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National Institute of Technology Calicut (Hindi: राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान कालिकट) or NITC or NIT Calicut in the city of Calicut (Kozhikode) in Kerala is one of the premier institutions for technical education in India. It is one of the twenty National Institutes of Technology in India, one in each major state of India. These institutes have been established by the Government of India for fostering national integration by imparting technical education to students from all over the country. Set in a picturesque landscape overlooking the foothills of the Western Ghats, NITC is situated about 22 km north-east of Calicut city. A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... 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. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... 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. ... “Alumni” redirects here. ... Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is the third largest city (pop. ... , Kerala ( ; Malayalam: കേരളം; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and 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... Hindi ( , Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is the official language of the Union along with English. ... , For the district with the same name, see Kozhikode District. ... , For the district with the same name, see Kozhikode District. ... , Kerala ( ; Malayalam: കേരളം; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ... Location of NITs in India National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are premier colleges of engineering and technology education in India. ... The Government of India (Hindi: भारत सरकार [1]Bhārat Sarkār), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called the Republic of... The Agasthiyamalai range of the Western Ghats The Western Ghats are a mountain range in India. ... , For the district with the same name, see Kozhikode District. ...

History

Initial Years

The Administrative Block at NIT Calicut.

NITC was set up in 1961 as Regional Engineering College, Calicut (CREC) as the ninth of its kind and the first one to be established during the Third Five Year Plan period. Till the formation of the Calicut University in 1963 the institute was affiliated with the Kerala University. It was largely due to the efforts of Pattom Thanu Pillai, the Chief Minister of Kerala that the institute came into being. Prof.S.Rajaraman was appointed the special officer in 1961 to organise the activities of the college till Dr. M. V. Keasva Rao took charge as the first principal of the college. Image File history File linksMetadata NITC_AB.jpg‎ [edit] Summary copyright holder gies permission to use [edit] Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata NITC_AB.jpg‎ [edit] Summary copyright holder gies permission to use [edit] Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Regional Engineering College (RECs) are premier schools of engineering and technology education in India. ... Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is the third largest city (pop. ... Indian Economy is based on the concept of planning. ... Calicut University is situated at Tenhipalam, in Malappuram district of Kerala, India. ... The University of Kerala is an affiliating university located in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala state, India. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

Expansion

The classes were first held at the Government Polytechnic at West Hill, Calicut before it moved to its present campus in 1963. The college started with an annual intake of 125 students for the under-graduate courses, in a campus of 120 acres. The intake was increased to 250 in 1966, 150 for the first year and 100 for the preparatory course. The annual intake was reduced from 250 to 200 from the year 1968-69 on account of industrial recession.

In 1976 NIT Calicut was the setting of the "Rajan case", where one of its students, P. Rajan died after being held (ostensibly for being a Naxalite) in police custody. NITC's cultural fest Ragam is held in the memory of Rajan.^[1] The Malayalam movie Piravi which won the Caméra d'Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, was based on the life of Rajan and his father T.V. Eachara Warrier.^[2] Rajan case is the defining episode of human rights movement in Kerala. ... Map showing the districts affected by the Naxalite movement Naxalite or Naxalism is an informal name given to radical, often violent, revolutionary communist groups that were born out of the Sino-Soviet split in the Indian communist movement. ... Malayalam (മലയാളം ) is the language spoken predominantly in the state of Kerala, in southern India. ... Piravi (The Birth) (1988) is an award-winning feature film directed by Shaji N. Karun. ... Cannes Film Festival logo. ... Professor T.V. Eachara Warrier, (1920 – 2006) the human right icon of kerala who had spent his entire life after the 1975 Emergency in India, fighting the establishment in Kerala in an attempt to get to the facts about the disappearance of his son Rajan during the Emergency. ...

After Prof S. Unnikrishnan Pillai took charge as Principal in 1983, the Training and Placement Department was started with a view to organise campus recruitments for students. The college moved into the area of Information Technology as early as 1984 with the commissioning of its first HCL workhorse. In 1987 the college celebrated 25 years of its existence and new postgraduate were started and the CEDTI was established in the campus the following year. In 1990 Shankar Dayal Sharma inaugurated the Architecture Department Block and construction of a computer centre was completed. In 1996, the institute website (the first in Kerala) was inaugurated. The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode functioned from the NIT Calicut campus in its first few years of existence before moving to its new campus in Kunnamangalam in 2003. Information and communication technology spending in 2005 Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. ... Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (August 19, 1918 - December 26, 1999) was an Indian scholar and politician, most notable for serving as President of India from 1992 until 1997. ... Section of the dome of Florence Cathedral. ... The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM K) is one of the six Indian Institutes of Management set up by the Government of India. ...

Aerial view of the Class Room Complex.

