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Introduction

National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (NIT) (Hindi: राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, रौरकेला), formerly known as the Regional Engineering College, (REC) is one of the top premier national level institutions for technical education in India. NIT is a joint undertaking of Government of India and Government of Orissa. NIT Rourkela was established in 1961 under the able vision of the then Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. Hindi (Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is one of the official languages of the Union government of India. ...

Today, nearly fifty years later, NIT Rourkela continues to contribute significantly in the growth of the techno-economic strength of the country in a number of ways. It has produced high quality engineers and scientists, and continues to do so. Today, alumni of NIT Rourkela are doing well in various capacities as entrepreneurs, managers, technocrats, administrators, consultants, advisers and as faculty and researchers, both in India and abroad. At home, they are contributing to the growth of the techno-economic strength of India and also as entrepreneurs, thereby generating employment. Abroad, the alumni have enhanced the prestige of the Institute and the country by their excellent performance in their chosen fields. The amount of quality research undertaken at the institute is also phenomenal.

The institute is managed by the Board of Governors of National Institute of Technology (Rourkela) Society and vested with significant degree of administrative and financial autonomy. Government of India have recognised the institute as a premier institution of repute and have developed it as a center of excellence under plan funding. The institute has been modernised by two foreign collaborative funding agencies i.e. the Material theme in the Materials and Metallurgical Engineering department under Indo-UK. REC project and the Computer Science and Electronics streams under World Bank cum Swiss Development Corporation IMPACT project.

Campus

The campus of the institute consisting of the institute buildings, halls of residence and staff colony is situated at the eastern end of Rourkela steel city, beyond Sector-1 over an area of 2.62 km² of land provided by the Government of Orissa. It is a residential campus offering accommodation to faculty, staff and students. The campus has all the amenities for developing personal, social and academic skills of the student community.

There are eight halls of residence within the campus as the courses are mostly residential on full-time basis. Major attractions among the male students of the institute includes legendary [Backpost], which serves purpose of refreshment and chillout zone. Backpost has been the cultural epicentre for the students since decades now. The residential campus is equipped with a vast stadium which has been host for several national level university tournaments. There are several other courts within the hostels and residential campus of the Institute. The campus also houses Student Activity Centre (SAC), Auditorium (AV Hall), Canteens (Hexagon, Nescafe and Canteen), Dispensary, Co-Operative Store, Post Office, SBI Bank, Computer Centre, Workshop, Research Centres and Temples.

The Main Building of the Institute is surrounded by the department buildings. Electrical Engineering, Metallurgical and Material Sciences Engineering and Civil Engineering departments are housed mostly in the Main Building. The Main Building also houses the Central Library, Administrative and Academic sections.

The overall environment is intellectually stimulating for the students of the full-time residential programs.

Talent pool

Today NIT, Rourkela nurtures the best talent in India and abroad. At the end of Spring Semester, each year scores of companies including several fortune 500 companies like PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte & Touche, KPMG, Intel, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle Corporation, Lucent Technologies, Amdocs, Cisco Systems, Motorola, Samsung, Cognizant, HCL Technologies, Texas Instruments, Accenture, General Electric, Schneider Electric, Google, DRDO, Sasken, AD, PepsiCo, FIITJEE, TIME, Huawei, Tata Motors, CSC, Saint-Gobain, Indian Oil Corporation,Praxair, Satyam, Infosys, Wipro, TCS, L&T, Hindalco and many more visit the campus to recruit some of the best minds for the evergrowing industrial and scientific requirements of India. A PwC office building (Southwark Towers) in London, England. ... Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is one of the Big Four auditors. ... KPMG is one of the largest professional services firms in the world. ... Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC, SEHK: 4335), founded in 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation, is an American multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits. ... International Business Machines Corporation (known as IBM or Big Blue; NYSE: IBM) is a multinational computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) is one of the major companies developing database management systems (DBMS), tools for database development, middle-tier software, enterprise resource planning software (ERP), customer relationship management software (CRM) and supply chain management (SCM) software. ... On September 30, 1996, AT&T spun off its Systems and Technology units (AT&T Technologies, Inc. ... Amdocs NYSE: DOX, headquarters in St. ... A Cisco ASM/2-32EM router deployed at CERN in 1987. ... Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is an American multinational communications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. ... Samsung Group is one of the largest South Korean business groupings. ... Cognizant began its software services business in 1994 as the in-house technology development center for The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (D&B) and its operating units. ... HCL Technologies is one of the leading global technology and IT enterprises that offers product engineering, technology and application services, BPO, infrastructure services, IT hardware, systems integration, and distribution of technology and telecom products in India. ... Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), better known in the electronics industry (and popularly) as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, USA, renowned for developing and commercializing semiconductor and computer technology. ... Accenture (NYSE: ACN, ISIN: BMG1150G1116) is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. ... GE redirects here. ... Kenny Acheson Schneider Electric is a French global company. ... Google, Inc. ... The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is Indias premier research organisation for defence related matters. ... Sasken Communication Technologies is a Bangalore-based embedded telecom solutions company. ... PepsiCo, Inc. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Logo Huawei Huawei Technologies Co. ... Background Tata Motors Limited, formerly known as TELCO (TATA Engineering and Locomotive Company), is Indias largest passenger automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturing company. ... St. ... Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. ... Praxair logo. ... Satyam Computer Services Ltd. ... Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: INFY) is an information technology (IT) company founded in Pune, India in 1981 by N. R. Narayana Murthy. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Wipro Technologies. ... TCS may stand for: Tactical cryptologic system Taiwanese Cultural Society Taking Children Seriously (tcs. ... Larsen & Toubro Limited is Indias largest engineering and construction conglomerate, with diverse interests such as Construction,hydraulic equipments, power services electrical and electronics, fertilizer projects,medical electronics and information technology. ... Hindalco Industries is one of Indias largest material-related company and is a subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group. ...

