Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

National Institute of Technology Surat

File:NIT-Surat.jpg SVNIT, Surat
Type	Institute of National Importance
Established	1961
Chairman	Dr. W. R. Sherekar
Director	Dr. P. D. Porey
Undergraduates	2,000(approx.)
Postgraduates	150(approx.)
Doctoral students	15(approx.)
Location	Surat , Gujrat , India
Campus	265 acres (1.1 km2)
Website	www.svnit.ac.in

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat (NIT Surat) is one of the 20 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) established in India in June 1961. It is named after India's first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. This institute was upgraded to a National Institute of Technology as per the NIT Act .

The college has a campus of over 1 km² (250 acre) of land on the Surat-Dumas Highway, in the city of Surat, Gujarat in the area known as Ichchhanath, about 10 km from the Surat Railway Station. It was earlier called Sardar Vallabhbhai Regional College of Engineering and Technology (SVRCET). This institute offers seven undergraduate courses of Bachelor of Technology in various disciplines like Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Electronics, Chemical, Computers and Production Engineering. It also offers postgraduate courses in Environmental engineering, Structural engineering, Water-resources engineering, Turbomachines, Mechanical, Electronics and Chemical Engineering. Some candidates are also pursuing PhDs. Admissions to the undergraduate course is competitive through the AIEEE, while the admission to the post-graduate programs requires competitive score in GATE.

The institute has in all eleven hostels, nine for boys and two for girls, accommodating a total of over 1500 students. The sanctioned intake of B.Tech students is currently 527 as of the academic year 2009. Fifty percent of the seats are filled up from Gujarat State and the fifty percent of the seats are reserved for the students from other states with a fixed quota for every state. However, according to the Corrigendum issued by the Ministry of Human Resource Development on June 13, 2008, it was announced that the state quota's were removed and those 50% of seats were to be filled on All India merit basis . In addition to domestic students, twenty foreign students are also admitted under the scheme of the Central Government. Also at 2nd year level 32 students are admitted, who have passed diploma on merit basis.

Academic Departments

The college has seven departments for seven main engineering disciplines, namely, Electronics engineering, Electrical engineering, Computer engineering, Mechanical engineering, Production engineering, Chemical engineering and Civil engineering. Apart from these, it also has a Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities and Applied Mechanics. The departments of Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering have been rated 'A' by the National Board of Accreditation.

Civil Engineering

The department is one of the pioneering departments, since the commencement of the college in 1961. Over the years, the department has progressed at a rapid pace with the development in both the spheres of infrastructure facilities and faculty members. The department has highly qualified faculty members engaged in teaching and research with the aim of achieving excellence in various fields. The faculty members are specialized in different disciplines of Civil Engineering. The department offers the Under Graduate course in Civil Engineering and Post Graduate programs in the following areas.

1. Environmental Engineering

2. Town & Regional Planning

3. Water Recourses Engineering

The department also offers Ph.D. programs and basic research activities are carried out in the areas of Environmental Engg., Town & Regional Planning, Water Recourses Engg., Transportation Engg. The department provides consulting services and also undertakes the work of Environmental Auditing for the industries. The department has 8 well equipped laboratories attached to different divisions for conducting teaching, research and consulting activities. The different facilities available in the laboratories are described in the respective pages.

The Civil Engineering Society is an active forum which organizes various events throughout the year to facilitate students to develop a more practical approach to class room learning. it is conducting various technical events like Sanrachna, Paper presentations, SustainerX etc. from the last 4 years.

Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering Department of National Institute of Technology,Surat was started recently in 1995. As a separate Department, its potential has been recognized as a rich resource of well trained Chemical Engineers. It is today one of the premier Departments of this college. The Department has built up a comprehensive research infra structure with top-notch facilities for carrying cutting-edge teaching and research.

Chemical Engineering is the most sought after branch in the state of Gujarat. Due to its location in the industrialized zone of the country, the Department has an opportunity to play a major role in providing the Engineers with good academic background. Departmental setup encourages students to take up various research assignments.

Being new, the Department is fully equipped with modern equipments and computer facilities which are being entertained by trained and experienced faculties. Students are offered Industrial Training in summer at the end of Third year. They are also involved in projects under guidance of our faculty as well as from Professors outside.

