Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat
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The Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat (Gujarati
: સરદાર વલ્લભભાઈ રાષ્ટ્રીય પ્રૌદ્યોગિકી સંસ્થાન) also known as NIT Surat or SVNIT, is an autonomous engineering
and technology
oriented institute of higher education established by the Government of India
in 1961. It is one of 30 National Institutes of Technology
in India recognized by the Government Of India as an Institute of National Importance
.
NIT Surat was established to train scientists and engineers to cater to the country's growing need for R&D and technological manpower. It shares its organizational structure and undergraduate admission process
with sister NITs. The students and alumni of NIT Surat are informally referred to as SVNITians. The institute offers undergraduate, postgraduate and Doctoral courses in Engineering and Technology, Science, Humanities and Management.
The institute organizes annual cultural and technical festivals: MindBend (technical festival), Sparsh (social and cultural festival) and Autumnfest (automotive festival) that attract participants from all over the country and abroad.
, Calicut, Durgapur
, Kurukshetra
, Jamshedpur
, Jaipur
, Nagpur, Rourkela
, Srinagar
, Surathkal
, Surat, Tiruchirappalli, and Warangal
).
Sardar Vallabhbhai Regional College of Engineering and Technology was established in June 1961 as a co-operative venture between the Government of India
and the Government of Gujarat
. It is named after India
's first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
.
A review committee (HPRC) was set up by the Union Government in 1998 for review of RECs. The HPRC, under the chairmanship of Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, submitted its report entitled "Strategic Road Map for Academic Excellence of Future RECs" in 1998. Following the recommendations of HPRC, in 2002, the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India upgraded, all the seventeen Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) to National Institutes of Technology (NITs). In 2003 the institution was granted Deemed University
status with the approval of the UGC
/AICTE and was renamed Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology.
On 5 June 2007, the Parliament of India passed the National Institutes of Technology Act declaring it an Institute of National Importance which came in effect on Independence Day
2007.
) and the NIT Council with other NITs who is the most powerful person in the NIT organizational structure.
Below the NIT Council is SVNITs Board of Governors consisting of 12 members that includes representatives of the state of Gujarat, MHRD
in addition to other members appointed by the NIT Council and the institute's senate
.The Director serves under the Board of Governors, and is the school's chief academic and executive officer. Under the director and the deputy director are the deans, heads of departments, registrar, dean of students' council, and Chief Hostel Warden.
The Registrar is the chief administrative officer and oversees day-to-day operations. He is the custodian of records, funds, and other properties of the institute.Under the charge of the heads of departments (HOD) are the faculty (full-time professors as well as those of associate and assistant status). The wardens of hostels are placed under the Chief Hostel Warden in the organization.
NIT Surat receives funding from Government of India of Rs.500 million per year. Other sources of funds include student fees and research funding by industry-sponsored projects. NIT Surat subsidizes undergraduate student fees by approximately 80% and provide scholarships to all M.Tech. students and research scholars to encourage them to pursue higher studies.
The academic policies of NIT Surat are decided by its senate.It consists of all professors of the institute, and administrative and student representatives. The senate controls and approves the curriculum, courses, examinations and results and appoints committees to look into academic matters. The teaching, training and research activities of the institute are reviewed by the senate to maintain educational standards. The director is the ex officio chairman of the senate.
NIT Surat follows the credit
-based system of performance evaluation, with proportional weighting of courses based on their importance. The total marks (usually out of 100) form the basis of grades, with a grade value (out of 10) assigned to a range of marks. For each semester, the students are graded by taking a weighted average from all the courses with their respective credit points. Each semester's evaluation is done independently with a cumulative grade point average
(CGPA) reflecting the average performance across semesters. The medium of instruction is English.
. The campus is spread over 265 acres (1 km2) of lush green forest. The main entrance is located on the southern end of the campus, facing Surat-Dumas Highway 13 km from the Surat Railway Station. The 1.1 square kilometres (265 acres) campus has 5000 inhabitants which includes 210 faculty members and approximately 3,500 students living on the campus hostels.
The main building houses most of the administrative offices of the institute. It has lecture halls, and two drawing halls on either side.
The Central Library is located near the admin building of the institute. Its collection includes over 150,000 books and documents, and it subscribes to more than 600 printed and online journals and conference proceedings. The library has four halls and book bank section which is mainly for SC/ST/OBC
students and Students of Lower Income Groups. The library's collection consists of books, reports, conference proceedings, back volumes of periodicals, standards, theses, microform
s, CD-ROM
, floppies, and audio-visual material. The library's transaction service is automated and online searches are possible through an Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC). The Electronic Library section has a collection of databases, video lectures and miscellaneous other resources. Digital library also allow students access to online journals and other periodicals through the AICTE-INDEST consortium.
The Central Computer Center(CCC) is the institute's primary computer centre, with four computer labs, printing facilities and engineering software for use by students. The CCC serves as a central hub for interconnecting the campus-wide LAN.
within its limits. The campus has a water pumping station, electrical sub-station, telephone exchange and five cafeteria.
SVNIT Main Guest House is located opposite to the SVNIT main gate on Surat-Dumas road. It has 12 furnished rooms with telephone lines and television. It provides boarding and lodging facilities for the Institute guests, invited guests, visitors, newly appointed faculty, staff members, delegates and participants attending conferences, seminars, symposiums and workshops.
