Updated On Date: Jan 29, 2019

List of National Institutes of Technology (NITs) in India: Ranks & Admissions

India produces more than 8 lakh engineering graduates per annum. The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are considered as a premier engineering institutes in India, which have more than 18,000 intake capacity for various under graduate programmes (BTech). These are governed by the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007, which declared them as institutions of national importance alongside Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

The NIT admission process is rigorous as it strives to offer seats to candidates who have a good technical aptitude. Screening of candidates for undergraduate programmes is done basis the national level engineering entrance exam - JEE Main every year. Candidates who qualify in JEE Main appear for centralised counselling where they opt for B.Tech specialisations and best engineering courses of their choice.

List of NITs in India

S.No

Name of the NIT

State

Ranking (NIRF / MHRD)

1

NIT Tiruchirapalli (NIT Trichy)

Tamil Nadu

11

2

NIT Rourkela

Odisha

12

3

NIT Surathkal

Karnataka

22

4

NIT Warangal

Telangana

34

5

Motil Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT)

Uttar Pradesh

41

6

Visvesvaraya NIT

Maharashtra

42

7

NIT Calicut

Kerala

44

8

Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT)

Gujarat

50

9

NIT Silchar

Assam

53

10

NIT Durgapur

West Bengal

55

11

NIT Hamirpur

Himachal Pradesh

59

12

NIT Kurushetra

Haryana

60

13

Maulana Azad NIT (MANIT) Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh

61

14

Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT)

Rajasthan

70

15

NIT Manipur

Manipur

87

16

NIT Meghalaya

Meghalaya

100

17

NIT Agartala

Tripura

N.A

18

NIT Tadepalligudem

Andhra Pradesh

N.A

19

NIT Yupia

Arunachal Pradesh

N.A

20

NIT Raipur

Chhatisgarh

N.A

21

NIT Delhi

New Delhi

N.A

22

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar

Punjab

N.A

23

NIT Goa

Goa

N.A

24

NIT Jamshedpur

Jharkhand

N.A

25

NIT Mizoram

Mizoram

N.A

26

NIT Dimapur

Nagaland

N.A

27

NIT Patna

Bihar

N.A

28

NIT Sikkim

Sikkim

N.A

29

NIT Puducherry

Puducherry

N.A

30

NIT Srinagar

Jammu & Kashmir

N.A

31

NIT Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand

N.A

 
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