Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal
MANIT-LOGO
Other names
National Institute of Technology, Bhopal
Former names
Maulana Azad College of Technology; Regional Engineering College, Bhopal
Motto in English
Education is our soul wealth
TypePublic technical university
Established4 September 1960; 64 years ago (4 September 1960)
EndowmentMinistry of Education, Government of India
ChairpersonBhim Singh[1]
DirectorKarunesh Kumar Shukla [2]
Academic staff
308[3]
Students5014[4]
Undergraduates4017[4]
Postgraduates917[4]
80[4]
Location, ,
India

23°12′49″N 77°23′59″E / 23.2136°N 77.3997°E / 23.2136; 77.3997
CampusUrban, spread over 650 acres (2.6 km2)
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.manit.ac.in
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Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal (MANIT or NIT Bhopal, NIT-B) is a public technical university located in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is part of a group of publicly funded institutions in India known as National Institutes of Technology. It is named after the Independent India's first Minister of Education (India), scholar and independence activist Abul Kalam Azad who is commonly remembered as Maulana Azad.

Established in the year 1960 as Maulana Azad College of Technology (MACT) or Regional Engineering College (REC), Bhopal, it became a National Institute of Technology in 2002 and was recognised as an Institute of National Importance under the NIT Act in 2007. The institute is fully funded by Ministry of Education, Government of India and is governed by the NIT Council.

It offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, architecture and management.

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  2. ^ "Administration :MANIT". MANIT. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. ^ "NIRF Data 17 :MANIT" (PDF). NIRF. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d "NIRF Data 17 :MANIT" (PDF). NIRF. Retrieved 17 September 2017.