National Institutes of Technology (India)

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National Institutes of Technology
Other name
NIT or NITs (plural)
TypePublic Technical Institute
Established15 August 2007 (15 August 2007)
(via National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007)
Parent institution
Ministry of Education, Government of India
Budget₹5,040 crore (US$600 million)
(FY2024-25 est.)[1]
Location
31 cities in India
LanguageEnglish
Websitehttp://nitcouncil.org.in/
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Location of 31 NITs

The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are centrally funded technical institutes under the ownership of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. They are governed by the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education, and Research Act, 2007, which declared them institutions of national importance and laid down their powers, duties, and framework for governance. The act lists 31 NITs.[2] Each NIT is autonomous and linked to the others through a common council known as the Council of NITSER, which oversees their administration. All NITs are funded by the Government of India.[3]

In 2020, National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked twenty four NITs in the top 200 in engineering category.[4] The language of instruction is English at all these institutes.[5][6] As of 2024, the total number of seats for undergraduate programs is 24,229[7] and the total number of seats for postgraduate programs is 11,428.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Notes on Demands for Grants, 2024-2025" (PDF).
  2. ^ "About NITs | Council of NITSER". nitcouncil.org.in. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. ^ "About the Council | Council of NITSER". nitcouncil.org.in. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  4. ^ "MHRD, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)". www.nirfindia.org. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  5. ^ "National Institutes of Technology | Technical Education | Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development". mhrd.gov.in. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. ^ "National Institutes of Technology | AICTE". www.aicte-india.org. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  7. ^ "JoSAA". josaa.admissions.nic.in. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  8. ^ "CCMT". ccmt.admissions.nic.in. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  9. ^ "CCMN". ccmn.admissions.nic.in. Retrieved 25 June 2024.