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National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur
NITH logo.jpg
Former names
Regional Engineering College, Hamirpur
TypeInstitute of National Importance, Public, Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Established1986
AffiliationSecular
DirectorProf. I. K. Bhat
Location
Hamirpur
,
Himachal Pradesh
,
India
CampusRural, 200 acres
Websitehttp://www.nith.ac.in

National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur (commonly referred to as NIT Hamirpur) is a public technical university located at Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh state of India and is wholly funded by Government of India [1]. It is one of the twenty National Institutes of Technology established and administered by Government of India[2] . It runs undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Engineering and Architecture and Doctor of Philosophy programme in Engineering, Sciences and Humanities.

History

Established in 1986 as Regional Engineering College, Hamirpur in Hamirpur city district of Himachal Pradesh, it was a joint enterprise of the Government of India and the Government of Himachal Pradesh. Come 26 June 2002 REC Hamirpur was awarded the status of deemed-to-be university and upgraded into an NIT. As a result of this transition the institute came under the sole purview of the Government of India. Recently, it has been awarded the status of institute of national importance by an Act of Parliament. Also,more recently,it was adjudged as the best NIT in terms of infrastructure by the World Bank.

Administrative Block, NIT Hamirpur

The Institute

NIT Hamirpur currently has 7 academic departments, namely:

M.sc in maths. Students are admitted through eir performance in the All-India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), held every year. The academic year starts from early August and terminates in late May. The semester system of education is followed and each academic year consists of an odd and an even semester, which are punctuated by a short winter vacation during late December and early January, and a longer summer vacation spanning June and July. Engineering undergraduates need to successfully complete eight semesters in order to be awarded Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), while their counterparts in the field of architecture need to complete ten semesters to be awarded Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch).

In 2005 Master of Technology (M.Tech) were introduced in different departments.

Later, in 2006 Doctor of Philosophy and in 2009, MBA programs were introduced

Centre for Excellence

Centre for Material Science and Engineering

Centre for Materials Science and Engineering is established in 2008 . The main focus of the teaching and research in the department is centred on interdisciplinary area to achieve worldwide attention and appreciation. Important mission of the department is to generate human resource of excellent quality, including Chemists, Physicist, Engineers with high professional competence in interdisciplinary research area encompassing of biology, chemistry physics, nanomaterial and material science at international competence level for the need of nation. The department will start first batch PhD degrees from Jan 2010 and M.Tech from June 2010 .

Centre for Excellence in Energy & Environment

In order to address these issues , a Centre for Excellence in Energy & Environment has been established at the National Institute of Technology , Hamirpur w.e.f June 2009 .The Centre will start M.Tech [ Energy Systems & Management] and Ph.D programme w.e.f 2010 and carry out R&D in priority areas of Energy & Environment for the benefit of society besides facilitating the exchange of ideas by involving key decision-makers and policy influencers in critical discussions and will provide expert advice and consultation to various agencies. The major task of the Centre is to develop comprehensive innovative solutions to various energy and environmental challenges . This involves promoting energy efficiency and the adoption of renewable energy sources like Solar ,Wind, Geothermal, Hydro, Biomass etc.to meet energy requirements and to consider various renewable energy policies at the local, regional, and national levels. The active involvement of stakeholders from the energy industry, academicians, society and other institutions, is essential to implement enduring policy solutions. Therefore, the Centre intends to consult the organisations and networks already engaged in the field of energy to complement and pool the resources, thus creating added value.

TIFAC CORE at NIT HAMIRPUR

Mission REACH is an offshoot of the Technology Vision 2020, initiated by Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) to make India a developed nation by the year 2020. The programme will create a constellation of world class Centers of Relevance & Excellence (COREs) in diverse disciplines across the country by the up gradation of science and technical institutions, mandated to produce technical manpower of international standard in the area of targeted excellence and tailor made to the needs of industry. It is the befitting combination of the three most powerful pillars of economic growth - the industry, academic institutions and the government that provides the mission much needed strength and success. NIT Hamirpur is one such centre in the area of Power Transformer Diagnostics established in September 2005. The activities of this centre are supported by TIFAC, an autonomous entity under DST- Government of INDIA and from the Industry side by Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB).

Admissions

B Tech

The admissions to the B Tech Programs run by the institute are by an all India level entrance test, known as the All India Engineering Entrance Examination AIEEE.

