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{{short description|Public engineering institute located in Jalandhar, Punjab, India}}
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{{Infobox university
| name                   = Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar
| caption                = Logo of the National Institute of Technology Jalandhar
| motto                  = ''Saraswati Namastubhyam''
| mottoeng               = Hail [[Sarasvati]]
| established            = {{start date and age|1987}}
| type                   = [[Institute of National Importance]]
| endowment              = [[Ministry of Education (India)|Ministry of Education]], [[Government of India]]
| chairperson            = Subhash Chandra Ralhan
| director               = Binod Kumar Kanaujia
| city                   = [[Jalandhar]]
| state                  = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| nickname               =
NITians
| country                = India
| campus                 = Urban,{{convert|154|acre|km2}}
| free_label             =
| colours                = {{color box|blue}} Blue<br />{{color box|white}} White
| website                = {{URL|www.nitj.ac.in/}}
| footnotes = ''[[Institute of National Importance]] ''
| image_name             = Logo of NIT Jalandhar.png
| affiliations           = Ministry of Education
| former_name            = Regional Engineering College Jalandhar
| coor                   = {{Coord|31.39587|75.53584|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar''' ('''NIT Jalandhar ''' or '''NITJ'''), formerly '''Regional Engineering College Jalandhar''', is a public engineering university located in [[Jalandhar, Punjab]], India established on 1987. It has been declared as an Institute of National Importance under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt of India.  It is a member of the [[National Institutes of Technology]] (NITs) system, a group of premier Indian technical institutes governed by the [[Council of NITSER]] on 2002. It was founded as a joint venture between the [[Government of Punjab, India|state]] and the [[Government of India|central government]], originally under the name Regional Engineering College, Jalandhar, Punjab, India (RECJ). RECJ (now NITJ) was established in 1989 by the joint venture of Govt of India and Govt of Punjab on the Land of Village Bidhipur and Village Suranussi of District Jalandhar (Punjab) on the Grand Trunk Road bye-pass.
==History==
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Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology was established in the year 1987 as Regional Engineering College and was given the status of National Institute of Technology (Deemed University) by the Government of India on 17 October 2002, under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi. The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has declared the Institute as "Institute of National Importance" under the act of Parliament-2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About NITJ - Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar |url=https://www.nitj.ac.in/index.php/nitj_cinfo/index/12 |access-date=11 March 2023 |website=www.nitj.ac.in}}</ref>
==Campus==
The Institute campus is widespread over an area of 154 acres.<ref>{{cite web |title=Campus - Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar |url=http://www.nitj.ac.in/index.php/nitj_cinfo/index/13 |website=www.nitj.ac.in |access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref> It includes teaching facilities and residence buildings for students and staff, plus several amenities.<ref name="AboutCampus">{{cite web |url=http://nitj.ac.in/index.php/campus/about-the-campus |title=About the Campus |access-date=30 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904011427/http://nitj.ac.in/index.php/campus/about-the-campus |archive-date=4 September 2014 }}</ref>
In 2019 ISRO launched their space incubation center at NIT Jalandhar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theindianwire.com/education/isro-launched-space-technology-incubation-centre-nit-jalandhar-95588/|title=ISRO launches Space Technology Incubation Centre at NIT, Jalandhar|last=Nihalani|first=Bishakha|date=19 January 2019|website=The Indian Wire|language=en-GB|access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref>
===Housing===
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The students of National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar are drawn from all parts of the country. There are seven (plus one extension to hostel number 7)  boys' hostels, two girls' hostels, and a mega girls' hostel. A mega hostel with three blocks was recently constructed. The facilities of the reading room, indoor games, etc. are available in each hostel. Internet facility is provided in every hostel. Other facilities like geysers, water purifiers, and Washing Machines are provided in all the hostels. The residential accommodation in hostels comprises cubicles and dormitories which have four-seater, two-seater, and one-seater facilities allotted on the basis of the year and course of study the student is pursuing. There are badminton courts, volleyball court, and special reading rooms which provide a good environment in the hostels.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nitj.ac.in/index.php/campus/hostels |title=Hostels |access-date=30 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904011431/http://www.nitj.ac.in/index.php/campus/hostels |archive-date=4 September 2014 }}</ref>
==Organisation and administration ==
===Departments===
[[File:IT Building, NIT Jalandhar 01.JPG|thumb|right|IT Building, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering]]
The various academic departments in the institute offer course based degree programmes and also degree programmes that are inclined towards research. There are fifteen academic departments in the institute. All the departments have the doctoral programme.