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Recent Developments

The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, accorded NIT status to REC Calicut in June 2002 granting it academic and administrative autonomy. It was a lead institute under the World Bank funded Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP) which began in 2002. In 2003, students were first admitted to the flagship undergraduate B.Tech through the All India Engineering Entrance Exam. With the passing of the National Institutes of Technology Act in May 2007, NIT Calicut has been declared an Institute of National Importance. ^[3] The National Institutes of Technology Act is the second legislation for technical education institutions after the Indian Institutes of Technology Act of 1961. In 2007 NIT Calicut raised its annual intake for its undergraduate program to 570. ^[4] ... B.Tech is the short form for Bachelor of Technology. ... Stands for All India Engineering Entrance Exam. CBSE conducts the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) which is a common entrance examination on all India basis for admission to engineering and architecture/planning programmes in the country. ...

Courses and Academics

Engineering Departments

• Department of Architecture
• Department of Civil Engineering
• Department of Computer Science and Engineering
• Department of Chemical Engineering
• Department of Electrical Engineering
• Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
• Department of Mechanical Engineering

Allied Departments

• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Science and Humanities
• Department of Training Placement & Linkage

Centres

• Centre for Biomechanics
• Centre for Information Technology and Communication
• Sophisticated Instruments Centre
• Centre for Value Education
• NITC IBM ACE Centre
• Centre for Nanotechnology ^[5]
• Centre for Continuing Education

IT Finishing School

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, has started IT finishing schools at NIT Calicut and seven other national institutions: the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, and the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) at Durgapur, Kurushetra, Jaipur, Surathkal, Trichy and Warangal. This school is supportd by NASSCOM and some of the major IT companies in India.^[6] The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the Indian chamber of commerce that serves as an interface to the Indian Software Industry and Indian BPO Industry NASSCOM’s member companies are in the business of software development, software services, and IT-enabled/BPO services. ...

Facilities

Hostels

Ladies' Hostel

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Sports

NITC has a well-equipped Gymnasium, a Swimming Pool, an Open Air Theatre(OAT), an Auditorium and facilities for outdoor sports like Tennis, Football, Volleyball, Badminton, Roller Blading, Hockey and Basketball. It also has a cricket ground where Ranji Trophy matches have been played.^[7] The Ranji Trophy is the domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between state and city sides, equivalent to county cricket in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia, and also denotes the trophy that is awarded to the winner. ...

Central Library & NALANDA

The Central Computer Center

NITC's Central Library, with more than 100,000 books is one of the largest technical libraries in India. It also subscribes to more than 200 print journals.The institute has a digital library, NALANDA (Network of Automated Library and Archives), which houses a good collection of online resources. Users from NITC and networked institutions can access around 17,000 journals, proceedings, databases, electronic theses, dissertations and online courses at NALANDA. It is also part of the INDEST consortium, which aims at networking the libraries at the important technical institutions in India. Image File history File linksMetadata NITC_CC.jpg‎ I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata NITC_CC.jpg‎ I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... A digital library is a library in which collections are stored in digital formats (as opposed to print, microform, or other media) and accessible by computers. ...

Technology Business Incubator

The TBI at NIT Calicut was set up with the help of the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and the National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB). Its primary objective is to help the development of start-up ventures in Electronics & IT.^[8][9]

Culture and Student Life

NIT Calicut holds two major annual events, the technical festival Tathva, held in the monsoon semester and the cultural festival RAGAM, which is held in the winter semester. Yat Ranjayiti iti ragam is how ragam is defined in one of the earliest texts in Indian music. ...

Tathva

Main article: Tathva

Tathva is the annual techno-management fest organized by NITC. It is usually held during the month of September and lasts for four days after which the normal academic session resumes.Tathva over the years has come to be regarded as one among the biggest technical festivals of South India.It has been held seven times since its inception in 2001. Aimed at inspiring innovation and technical interest among students and awareness among the public, Tathva has played host to various lectures, seminars, workshops, competitions, paper presentations, exhibitions, quizzes, model displays and robotics events in the previous editions. Tathva is the annual techno-management fest organized by the National Institute of Technology, Calicut(NITC),Kerala,India. ... Tathva is the annual techno-management fest organized by the National Institute of Technology, Calicut(NITC),Kerala,India. ...

Ragam

Main article: RAGAM

Ragam is the cultural festival of NITC. Colleges and universities all over Kerala and outside the state compete with each other in events as wide ranging as trivia quizzes and dance competitions to be crowned champions of the festival. Ragam has seen rock shows and music concerts by major Indian performers in previous editions. Yat Ranjayiti iti ragam is how ragam is defined in one of the earliest texts in Indian music. ...

