The National Institute of Technology, Srinagar(formerly Regional Engineering College Srinagar), commonly known as NIT-Srinagar or NIT-S, is a major college of engineering in Northern India. It forms a part of the league along with other NITs in India. For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... For Srinagar in Uttarakhand, see Srinagar, Uttarakhand. ... Jammu and Kashmir is a historic state in Asia which is currently disputed between India, Pakistan, and to a lesser extent, China. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... College (Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an educational institution. ... Engineering is the discipline of acquiring and applying knowledge to design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... The Indo-Gangetic Plain is a rich, fertile and ancient land encompassing most of northern and eastern India, the most populous parts of Pakistan, and virtually all of Bangladesh. ... NIT or Nit or nit can refer to:- A common name for various types of lice eggs. ...

The Institute is located on the western bank of the world famous Dal Lake near the famous Hazratbal Shrine, its about 8 km from Tourist Reception Centre where all airport buses and other long route/ sight seeing buses/ coaches originate/ terminate.Srinagar-Jammu National Highway passes through high mountain passes which are picturesque and enjoyable, and can be covered in about 6-7 hours by a car. The nearest Railway station from where trains to other parts of India are available is at Udhampur(Jammu Province) about 250Km from Srinagar.The Srinagar airport is only 20Km from the institute and has daily flights to Jammu and Delhi. sab bakwas hai Categories: India geography stubs | Jammu and Kashmir | Kashmir ... Hazratbal shrine. ... Udhampur is a sleepy town used more as a transit point between Jammu and Srinagar when travelling by road (National Highway Number 1A). ...

History

The National Institute of Technology, Srinagar was started in 1960 as Regional Engineering College, Srinagar. It was one of the first eight Regional Engineering Colleges established during the first Five Year Plan. It is an autonomous college registered under Societies Act (vi Svt 1999) and is financed both by Central and State Governments. Its administrative and financial control vests in the Board of Governors. Members of the Board comprise Nominees from Central and State Governments. This college was affiliated to the University of Kashmir. The institution was granted Deemed University Status with the approval of the UGC/AICTE and Govt. of India. Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Regional Engineering College (RECs) are premier schools of engineering and technology education in India. ... An autonomous (subnational) entity is a subnational entity that has a certain amount of autonomy. ... Awarded grade A by the NAAC, the University of Kashmir is located on the western side of the beautiful Dal Lake in the city of Srinagar which lies in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. ...

The Institute

Over the years the institute has won recognition as an important National Institute in the field of Technical Education and has been playing a pivotal role in the development of this region. So far it has produced more than six thousand graduates who are respectably placed in Industry, Government departments, Institutions and in numerous other jobs. Quite a substantial number of its alumni are occupying positions of highest responsibility in reputed organizations, both within the Country and abroad. The College has well equipped laboratories, faculty with high academic profile, computer facilities and infrastructure adequate enough to ensure imparting of quality education in tune with the requirements of the modern industry and technology. The curriculum is constantly updated and the faculty encouraged to get exposed to advanced areas of technology through their participation in Faculty Improvement Programs and Quality Improvement Programs. Vocational education prepares learners for certain careers or professions, which are traditionally non-academic and directly related to a trade, occupation or vocation in which the learner participates. ... An alumn (with a silent n), alum, alumnus, or alumna is a former student of a college, university, or school. ...

Apart from imparting professional education at the graduate and postgraduate levels the institute has been extending available expertise to various Governments, semi-government and private organizations through testing and consultancy services.

Departments

NIT Srinagar has 8 Engineering departments, 4 allied departments which were were established to provide support of basic sciences in engineering education and to inculcate social and managerial talent in students.

The academic departments in IIT Bombay include the following:

1. Chemical Engineering
2. Civil Engineering
3. Computer Science & Engineering
4. Electrical Engineering
5. Electronics & Communication Engineering
6. Information & Technology Engineering
7. Mechanical Engineering
8. Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science

The following allied departments are present in NIT Srinagar: Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with the application of physical science (e. ... The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. ... Computer science, or computing science, is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems. ... Engineering is the discipline of acquiring and applying knowledge to design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... Electrical Engineers design power systems… … and complex electronic circuits. ... Mechanical Engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the application of principles of physics for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. ... Metallurgical engineering- Designing, creating, or producing metals by various methods, for various applications, from metallic elements described on the Chemical Periodic Table of the Elements. ... The Materials Science Tetrahedron, which often also includes Characterization at the center Materials science or Materials Engineering is an interdisciplinary field involving the properties of matter and its applications to various areas of science and engineering. ...

1. Chemistry
2. Humanities & Social Science
3. Mathematics
4. Physics

Students are admitted through their performance in the All-India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), held every year. For other uses, see Chemistry (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Humanities (disambiguation). ... The social sciences are groups of academic disciplines that study the human aspects of the world. ... For other meanings of mathematics or uses of math and maths, see Mathematics (disambiguation) and Math (disambiguation). ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ...

Facilities

The Institute is having excellent infrastructure, having well equipped labs, a very dedicated and competent faculty in all disciplines. A central Library which is open till late night, computer services centre with all the facility which is open till late night. This center is in addition to the departmental computer centres. Separate hostels for the boys and girls with separate mess facility.The different hostels are: Central Library can be: Birmingham Central Library Hong Kong Central Library Sheffield Central Library Sacramento Central Library Category: ...

• Chinab Boys' Hostel
• Indus Boys' Hostel
• Jhelum Boys' Hostel
• Girls' Hostel

All the hostels are well maintained and are equipped with all necessary facilities, favorable to environment in Kashmir. Jehlum hostel has been covered under the institute networking project,each room has got net facility. In addition to this other hostels are given each a cyber cafe. Two story Medical Unit with 24 hours medical facility within campus with a full time doctor and other paramedical staff. Medical lab facilities available in the campus, such as ECG, X-Ray etc. The Indus is a river; the Indus River. ... Jhelum or Jehlum may mean: Jhelum River in India and Pakistan Jhelum City in Punjab, Pakistan Jhelum District in Punjab, Pakistan This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

Facilities for the indoor and outdoor games. Common Hall, activity centre for the indoor games, cultural activities and other activities such as gym etc. All facilities for the outdoor games, Playing field with Hand Ball court, Volley Ball court, Cricket, Football, Hockey, tennis courts etc. Basic amenities like Hospital, Post & Telegraph, Telecom Center, fully computerized Jammu And Kashmir Bank, Canteen, Co-op. Stores etc. are also available in the Campus.

Notable alumni

• Savita Wakhlu, (BTech), Board Member of The World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and the managing director of Jagriti Communications

External links

• NIT alumni website - Largest database of all NIT'ians