Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology

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Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
Nsit emblem.jpg
Motto आ नो भद्राः क्रतयो यन्तु विश्व्ते:
(Aa no Bhadrah Kritvo Yantu Vishvatah)
Motto in English May God bring the holy thoughts in my mind from all the directions
Established 1983
Type Public
Director Professor Raj Senani
Faculty 105
Undergraduates 1800
Postgraduates 100
Doctoral students 50
Location Delhi, India
Campus Urban, 145 acres
Former names Delhi Institute of Technology (1983-1997)
Affiliations Delhi University, Faculty of Technology
Website www.nsit.ac.in

Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT), New Delhi is among the premier Engineering Colleges of India. It is an Institution of the Government of NCT of Delhi under Department of Training and Technical Education. It formally comes under the purview of Faculty of Technology, University of Delhi.

NSIT was formerly known as Delhi Institute of Technology (DIT) and had its campus at Kashmere Gate, New Delhi till 1997. The present campus is located at Sector-3, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110 078, India.

NSIT is an autonomous institute and is affiliated to Delhi University. Till the year 2009, it shares its admission procedure and syllabus for various B.E courses with Delhi College of Engineering, both of which were prescribed by Delhi University, Faculty of Technology. However, NSIT conducts its M.Tech and Ph.D programs (under Delhi University) independently, which are different than those of Delhi College of Engineering

NSIT has been regularly featured in top engineering colleges of India placements-wise and overall by various engineering education surveys conducted by bodies such as India Today, Outlook, Dataquest-NASSCOM etc.[1][2][3][4]

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[edit] Campus

NSIT Main Building

The NSIT campus is located in Dwarka, in South West Delhi.

The campus is spread over 150 acres (0.61 km2). The campus has a separate Administrative building and Academic buildings for various departments. The campus has four boys' hostels and a girls' hostel.

Sports facilities present in campus include a football ground, cricket ground, table tennis rooms, gymnasium etc.

The Delhi government has proposed a Science and Technology park at Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology with the key objective being to 'establish Delhi as the hub of the knowledge industry'.

[edit] Admissions

As per the latest notification issued by the Faculty of Technology, University of Delhi, Delhi the admission to B.E. undergraduate programmes in NSIT for the year 2010-11 for both, Delhi and Out Side Delhi region candidates will be done through its own counseling on the basis of the merit ranks of All India Engineering Entrance Examination 2010 (AIEEE-2010)to be conducted by the Central Board Of Secondary Education CBSE, New Delhi. English version of notification[5]. Hindi version of notification [6].

Till year 2009, admissions to undergraduate courses in NSIT and Delhi College of Engineering were done mainly through the Combined Entrance Examination (CEE) of the University of Delhi and through the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) conducted by Central Board Of Secondary Education (CBSE).

Earlier,CEE was conducted for the candidates passing from schools/institutes located within the National Capital Territory of Delhi. They were eligible for 85% of the total seats. Students from schools located within the National Capital Region like those in Noida, Gurgaon were not eligible for the CEE exam. Outside Delhi candidates were admitted using the AIEEE scorecard and were eligible for the remaining 15% of the seats.In recent years , a trend has been seen where top rankers choose NSIT over DCE. In 2008, 39 of top 50 students chose branches in NSIT over DCE.[7]

Earlier,the CEE happened to be held on the 3rd or 4th Saturday of May of every year, the results were generally declared within a span of 15–20 days and It happened to be common counseling for the two institutes after the exam and admission was awarded on basis of merit rank. More than 100,000 students compete in CEE and AIEEE for a total of 500 seats in NSIT. But from this year 2010, no CEE will be conducted for admission to BE programmes of NSIT and the admissions to these courses will be done on the basis of the merit ranks of AIEEE conducted by CBSE, New Delhi.

Furthermore for both categories, there is reservation for Scheduled Castes (15%) , Scheduled Tribes (7.5%), Children and Widows of Defence Personnel disabled in action (5%) and Physically Handicapped candidates (3%).

Campus

NSIT offers specialized M.Tech. courses in Information Systems under Computer Engineering Division, Signal Processing under Electronics & Communication Engineering Division and Process Control under Instrumentation & Control Division. Students for these M.Tech. courses are enrolled through the merit based on Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE, an all India examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the National Coordination Board - GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.

NSIT offers Ph.D programs in a number of specialised areas, in all its Divisions and Schools.

