Netaji Subhas University of Technology

Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), formerly Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT) is a state university located in Dwarka, New Delhi, India.[3][4] Following the conversion of the Delhi College of Engineering into Delhi Technological University, Cluster Innovation Centre and NSIT were the only engineering institutions under the University of Delhi. In 2018, the institute was given university status, thus changing its name to Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT).[5][6]

Netaji Subhas University of Technology, Delhi
Former names
  • Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
  • Delhi Institute of Technology
Mottoā no bhadrā kratvo yantu viśwataḥ
Motto in English
Let noble thoughts come to me from all directions
Typestate
Established1983
ChancellorAnil Baijal[1]
Vice-ChancellorJai Prakash Saini[2]
Location
New Delhi
,
India

28°44′59.81″N 77°7′1.30″E
CampusUrban (145 acres)
Colours    
AffiliationsAutonomous
Websitewww.nsut.ac.in

History

On July, 1983, Delhi Institute of Technology (DIT) was established by the Delhi Administration, with the approval of Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Govt. of India. The Institute started with the academic program at Undergraduate (UG) level in the area of Electronics & Communication Engineering with an intake of 45 Students under the Faculty of Technology, University of Delhi. Administrative autonomy was granted to the institute in 1986. The Institute was registered as a Society in the name of “Delhi Institute of Technology” (DIT) on 12th June 1987 under the Societies Registration Act of 1860. From 1983 till 1998, DIT was operating from its old campus at the old I.G. Block, Kashmere Gate, Delhi and it was formally inaugurated in its own new campus in Dwarka, New Delhi, on 23rd January, 1997 by Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the former Prime Minister of India. The Institute was renamed as Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT) in the year 1997. NSIT was affiliated to University of Delhi for all its UG, PG and Ph.D. programmes. In August 2018, NSIT was upgraded to Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT).

Campus
NSIT Campus

NSIT has a fully residential campus on 145 acres of land.[7] Campus facilities include faculty and staff residences, student hostels, cooperative mess and a sports complex. The campus is divided into clusters of buildings. The administrative block contains the important offices, banks, a post office as well as an auditorium where major functions are held.[8] The library is located in a separate block behind the main five academic blocks. Central library housed IIIT Delhi from 2008 to 2012. The campus has four boys' hostels (one for each year) and two girls' hostels.[9] A transit guest house is also situated on-campus.

Rankings
University rankings
Engineering – India
Outlook India (2019)[10]10
The Week (2019)[11]22

Netaji Subhas University of Technology was ranked 11 in Outlook India's "India's Top 150 Engineering Colleges in 2019"[10] and 22 in The Week-Hansa Research's "Best Colleges Survey 2019: Top Engineering Colleges - All India".[11]

HackerRank published a list of top universities across the world with the best software developers and NSIT stood 12th on the list.[12] Similarly, Hackerearth analyzed over 27 million code submissions and 700 programming challenges on its platform and placed NSUT second in India.[13]

NSUT was declared the 'Capital Pride' by Government of Delhi.

Notable alumni

References
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