National Institute of Technology Agartala, a centrally funded Institution is setup to impart quality technical education into various levels of higher learning. It may be mentioned here that the 23rd February 2006 is a Red Letter Day in the history of Tripura Engineering College as well as for the State of Tripura as the Union Cabinet approved the proposal of State Government for conversion of Tripura Engineering College to National Institute of Technology, a fully Central Government funded Institution with Deemed to be University status and would also to become a National Centre of Excellence.
The Institute (i.e. erstwhile Tripura Engineering College) was established in 1965 with the three traditional branches of Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. It was initially affiliated to Calcutta University and had the same curriculum structure and examination system at par with Bengal Engineering College (presently Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur), the other Institute affiliated to the University. After the establishment of Tripura University, the Institute was affiliated to the new Tripura University. The Institute is approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Computer Science & Engineering degree course has been started in 1999-2000 session as well as three new courses viz. Electrical & Electronics, Production and Transportation Engineering have been introduced in this Institute during 2005-2006 sessions to cater the needs of the technical manpower in this region.
Objective
In order to response effectively to the needs of the society, the Institute aims at
* Influencing the technical practices of the Governmental and Non-Governmental organizations through its Under Graduate and Post Graduate teaching programme for the young, prospective technocrats, training of corporate executives, consultancy and research. The research programmes are oriented towards developing technical systems that are most suitable in the Indian context particularly for North-East.
* Transpiring the technical knowledge from the Institute level to the entrepreneurs, so that an effective growth is obtained for the economic development of the Region and the Nation as a whole.
* Enhance the effectiveness of technical education and innovative system and devising a mechanism to facilitate application of research findings to solve the problems in the industry.
EDUCATION SYSTEM
The Institute offers seven UG courses and one PG courses will be introduced in Civil Engineering Department in the academic session 2007-2008. The Institute offers BE degree under Tripura University, however the Institute will be autonomous under NIT act which is already passed by the parliament.
The Institute recently introduced a new curriculum in the line of IITs where more number of elective subjects offered to make the system flexible. The Institute followed the mark based system of evaluation, but provisions have been kept for switching over to credit based system. Industrial training, under taking projects is a part of the education system and students are also encouraged to take various activities for social development through NSS and NCC.
New Initiatives
The Institute recently has been converted from State Engineering College to National Institute of Technology. The total seats have been increased from 250 to 420 for the academic session 2007-2008. Recently three Under Graduate courses has been introduced in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Production Engineering. The Civil Engineering Department will start a PG programme in Structural Engineering to fulfill the requirement of the State. The campus which was nonresidential is to be made residential with reopening of two boys hostels and one girls hostel for the students admitted for the session 2007-2008. A master plan is under preparation for 335 acres of land where a new campus will be built with modern facilities for overall requirement of the Institute. The Institute is getting a 33 KV dedicated power supply through Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited for uninterrupted power supply in the campus. The R. D. Department of Govt. of Tripura took total renovation work of the existing buildings after conversion to NIT. The Institute is also obtained a grant of 12 crore rupees from DoNER for the development of infrastructure like extension of Library Building, extension of Academic Building, Centralized Computer Centre, new water treatment plant and boys and girls common room.
These details are retrieved from www.nitagartala.in
Mission & Vision
MISSION
The National Institute of Technology Agartala is one of the 20 (twenty) National Level Technical Institutes setup by the Govt. of India. The Institute’s mission is “To help to improve the economic development of the country particularly the North-East states and also the public systems, through pursuit of excellence in technical education, research, consultancy and training”.
Placement
Having an exposure to a good work culture in the beginning of their professional life guarantees success in all their endeavours. We have seen over the years that the students trained in this institute are very well prepared to handle responsibilities and work with the most cutting-edge technology in the industry. This belief works as a driving force for us to try and ensure that our students get a jump start in their career. We, at NIT Agartala Placement cell, provide our students with the best avenues to utilize their skills by helping them find gainful employment with the best of the engineering firms.
Efforts are on to improve the communication and presentation skill of the students. Group discussion is included as a part of the curriculum in 6 semesters. Students are also encouraged to present seminar on variety of topics. Students are also given opportunity to work on live projects in both government and non government firms
At NIT Agartala dedicated Video conferencing and online examination facilities will be available in near future. Efforts are made to provide IP based video conferencing facilities and dedicated internet connectivity so that online test and interviews can be organized from remote location
NITA has topped the Campus Placements in Tripura. NITA's graduates have been recruited by several well-known organizations in India and abroad. Amongst them are:
ABACUS
• ABB
• Accenture
• ADITI Technologies,
• Alcatel
• Alstom
• Asian Paints Ltd
• Bentley Systems
• Bharat Heavy Electrial Limited
• BLUE STAR LTD.
• CALCUTTA ELECTRIC SUPPLY CORPORATION
• Capgemini
• CDAC R&D Pune
• COAL INDIA LIMITED
• Cognizant
• Crompton Greaves Limited
• Damodar Valley Corporation
• ECL
• Engineers India Limited
• GAIL
• GAMMON INDIA LIMITED
• General Electrical
• Haldia Petrochemicals Limited
• Hewlett Packard
• Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd.
• HMT Watches Limited
• Hunter Douglas
• IBM
• i-flex solutions ltd.
• Indian Air Force
• Infosys
• IOCL
• IVRCL
• JSW ENERGY LIMITED (JINDAL GROUP)
• Kanbay Software
• L & T Infotech,
• Larsen & Toubro Limited
• National Informatics Centre.
• National Productivity Council
• National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd.
• NEEPCO Ltd
• Oil India Limited
• ONGC LTD,
• Ontario Power Generation
• Orient Fans
• Polaris
• POWERGRID
• Punjlloyd
• Reliance Industries Ltd
• Samsun
• Siemens
• STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LTD
• Tata Consultancy Services
• Telcon(CCPL)
• Wipro Ltd
• Zensar Technologies limited
Accommodation
Hostel
The College has Boys’ hostel facility, which is being run exclusively for the nominee students hailing from outside the state. Nominee students interested for staying in the hostel have to fill up a prescribed form for admission to the hostel and have to deposit the necessary fees as decided by the concerned authority.
Admission
Applications are invited from the eligible candidates for admission to PG Programmes in the following specializations in NIT Agartala during 2009-10 Academic Session:
Structural Engineering
Thermal Science and Engineering
Power Electronics and Drives.
Applications are also invited from the eligible candidates for admission to Ph.D Programmes in the following departments in NITAgartala during 2009-10 academic session:
a. Civil Engineering b. Chemistry c. Electrical Engineering d. Mechanical Engineering e. Mathematics f . Physics g. Humanities & Social Science
Applications are also invited from the eligible candidates for admission to MCA programme in the Computer Science and Engineering Department, NIT, Agartala as Sponsored Candidates.
The application forms, eligibility and other criterions are available in the Institute’s website or Office of the Dean (Academic), NIT Agartala. The Last date of submission of duly filled in Application form is 15.06.2009 (Monday).