Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology

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Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology


Established:	1983
Type:	Public
Director:	Prof. Ranjit Singh
Faculty:	105
Undergraduates:	1800
Postgraduates:	100
Doctoral students:	20
Location:	New Delhi, Delhi, India
Campus:	Urban
Affiliations:	Delhi University
Website:	http://www.nsit.ac.in

Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT), New Delhi is an Institution of Government of NCT of Delhi under Department of Training and Technical Education and comes formally under the purview of Faculty of Technology, University of Delhi. It was formerly known as Delhi Institute of Technology (DIT) with its campus at Kashmere Gate, New Delhi. The present campus is located at Sector-3, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110 075, India.
The Sanskrit line in the emblem of NSIT , ie 'Aa no Bhadrah Kritvo Yantu Vishvatah' means 'May god bring the holy thougths in my mind from all the directions'.

1 Campus
2 Admissions
3 Academics
4 Awards and Recognitions
5 Societies
6 Major festivals
7 External links

[edit] Campus

NSIT Main Building

The NSIT campus is located in Dwarka, in South West Delhi. The campus itself is spread over 145 acres. The campus has a separate Administrative building, and Academic buildings for various departments. The campus now has three boys' hostels and a girls' hostel.

Sports facilities present in campus include a football park, cricket ground, table tennis rooms, gymnasium etc.

The Delhi Government earmarked Rs. 762 crores (187 million US$) for its education department in 2007. As part of this budget, the Delhi government has proposed a Science and Technology park at Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology with the key objective being to 'establish Delhi as the hub of the knowledge industry'. The institute will be set up in collaboration with NASSCOM and will include a Nano-technology center.[1]

[edit] Admissions

Admissions to undergraduate courses in NSIT and Delhi College of Engineering is mainly through the Combined Entrance Examination (CEE) of the University of Delhi and through the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) conducted by Central Board Of Secondary Education (CBSE).

The CEE is for candidates passing from schools/institutes located within the National Capital Territory of Delhi. They are eligible for 85% of the total seats. Students from schools located within the National Capital Region like those in Noida, Gurgaon are not eligible for the CEE exam.

Outside Delhi candidates are admitted using the AIEEE scorecard and are eligible for the remaining 15% of the seats. The CEE is held on the 3rd or 4th Sunday of May every year. The results are declared within a span of 15-20 days. More than 100,000 students compete in CEE for a total of 500 seats in NSIT.

Furthermore for both categories, there is reservation for Scheduled Castes (15%) , Scheduled Tribes (7.5%), Children and Widows of Defence Personnel disabled in action (5%) and Physically Handicapped candidates (3%).

CEE 2008 will be held on 31st May 2008.

Campus

The common counselling for the two institutes takes place after the exam and admission is awarded on basis of merit rank.

NSIT also offers courses in M.Tech. in Information Systems, Signal Processing and Process Control. Students for these courses are enrolled through the merit based G.A.T.E. exam conducted all over India by Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.) Coordinating committee.

[edit] Academics

NSIT is organised under the following broad categories:

[edit] Academic Divisions

[edit] Schools

School of Applied Sciences and Humanities
School of Management and Entrepreneurship

Special Laboratories and centres

Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park (STEP)

[edit] Degree Programs

The various degree programs offered by the institute are -

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

Currently NSIT has the following branches at the Under-Graduate (B.E.) Level (number of seats available in each discipline given in parentheses)

Electronics and Communication Engineering (120)
Computer Engineering (120)
Instrumentation and Control Engineering (120)
Manufacturing Process and Automation Engineering (60)
Information Technology (60)
Bio-Technology (20)

Master of Technology (M.Tech.)

At the Post-Graduate (M.Tech.) level NSIT has the following branches

Information Systems (Under Division of Computer Engineering) (18 Full Time + 5 Part Time)
Signal Processing(Under Division of Electronics and Communications Engineering) (18 Full Time + 5 Part Time)
Process Control (Under Division of Instrumentation and Control Engineering) (18 Full Time + 5 Part Time)

[edit] Awards and Recognitions

ISTE Certificate for Best Technical Institute

NSIT was awarded Certificate for best overall performance in field of Technical Education by the Indian Society of Technical Education [2]
NSIT was ranked 10th best Engineering College in India by Dataquest in 2005. [3]
NSIT was ranked 5th best in terms of campus placements in Engineering colleges in India by Dataquest in 2005.[4]
NSIT was ranked the 19th best engineering institute in India by India Today in 2007.
NSIT was declared 'Capital's Pride' by the govt. of Delhi through a full page advertisement in all National Newspapers in 2003.

[edit] Societies

NSIT has active student chapters of various well-recognised technical societies such as Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Instrumentation Systems and Automation Society (ISA), Computer Society of India (CSI)and Society of Automotive Engineers(SAE).

Besides these, there are a host of other societies within the college which encourage students to join and contribute substantially to their overall development during college life. These societies include The Neighbourhood Project (Social Service Club), The NSIT Quiz Club, the dramatics club, Crescendo-the music society, NSIT Motorsports, book club and crosslinks.

[edit] Major festivals

Resonanz: The internal cultural festival of NSIT held in odd semester every year.

Innovision: The technical festival of NSIT, inviting some of the best brains from all over the country and big corporate names, as event organizers as well as sponsors, every year. Students get a chance to showcase their skills in events like Paper presentation, Entrepreneur challenges , Programming Challenges, Linux Quizzes etc. for more Details about events at Innovision 2007. Visit innovision Website at www.innovision07.com

Moksha: The 4-day National cultural extravaganza held at NSIT every even semester, with prominent features being Hasya-Kavi Sammelan, Qawwali, Choreography, Fashion Show, Pop Show and the Rock Show. It is considered to be the one of the biggest cult fests of New Delhi and attracts sponsorships from the top corporate houses of India like TCS, Intel and Airtel.It is attended by colleges from all over India [5]

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 28°36′39″N, 77°2′15″E