National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

National Institute of Technology Rourkela (Hindi: राष्‍ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, राउरकेला) (Odia: ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ, ରାଉରକେଲା),formerlyRegional Engineering College Rourkela (REC Rourkela), is a publicly funded institute of higher learning for engineering and technology located in the steel city of Rourkela, Odisha, India. It is one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology in India and has been recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007.

History

NIT Rourkela was established as Regional Engineering College (REC) Rourkela on 15 August 1961 under the then Chief Minister of Odisha, Biju Patnaik and its foundation stone was laid by the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It was granted autonomy and functional independence by the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2002 thus becoming one of the National Institutes of Technology.

Academics and departments

Biotechnology and Medical Engineering Department

The revamped chemical engineering department at NITR

The institute has the following twenty departments which offer B. Tech, B. Tech-M. Tech Dual, M. Tech, M.Sc, Integrated M.Sc, MBA and PhD degree:

• Department of Architecture and Planning
• Department of Earth Science
• Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering
• Department of Ceramic Engineering
• Department of Chemical Engineering
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Civil Engineering
• Department of Computer Science and Engineering
• Department of Industrial Design
• Department of Electrical Engineering
• Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
• department of Food Processing
• department of Electronics and Instrumentation
• Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Department of Life Science
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
• Department of Mining Engineering
• Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Department of School of Management

Dual degree courses on various disciplines have been introduced recently. The institute also provides opportunity for part-time graduate studies in selected fields in addition to doctoral research in various subjects.