Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology


Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology - Definition

Contents

1 History

2 Academic Programs

History

The Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur (VNIT) Nagpur is one of the first six Regional Engineering Colleges established under the scheme sponsored by Government of India. The college was established in June 1960 as a part of national integration initiative through joint venture of Govt. of India and Govt. of Maharashtra and named after the eminent engineer, planner and statesman of the country Sir M. Visvesvaraya.

Situated in an industrially well developed, socially progressive and commercially prosperous state in the country, VNIT is uniquely placed to contribute significantly to the quality of technical manpower to maintain and enhance the technological pre-eminence of the state.

Academic Programs

The institute offers 8 under-graduate programs in Engineering, 1 under-graduate program in Architecture in addition to 6 post-graduate programs in Engineering, and research programs in various engineering departments. Many of the departments are recognized as Quality Improvement Program Centres by the Government of India.

All the programs are accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi and as many as 9 of these have received the highest accolade of grade 'A'.

Faculty

Alumni

Alumni Listing (http://www.vnitnagpur.ac.in/menu.htm)
VNIT Alumni Forum (http://www.vnitalumni.org/main/)

Infrastructure

VNIT has a beautiful campus of about 214 acres near Ambazari Dam. All departments and laboratories are housed on the campus. Hostels accommodating about 1000 students, including 200 girl students, as well as residential accommodation for teaching and non teaching staff of the Institute are available on the campus. the campus has retained and increased its green cover, rich in flora and fauna, and provides an attraction for bird watchers.