[edit] Academics

NSIT has the following Divisions, Schools and Centres of excellence:

[edit] Academic Divisions

[edit] Schools

[edit] Centres

Centre for Electronics and Design Technology (CEDT)

[edit] Degree programs

The various degree programs offered by the institute are -

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

Currently NSIT has the following branches at the Under-Graduate (B.E.) Level (number of seats available in each discipline given in parentheses)

  1. Electronics and Communication Engineering (120)
  2. Computer Engineering (120)
  3. Instrumentation and Control Engineering (120)
  4. Manufacturing Process and Automation Engineering (60)
  5. Information Technology (60)
  6. Bio-Technology (20)

Master of Technology (M.Tech.)

At the Post-Graduate (M.Tech.) level NSIT has the following branches

  1. Information Systems (Under Division of Computer Engineering) (18 Full Time + 5 Part Time)
  2. Signal Processing(Under Division of Electronics and Communications Engineering) (18 Full Time + 5 Part Time)
  3. Process Control (Under Division of Instrumentation and Control Engineering) (18 Full Time + 5 Part Time)

Ph.D

NSIT has been offering Ph.D programs under all Divisions and Schools ever since 1989. `Teaching-cum-Research fellowship' (TRF) scheme with a fellowship of Rs. 15000 p.m. was started in 1998. The Institute currently has 50 TRF positions for its various Divisions and Schools.

[edit] Awards and recognitions

ISTE Certificate for Best Technical Institute
  • 39 out of top 50 students who sought admission in CEE 2008 chose NSIT over Delhi College of Engineering. [8]
  • NSIT was ranked 10th best Engineering College in India by Dataquest in 2008. [9]
  • NSIT was ranked 2nd best in terms of campus placements in Engineering colleges in India by Dataquest in 2008. [10]
  • NSIT was ranked as the 17th best engineering college in India by Outlook Magazine in 2008. [11]
  • NSIT was awarded Certificate for best overall performance in field of Technical Education by the Indian Society of Technical Education [12]
  • NSIT was ranked 10th best Engineering College in India by Dataquest in 2005. [13]
  • NSIT was ranked 5th best in terms of campus placements in Engineering colleges in India by Dataquest in 2005.[14]
  • NSIT was ranked the 19th best engineering institute in India by India Today in 2007 and 20th best in 2008.[15]
  • NSIT was declared 'Capital's Pride' by the govt. of Delhi through a full page advertisement in all National Newspapers in 2003.
  • NSIT, New Delhi, dominated the CAT'08 exam, two students scoring 100 percentile, at least 10 others with 99.98 or more percentile, a total of 81 students getting calls from at least one IIM, a total of around 250 IIM calls.[16]. The total number of calls from the entire city of Chandigarh was around 50[17]. NSITians have also dominated other exams like FMS[18]. Finally, more than 35 selections in IIM-A and IIM-C, and a total of 68 selections(number indicates only those who reported)

[edit] Societies

NSIT has active student chapters of various well-recognised technical societies such as Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Instrumentation Systems and Automation Society (ISA), Computer Society of India (CSI)and Society of Automotive Engineers(SAE).

Besides these, there are a host of other societies within the college which encourage students to join and contribute substantially to their overall development during college life. These societies include The Neighbourhood Project (Social Service Club), The NSIT Quiz Club, the dramatics club, Crescendo-the music society, NSIT Motorsports, book club and . Crosslinks-the media management and publications group

SPIC MACAY is another NSIT society. The society conducted a Classical Overnight Program (14th Feb'08-15th Feb'08).The society's aim is to help carry along the cultural heritage of India and live by those values.

[edit] Major festivals

Resonanz: This intra-college cultural festival of NSIT is witnessed during odd semester every year. It marks the beginning of the college life for the freshers at the campus. This gives a nice platform for the freshers to interact with the seniors. [19]

Innovision: The technical festival of NSIT, inviting some of the best brains from all over the country and big corporate names, as event organizers as well as sponsors, every year. Students get a chance to showcase their skills in events like Paper presentation, Entrepreneur challenges , Programming Challenges, Linux Quizzes etc. for more Details about events at Innovision 2008. Visit innovision Website at www.inno.co.in

Moksha: The 4-day National cultural extravaganza held at NSIT every even semester, with prominent features being Hasya-Kavi Sammelan, Qawwali, Choreography, Fashion Show, Pop Show and the Rock Show. It is considered to be the one of the biggest cult fests of New Delhi and attracts sponsorships from the top corporate houses of India like TCS, Intel and Airtel.It is attended by colleges from all over India [20]

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 28°36′39″N 77°2′15″E / 28.61083°N 77.0375°E / 28.61083; 77.0375

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