Computer Engineering

The Department of Computer Engineering originated from the Department of Electronics Engineering, and was established in 1989. It offers Undergraduate degrees in Computer Engineering. The first batch of students of computer engineering passed out in 1992. The Computer Engineering Department has sanctioned faculty strength of 2 Professors, 3 Assistant Professors and 6 Lecturers and System Programmer. The department has well-equipped laboratories consisting of the state-of-the-art servers & computers - used by the students of second, third and the final year Computer Engineering. The curriculum was designed keeping in view industrial and research needs, as well as the rapid development in the IT industry. Flexibility in curriculum is provided by way of electives.

Electrical Engineering

The B.E./B.Tech. course in Electrical Engineering of SVNIT, Surat was started in 1961 and has been keeping pace with latest technology. Headed by Mr. A.R.Jariwala, the department has some of the best faculties in college. Its placement records are also tremendous with as many as 14 students getting a triple job offer and 47 students having double jobs.

Electronics Engineering

The undergraduate course in electronics engineering was started in the year 1982. Since then the department has grown to offer post graduate courses. The department provides students with state-of-the-art systems and laboratories with regularly upgraded curriculum. The course is composed of electronics & communication as well as relevant software and hardware subjects. The students take up variety of projects and come up with creditable achievements with the given institutional framework . These projects are having great importance in the current industrial scenario. The projects span over a wide range of interest with the overall objective of undertaking fundamental research and exploiting the knowledge gained through theoretical studies.

Mechanical and Production Engineering

Established in 1961, The Department of Mechanical engineering offers Undergraduate courses in Mechanical Engineering and Production Engineering, five Post Graduate courses and also has facilities for research work leading to a Doctorate degree. In 1988, an intensive survey of various industries revealed the need for an Engineering Degree Program that covered both Technological and Managerial aspects of Manufacturing. Thus was established Production Engineering. This Department has over 35 experienced staff, of which every third faculty member has a doctorate degree. The Department has over a dozen laboratories with sophisticated equipments like Wind Tunnels, C.N.C. Machines, Ultrasonic Machines etc. The course was designed keeping in view industrial and research needs. Flexibility in curriculum is provided through Electives, Seminars and Projects. The Department has always strived for excellence and receives grants to modernise its laboratories. The department conducts active research and has had several breakthroughs. It also provides services to local industries. Every year, students undergo in-plant training and industry sponsored projects. The students, with their innovative ideas presents technical papers at National level Symposiums and is successful in whatever fields they selected.

Student Amenities

There is a branch of the State Bank of India (with an ATM facility) which is housed along with a post office in one complex. The campus also has a gym (with an A.C. gym under construction at the time of revising this article, i.e. June '08), an indoor badminton court and table tennis tables - all in the Students Activity Center (S.A.C.).

It also has a well equipped library with state-of-art facilities including CCTV's and more importnatly a kiosk machine wherein one can check-in or check-out books at one go. The Library was established in 1968 and has built a large collection of books, journals and non-book materials. It also has a rich collection of resources in electronic media available locally on the Institute Intranet and accessible on the Web. It caters to the needs of large groups of users including more than 2000 students, 200 faculty, 150 research scholars and equally large number of supporting staff. It has computerized all its house-keeping activities using a global software that is being maintained and updated regularly. It also facilitates industries, individual consultants and corporates to access online database and journals. Not only having a very good reference section, Library has been subscribed to access INDEST by MHRD. The library serves as a venue for "Suche", the informal Quizzing club of the college. Normally the event takes place late in the evening and is attended by a dozen or more quizzers.

The college also houses a Central Computer Centre with the high configuration desktops and high speed internet connectivity. This computer centre comprises mainly two subcentres : Internet and Programming lab 1 (on the ground-floor) and a Programming lab 2 (on the first floor). There's yet another Internet Lab coming up after the recent renovation works. Students with individual login id's are able to use the machines for e-mail, internet browsing & general purpose programming. These labs include a wide variety of different purpose servers like Web-server, Mail-server, DNS, ordinary servers etc. It also houses most of the dialects of the operating systems, authorized copies of almost all the common shrink-wrapped software and various Engineering applications software. The centre has purchased a unified threat and bandwidth management tool called Cyberoam 500i and Cyberoam 1500i.

There is an integrated playground which has a 400 metre athletic track, a cricket ground and two basketball courts (with flood lights). Construction of a swimming pool is expected to commence shortly.