M Tech

The admissions to the M Tech- Programs are by the GATE exam conducted by the IITs and IISc. While Post Graduate admission is on the basis of previous research and interviews by the appropriate screening committees.

Major highlights

  • E-learning package available.
  • The institute is running (NBA-AICTE) accredited programmes. All the programmes have highest accreditation of 5 years.
  • Excellent placement through its placement cell: about top 100 companies visit the institution to pick up the students. They are allowd to opt for dream jobs. Thus, more than 25 % have 2 jobs.
  • Internet facilities in all labs, departments and each rooms of the student hostel. An internet connectivity of 65 Mbps is serving more than 2000 nodes in the campus.
  • Co Curricular and Extra curricular activities being given importance and emphasis laid on all round personality development by sharpening of personal soft skills through Games, cultural activities, societal functions, Technical festivals (NIMBUS), Art of living, Inst. Social Service, etc.
  • Fully residential and having separate Boys and Girls hostels with all amenities.
  • Centre of Relevance & Excellence: TIFAC-CORE in "Power Transformer Diagnostics "supported by TIFAC, DST-GOI.
  • Proposed Centre of excellence: (i) Material Science (ii) Bio-Technology (iii)Energy and Environment.
  • Collaborations with foreign universities is being worked out, to give students an international exposure through bi-lateral Faculty and Student exchange programmes.
  • Total Automation Solution of processes and procedures being implemented. GATE Scholarship from AICTE.
  • Strong alumni network. We have local chapter and about 5 chapters (in USA, Central Asia, Singapore, Delhi and Bangalore)
  • A value based, holistic, creative, innovative thinking, passion to respond to rapidly changing social and economic environment.

Facilities

Computer Center

Computer Center is a central facility, which caters to the needs of different academic departments and various sections of the institute. The mission of Computer Center at NIT Hamirpur is to create and maintain a computing environment for the pursuit of academic excellence. The ultimate aim of the center is to provide professional services, promote and assist the use of new computing technology among the students, staff and administration. Computer Center at NIT Hamirpur aspires to be a leading computational facility in higher education.

Computer Center manages various computing and communication facilities through out the campus. NIT Hamirpur has state-of-the-art campus wide network of more than 2500 voice & data nodes over the fiber backbone with above 100 active devices, wi-fi, Voice over IP (VoIP) and videoconferencing. A fleet of servers from SUN, IBM, HP, Dell etc. A heterogeneous intranet over various flavors of Microsoft Windows and UNIX for hosting Web, Email, DNS, Proxy etc. Internet connectivity totaling 47 Mbps has been leased from two service providers i.e. Reliance and BSNL. All the individual Students, Faculty and Staff are provided with Internet facility in the hostels and residences. Presently, 185 computing nodes including 15 servers, 50 workstations, 30 thin clients, 70 desktops and 20 mobile terminals are installed in various labs of the Centre building. The software facilities for language lab are also available in one of the labs.

Central Library

The Institute library was set up in 1986 in one room of Government Polytechnic Hamirpur and it was shifted to the Institute campus in 1988 in Visvesvarya Block and at present it is in a separate building having the floor area of 1200 square meters. The library has got the seating capacity of 100 readers in reading halls and 50 readers in Audio-Visual Hall. Library follows the open access system, it facilitate the users to browse and pick up the documents of their choice without any hindrance.

Health Center

NIT Hamirpur has its own dedicated health center for the better health care of its students and staff. It is equipped with basic medical facilities and in case of emergency, patients are referred to the Zonal Hospital, Hamirpur. Presently, the health center is serving the strength of more than 1200 undergraduate and postgraduate students, faculty and staff members including their wards . The OPD timings are 9:0 AM. to 1:30 PM and 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM (Monday to Friday). If a student falls ill on or before the final examinations, one may get a medical certificate from the Medical Officer for this purpose. The medical facilities are available free of cost to the students. An ambulance is available round the clock to face any kind of emergency.

Sports

NIT Hamirpur provides sports facilities for both indoor and outdoor games. The students are encouraged to take part in all sorts of games to keep themselves fit and inculcate a spirit of sportsmanship amongst them. At college level inter class matches in variety of games from the regular sports events of the year. Teams are also sent out to participate in the university level sports competition. Annual sports meet is a mega event of the college.

