven hostels for boys and one for girls. One hostel is exclusively for postgraduate students. The capacity of the boys hostel is 1800 (1044 single seated rooms and 252 quadruple seated rooms) and that of the girls hostel is 145.

Other buildings on the campus include Computer Center, Central Library, CAD lab, Geo Lab, Concrete Lab, Heat Engine lab, Electrical Machines lab, Virtual Instrumentation lab, Mechanical Workshop, multipurpose hall, conference and seminar hall. The lecture halls and the tutorial classes of the institution are fully air conditioned.

It is among the few technical institutions in India to house two supercomputers, PARAM 8000 and PARAM 10000.^[1]

Academics

Undergraduate

The institute offers 9 undergraduate B.Tech programs of four year duration in Bio Technology, Chemical Engineering\Technology, Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering and Production & Industrial Engineering. The institute was the first in the country to offer an undergraduate program in Computer Science and Engineering.

Admission is through the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE).^{[citation needed]}

Postgraduate

MNNIT offers 19 post-graduate programs of two year duration leading to M.Tech. degrees.The Computer Science department offers a Masters in Computer Applications(MCA).It has a Masters course in Computational Mathematics namely M.Sc in Mathematics and Scientific Computing and a B-school known as the School of Management Studies.Master of social work(MSW) is also running in the institute from 2009.

Rankings

University and college rankings

MNNIT was ranked 14 in the Outlook India Top Engineering Colleges of 2012^[2] and 13 by Dataquest's India's Top Engineering Colleges 2011 (DQ-CMR Top T-Schools Survey 2011).^[3] Amongst government engineering colleges it was ranked 15 on Mint's Top 50 Government Engineering Colleges of 2009.^[4]

Placements

During academic session 2011–12, a student was offered ₹1.34 crore (US$160,000) by Facebook, highest for any technical student in India during that session and second highest package in India overall, after ₹1.7 crore (US$200,000) to an IIT Madras student during the 2010–11 session.^[5]

Departments

The departments in the institute are:

• Engineering
  • Biotechnology
  • Applied Mechanics
  • Chemical engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

• Science
  • Chemistry
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Humanities and Social Science
  • Management Studies

Festivals

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MNNIT hosts several annual events and festivals:

• Culrav, annual cultural festival, showcases the culture of India through competitions
• Avishkar, annual national level technical meet
• Gnosiomania, annual national level quiz festival
• Josh and Dr. J. Lal Memorial tournament, annual inter college sports event
• An annual athletics meet
• Swagat, welcoming the first year students
• Virasat, a cultural event organised by Spic Macay

Notable alumni

• Deep Joshi, social worker, activist, and 2009 Ramon Magsaysay Award winner for Community Leadership^[6]
• Nelabhotla Venkateswarlu, Chief Executive Officer of Emami HouseTemplate:List fact

References

External links

• National Institute of Technology,Allahabad