National Institute of Technology, Warangal

National Institute of Technology, Warangal
	NIT Warangal main building
Type	Education and Research Institution
Established	1959
Director	Prof. Y.V. Rao
Academic staff	176
Location	India, A.P, India
Campus	Urban,
Acronym	NITW
Website	www.nitw.ac.in ;

National Institute of Technology, Warangal (NITW), is a premier undergraduate and post graduate engineering institute located in Warangal, India. Formerly known as the Regional Engineering College, Warangal (RECW), it is the first among the 17 Regional Engineering Colleges established in India and was founded in 1959 by the then Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru. Today it is an Institute of National Importance awarding bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees in engineering, technology, basic sciences and management.

Location

NIT Warangal previously known as REC Warangal is located in the southern town of Warangal in the state of Andhrapradesh. The 400 acre residential campus is located on both sides of the National Highway No. 202 (Hyderabad - Warangal - Venkatpuram), in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The Institute is in close proximity of Kazipet (2 km) a major railway junction and also Warangal railway station. The nearest airport is in Hyderabad 140 km. The state road transport APSRTC buses ply at regular intervals, of 5–10 minutes, between Hanamkonda and various Hyderabad bus stands.

The latitude and longitude co-ordinates of NIT Warangal

Latitude = 17.9808, Longitude = 79.5328

Lat = 17 degrees, 58.8 minutes North

Long = 79 degrees, 32.0 minutes East

City and the Campus

The 240 acred land is divided by the NH 202 highway into staff quarters ,CCE and the Main campus amidst the Kazipet and Hanamkonda in Warangal District.The City of Warangal is known for its historical significance of Kakatiya dynasty and their monuments like Thousand pillar temple , Bhadrakali temple , Warangal fort and Ramappa temple . So ,The main entrance of the campus depicts the traditional elegance of kakatiya thoranam.

The Admin block in the entrance restrains the purposes of acadamics , transactions , counselling , schlorships and other mobile works.It is governed by the Director , Deans and Principals of the Institute.The plinth area of the building is adored wih fountain and a beautiful lawn of artistec landscape.

The International meets , conferences and student activities are held in Abdul Kalam Hall , New Seminar , New conference Hall and The Auditorium.The Cenral Library is housed with 1,43,254 books, back volumes, technical pamphlets, standards, CD-ROMS, Video Cassettes and also receives 2000 on-line Journals through INDEST set-up by MHRD, Govt. of India.

The Heart of the campus has got the departmental arena where Various depts of engineering and science are interconnected with small bridges. Around that area , The later departments are constructed.

The faculty has got their separate quarters inside and ouside the campus according to their cadre with all the residential facilities.The students' hostels and messes are at the rear end of the campus.

Growth

In 1959 the institute started with civil, electrical and mechanical engineering departments.A Bachelors program in Chemical Engineering was started in 1964. The following year saw the start of Metallurgical engineering program. In 1971, the college started the undergraduate program in Electronics and Communication engineering. In 1976, its affiliation was changed from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University to Kakatiya University, with which it remained affiliated, until the institute was granted a deemed university status in 2002.

In 1994, the institute was selected by Overseas Development Administration (ODA) of Great Britain for exchange programs between, the UK and India in the field of information technology. This program ran till 1999. In 2000, the institute started its MBA program. The next year, a center of Software Technology Parks of India was opened in its campus(it is currently dysfunctional). In September 2002, the college was renamed as National Institute of technology and was given a deemed university status.Recently,in 2006,the institute started a Bachelors program in Biotechnology. It has been given the status of Institute of National Importance (INI) bringing it at par with IITs,IISc and ISI on 15 August 2007.

The institute is well known for its dedicated faculty, staff and the state-of-the-art infrastructure conducive to a healthy academic environment. The institute(REC) is constantly striving to achieve higher levels of technical excellence. Evolving a socially relevant and yet internationally acceptable curriculum, implementing innovative and effective teaching methodologies and focusing on the wholesome development of the students are our concerns. Thanks to UNESCO and UK assistance in the past, many developmental activities were undertaken. And now, the World Bank Assistance under TEQIP (Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme) since 2004 has been a timely help in the overall development NITW.