Alumni

As the official alumni association, alumni association plays a key role in building the alumni network and supporting the local Chapters which are all over the world, from Bangalore to USA.

Campus Life

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Dining Hall, Kailash Boys' Hostel, NIT Hamirpur

The institute campus is situated in in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh, India. The campus is at an altitude of 900 metres above sea level. It is approximately 4 kilometres from the bus stand and bus terminus of Hamirpur city on the National Highway running through Hamirpur - Shimla .

Being a residential institute, there are 7 boys' hostels and one girls' hostels in the campus along with separate residences for the faculty and staff. Each hostel has its own peculiarities. Some have four-seated or triple-seated rooms, while others have doublets and singlets. A few different hostels are:

The canteen, juice bar, Nescafe coffee bar and the nearby Ekta Cafe are some of the most frequented jaunts. Do not forget to visit Tilak's Dhaba, which used to serve delicious dishes even in the middle of the night when the examinations were in full swing. Hill 'Ffair and Nimbus are the official cultural and technical festivals respectively. Nimbus is a comparatively younger event than Hill 'Ffair. During the days of Hill 'Ffair the open air theatre becomes the nerve-centre for all activity. The rock show, fashion parade, and the Mr. & Miss Hill 'Ffair competitions are some of the most popular events.

2nd Gate performs during Hill 'ffair 2005 in the Open Air Theatre

A number of extracurricular activities are organized throughout the year by the ISTE students chapter of NIT Hamirpur.[1] college chapter also organize various social service activties.The newly formed GNU/Linux User Group of NIT Hamirpur organizes workshops, demonstrations, presentations all throughout the year. The students are also running a LITERACY MISSION to help the poor children residing in and around the campus to stay ahead in life.This have one of greater achievement of college with A. P. J. Abdul Kalam himself praising this organization during there visit to college.Art of Living sessions are also organized regularly at subsidized rates for those residing in the campus.

Departmental Societies

To promote academic and cultural activities within the department as well as raise awareness about best practices related to the academic domain, each department has a dedicated Departmental Society. The societies of the various departments are:

  • Society of Civil Engineers (CSoC)
  • Forum for Computer Engineers(FORCE)
  • Society of Mechanical Engineers (SOME)
  • Society For Promotion of Electronics Culture(SPEC)

Clubs at NIT Hamirpur

FORCE (Forum for Computer Engineers)

http://210.212.44.11/ FORum of Computer Engineers is a dedicated team of computer science enthusiasts. FORCE aim to promote and spread technical knowledge about computers and related technologies. Besides, FORCE motive also includes making the daily use of computers more interesting and “productive”. FORCE intend to provide a platform for sharing of knowledge with one another. We learn, work, enjoy together and want to help people facing any kinds of trouble regarding computers, specifically @ NITH. We have people with wide variety of interests ranging from Hardware to Animation.'

SPICMACAY at NIT HAMIRPUR

seeks to conserve and promote an awareness of the rich and diverse cultural tapestry of INDIA through a focus on the classical arts with their attendant legends, rituals, mythology and philosophy. Using the medium of classical music, folk forms, crafts, yoga, meditation, films, theater and talks; and through direct interaction with the doyens of art, Spicmacay tries to initiate and nurture a thought process in the youth of today. "We can be subconsciously influenced by the music we hear and the performance we watch."

Dimensions Club

Dimensions intends to make the college campus livelier by conducting activities both Technical & pertaining to Personality Development.To implement all this and much more like fun and frolic a powerful organization – DIMENSION. Extending Excellence

SPEC

SPEC is being run under the aegis of Electronics and Communication Department, NIT Hamirpur and the department itself has collaborating in the various activities conducted by SPEC. It is a self governing body run by the students of Electronics and Communications department. Students of Electrical and Electronics engineering and Computer science engineering students are also involved as volunteers.

Entertainment Club

Movie Making Competition. Screening of Popular and social awareness movies in the campus though getting low attendances.

E-Cell

The basic aim of E-Cell is to provide students with the resources and guidance to be able to be job-makers for the future through effective innovation and sound fundamentals rather than job seekers.

The Entrepreneurship Cell of NIT HAMIRPUR (E-Cell) is an attempt at promoting the spirit of entrepreneurship amongst the student’s community. A part of this promotion we also wish to provide the required experience and knowledge for entrepreneurship .An entrepreneur always has lots to learn from his experienced counterparts, whose advice and backing proves to be most vital in the success of the enterprise. This symbiotic relationship would be mutually beneficial. We strive to be an active interface between these young minds and your esteemed selves where business ventures will be born out of your participation in the cell activities.

