National Institute of Technology Puducherry (NIT Puducherry or NITPY), is an autonomous

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and

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located in the city of

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Union Territory of Puducherry Puducherry, also known as Pondicherry, is a union territory of India, consisting of four small geographically unconnected districts. It was formed out of four territories of former French India, namely Puducherry district, Pondichéry (now Pud ...

and is a coastal enclave in the basin of river

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within the

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District of

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. Founded and Established in 2010, it is one among the 31

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of India and is declared as an

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by the

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History

NIT Puducherry is one of the ten NITs, sanctioned by the

in 2009, as part of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2007–2012).New NITs
www.performance.gov.in.retrieved on 2015-12-26. The institute was mentored by

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli The National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NIT-Tiruchirappalli or NIT-Trichy) is a National university, national research university, research deemed university near the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded as ...

in the initial years.

Organisation and administration

Governance

The

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is the ''ex officio'' visitor of all the

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(NITs). The National Institutes of Technology Council ( NIT Council) works directly under him and it includes the minister-in-charge of technical education in Central Government, the Chairman and the Directors of all the NITs, the Chairman of

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, the Director-General of

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, the Directors of other selected central institutions of repute, members of Parliament, Joint Council Secretary of

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, nominees of the Central Government,

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and the Visitor. The NIT Council is the highest decision making body in the NIT fraternity and is answerable only to the

. The NIT Council is expected to meet regularly and take steps conducive for maximum growth of the NITs as whole in the near future. NIT Organisational Structure

Below the NIT Council is each NIT's Board of Governors. Each institute has a Board of Governors responsible for its administration and control. The Board of Governors of each NIT consists of the chairman and other members, which include government, industry, alumni, deans and associate deans, registrar, head of departments and faculty representation. The Director is the chairperson of the Senate and serves under the Board of Governors and is the Institute's chief academic and executive officer. The Registrar is the chief administrative officer and overviews day-to-day operations. Below the Head of Department, are the various faculty members (professors, assistant professors, and lecturers). Academic policies are decided by the Senate, which is composed of some professors and other representatives. The Senate controls and approves the curriculum, courses, examinations, and results. Senate committees examine specific academic matters. The teaching, training, and research activities of various departments of the institute are periodically reviewed to maintain educational standards. The NITs across India and are fully funded institutions under the Central Government with Deemed to be University status. The move was intended to make the institutions centers of excellence and being developed as autonomous and flexible academic institutions of excellence to meet the sweeping changes taking place in the industrial environment in post liberalized India and also the rapidly changing scene of technical education globally.

Departments

NIT Puducherry has ten departments based on Engineering, Sciences and Humanities. *

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

Computer Science and Engineering Computer science and engineering (CSE) is an academic subject comprising approaches of computer science and computer engineering. There is no clear division in computing between science and engineering, just like in the field of materials science ...

*Education *

Electrical and Electronics Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

Electronics and Communication Engineering Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current flow ...

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

and

Social Sciences Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of society, societies and the Social relation, relationships among members within those societies. The term was former ...

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

Physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

Campus

The campus spans around 388 acres (1.570km²) of lush green land in the suburban villages of Poovam and

Thiruvettakudy Thiruvettakudy is a revenue village in the Karaikal taluk of Karaikal District. It is situated to the north of Kottucheri Kottucherry is a commune in Karaikal district, in the Indian state of Puducherry. The commune comprises a village of the ...

of the city of Karaikal in the Union territory of Puducherry. The main entrance is located on the Southern end of the campus at Thiruvettakudy, around 3 km towards east from National Highway 32 (

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). There is an other entrance located at Poovam in the western end of the campus. The Institute is located about 135 km from

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, 162 km from

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and 300 km from

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. The campus consists of an Administrative Block, Science Block, Guest House, Cafeteria, Central Library, Director and Staff Residence Complex, three Student Hostels and a Composite Engineering Complex called PENTAGON with five separate buildings for each of the engineering departments. Nitpybbg

The institute also has Sports complex with Football Ground, Basketball Ground, Cricket Ground, Badminton court, Beach Volleyball Ground, Kho-Kho court, Kabaddi court, Gymnasium, Athletic Field and an Indoor Sports Square for Chess, Carrom and Table Tennis. Other amenities on campus includes an on-campus

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branch and its ATM, Medical Centre with a pharmacy and a stationeries and provision store. The entire Institute and Hostels are all equipped with Internet via Wi-Fi and Ethernet.

