National Institute of Science and Technology

National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, Orissa, India
National Institute of Science & Technology
Motto	Brighten Up Your Career
Established	1996
Type	Private, education and research institution
Endowment	4.88 crore (US$0.98 million)
Director	Shri Surendra Mudali
Academic staff	404 (2010)
Students	2,700 (2010)
Undergraduates	1,603 (2010)
Postgraduates	190 (2010)
Location	NIST,Palur hills, Berhampur, Orissa, India 19.199167°N 84.744722°E / 19.199167; 84.744722
Campus	Suburban
Former names	N I S T
Affiliations	All India Council of Technical Education, NBA, BPUT
Website	www.nist.edu

Nist Campus

The National Institute of Science and Technology (abbrv NIST) is an engineering college in Palur Hills, Orissa, India. It was started in 1996 by a few NRIs, some of who belonged to Orissa. This institute was set up and is managed by the SM Charitable Educational Trust with the aim of promoting higher technical education. This was the first engineering college under Berhampur University, which is now affiliated to BPUT.

Orissa used to account for a mere 3 percent of the engineers graduating each year in the nation when this college was set up in 1996. Now it has completed 10 years of its existence and has become a hub of educational institute in Orissa.

Infrastructure and location

NIST is located in sylvan surroundings on the foothills of Palur Hills.The college has one of the best infrastructure among BPUT colleges.

Nist Campus

Octagon

prof.S.mudali

octagon

It has four main buildings: the Lecture Hall Complex, the Octagon, the NIST Business School, and the Galleria. It has a very large capacity boys hostel, one girls hostel which is under construction, one swimming pool, one lawn tennis court, and one basketball court. The college is known for its discipline and hard working students. Dr. Ajit Kr. Panda is currently the Dean of the college. The college accounts for both curricular and extra curricular activities. It is located 12 km from Berhampur City in southern Orissa (towards Andhra Pradesh), and 16 km from beach resort town of Gopalpur-on-Sea. It is well connected by road and train with all major cities including Bhubaneswar, capital city of Orissa.

Transport links

• By air:
  • Biju Patnaik Airport Bhubaneswar, 3.5 hours away
  • Berhampur Airport , 22.4 km , 23 minutes away
• By train: Direct from all metros
• By road: On [[National Highway 5

Placements

The Training and Placement Cell helps get students placed in multinational and Indian companies.

External links

• NIST website