IE Student Chapter NIT Hamirpur

The Institution of Engineers, with over 0.5 million members from 15 engineering disciplines in 99 centres/chapters in India and overseas, is the largest multi-disciplinary engineering professional society in the English speaking world. Based in India, it is one of the full members of the Engineers Mobility Forum. Established in 1920 by Sir Thomas Holland and others at Madras (Chennai), it was formally inaugurated in 1921 by Lord Chelmsford, the then Viceroy and Governor General of India. In 1935, it obtained the Royal Charter of Incorporation from King George V “to promote and advance the science, practice and business of engineering”. Fellows of the Institution of Engineers (India) are entitled to use the post-nominals “FIE”, and all life corporate members are “Chartered Engineers” (CEng).

Student at NIT HAMIRPUR take the initiative to work with Institution of Engineers to organize activities year around.

NCC

The National Cadet Corps plays a significant part in moulding a person's character. It fosters the spirit of teamwork and man-management and leads to the development of a more pleasing overall personality. Recognizing the importance of the NCC, the Institute offers the students an opportunity to be part of the NCC. Activities

1. General Parades are regularly held to train the cadets in foot drill and command, weapon training, field craft, civil defense, map reading etc. Guard of Honour is given on 26 January and 15 August to commemorate the Republic Day and Independence Day of India.

2. Camp An Annual Training Camp is held to further enhance and inculcate a feeling of independence in the cadets. Extensive knowledge about devices used in the Army like mines, bridges, nuclear and biological weapons etc. is imparted. Self defense training is also given. Rigorous physical training is provided in the camp with a view to increasing the physical endurance of the cadets. Military training with rifles is also provided. Cultural programmes are also held with a view to improving the cultural and social outlook of the cadets.

3. Social Various social activities are also organized to encourage the feeling of belonging to the society.

NBYS

NBYS (pronounced as ‘an-byes’) is an acronym for “Nav Bharat Yuva Sabha”. The vision of this society, which is inspired by Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s Naujawan Bharat Sabha, is as follows: “To build a chain of youth who work responsibly to promote truthfulness,

good value system, India’s vivid culture, humanity, and love and commitment

to make India incredible.”

CANVAS

CANVAS is abbreviated as community for awareness, nurture, vision for acquisitive students. It aims at spreading competitive awareness among the students in rural areas and uplifting the educational standards in country.

Hobby Club

The Hobby Club encompasses various activities varying from Photography to Arts, Computer Security to Dance. Each club conducts various events throughout the year like inviting eminent people for lectures and demonstrations. Various competitions are also conducted by the clubs sessions are also organized to disseminate knowledge and skills in popular areas. With the new Center for Innovation coming up in the campus, more support and help shall be available to the students to carry out large projects using the latest machines and equipments available. Students would be able to spend their time pursuing crazy innovative ideas, freed from the shackles of workspace or material constraints.

Various Hobbies Club:

Swami Vivekananda Study Circle

Taking Swami Vivekanand as our ideal and his thoughts as our source of insipiration, we aim to sensitize today's generation for respecting their cultural roots and value system. VSC is an open platform which every dedicated soul, committed to Indian philosophy, culture and value system may share. Our common concern is to boost up the great humanitarian values and the national character which has been preserved in our Bharat for ages. It is an outcome of the voluntary efforts of committed and awakened students and teachers of the NIT HAMIRPUR, for the self improvement via selfless service of the mother nation.' We try to encourage everyone to realize the music inside him, the role he has been given by the God, the sensitivity he must have towards mankind and the duties he owes to his motherland.

Srijan

The annual magazine provides the NITH fraternity a podium to unleash their thoughts and take the ever beautiful form of literary writings. The students of NITH contributing to SRIJAN not only have the penchant for writing but also work day and night to make Srijan a cynosure every year. This leaves the readers believing that Reading is celebration.