Administration

NIT Warangal is an autonomous T-school.It functions under THE NIT ACT.The governing body consists of The Minister of Human Resource & Development ,Governament of INDIA, who is the Chairman of the Council.Each NIT has board of governors(BoG) who take up administration matters.

Courses offered

NIT Warangal offers undergraduate courses like

1.Civil Engineering.
2.Electrical and Electronics engineering,
3.Mechanical Engineering,
4.Electronics and Communication Engineering,
5.Chemical Engineering,
6.Computer Science and Engineering,
7.Metallurgical & Material Science Engineering.
8.Biotechnology,

In addition to engineering programs,post graduate programs are also offered in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Management.

The Electrical, Civil and Mechanical Departments are some of the oldest in the country having been founded in 1959. The Electrical Department has nurtured the largest number of Engg. Ph.d graduates.

In addition to undergraduate program, Department of Computer Science and Engineering offers two postgraduate programs. Master of Computer Applications(MCA) and Master of Technology(M.Tech). In M.Tech it is offering two specializations namely CSE and Information security.

The Electronics and Communications Engineering department offers 2 years post-graduate (M.Tech.) programs in [Electronics Instrumentation] and VLSI System design. In VLSI Systems design, it is a special manpower development center setup by Department of Electronics (DoE), Government of India.

The Electrical Engineering department offers postgraduate programs in Power Systems and Electrical Machines & Industrial Drives. The Civil engineering departments offers five masters level programs. The specializations offered are Engineering Structures, Water resources Engg., Transportation Engg., Geotechnical Engg., & Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems. The PG programs of mechanical engineering department offer specialization in Thermal Engineering, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, and Computer integrated Manufacturing and Advanced Manufacturing Processes. The masters program of Metallurgical engineering department is in the fields of Industrial Metallurgy.

In the science faculties, M.Sc.(Tech.) in Engineering Physics with specialization in Photonics, Electronics & Instrumentation is offered by Physics. Chemistry department offers masters program in Industrial Chemistry with specialization in 'Dyes, Drugs, Pharmaceuticals and Pesticides' or Modern Methods of Chemical Analysis. The masters courses of Mathematics departments are in the fields of Applied Mathematics and 'Mathematics and Scientific computing'.

Now , There are plans to set up new engineering courses like Instrumentation , Bio-informatics etc.

Student Intake

NIT Warangal, like other NITs of India, receives students through an all India level entrance examination conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education All India Engineering Entrance Examination (popularly known as AIEEE), for its undergraduate program. The postgraduate program students are selected through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). In addition, there are separate entrance tests of MBA, MCA (NIMCET) and other M.Sc. programs.For doing MBA in this college minimum requirement is engineering with first class.Half of its students are from the home state of Andhra Pradesh, where the other half from other states of India and several foreign countries such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Malaysia, Tanzania, Mauritius, South Africa, Palestine, Iran, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Bhutan etc. Warangal being the first NIT (Previously REC http://nitwarangal.net/) established in 1959, has a huge network of Alumni all over the world.

Regular Alumni events are organized in India, USA and few other places annually. The USA Chapter of Alumni network is called "National Institute of Technology Warangal Americas Alumni Chapter"

The Silver Jubilee Memorial Reunion was started a few batches ago, and in 2007 the graduating batch of, 2007. With the assistance of batchmates, alumni, straight Internet search and other techniques, from the batch of 248, 224 were located, and more than 175 alumni, some with family and children will congregate for the largest ever SJM Reunion to date. It has been declared an institute of national importance. Its academic environment is one of the best in the country.

As of 2009, the institute has taken up MIS integration into its Administrative functioning. This serves the purpose of computerising all student related information into dedicated per person student accounts.

The students themselves have taken up a plethora of dedication to the campus. Focusing majorly on improvement of student life, cultural activities and moreover upgrading the standard of NIT across the country.

The Golden Jubilee Celebration commenced as of October 2008 and will complete its 50 years in October 2009.

Hostels of NITW

Almost all the students reside inside the campus. NIT WARANGAL has collectively sixteen boys hostels and two ladies hostels, latter being separately compounded with security.

