Placement
The Placement Office facilitates in securing placements for students passing out from the Institute. The office keeps close liaison with various industrial establishments (both private and public sectors), which conduct campus interviews and select graduate and post-graduate students from all disciplines. The Placement Cell provides the infra-structural facilities to conduct group discussions, tests and interviews. The Office interacts with over 150 industries in the country, of which nearly 50 companies visit the campus for holding campus interviews. The industries which approach the institute can be broadly categorized as :
* Core Engineering industries
* Software / IT Industries
* Manufacturing Industries
* Consultancy Firms
* Management Organizations
* R & D laboratories etc
The Placement Office is assisted by a committee comprising representatives of students from the under-graduate and post-graduate engineering streams and the science streams. The committee evolves a broad policy framework every year.
Dr. S. N. Sarkar, Professor of Training, Placement & Students' Welfare
is the Head of the Department.
Accommodation
National Institute of Technology, Durgapur is a fully residential Institute. There are seven hostels for boys and two hostels for girls to accommodate all the admitted students.A canteen for the students and the staff is located near the main academic building and there is a second canteen at rear exit of the main academic building of the Institute.
All the teachers and most of the staff members reside in the residential quarters provided by the college. A modern Guest House beside the Director's Bungalow extends hospitality to the guests of the Institute. In the middle of the residential area there is a Shopping Complex which meets the daily requirements of the residents.
A model co-educational higher secondary school has been set up for the wards of the employees of the Institute. Also there is a branch of State Bank of India, a branch of Canara Bank and a Post-Office within the Institute Campus.
Admission
Admission procedure for undergraduate courses
Eligibility:
- For admission to any of the National Institute of Technology, candidate needs to apply only to the National Institute of Technology assigned to the state or Union Territory in which the school or college from where he/she has passed the qualifying examination, is located. He/she will be eligible for admission to NIT Durgapur, subject to the following conditions::
- He/she should not be more than 23 years old as on August 1st of the same year (26 years for scheduled caste /tribe candidate, foreign student, ward of India-based staff posted abroad).
- He should have passed the 10+2 Higher Secondary Examination of West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent, with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English.
- For candidates from West Bengal, the candidates will be admitted strictly according to the position in the AIEEE merit list, through Central Counselling Board.
- For a candidate from a state or a union territory other than West Bengal , he/she would have been selected by the National Institute of Technology assigned for the state or union territory in accordance with its admission procedure and criterion to National Institute of Technology Durgapur.
Application:
- Application forms for the admission to NIT , Durgapur and other 19 NITs, located in different parts of India, are distributed only among the candidates enlisted in the merit list of AIEEE.
Selection:
- The NIT assigned to the state or union territory will select candidates from other states or union territories other than Andaman & Nicobar Islands on the basis of merit in accordance with their admission procedure and criterion.
Admission - Postgraduate courses
Eligibility:
A. For Engineering Disciplines:
- B.E. or B.Tech. in Engg./Tecnology in respective branch of Engg or AMIE(I), AMIIM, AMIIChE by examination having two year of professional experience.
B. For Other Disciplines:
- Chemistry (Corrosion Science, & Technology): M.Sc. in Chemistry (Pure/Applied), B.E. or B.Tech. in ChE.
- Mathematics( Operation Research in Industry/Business Management)[Self-finance or Part-time evening]: B.E./B.Tech. in Engg./Technology, or M.Sc.( with Mathematics at graduate level), AMIE, AMIM, AMIIChE with two years of professional experience.
- Physics( Advanced Materials Science & Technology): B.E./B.Tech. in Engg./Technology,in Metallurgical & Materials Engg.,Mechanical Engg., Electronics & Communication Engg. or M.Sc.in Physics, Applied Physics,
Materials Science or Electronics.
- For full-time courses, candidates will have to qualify in GATE, conducted by IITs. They shall have to appear for interview/viva-voce for final selection. Unemployed Non-GATE candidates may be considered for admission to the full-time courses subject to the availability of seats but they will not be entitled to scholarship. Non-GATE candidates for full-time courses will be selected through college admission test (written/interview).
- Candidates working in industries and business organisations around Durgapur (within the radius of 20 KMs from the college) fulfilling the above qualifications may also apply for part-time courses. No-objection certificate from their employer will be essential for admission.
Application:
- Application form is available from the Office of the Dean(PG Studies & Research), on payment of cash at the Institute cash counter or by post. The data and time of distribution and receipt of forms is intimated through advertisements in newspaper and the Institute Website
Admission - Foreign Students
Eligibility:
The candidate must have passed 10+2 examination with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English.
In general, 5 seats are available for foreign students in each branch of engineering. Accommodation is provided to all the students in hostel.
