Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (NIT) Nagpur – College Details

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur is one of the thirty National Institutes of Technology in the country. The Govt. of India conferred on the Institute, the Deemed to be University status (under University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956)) with effect from 26th June 2002. Subsequently, the Central Govt. by Act of Parliament (National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007 (29 of 2007)) declared VNIT Nagpur as an Institute of National Importance along with all other NITs. The Act was brought into force from 15th August 2007.

College Details

College Name:	Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur, Maharashtra
Affiliated To:	Govt College
Category:	Co-Educational
Address:	Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, South Ambazari Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra. Pin 440010 (India)
Phone:	(+91-712-) 2222828, 2224123, 2231636, 2226750, 2223710, 2236330, 2236331, 2236332 FAX: (+91-712-) 2223969 ,2223230
Email:	NA
Website:	http://vnit.ac.in
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Courses Offered

Mode of Admission: AIEEE & State Entrance Exam for UG courses, GATE for MTech

Streams at Graduate Level

S NO	Title of program	Intake
1	Architecture	62
2	Civil Engineering	92
3	Chemical Engineering	92
4	Computer Science Engineering	92
5	Electronics & Communication Engineering	92
6	Electrical & Electronics Engineering	92
7	Mechanical Engineering	92
8	Metallurgical & Materials Engineering	92
9	Mining Engineering	92
	Total Seats	798

Streams at Post-Graduate Level

Department	M Tech Program offered	Intake
Civil	1Environmental Engineering2Water Resources Engineering3 Construction Technology and Management	20 20 20
Electrical	1Integrated Power System2 Power Electronics and Drives	20 20
Electronics	VLSI Design	20
Computer Science	Computer Science Engineering	20
Applied Mechanics	1Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering2 Structural Engineering	20 20
Mechanical	1Heat Power Engineering2Industrial Engineering3  CAD-CAM	20 20 20
Metallurgy	Material Engineering	20
Architecture	Urban Planning	20

Fee Structure

Fee structure for various courses:

S No.	Description of heads (Annum basis)	Amount
1	Tuition Fees	35000
2	Registration Fees	250
3	Library Deposit	500
4	Library Fees	500
5	Gym. Annual Day & Magazine Fee	600
6	Physical Education & Medical Fee	50
7	Identity Card	50
8	Internet & Computer Maint. Fee	500
9	Training & Placement Fees	250
10	Student Aid Fund	100
11	Inter Univ. Cultural Activity	50
12	Industry Institute Interaction	200
13	Development Fees	3000
14	End Semester Examination Fees	800
Grand Total Rs.		41,850/-

Placements

Year	2008-09		2009-10		2010-11
Branch	Eligible	Placed	Eligible	Placed	Eligible	Placed
Civil	42	37	45	41	54	48
Chemical	–		41	32	52	40
Mechanical	48	47	50	49	54	49
Electrical & Electronics	54	54	51	43	54	50
Electronics & Communication	57	49	53	45	52	49
Comp.Sc. & Engg.	44	36	51	49	56	48
Metallurgical & Materials	50	45	38	38	57	37
Mining	9	8	12	11	13	11
Architecture	12	2	–		–
Total	304	278	341	308	392	332
% UG	91.44%		90.32%		84.69%
M.Tech Students Placed	30		10		4

Facilities

Campus:VNIT has a beautiful green campus of about 214 acres near Ambazari Dam. All departments & laboratories are housed on the campus. Hostels accommodating about 1000 students, including 200 girl students, as well as residential accommodation for teaching & non-teaching staff of the college are available on the campus.

Consciously developed, the campus has retained & increased its green cover, rich in natural flora & fauna, & provides an attraction for bird watchers.The VNIT Library is 4 decades old having an independent three storied building. The collections of books and journals have been methodically developed through the years. It is always ensured that the collection is dynamic in nature by stacking separately ACTIVE and INACTIVE collection in tune with changes in syllabic.

Central library:The library and information resources center is automated and users LIBSYS software. Students and faculty access library information through ON LINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOGER indexed databases called EI-COMPENDIOUS PLUS, DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL and SAE Technical Papers are on campus-wide network of 10/100 M bps lines and are available round the clock.

Hostel:V.N.I.T. has excellent residential facilities to cater the need of more than a thousand students. There are seven Boys Hostels and two Girls Hostels. Each hostel is having a telephone, T.V., Sports Items, water coolers, water heaters and well equipped mess facilities. It is mandatory for hostel inmates to join the mess in his / her hostel, managed by committee of students’ representatives. All hostels are having independent mess where vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals are available. All residents have to bear the wages of the mess cooks, servants, helpers and cleaners. Ministerial staff is provided by the Institute.

The Chief Warden looks after the management of the hostels along with a team of seven wardens and Hostel Manager.

Events

That the Earth rotates around an AXIS is a known fact. But, as students sticking to this fact as Gospel truth, what makes our world go round? Your guess is as good as ours, it’s AXIS. AXIS took birth in ‘Odyssey’, a Mechanical Engineering event in the year 2001. Over the years, AXIS has evolved to become Central India’s largest engineering and technology portrayal platform. Brand AXIS having established itself in the itinerary of Technical Festivals in the country, aims at bringing together a plethora of engineering talent from across the country to participate, learn and innovate as an engineer and more importantly, as a responsible youth who shall build the new face of and an emerging Nation; because the wheel of economy runs about the AXIS of technology.