National Institute of Technology Surat
SVNIT, Surat
Established	1961
Type	Deemed University
Director	Dr. P. D. Porey
Undergraduates	2,000(approx.)
Postgraduates	150(approx.)
Doctoral students	15(approx.)
Location	Surat, Gujrat, India
Campus	265 acres
Website	www.svnit.ac.in

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat (NIT Surat) is one of the 20 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) established in India in June 1961. It is named after Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a noted freedom-fighter and India's first Home Minister. This institute was upgraded to a National Institute of Technology as per the National Institutes of Technology Act. ImageMetadata File history File links Nitphoto. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Nitphoto. ... 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. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Aquatint of a Doctor in Divinity at the University of Oxford, in the scarlet and black academic robes corresponding to his position. ... For other uses, see Surat (disambiguation). ... Gujrat (Urdu/Punjabi: گجرات) is a city in Pakistan located in Gujrat District in the Punjab Province. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Location of NITs in India National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are premier colleges of engineering and technology education in India. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Vallabhbhāī Paṭel (Gujarati: , Devanāgarī: ; IPA: ) (October 31, 1875 – December 15, 1950) was a political and social leader of India who played a major role in the countrys struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation. ... The Home Minister, or more properly the Minister for Home Affairs, is a position in the Indian Cabinet, at both State and Union levels. ...

SVNIT covers all kinds of fields. Not only technical, but management events are conducted in this college. A recent example of this is the very successful event called "Business Baazigar" which was organized in the leadership of Avinash Mishra and Neeraj Ramnani, along with several other enthusiasts of ED Cell ( Entrepreneurship Development Cell)

The college has a campus of over 100 hectares ie 254 acres of land on the Surat-Dumas Highway. It was earlier called Sardar Vallabhbhai Regional College of Engineering and Technology (SVRCET). This institu te offers seven undergraduate courses of Bachelor of Technology in various disciplines like Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Electronics, Chemical, Computers and Production Engineering. It also offers postgraduate courses in Environmental engineering, Structural engineering, Water-resources engineering, Turbomachines, Mechanical, Electronics and Chemical Engineering. Some candidates are also pursuing PhDs. SVRCET was one of the seventeen Regional Engineering Colleges established by the Government of India in the 1960s. ...

The college has in all nine hostels, eight for boys and one for girls , with two additional hostels being built for PG students and girls, accommodating 1500 students totally. The sanctioned intake of students is currently 426. Fifty per cent of the seats are filled up from the Gujarat State and the fifty percent of the seats are reserved for the students from other states with quota fixed for every state. In addition to them, twenty foreign students are also admitted under the scheme of Central Government. Also at 2nd year level 32 students are admitted, who have passed diploma on merit basis. This article is for the Indian state. ...

The college has seven departments for seven main engineering disciplines, namely, Electronics engineering, Electrical engineering, Computer engineering, Mechanical engineering, Production engineering, Chemical engineering and Civil engineering. Apart from these, it also has a Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities. The departments of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering have been rated 'A' by the National Board of Accreditation.

Location

Located strategically in the Diamond city of Gujarat, Surat, the institute is located in the heart of the city, Ichchanath. It is known to be one of the posh locations in Surat. Students and visitors to the institute are welcomed by the well maintained roads of Surat and a stunningly beautiful fountain. A special mention should also be given to the big gate of the institute that leads upto a statue of Sardar Patel.

The institute is well placed in the area of Ichchanath, with good hangout places such as large multiplexes, malls, eating joints, coffee shops providing the students an ideal collegian atmosphere after a gruelling day at college.

Facilities

The institute has lots of facilities for the benefit of students and staff. There is a branch of the State Bank of India which is housed along with the post office in one complex. The campus also has a gym (with an A.C. gym under construction at the time of writing this article, i.e. September,2006), an indoor badminton court and table tennis tables - all in the Students Activity Center (S.A.C.). It also has a well equipped library and a Central Computer Centre with the latest desktops and high speed internet connectivity. There is an integrated playground which has a 400 metre athletic track, a cricket ground and two basketball courts. Construction of a swimming pool is expected to commence shortly. The canteen offers a wide variety of mainly vegetarian delicacies and is a hub for student interaction and activity. It has a stage at its rear where performances are held at the time of cultural or other events. The other place where a lot of student activity occurs is, ironically, in the Staff Club. Here, indoor functions (like quizzes, meetings, auditions for cultural events etc.) of a smaller scale are held. There is a music room inside which contains a wide variety of musical instruments which students can practise playing. The Staff Club also houses the Estate Offices. It is an ideal place for marriage ceremonies and birthday celebrations of staff or their family members. The Seminar Hall is also used for small functions like seminars, quizzes or other events.

Sparsh

Sparsh is SVNIT Surat's annual cultural festival. It usually takes place in the second week of March every year.The largest of its kind in South Gujarat, this 5-day festival consists of literary and debating events/competitions in the morning, and gala cultural shows in the evenings. The various 'Sparsh Nites' as these evenings are called are the Song Nite, Dance and Skit Nite, Fashion Nite, Fun-n-Fair and the Celebrity Nite. The last of these is a grand event, and has seen performances by Euphoria, Udit Narayan, Shaan, Abhijeet . This year,punjabi singer Daler Mehndi had come to perform on the celebrity night of Sparsh conducted on 8th-11th March,2007. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat (NIT Surat) is one of the 20 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) established in India in June 1961. ... For other uses, see Surat (disambiguation). ... This article is for the Indian state. ... Look up euphoria in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Udit Narayan Jha, popularly known as Udit Narayan is a well-established playback singer in the Hindi-language Bollywood film industry as well as in Nepali cinema. ... Name, Shantanu Mukherjee born on the 30th of September. ... Indian Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya: Abhijeet was born as Abhijeet Bhattacharya, in a middle-class Bengali family from Kanpur, India. ...

among others. Occasionally events like Kavi Sammelan, Ghazal nights have also taken place during Sparsh.

Mindbend

Mindbend [1] is SVNIT Surat's annual technical festival, the largest of its kind in Gujarat. Technical competitions and events covering all areas of engineering expose students across India to practical engineering. Apart from competitions, guest lectures, workshops and quizzes become major crowd pullers increasing the excitement of the fest. Robotics events of Mindbend are famous in westzone.The enthusiasm for the festival has continuously grown with time.With each passing year the event has grown in stature and has seen a gamut of events. With informals like Mega Quiz and Rock night to cool those grey cells after a hard days work, the event is an absolute must for anyone who is interested to gain technical knowledge while making the whole experience enjoyable. In recent times, Mindbend has also fully embraced all kinds of management events and has conducted some very big scale management events. MINDBEND is the Annual Technical Festival of Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute Of Technology (SVNIT), Surat. ... Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat (NIT Surat) is one of the 20 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) established in India in June 1961. ... For other uses, see Surat (disambiguation). ...

External links

• SVNIT
• SVNIT in wikimapia

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