The canteen offers a wide variety of vegetarian delicacies and is a hub for student interaction and activity. It has a fix-up stage at its rear where performances are held at the time of cultural or other events. The canteen finds a lot of outsiders too citing the cheap rates. In April 2008, the college canteen was fitted with three Wireless Routers and the students could avail the free Wi-Fi facility there. This work is currently been extended to a number of hostels and the Wireless internet is promised to the hostel inmates from the next academic year.

The other place where a lot of student activity occurs is, ironically, in the Staff Club. Here, indoor functions (like quizzes, meetings, auditions for cultural events etc.) of a smaller scale are held. There is a music room inside which contains a wide variety of musical instruments which students can practise playing. The Staff Club also houses the Estate Offices. It is an ideal place for marriage ceremonies and birthday celebrations of staff or their family members. The Seminar Hall is also used for small functions like seminars, quizzes or other events.

Entru-meet

Entru-meet [1] is SVNIT Surat's annual Entrepreneurial festival, one of its kind in Gujarat. Entru-meet is a platform to collect, test and enhance the entrepreneurial skills of the youth of this country. The ideal launch-pad for people of high ambition and great vision to wet their feet in the simulated real world challenges that we provide them. Moreover it’s a forum where people who have already made it big and those who wish to come together and share ideas and experiences, discuss about the possible pitfalls the upcoming leaders may face during the setup of their enterprise, where the newcomer is taught the power of a good idea and the “never say die” attitude which differentiates an entrepreneur from the rest. this time it was organized on 6-7th October 2007 and various events like The Apprentice, Business baazigar, Spark- the B-plan event, Strategem, Lock stock and trade etc. were conducted. A workshop by Mantis was also an interesting part of Entru-meet'07

Sparsh

Sparsh is SVNIT Surat's annual cultural festival. It usually takes place in the second week of March every year. The largest of its kind in South Gujarat, this 5-day festival consists of literary and debating events/competitions in the morning, and gala cultural shows in the evenings. The various 'Sparsh Nites' as these evenings are called are the Song Nite, Dance and Skit Nite, Fashion Nite, Fun-n-Fair and the Celebrity Nite. The last of these is a grand event, and has seen performances by Euphoria, Udit Narayan, Shaan, Abhijeet . In March 2007, Punjabi singer Daler Mehndi came to perform on the celebrity night of Sparsh. Occasionally events like Kavi Sammelan, Ghazal nights have also taken place during Sparsh.

Mindbend

Mindbend [2] is SVNIT Surat's annual technical festival, the largest of its kind in Gujarat. Technical competitions and events covering all areas of engineering expose students across India to practical engineering. Apart from competitions, guest lectures, workshops and quizzes become major crowd pullers increasing the excitement of the fest. Robotics events of Mindbend are famous in westzone. The enthusiasm for the festival has continuously grown with time. With each passing year the event has grown in stature and has seen a gamut of events. With informals like Mega Quiz and Rock night to cool those grey cells after a hard days work, the event is an absolute must for anyone who is interested in gaining technical knowledge while making the whole experience enjoyable. In recent times, Mindbend has also fully embraced all kinds of management events and has conducted some very big scale management events.

NIRVANA

'Nirvana'[3] is basically a school started and run by students of SVNIT for children of people deprived of life’s basic joys. This Voluntary school started as a small initiative by group of friends (batch of 2007) has developed into a passion for many. Through this school many children are imparted with the basic education which they cannot avail under normal circumstances. Students inculcate in them values & mannerisms. They teach them to distinguish between right and wrong, the good & the bad.

These children are the sons and the daughters of construction workers who are working at a number of construction sites at SVNIT. The workers themselves (including the ladies) are busy with various activities throughout the day while these children spend most of their time playing and loitering around the campus. Members of Nirvana teach them regularly and in process bring smiles on many faces.

Started on 9th March '07 Nirvana celebrates its annual day on 20th April (usually the last working day of college). Apart from the daily classes, Nirvana has organized special events like vaccination camps, guest lectures by college professors addressed to parents in 2007 and a workshop (funded by TECHNIP, World Bank) in 2008. It also takes pride in celebrating the 'Have a Nice Life' concept. It starts by decorating the college with Nirvana's Logo - A Smiley and ends up in a party for the poor kids in college canteen. Nirvana is certainly, a reason to smile, for college students and poor children alike.

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