About

NIT-Trichy view from flyover

VISION, MISSION AND CORE VALUES OF NITT

VISION

· To provide valuable resources for industry and society through excellence in technical education and research.

MISSION

· To offer state-of-the-art undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes.

· To generate new knowledge by engaging in cutting-edge research.

· To undertake collaborative projects with academia and industries.

· To develop human intellectual capability to its fullest potential.

HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTE

The National Institute of Technology (formerly known as Regional Engineering College) Tiruchirappalli, situated in the heart of Tamil Nadu on the banks of river Cauvery, was started as a joint and co-operative venture of the Government of India and the Government of Tamil Nadu in 1964 with a view to catering to the needs of man-power in technology for the country. The college has been conferred with autonomy in financial and administrative matters to achieve rapid development. Because of this rich experience, this institution was granted Deemed University Status with the approval of the UGC/AICTE and Govt. of India in the year 2003 and renamed as National Institute of Technology. NIT-T was registered under Societies Registration Act XXVII of 1975.

The Chairman of NITT is Dr. Rajaram Nityananda (also Senior Professor, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) and the Director of NITT is Dr.Srinivasan Sundarrajan

The institution offers Under Graduate Courses in ten branches and Post Graduate Courses in twenty one disciplines of Science, Engineering & Technology besides Ph.D. in all the departments. The faculty is inducted through a process of open advertisement throughout the country. The college is an example of cultural unity with students drawn from most of the states in the country.

The hallmark of the campus is the good facilities which caters to the academic and extra curricular interests of the students. The Octagon is the pride of the campus equipped with modern facilities like a CAD/CAM Lab, Local Area Network, an 10 Mbps High Speed Internet connection and other seminar and conference facilites. It is maintained and run by the Computer Support Group of the institute.

Apart from this the campus provides ample opportunities for developing extra curricular skills which include NCC, NSS, Students Chapters of IEEE, social clubs and sports & games. The Alumni of this institution have excelled in various spheres and are positioned very well globally in a number of leading Government, Public Sector & Private Organizations.

NIT-T hosts two inter collegiate fests namely Festember (Cultural) and Pragyan (Techinical) and an inter department fest namely NITTfest (Cultural) annually. These fests draw students from most colleges of South India and are hugely popular.

The College has a total campus area of 800 acres. This includes good hostel facilites, Hospital, Post & Telegraph, Telecom Center, fully computerized State Bank of India branch with ATM facility, Book stall, Reprographic Center, Canteen, Swimming pool and Co-op. Stores.

How To Get To NIT-T

NIT-T is in Tiruchirapalli (also know as Trichy or Tiruchy). It is located about 22 km from Tiruchurapalli Jn / Central Bustand on the Trichy-Thanjavur Highway.The simplest and most economical way to reach NIT-T is by bus. Any city Bus at the Tiruchirapalli Jn will take you to the central bus stand. Board Thanjavur bound mofussiful or route bus. The journey time from Trichy will be around 40 minutes. The executive way of reaching NIT-T will be hiring a taxi. Taxis may charge around Rs.200/-

NIT-Trichy view from clock tower

NIT-T campus has private taxi & auto service:
For call taxi: 98650-42815, 94434-56524
For auto (within the campus only): 98424-65530, 98424-86691 (The auto charge for reaching any place within the NIT campus will be Rs.15/-).

Trichy is connected by road to Chennai (320 km), Madurai (142 km) and to all major towns in South India by regular bus services. Tiruchirapalli is an important junction on the Southern Railway. It connects Madras, Thanjavur, Madurai, Tuticorin, Tirupati, Rameswaram, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Cochin and Mangalore. It has an international airport, and is connected with Chennai (Madras), Singapore, Colombo, Kuwait, Sharjah, Calicut. Indian Airlines connects Trichy with Chennai, Sharjah, Calicut Kuwait and Colombo. Air Lanka Service connects Tiruchirapalli with Colombo.

Contact

National Institute of Technology

Tanjore Main Road,
National Highway 67,
Tiruchirappalli - 620015,
Tamil Nadu,
India.

Telephone :

· INSTITUTE : (0431) 2503000 / 2504000 (Each 4-digit extension can be reached directly by adding the prefix number (0431) 250 - - - - to the respective numbers)

· DEAN (Academic): (0431) 2503011, 2503013

· HOSTEL : BOYS : (0431) 2504186, 2504192

· GIRLS : (0431) 2504392

· Fax : 91-431-2500133

· email: