Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology

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Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
Image:Nsit_emblem.jpg
Motto: आ नो भद्राः क्रतयो यन्तु विश्व्ते:
(Aa no Bhadrah Kritvo Yantu Vishvatah)
Motto in English: May God bring the holy thoughts in my mind from all the directions
Established: 1983
Type: Public
Director: Prof. Ranjit Singh
Faculty: 105
Undergraduates: 1800
Postgraduates: 100
Doctoral students: 20
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
Campus: Urban, 145 acres
Former names: Delhi Institute of Technology (1983-1997)
Affiliations: Delhi University, Faculty of Technology
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. NSIT 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 - 110 078, India.

NSIT is an autonomous institute and is affiliated to Delhi University. It shares its admission procedure and syllabus with Delhi College of Engineering, both of which are prescribed by Delhi University , Faculty of Technology.

NSIT has been regularly featured in top engineering colleges of India placements-wise and overall by various engineering education surveys conducted by bodies such as India Today, Outlook, Dataquest-NASSCOM etc.[1][2][3][4]

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Campus

NSIT Main Building
NSIT Main Building

The NSIT campus is located in Dwarka, in South West Delhi. The campus is spread over 150 acres. The campus has a separate Administrative building and Academic buildings for various departments. The campus has three boys' hostels and a girls' hostel.

Sports facilities present in campus include a football ground, 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.[5]

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. In recent years , a trend has been seen where top rankers choose NSIT over DCE. In 2008, 39 of top 50 students chose branches in NSIT over DCE.[6]

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 was held on 31st May 2008.

Campus
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.

Academics

NSIT is organised under the following broad categories:

Academic Divisions

Schools

Special Laboratories and centres

Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park (STEP)

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)

  1. Electronics and Communication Engineering (120)
  2. Computer Engineering (120)
  3. Instrumentation and Control Engineering (120)
  4. Manufacturing Process and Automation Engineering (60)
  5. Information Technology (60)
  6. Bio-Technology (20)

Master of Technology (M.Tech.)

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

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

Awards and Recognitions

ISTE Certificate for Best Technical Institute
ISTE Certificate for Best Technical Institute
  • 39 out of top 50 students who seeked admission in CEE 2008 chose NSIT over Delhi College of Engineering. [7]
  • NSIT was ranked 10th best Engineering College in India by Dataquest in 2008. [8]
  • NSIT was ranked 2nd best in terms of campus placements in Engineering colleges in India by Dataquest in 2008. [9]
  • NSIT was ranked as the 17th best engineering college in India by Outlook Magazine in 2008. [10]
  • NSIT was awarded Certificate for best overall performance in field of Technical Education by the Indian Society of Technical Education [11]
  • NSIT was ranked 10th best Engineering College in India by Dataquest in 2005. [12]
  • NSIT was ranked 5th best in terms of campus placements in Engineering colleges in India by Dataquest in 2005.[13]
  • NSIT was ranked the 19th best engineering institute in India by India Today in 2007 and 20th best in 2008.[14]
  • NSIT was declared 'Capital's Pride' by the govt. of Delhi through a full page advertisement in all National Newspapers in 2003.

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.

SPIC MACAY is another NSIT society. The society conducted a Classical Overnight Program (14th Feb'08-15th Feb'08).The society's aim is to help carry along the cultural heritage of India and live by those values.

Major festivals

Resonanz: This intra-college cultural festival of NSIT is witnessed during odd semester every year. It marks the beginning of the college life for the freshers at the campus. This gives a nice platform for the freshers to interact with the seniors.

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 2008. Visit innovision Website at www.inno.co.in

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 [15]

External links

Coordinates: 28°36′39″N, 77°2′15″E

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