Recently new hostels have been constructed with 1000 and 1600 capacity with all amenities. And an International Hall Of Residence has been constructed for the students from abroad with capacity of 500 occupants.

In NITW terminology boys hostels are simply called as BLOCKS and girls hostel is called as LH (Ladies Hostel).

Boys Hostels are (currently)

1. Azad hall- 100(1)

2. Bose hall - 100(1)

3. Ambedkar hall - 48(3)

4. Babha Hall - 48(3)

5. Gandhi Hall-48(3)

6. Gokhale Hall- 48(3)

7. Radhakrishnan Hall - 48(3)

8. Raman Hall- 48(3)

9. Nehru Hall -100(1)

10. Patel Hall- 100(1)

11. Tagore Hall- 48(2)

12. Visweswaraiah Hall- 48(2)

13. Rajendra Prasad Hall- 200(1)

14. Vikram Sarabhai Hall- 200(1)

15. 1K Hall of Residence(new hostel)- 1000(1)

16. International Students Hall(new hostel)-250(1)

17. ULTRA Mega hall (currently)

1. Priyadarshini Hall-81(2)

2. Sarojini Hall - 48(2)

3. The Ladies Hostels are(currently)

The International Hall Of Residence is called as IHR

Apart from above mentioned hostels there is one LH under construction. The new boys hostel is a 10 storied building which can accommodate 1600 students. which has single and double seater rooms. This is first of its kind in any central funded institutions and one and only 10 storied building in entire Warangal City. The new Ladies Hostel is 7 storied.

There is a separate Block for Visitors to the college.

Few NIT Warangal Recent Pics

Student activities

Festivities

NIT Warangal holds many technical and cultural events throughout the year. Major annual events include Technozion (technical fest), Springspree(cultural fest) and CURA(management fest) . Students from major colleges in India present their creative and artistic talents in these events.

Technozion-2008 has been conducted during Jan25-Jan27. A potpourri of events were held by the various departments.The chief guest for Technozion'08 was Dr Abdul Kalam (www.nitw.ac.in).

Technozion-2009 saw a shift in the scheduling and was held from October 17-19 2008 instead of in January.Some of the speakers at Technozion 09 are Sam Pitroda John C. Mather B. N. Suresh Charles H. Bennett.

TECHNOZION - 2010 shall reach new heights with the tentative date set for September 25-27.

CURA'10 is going to held on 5 & 6 feb'10.(www.nitwcura.com)

The largest among its kind across all NIT's is Springspree! Every year it gathers the momentum of larger and more diverse crowds. Springspree 2010 promises to be no different. With funding from over 30 Major organisations and the entire family of alumni, it guarantees pots in prize money from over 50 separate events. Consisting of competition within its diverse fold and famous performing talent like Parikrama and Fashion Shows. Springspree 2010 is slated to be held from March 5-7 2010. You too are cordially invited to attend. Please visit www.springspree.org for full details and registration!

All New Spree's shall Take Over Notable positions as Living cOnquest of Better Openess and fun!

Consistently being in the peak position among the NITs. In 2007 DataQuest ranked NIT Warangal as the 8th best engineering college in India. It is ranked Number 1 among NIT's as of 2007.

Credit system

Like other DEEMED Universities, NIT Warangal follows a credit system for evaluating academic performance. The GPA ranges on a scale from 0 to 10. Each course carries a certain number of credits (usually 1 to 4). The student has to secure a minimum number of credits over the duration of the degree, that depends on the program, the department, and specialization. The following letter grades are awarded for each course:

Letter Grade	Ex	A	B	C	D	P	F	R
Grade Points	10	9	8	7	6	5	0	0

The F grade is failure in the course, and R is the failure to satisfy attendance requirements; in either case, the course is considered failed. The GPA is computed as the cumulative credit-weighted average of the grade points:

CGPA\,\!={\sum _{i=1}^{N}C_{i}.{GP}_{i} \over \sum _{i=1}^{N}C_{i}}

where:

$N$ is the number of courses,
$C_{i}$ is credits for the $i^{th}$ course,
${GP}_{i}$ is grade points for the $i^{th}$ course, and,
$CGPA$ is the cumulative grade point average.

