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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