Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal

National Institute of Technology, Bhopal
Established	1960
Type	Public
Director	Appu Kuttan K. K.
Academic staff	450+
Students	4000+
Location	Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Website	www.manit.ac.in

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (Hindi: मौलाना आजाद राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान भोपाल, MANIT) is an Institute of National Importance under the NIT Act situated in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is part of the group of publicly funded institutions in India known as National Institute of Technology.

History

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (formerly Maulana Azad College of Technology, MACT), is one of the first eight Regional Engineering Colleges in India. The institute has been named after the scholar, educationist and the first Education Minister of the Republic of India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The government of India and government of Madhya Pradesh jointly sponsored the then MACT (a Regional Engineering College) in 1960 to attract bright young students from across the country.

The institute is situated in the Bhopal Central region of Bhopal City on its southern side. The verdant 650-acre (2.6 km²) campus is on a plateau with academic building, hostels and residential quarters.

Campus

The campus houses about 4,000 students and faculty members.^{[citation needed]}

Academics

All course-works and examinations for all majors and subjects are conducted with English language as the only mode of instruction. Undergraduates courses are given in all engineering fields. Post graduate courses include Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Master of Technology (M.Tech) and Ph.D in relevant fields, as well as other Master degrees. Admission to B.Tech. programmes is made through All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) to M.Tech. programmes is made through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).

Departments

The departments of MANIT are:

• Architecture and Planning
• Chemistry
• Applied Mechanics
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Applications
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Humanities
• Information Technology
• Management Studies
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Physics
• Physical Education
• Energy
• Bio-Informatics
• Production and Industrial Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Material Science and Metallurgical Engineering

Student life

Student life revolves around the college campus and hostels. For male students there are seven separate hostels, while female students reside in a single hostel.^{[citation needed]}

There are student organizations for different interests including a literary society (Drishtant) a software and web design club (Captcha), an ecologic club and more.^{[citation needed]}

MANIT also hosts major national-level festivals and meets, including:^{[citation needed]}

• Technosearch - annual national level technical meet
• Maffick - annual cultural festival
• RIPPLE - annual literary festival of the college hosted by the literary society DRISHTANT
• CHIMERA - annual national level, inter-college quiz competition organized by ISTE
• Robotics- annual festival for displaying robots made by the students
• Twist - annual quiz contest by college society IBC
• SportsMania - annual sports meet
• Samadhan - annual national level programming test
• NOESIS - annual intra-college fest of society VISION

Management

As of 2011 the management team includes:

• Director - Appu Kuttan K. K.
• Registrar – Savita Raje
• Dean Planning and Resource – G. Agnihotri
• Dean Faculty Affairs – D. M. Deshpande
• Dean Academic – A. M. Shandilya
• Dean Research & Consultancy – G. Dikshit
• Dean Students' Affair – V. K. Khare
• Dean Administration – Saroj Rangnekar

Notable alumni

• Ajit Jogi, first Chief Minister of Chattisgarh

Admissions

For the undergraduate courses the admission is through the national level engineering entrance examination - AIEEE. For the postgraduate courses the entry is through GATE for MTech, NIMCET for MCA or through an institute conducted entrance test.

External links

• Official website