Presently, whenever a fail grade is followed by a subsequent pass grade, the fail grade is not used in computation of $CGPA$ ; these fail grades are also removed from the transcript and replaced by a footnote indicating the number of attempts made to obtain the pass grade. Some courses are considered pass-fail courses which, if a requirement to a student, has to be passed by the student; however, the marks/grade obtained in that course is not considered in the calculation of the CGPA.

Clubs and Associations

Clubs

The institute provides space for students recreational interests and dedicated a centre called SAC for the various functioning of various clubs.

1.Students' Council

2.Literary & Debating Club

3.Dance and Dramatic Club

4.Music Club

5.Photographic Club

6.Nature Club

7.Electronic Amateurs & HAM Club

8.Science & Hobbies Club

9.Painting Club

10.Film Committee

11.Quiz Committee

12.Foreign Students Association

13.Senior Eco Club

14.Magazine Committee

15.Management Studies Club

16.Centre for Value Education

17.Games & Sports Committee

18.National Social Service

19.National Cadet Cops

20.SEDS

21.ISTE Students Chapter

Inter college Fests

ZERO GRAVITY

Zero gravity is an inter branch cultural competition organized by DnD(dance and dramatics) club of NIT WARANGAL.

THE WTF FEST

THE Wednesday Thursday Friday fest is organized by LnD club of NIT WARANGAL. This fest includes literary and debating events. This fest will be conducted on TWO consecutive Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays,as the name suggests.

SciClone

This is an event conducted by SEDS.The events in this fest range from presentations to designing a glider using thermocole.

Quiz Club conducts events which are held throughout the year.some of them are GEN QUIZ,JOGO-BONITO.There is a separate Quiz week in a semester.

LnD Club marks off with the event called LANTERN and continues with its varied range of competitions.Likewise,the other clubs have their own versatility in organising the events.

Associations

Every Branch has got their Technical association with a Staff head and executive body of students which helps in enhancing the quality of the branch. The Associations really get alarmed at the time of TECHNOZION and later reverberate with the student technical improvement programs within the campus. They organise lectures on special topics , Conduct some techi quizes and elucidate many things by conducting workshops. They also help in welcoming the First year students by conducting FRESHERS and directing them the principles , goals and Outlook the course.

1.Civil Engineering Association,CEA
2.Electrical Engineering Association,EEA
3.Mechanical Engineering Association,MEA
4.Electronics and Communication engineering Association,ECEA
5.Chemical Engineering Association,ChEA
6.Metallurgical and materials Engineering Association,MMEA
7.Computer Science and Engineering Association.CSEA
8.Technical Association of Bio technology,TAB.
9.Abhiyan Club - School of Management

Controversy and involvement of Student Council

In March 2010, an investigation by a local newspaper agency on NITW revealed the following falsifications done by the director Y.V.Rao

1. Embezzlement of funds of around 60 Crore (600 million) Rupees meant for improvement of infrastructure and construction of hostels in the university.

2. Selling the drop-out seats illegally after the first and second phase counseling of the entrance examination from which admissions are given.

The investigation also revealed the involvement of the Registrar of the university in maintaining the books for the university expenses regarding the above allegations.

The student council of NITW demanded for the resignation of the director and the registrar following the publication of this investigation in the news. They went to Delhi to report the situation personally to MHRD. The students seized the Director's office and demanded answers to around 40 questions in the college auditorium. After over three hours of protest, the Director resigned bowing to the pressure and unable to answer. He then left the campus with police protection. The Registrar also resigned and a director in-charge was appointed.

The alumni of NITW have started a website for achieving transparency in the book-keeping and is received well by both the students and the faculty.

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[1] "NITW History". NITW.

[2] ttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/NIT-Warangal-director-registrar-quit-after-students-protest/articleshow/5721760.cms

[3] ttp://asthranitw.wordpress.com/

[4] ttp://epaper.sakshi.com/details.aspx?id=409986&boxid=29640828&eddate=3/22/2010

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