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==Academics==
===Admissions===
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[[File:NITJ bldg.jpg|thumb|right|Main building of NIT-J]]
The admissions to the [[B. Tech]] programs is run by JoSSA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority). Students were admitted on the basis of [[All India Engineering/Architecture Entrance Examination|All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE)]] till 2012 but from 2013 the admission is based on [[Joint Entrance Examination|Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) ]] conducted across India. Total seats for B.Tech. is 652 for 2011 admissions. For the session of 2019–2020, the seats for B.Tech. had increased by 33% and 874 students were admitted for B.tech courses. Similarly, the number of postgraduate seats were also doubled. As of 2019, there are 3854 students in Graduate and postgraduate programs of the institute. Admissions to the [[MTech]] programs are by the [[Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering|GATE]] exam conducted by the [[Indian Institutes of Technology|IIT]] and [[IISc]]. The postgraduate admission is on the basis of research and interviews by the appropriate screening committees.
===Placements===
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The institute is regularly visited by Indian and foreign [[multinational corporation]]s for offering jobs to final-year B.Tech. and M.Tech. students. A large number of reputed Industrial houses in the country visit the Institution and select the final year students as Engineers/ Management Trainees. Some of the Companies invite the students to their Corporate Offices for the interviews. Major companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Infosys, Reliance Petrochemicals Limited, Hero Motor corp.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nitj.ac.in/index.php/central-facilities/centre-of-training-a-placement |title=Centre of Training and Placement |access-date=30 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904011437/http://www.nitj.ac.in/index.php/central-facilities/centre-of-training-a-placement |archive-date=4 September 2014 }}</ref>
===Ranking===
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| NIRF_E_2024=58
| NIRF_E_2023=46
| IT_E_2022 = 33
}}
In 2023 NIRF Rankings, the institute was ranked 46 among the top 100 engineering colleges of India.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_E_2023/> It ranked 33 among all government engineering colleges according to a survey conducted by ''[[India Today]]'' in 2022.<ref name=Rankings_IT_E_2022/>
==Student life==
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===Cultural festivals===
[[File:Vlcsnap-2009-09-08-22h44m06s165.png|thumb|Demonic Resurrection performing at Khamosh (the Rocknite at Utkansh-09)]]
TechNITi: A techno-management fest that is conducted during the odd semester in mid-September. The fest involves events from all the departments, including from robotics, workshops, guest lectures, and informals.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
{{citation needed span |text=Utkansh: A cultural fest that is conducted during the even semester, which aims at drawing out the creative side of the techies on campus. The event is usually a three-day affair that occurs during the end of March. Each day usually has theme-based events; previous themes have included folk, rock, Kavi Sammelan (poets meet), comedy, theatre, fusion, etc. |date=February 2023}}
==Notable alumni==
* [[Anindya Ghose]] - Director, [[New York University Stern School of Business|Stern School of Business]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~aghose/ |title = Anindya Ghose &#124; Professor at Stern School of Business, New York University |website=stern.nyu.edu |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref>
* Upasan Taku - Co-founder, [[MobiKwik]]<ref name="Alumni">{{Cite web |title=NIT Jalandhar Alumni |url=https://www.nitj.ac.in/ipe/IPE_Outstanding_Alumni.pdf}}</ref>
* Ali Hyder Rizvi - Director, [[Morgan Stanley]]<ref name="Alumni"/>
* Ajit Mohan Karimpana, CEO, [[Furlenco]]<ref name="Alumni"/>
* Abhishek Parakh, Professor, [[Kennesaw State University]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Homepage - Abhishek Parakh - Bio |url=https://sites.google.com/site/abhishekparakh/bio |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=sites.google.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website}}
{{National Institutes of Technology}}
{{Universities and colleges in Punjab, India}}
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