Location

The city of Rourkela came into prominence in the year 1954-55, with the decision of the Government of India to set up the first Public Sector Steel Plant in this locality in collaboration with the then West Germany. The city is a huge metropolis connected with all parts of the country by railway and road. The population of the city is about 6 lakhs. Places like Radhika, Madhuban, Checkpost, Pahadi etc are popular hangouts among the students.

Departments

Other Departments

 Computer Center 0661 - 2462670 hod-cc Central Workshop 0661 - 2462740 Training & Placement 

• • • • • Electronics With Communications and Instrumentation Engg (got A++ by AICTE for 2006-2010)

Prominent Alumni

• Sri CP Gurnani, (1981 - Chemical Engineering), President, Tech Mahindra, Pune
• Mr P.K.Mahapatra (1972-Chemical Enggineering), President & CEO (Technology Business Sector), RPG Enterprises
• Prof. Barada Mishra (1981-Metallurgical Engineering), Director, Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar
• Mahesh Bulchandani, (1989 - Chemical Engineering), Managing Director and Head of structuring and solutions, Asia ex-Japan, JP Morgan, Hong Kong.
• Mr Zia Saquib ( 1985- Electrical Engineering), Executive Director, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
• Mr Vineet Vohra ( 1985- Mechanical Engineering), Regional Director, Citibank Singapore
• Sri L. N. Maharana (Chemical Enggineering), alumnus of 1968 batch, is Head of Rare Earths Division, Indian Rare Earth Limited, Udyogmandal, Kerala.
• Sri J.K.Sasmal (Chemical Enggineering), alumnus of 1970 batch, is Vice President (MIS), Reliance Industries Ltd. at Hazira.
• Sri S. S. Mohanty (Chemical Enggineering), alumnus of 1972, is now Executive Director (Personnel and Administration) in Rourkela Steel Plant.
• Mr S.K.Nandi ( 1972- Electrical Engineering), Deputy General Manager, Bokaro Steel Plant.
• Sri Bijoy Kumar Padhee (Chemical Enggineering), alumnus of 1976, is VP, Vedanta Alumina Ltd. at Lanjigarh.
• Sri Duvvuri Srinivas, (1981 - Mechanical Engineering),Vice President and Country Head, Bombardier Inc., New Delhi
• Sri Debashis Roy (Chemical Enggineering), alumnus of 1981 is President of Utkal Alumina, Rayagada, Orissa.
• Sri V.Suresh ( Chemical Engineering ) , an alumnus of 1988 is a successful businessman dealing with Fortune 500 companies. He has settled down in Baroda
• Mr Rambabu Yarlagadda, (1981 - Chemical Engineering), CEO, BPOsystems, USA
• Mr Satya prakash pattanaik( 1972 Mechanical Engineering) is now executive director SAIL Alloy Steels Plant Durgapur.0343-2545053
• Mr C.Rama Murty (1972 Mechanical Engineering) is now Deputy General Manager Marketing SAIL Alloy Steels Plant Hyderabad branch 040-23230748

External links

• Official Website
  • Official website of NIT Rourkela.
• Departments
• Admissions and Intake Capacity
• Facilities
• Placement
• NIT Mail
• Campus Virtual Tour {old}
• Social networking portal of NIT Rourkela alumni and students
  • An initiative by students, alumni and wellwishers.
• NITRKL Campus Virtual Tour {new}
  • Interactive 360 degrees panoramic views from major important locations of NIT (REC) Rourkela. This is the first of its kind among the technical institutes of India.
• Alumni Zone
• NIT Rourkela Open Discussion Forum
  • A platform for the students and alumni of NIT Rourkela for an open discussion. It contains articles and messages from the alumni of 1961's REC days till today's freshers. Also aims at catering to the needs of any one seeking information on NIT Rourkela.
• Nitrutsav
  • Annual Cultural Program of NIT Rourkela.
• Confluence 2k7
  • Annual All India Technical Symposium at NIT Rourkela. Fusion of Minds and Technology.
• Dataquest T-School Rankings