Community Service

Community Cell at NIT Hamirpur is established to conduct various training and awareness programmes to the community within the vicinity of institution. The cell ensures and facilitate the service to the society within the technical capability in terms of technical assistance,advisory services, up gradation of knowledge and skill development. The institution has so far conducted 49 community programmes, short term training programmes and awareness workshops during the last three years for all the segments of society .The participants are given hands-on training on different practical aspects of various areas. Many of the participants have established their own small enterprise which proves the efficacy of such community training programmes.National Institute of Technology Hamirpur has been actively participating in the Community Service Programme under World Bank Funded Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP). The institute is committed toward wholesome development of society by educating not only its own students but extending its services and technical know-how to the community. So far we have conducted 70 programmes under this component for the organized/unorganized/unemployed sectors of the society. The institute is going to have a 50th celebration of Community Service Programme in the month of May 2008. The theme of celebration is “Information and Communication Technology in the Service of Society”. The celebration includes organization of several events: competitions. Awareness workshops, lecture series for school children and computer training programmes for deprived children. These programmes are organized to motivate children toward ICT oriented carriers and give exposure of latest technologies.

The celebration shall have an inauguration function on 23 May 2008 followed by an awareness workshop on “ICT Infrastructure Awareness” during 23–25 May 2008. The objective of workshop is to create awareness among ICT users and planners. The workshop includes wide range of presentation on LAN/WAN, VoIP, WI-Fi Network/Telephony, Video Conferencing, Web technologies, e-resources, integrated physical infrastructure, smart building, security issues in ICT and social issues in the use of ICT. The participants shall also be acquainted with the best practices followed by NIT Hamirpur in the creation of ICT infrastructure.

50th community service programme under the theme " Information and Communication Technology in the service of Society"during 2 May to 25 May is our way to say thanks to all those who have contributed toward the success of the programme.

PRAYAS

PRAYAS is the annual cultural charity function of Literacy Mission. It provides opportunity for students to come forward and showcase their talents in extra curricular activities. In this function, students of NIT Hamirpur as well as children of Literacy Mission perform together. Over the years this function has generated a lot of interest among the students and faculty of NIT Hamirpur and has been able to generate considerable amount of funds for supporting these children.

NBYS

NBYS (pronounced as ‘an-byes’) is an acronym for “Nav Bharat Yuva Sabha”. The vision of this society, which is inspired by Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s Naujawan Bharat Sabha, is as follows: “To build a chain of youth who work responsibly to promote truthfulness,

good value system, India’s vivid culture, humanity, and love and commitment

to make India incredible.” NBYS is one of the great step of student community of NIT HAMIRPUR into social Entrepreneurship.

How to Reach NIT Hamirpur

The Institute is located on Hamirpur – Toni Devi - Awaha Devi Road in the outskirts of Hamirpur town.

Rail Link

Nearest broad gauge train head is at Una (Himachal Pradesh ), at a distance of 80 Kms from Hamirpur. Una is well linked to all parts of India and journey is of nine hours from Old Delhi Railway Station. Taxi/Bus services are available from Hamirpur to Una. NIT Hamirpur is around 4 kilometers away from Hamirpur bus stand. To find details about train service from different cities towards Una, visit http://www.indianrail.gov.in/

Air Link

The nearest airport is at Gaggal (district Kangra) about 75 Kms from Hamirpur. Direct air link from Delhi to Shimla is also available. Shimla airport is at a distance of 175 (approx.) Kms from Hamirpur.

Road Link

The campus is situated at Anu in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh and is 4 Kms from main bus stand of Hamirpur on Hamirpur – Toni Devi road. The city of Hamirpur is well connected with the rest of the country by road. Hamirpur is at a distance of about 480 Kms from Delhi.

Notable faculty

  • Dr. J. N. Sharma,Professor (Mathematics), NIT HAMIRPUR
  • Dr. Piar Chand, Professor Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior
  • Dr. M. N.Bandyopadhyay Professor(On Lien Director at NITK)
  • Dr.S.K.Bhowmick

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ ROTARACT CLUB
  1. http://bubhopal.nic.in/archieve/others/2007/aug07/r20070814017.pdf
  2. ^ http://home.iitk.ac.in/~ynsingh/
  3. ^ http://www.avake.com/aboutus/leadership.html and http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2007/08/06/story13.html
  4. ^ http://www.iitr.ac.in/~ME/inderfme
  5. ^ http://spec-nith.org/
  6. ^ http://www.nith.ac.in/iste/index.htm
  7. ^ http://www.nith.ac.in/tifac/nithtifac.htm
  8. ^ http://srijannith.org/

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