Academics

Admission

Admission to the Undergraduate programs (

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) is highly competitive and is based on the rank secured by the candidates in the

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conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA). Candidates must also secure at least 75% marks in the 12th class examination, or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th class examination conducted by the respective Central/State Boards. For Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes students, the qualifying marks would be 65% in the 12th class examination. The examination is considered to be one of the toughest examinations in the world. In total number of seats available 50% of seats are reserved for the candidates having residence/native (home state) at

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, Mahe,

Yanam Yanam () (previously Yanaon, ()) is a town located in the Yanam district in Puducherry, India. It has a population of 35,000 and is entirely surrounded by Andhra Pradesh. It was formerly a French colony for nearly 200 years, and, though unite ...

) and

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. The remaining 50% seats are filled on All India quota basis. Joint Seat Allocation Authority(JoSSA) handles UG admission process. Admission to Postgraduate programs (

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) is done based on the rank secured by the candidate in

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(GATE) conducted jointly by the

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and seven Indian Institutes of Technologies at

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and

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on behalf of the National Coordination Board – GATE, Department of Higher Education,

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(MoE),

. PG admission is made through the Centralized Counselling for MTech (CCMT). NIT Puducherry follows the reservation policy declared by the

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, by which 27% of seats are reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), 15% for Scheduled Castes (SCs), and 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes (STs) and 10% for economically weaker section (ews).NITPY_Institute_Profile
retrieved on 2016-01-02. The institute also accepts foreign nationals through scholarships awarded by the Government of India, and

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(NRIs/PIOs) through an independent scheme known as Direct Admission for Students Abroad (DASA).

Courses

Undergraduate programs

= B.Tech

= The institute offers four-year

degree courses in the following disciplines: *Computer Science and Engineering *Electronics and Communication Engineering *Electrical and Electronics Engineering *Mechanical Engineering *Civil Engineering

= B.Sc. B.Ed.

= The institute has a four-year

B.Sc. A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...

B.Ed A Bachelor of Education (B.Ed. or BEd) is an undergraduate academic degree which prepares students for work as a teacher in schools. A Bachelor of Education program typically lasts three to four years and combines both coursework and practical exp ...

Integrated Teachers Education program. The B.Sc. course hass science subjects physics, chemistry, and mathematics as majors in addition to mandatory languages and pedagogy techniques.

Post-Graduate programs

= M.Tech

= The institute offers two-year

degree coursework and research in the following disciplines: *Computer Science and Engineering *Communication Systems *Power Electronics *Digital Industry *Disaster Resilient Infrastructures

= M.Sc

= The institute offers two-year

M.Sc A Master of Science (; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree. In contrast to the Master of Arts degree, the Master of Science degree is typically granted for studies in sciences, engineering and medicine ...

degree coursework in the following disciplines: * Chemistry * Mathematics * Physics

=Ph.D

= The institute accepts

doctoral A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

candidates for research in the following fields: * Chemistry * Civil Engineering * Computer Science and Engineering * Electrical and Electronics Engineering * Electronics and Communication Engineering * English * Mathematics * Mechanical Engineering * Physics

Rankings

NIT Puducherry ranked 136 among engineering colleges by the ''

National Institutional Ranking Framework National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a ranking methodology released annually by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India. The framework was approved by the former Ministr ...

'' (NIRF) in 2022, 101th rank in 2023 and 97th rank in 2024, so its on a positive trend.

References

External links

* {{Puducherry 2010 establishments in Puducherry National Institutes of Technology Educational institutions established in 2010 Engineering colleges in Puducherry Karaikal