Student Organisations

The student organizations at NITC like Club Mathematica,the Literary & Debating Club (L&D), the Industrial & Planning Forum (IPF),Enquire (The NITC Quiz Club), the Nature Club and the Indian Cultural Association organize various activities throughout the year. Professional bodies such as the Computer Society of India, the Indian Society for Technical Education, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and The Institution of Engineers (India) have Student Chapters at NIT Calicut. Social work is part of the NITC curriculum. NITC has two cells of the National Service Scheme (NSS) functioning in its campus.

Admissions

Entrance to NIT Calicut

Students are taken in for the undergraduate courses is through the All India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE) conducted by CBSE, New Delhi. Around 650,000 students write this test to gain admission to one of 20 NITs.^[10]Admission to some other autonomous national level technical institutes (called Deemed University) is also through AIEEE. Admission to the graduate M.Tech and PhD courses are primarily based on scores in the GATE exam, conducted by the IITs. Admission to the MCA programme is done through the NIMCET conducted by the NITs.The first NIMCET in 2006 was conducted by NIT Calicut. Besides this faculty from other institutes work as research scholars in NITC under the Quality Improvement Programme (QIP). It is also the national coordination centre for the QIP of polytechnic institutes. Image File history File links NITC_entrance. ... Image File history File links NITC_entrance. ... AIEEE stands for All India Engineering Entrace Examination. ... The Central Board of Secondary Education is a board of school education in India. ... Deemed University is a status of autonomy granted to high performing institutes and departments of various universities in India. ...

Administration

Under the constitution of the National Institutes of Technology Act 2007, the President of India is the Visitor to the Institute. The authorities of the institute are Board of Governors and the Senate. The Board is headed by the Chairman, who is appointed by the Visitor. The Director, who is the secretary of the Board, looks after the day-to-day running of the institute. The Board of Governers also has nominees of the Central Government, the State Government, the NIT Council & the Institute Senate. The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India and the Supreme Commander of the Indian armed forces. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ...

Rankings

• In the Dataquest IDC-NASSCOM India T-School Rankings, NIT Calicut was ranked 14th overall in India in 2006 ^[11]and 15th in 2007.^[12]

• In the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, NIT Calicut is ranked 7th in India. ^[13]

• NIT Calicut has consistently figured among the top ten institutes in India based on the performance of its students in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering.

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NITC People

Chairpersons

• P. Rama Rao (2001-2005)
• S.C. Tripathi (2005-)

Principals/Directors

• M. V. Keasva Rao (1961-1969)
• K.M. Bahauddin (1969-1980)
• P. K. Charlu (1980-1983)
• S. Unnikrishna Pillai (1983-1996)
• M.P. Chandrasekharan (1996-2003)
• S.S. Gokhale (2003-2004)
• B.N. Nagaraj (acting 2004-2005)
• K.N. Dutta (acting 2005)
• G.R.C. Reddy (2005-)

Notable Alumni

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• Devadas D. Pillai - Intel Fellow, Director, Enabling Technologies & Solutions Group, Technology & Manufacturing Group, Intel Corporation, Chandler, Arizona.[1]

• Vishwadeep Khatri - Founder and Lead Facilitator of Benchmark Six Sigma, the leading Six Sigma training and consulting company in India [2]

• Manoj Agarwala - Vice President, Services, Induslogic.[3]

• Tarun Amla - Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Isola Global.[4]

• Prasanth Gopalakrishnan - Founder and CEO of Kalkitech [5]

• Mathew George - Vice President, Telus Ventures [6]

• Rakesh Rao - Founder and CEO of Four Dimension Technologies [7]

• Tomy Sebastian - Chief Scientist, Delphi Automotive Corp. [8]

• Mahendra Lawoti - Author of 'Towards A Democratic Nepal'

• Suraj Pai - Senior Director, Service Industries, Oracle India [9]

• P.S. Nair - Group Director, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

• Labeeb Ismail - Co-inventor of MbTV

• Santhosh George - Senior Director, Oracle India

• Jishnu (actor)
• Dr Prabhakaran Paleri- Former Director General, Indian Coast Guard

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Notable Faculty Members

• P. M. Jussay - Historian. Author of 'The Jews of Kerala'.
• C. B. Shoban - Faculty, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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See Also

• National Institutes of Technology
• NIT Bill
• History of RECs
• AIEEE

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References

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External links

• NITC Website, NITC Official website of NIT Calicut.
• NALANDA Digital Library at NITC.
• NITC Alumni Official Alumni Site
• Technology Business Incubator
• NITC Student Magazine

Events

• Tathva 2006 Technical festival
• Ragam 2007 Cultural Festival
• FOSS Meet in NIT Calicut, 2007 Open Source Meet
• All India MCA MEET,2007 MCA MEET

Maps

• NITC at Wikimapia
• Map of Calicut (Kozhikode)