National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

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National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

Established 1963
Type Institute of National Importance
Director Prof. M.N. Bandyopadhyay
Location Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
Colours white and blue
Website http://www.nitkkr.org

National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana (founded a Regional

Engineering College, Kurukshetra) is a premier Technical Institute of the region. The
institution has been consistently ranked amongst the top engineering colleges in India.
Since 1963, like other Regional Engineering Colleges of India this institution too, had
been a joint enterprise of the State and Central Governments. This Institute was conferred
upon status of Deemed University on June 26, 2002. Since then it has been renamed as
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra. (Deemed University)

Contents
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• 1 History
• 2 Location
• 3 Departments
• 4 Distinguished alumni

• 5 External links

[edit] History
The first admission to a five-year B.Sc. (Engg.) Degree Courses were made by the
Institute in July, 1963 at Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh and Thapar Institute of
Engineering and Technology, Patiala, with 60 student at each place.

The Institute started functioning in its present campus at Kurukshetra in 1965-66 with
120 students admitted in the first year of the Five-Year Courses of study for the B.Sc.
(Engg.) Degree in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. The annual intake was
increased to 250 students in 1966-67. B.Sc. (Engg.) degree courses in Electronics and
Communication Engineering was added in 1971-72. in 1967-68 M. Sc. (Engg.) degree
courses in Electronics and Communication Engineering was added in 1971-72. In 1967-
68 M. Sc. (Engg.) degree courses in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and in
1971-72, a Postgraduate diploma in Scientific instrumentation were also started. In July
1976 Part-Time M. Sc. (Engg.) degree courses in Electronics and Communication
Engineering and instrumentation were started. The First registration for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology was made in July
1967.

The Institute changed over to the 4-year B.Tech. Degree courses with effect from the
academic year 1985-86. The new courses was designated as B. Tech. The annual intake at
present is 540.

Special three-year degree courses in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering,

designated as 'Bachelor of Engineering for in-service engineering diploma holders were
introduced from the session 1982-83.However These courses have been discontinued by
the Govt. of Haryana since 2000-2001

The 2-year M. Sc. (Engg.) degree courses in various disciplines were redesignated as M.
Tech. degree courses with effect form the session 1983-84.Now the duration of the
Courses is 2 years.

From the Session 1987-88, the Institute introduced a four-year B. Tech. degree
programme in Computer Engineering with an intake of 30 students. The institute also
introduced a full time M. Tech. Degree courses in Electronics and Communication
Engineering with and intake of 13. The intake of B. Tech. Electronics and communication
Engineering degree courses was increased from 30 to 60 from the session 1987-88. Full
time M. Tech. degree courses in Water Recourses (Civil Engineering Dept.) was
introduced in 1989-90.

In addition to providing in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology at the

Undergraduate and Postgraduate level, the Institute offers excellent facilities for
advanced research in the emerging areas of Science and Technology. The syllabus and the
curricula are constantly being updated to meet the growing demands and need of the
country in different areas of technology. The infrastructure is geared to enable the
Institute to turn out technical personnel of a high quality.
NIT Kurukshetra

[edit] Location
Kurukshetra, steeped in history, is a place of great spiritual significance, where Lord
Krishna, delivered the divine message of "Shrimad Bhagwad Gita". The place from
where knowledge spread far and wide was chosen as his capital by King Harshwardhana.
It is one of the premier centres of pilgrimage attracting devotees in a steady stream all-
round the year. Kurukshetra is a railway junction on the Delhi-Karnal-Ambala section of
the Northern Railway. It is about 160 km. from Delhi. The Institute campus is about 10
km. from Pipli, a well known road junction on the Sher Shah Suri Marg and about 5km
from Kurukshetra Railway station.

[edit] Departments
• Civil
• Mechanical
• Electrical
• Electronics & Communications
• Computer
• Information Technology
• Industrial and Production Engineering
• Business Administration
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Humanities

[edit] Distinguished alumni

The contribution and achievements of the NIT alumni have always been somewhat lost in
the glare and publicity of their counterparts from the IITs. NIT Kurukshetra boasts of a
long list of distinguished alumni both in India and abroad who have gone on to make a
name for themselves and for their alma mater. The long list of distinguished alumni
includes

• P K Munjal, MD, Hero Honda

• Adesh Gupta, Chairman, Liberty Shoes
• Srini Raju, Chairman, I-LAbs
• Rakesh Bakshi, PadmaShree Awardee
• Sanjay Dhawan, Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer of Aricent
Technologies
• Biraj Adhikari, Deputy CM of Sikkim
• K K Agarwala, Vice-Chancellor, GGS Indraprastha University
• Rohit Sharma, Founder and CTO ONI systems (acquired by CIENA)