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== Prospective Students ==
== Prospective Students ==
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** When all the RECs were upgraded to NITs, it was proposed to use the well tested and established IIT-JEE examination for admission to the NITs. However, in view of the larger pool of candidates and the consequent scaling up of operations that would have been required, the IITs declined. The admission to undergraduate programs of all the NITs is done by the All India Engineering Entrance Examination popularly known as AIEEE. In addition to the NITs, a host of other well known national level reputed institutes like DA-IICT, DCE, NSIT, IIITs, SPA Delhi, and BIT Mesra accept students from this examination. The examination is objective by nature and is conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education popularly known as the CBSE, which also conducts the well known AIPMT examination for admission to MBBS courses in medical institutes all over the country. More than seven lakh(700,000) students appeared in 2007 for around 9000 seats in the B.Tech and B.Arch programmes available in all the NITs put together.
 
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** The admissions into the postgraduate programmes are made through various other exams, like
 
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** Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) - for admission to M.Tech courses in various NITs. However NITs may also conduct a separate individual examination followed by an interview for admission to these courses. It is also planned to introduce dual-degree courses in both science and technology in emerging areas in the forthcoming sessions.
 
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** NITs MCA Common Entrance Test (NIMCET)]] - for admission to MCA courses offered by the CSE department of respective NIT. As of 2005, this national level exam was attempted by more than 14,000 candidates for around 400 seats offered by all the institutes put together and is conducted by a participating NIT every year through a policy of rotation.
 
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** A common entrance examination for admission to the MBA and M.Sc courses offered by some of the NITs has been finalised to be conducted from the academic year. This exam will be on the basis of the highly competitive CAT conducted by the IIMs.
 
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** Separate examinations or interviews are conducted by each NIT for admission to their M.Tech (Research), M.S. (Research), and Ph.D programmes.
 
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** Recently, some NITs have started granting Research Scholarship in various disciplines. The information regarding this scholarship is available in their respective websites.
 
== New & Current Students ==
== New & Current Students ==

Revision as of 01:48, 4 October 2007

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Regional Engineering College

  • Location & Contact Information
    • Address, Directions, & Map
      • Calicut (Kozhikhode), Kerala, India
    • GPS Coordinates
    • Telephone Numbers:
    • Email:
    • Official Website:
  • History & Memorable Moments[1]
    • National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are premier colleges of engineering and technology education in India. They were originally called Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs). In 2002, the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, decided to upgrade, in phases, all the original 17 Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) as National Institutes of Technology (NITs), on the lines of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). These institutes are rated just next to the IITs in terms of student quality, research, and placements. There are currently 20 NITs, the latest being NIT, Agartala. The Government of India has introduced the National Institutes of Technology (NIT) Act 2007 to bring 20 such institutions within the ambit of the act and to provide them with complete autonomy in their functioning. The NITs are deliberately scattered throughout the country in line with the government norm of an NIT in every major state of India to promote regional development. The individual NITs, after the introduction of the NIT Act, have been functioning as autonomous technical universities and hence can draft their own curriculum and functioning policies.
    • It was the dream of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to see India emerge as a leader in science and technology. In order to serve the growing demand for trained quality technical manpower, the Government Of India started fourteen RECs between 1959 and 1965 (NITs located at Allahabad, Bhopal, Calicut, Durgapur, Kurukshetra, Jamshedpur, Jaipur, Nagpur, Rourkela, Srinagar, Surathkal, Surat, Tiruchirapally, and Warangal). Three other NITs were added between 1970 and 1990 (NITs located at Silchar, Hamirpur, and Jalandhar). Each college was a joint and cooperative enterprise of the central government and the concerned state government. Recently, MHRD issued NIT status to three more colleges which are located at Patna (Bihar Engineering College - a 130 year old college), Raipur (Government Engineering College), and Agartala (Tripura Engineering College). All the twenty NITs now offer degree courses at bachelors, masters, and doctorate levels in various branches of engineering and technology. The entire non-recurring expenditure and expenditure for post-graduate courses during the REC times were borne by the central government. On the other hand, the entire recurring expenditure on undergraduate courses was shared equally by the central and the state government. However, since being upgraded to NITs, the central government manages the entire funding for these institutes. The REC system served well initially, but as time passed some state governments did not shoulder proper responsibility to steer the institutes in the right direction. Following the long standing demand for more IITs, the then MHRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi decided to upgrade the RECs to National Institutes of Technology (NITs). In 2003, all the RECs were upgraded to NITs and the central government took control to run these institutions. The decision to establish NITs was prompted by the following:[2]
      • To establish a second tier of institutes to provide quality education to a large number of students.
      • To pacify every state demanding an IIT.
      • To have a low-cost alternative to IITs.
  • Overview, Photographs, & Video Links

Prospective Students

  • Admissions Tips

New & Current Students

  • Campus Events
  • Transportation
  • Safety Tips
  • Support Centers
  • Grading System
  • Good Classes & Teachers
  • Groups & Organizations
  • College & Career Tips

Alumni

  • Benefits of Joining Alumni Association
  • Mailing List Directory
  • Chapters
  • Teachers (Where are they now?)
  • Alumni Directory
  • Notable Alumni
  • Alumni Events

Visitors

  • Hotels Nearby
  • Restaurant Recommendations
  • Places of Worship
  • Tours & Museums
  • Library Access
  • Sports Facility Access
  • Future Campus Talks & Seminars of General Interest

Other Links

References

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