The National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) formerly known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC), is a public engineering college at Surathkal, about 20 kilometres north of Mangalore. It was founded in 1960 as KREC while today, it is one of the 30 National Institutes of Technology in India and is recognised as an Institute of National Importance. It is a suburban campus, in close proximity to the Arabian Sea. National Highway 17 runs through the campus and serves as the major mode of access.
Campus
The 295 acres (1.19 km2)campus is located on National Highway 66 (formerly National Highway 17), by the shores of Arabian Sea, and has a private beach, including a lighthouse. Almost all the students reside on-campus, as do the most of the staff. Staff Quarters consist of the Director's bungalow, quarters for professors, lecturers and wardens. There is also a separate non-teaching staff colony. There are more than 200 residences on campus in addition to independent houses and flats.
The campus includes two Cooperative Societies and a marketing center, State Bank of India and Canara Bank with ATM facility, staff club, post office, schools (Kannada and English medium), hospital, guest house, Food Court, and playgrounds. These facilities are made available to both the staff and the students at NITK.
Academics
NITK Surathkal offers undergraduate and graduate programs in Engineering, Science and Management. The institute has 14 departments and 11 support centres with about 200 faculty members, 300 support staff, 5,500 students and 15,500 alumni worldwide.
Research and industrial consulting
Research in the institute is mainly sponsored by central and state government agencies with grants for the academic year reaching Rs. 100 million. Additionally newly recruited faculty are provided a seed grant of Rs. 500,000 for research. Faculty go on sabbaticals at foreign universities to encourage research and teaching interactions. Consulting activities are also conducted through the industry-institute partnership cell.
Admissions
Undergraduate programs
The B. Tech admissions were based on the AIEEE (All India Engineering Entrance Examination). The exam consists of three sections on Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. From the 2013 academic year onwards, admission is through the JEE (Mains) test, and ranks are based on 60% of the marks scored in the test, and 40% in the class 12/Second PU Board exams.
Undergraduate admissions were based on a state wise reciprocal system. 50% of the seats were reserved for students from the home state of Karnataka. Till 2007, the rest of the 50% was distributed over other NITs, with each state having a fixed quota of seats. However, since the batch starting in 2008, the remaining 50% has been made open to all other states.
10% of the seats in the undergraduate class are reserved for foreign students under the Direct Admission of Student Abroad (DASA) scheme. Admissions are based on the aggregate score obtained out of 2400 in the SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2,Physics and Chemistry.
Graduate programs
Graduate students are admitted to the program through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science. Graduate students are required to complete coursework in addition to a thesis or dissertation that entails independent research under the guidance of a faculty. Graduate and Doctoral students are also involved as teaching assistants for undergraduate courses. An MBA course has been recently introduced by the Humanities department. NITK also offers MCA(Master of Computer Application) course for graduate students in which admission is done on the based on NIMCET (NIT MCA Common Entrance Test).
Rankings
| Institute rankings | |
|---|---|
| Engineering – India | |
| India Today | 8 |
| Outlook India | 13 |
| Dataquest | 9 |
| Government colleges: | |
| Mint | 17 |
NITK is consistently rated amongst the best NITs, and has good industry relations due to it's location being in Karnataka, near Bangalore(Silicon Valley of India). NITK was ranked No. 8 on the India Today Best Engineering Colleges 2012, No. 13 on the Outlook IndiaTop Engineering Colleges of 2012 and No. 9 on the Dataquest Top Engineering Colleges in India of 2010.
Contact : NH 66, Srinivas Nagar, Surathkal Mangalore, Karnataka 575025
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