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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

National Institute of Technology (NIT Silchar)

National Institute of Technology (NIT Silchar)

National Institute of Technology Silchar is one of the institutes of National importance which have been developed under the NIT act. It was originally established as the Regional Engineering College, Silchar in the year 1967.

The institute is built around the scenic view of the banks of river Barak. The Regional Engineering College got the status of National Institute of Technology Silchar in 2002.    

Looking from the infrastructure factor, National Institute of Technology Silchar is ranked as the best institute amongst the NITs. There has been rapid transformation in the Academic as well as infrastructural facilities that are provided to the students. This rapid change has taken place recently in the past four years after the institute got the status of NIT. The campus of the institute is built on a wide area of over 600 acres and also has awe-inspiring scenic view around.

Also there are separate hostels for boys and girls having all the essential facilities. Internet facility is made available for the students from 6 in the evening till 7.30 in the morning during the week days while round the clock internet service is made available during the weekends.

The institute makes use of the advanced technology for teaching as well as also makes available the computing facilities that offer an extended scope for the students to match with the high standards that are required for the rapidly changing technologies.

There are separate departments for the varied engineering and applied courses in the institute. Some of the most prevalent Engineering Departments include the Department of Mechanical engineering, Civil engineering, computer science and engineering, electrical engineering, electronics and telecommunication engineering as well as electronic and instrumentation engineering. On the other hand, the Applied Departments include the Department of Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics as well as Humanities and social sciences.   

The National institute of Technology is well connected by the means of air, road as well as rail transport from Kolkata and Guwahati. Otherwise the institute is also well connected by the roads with the other states in the northern part of India.

Friday, July 25, 2008

Companies making beeline to Silchar NIT

Since the Regional Engineering college was upgraded to NIT (National Institute Technology) in 2004 it has been a remarkablejourney for the institute in respect of recruitment and placements.This was stated by Gurudas Das, faculty in charge, training andplacement, before media persons in the Silchar Press Club . He pointedout this year, 191 B. Tech students are graduating from NIT.

During 2007-08, 49 companies visited the campus for placement. Theinstitute has arranged 422 job offers for 199 students which count for2.2 jobs for each student.

PK Banik, Director of the institute said, out of the 49companies that visited NIT, Eleven of them are public sector and 38privet sector companies and the latter include 2 oversees companieswhile higest salary offer in this placement season amounts Rs 12 lakh,

Average salary is 4 lakh. He said in terms of placement NIT Silchar isplaced on top of the 20 NITs all over the country. source: observer247

Thursday, July 3, 2008

NIT Silchar will get a hi-tech earthquake research centre

July 2: The tremor-prone Barak Valley will get a hi-tech earthquake research centre, to be built on the campus of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) at Silicoorie near Silchar.

The Union ministry of science and technology has cleared a proposal for the centre, which will be the first such institute in the Northeast to be exclusively devoted to the study of earthquakes.
NIT Silchar has been asked to prepare a feasibility report on this proposed Seismic Activities Research Centre. Delhi will provide Rs 25 crore for it.

Sources said the Centre was keen on building the institute in Cachar since it was the focal point of the tremor-prone Northeast.

Three geological faults which trigger earthquakes are all located near Cachar.

The Dawki fault in Meghalaya lies on the district’s northwest, Sitakunda-Tecknaf fault stretches from Bangladesh and another fault in Myanmar reaches out on its eastern flank.

T. Oldham, a geologist, said a major earthquake ripped through Cachar and its adjacent areas in 1869, leaving behind a trail of devastation.

Another major tremor hit this region on December 31, 1984, in which at least 20 people died in Sonai block near Silchar and cracked several buildings, including a mosque.

Three major tremors jolted the district in November 1996, May 1997 and February 2001.
source: telegraph india