Residential facilities are provided on campus for students, faculty and staff of the institute. Most students live on campus in the residential hostels. There are 11 hostels (nine for boys and two for girls) that accommodate 3,500 students. With the exception of the girls' hostel, they are located on the southern side of the campus. Meals are served by all messes located in the hostels. Additionally, there are four cafeterias on campus where food is available for purchase.
Each hostel has its own mess, TV room, Sports room and computer facility.
The girls hostel has a gym and badminton court exclusively for girls.
Admission to undergraduate programmes in all NITs is through the All India Engineering Entrance Examination
popularly known as AIEEE. Candidates who qualify for admission through AIEEE can apply for admission in B.Tech.
(Bachelor of Technology) and integrated M.Sc. (Master of Sciences) courses at NIT Surat. The admissions to postgraduate programmes (M.Tech.) are made primarily through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
(GATE).
NIT Surat follows the reservation policy declared by the Supreme Court of India
, by which 27% of seats are reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBCs)
, 15% for Scheduled Castes (SCs), and 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes (STs). The institute also accepts foreign nationals through scholarships awarded by the Government of India, and non-resident Indians
through an independent scheme known as Direct Admission for Students Abroad (DASA).
(B.Tech.) in six engineering disciplines and the five year integrated Master of Science
in three science disciplines. The B.Tech. degree is the most popular undergraduate degree in NIT Surat in terms of student enrollment. It is based on a four-year programme with eight semesters. The first year of the B.Tech. curriculum has common courses from all departments. At the end of the first year, an option to change departments is given to meritorious students on the basis of their performance in the first two semesters.
From the second year onwards, the students take courses offered by their departments that are known as core courses. In addition to these, the students have to take inter-disciplinary courses known as elective courses. Separate courses from the humanities
and social sciences
department, and management and information technology are also required. At the end of the third year, the B.Tech. and Dual Degree students undertake mandatory industrial training or a project as part of the undergraduate curriculum.
In the final year of their studies, most of the students are offered jobs in industries and other organizations through the Training and Placement (T&P) section of the institute. Some students opt out of this facility in favour of higher studies or by applying to recruiting organizations directly.
in all disciplines.The doctoral scholars are given a topic of academic interest by the professor, or sometimes work on the consultancy projects sponsored by industries. The duration of the programme is usually unspecified. Ph.D. scholars submit a dissertation and conduct an oral defense of their thesis
. Teaching assistantships
(TA) and research assistantships
(RA) are provided based on the scholar's academic profile.
(DRDO) and the Department of Science and Technology
(DST); in 2008–09, research grants from these agencies exceeded one crore Indian rupee
s (Rs. 1,00,00,000; approx. US$
200,000).
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According to CSR-GHRDC Engineering Colleges Survey 2011, SVNIT is at 10th rank among the Top 15 engineering colleges of super excellence. (Link: http://ghrdc.org/pdfs/overall_results11.pdf )
In the year 2011, India Today ranked SVNIT, Surat as 18nd best engineering college among top 25 engineering colleges in the country. Link: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/specials/bestcolleges/2011/ranks.jsp?ST=Engineering&LMT=17&Y=2011. Last year(2010), SVNIT, Surat was 22nd best engineering college among top 25 engineering colleges in the same survey. Link: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/gallery/best-engineering-colleges-in-india,-2010/4/3308.html.
Mindbend is SVNIT's annual technical festival, the largest of its kind in Gujarat. Technical competitions and events covering all areas of engineering expose students across India to practical engineering. There are competitions, guest lectures, workshops and quizzes. Robotics events of Mindbend are famous in Westzone.
Sparsh is SVNIT's annual cultural festival. It usually takes place in the second week of March every year. The largest of its kind in South Gujarat, this 5-day festival consists of literary and debating events/competitions in the morning, and gala cultural shows in the evenings. The 'Sparsh Nites' as these evenings are called are the Singing Nite, Dance and Skit Nite, Fashion Nite, Fun-n-Fair and the Celebrity Nite. The last of these is a grand event, and has seen performances by Euphoria
, Udit Narayan
, Shaan
, Abhijeet Bhattacharya
In March 2007, Punjabi singer Daler Mehndi
came to perform on the celebrity night of Sparsh. The 2008 version was graced by Mohit Chauhan
and Gaurav Dagaonkar
. The 2009 version of it saw Bombay Rockers
come to the college. The 2011 version boasted of Kailash Kher's performance. Occasionally events like Kavi sammelan
and Ghazal nights have also taken place during Sparsh. The personality contest is conducted by the Literary and Debating Committee of the college.
AutumnFest SVNIT's annual Automotive-Entrepreneurial festival. In 2007 events included The Apprentice, Business baazigar, Spark- the B-plan event, Strategem, and Lock stock and trade. A workshop by Mantis was also a part of Entru-meet'07.
MMNCT( Manoj Memorial Night Cricket Tournament) is a cricket
tournament, organised by the students with the help of SVNIT Board of Sports, SVNIT Hostel Office and BSA Alumni. This tournament first started in 2006 in remembrance of a fellow student. All the matches are played under artificial lights.Nikhil Maheshwari hold the record for highest runs, In a poll held in 2011,Sarang Nirvikar is all time Highest Wicket taker, Mayur Bhatt Captain Herculeans and Man of the Tournament 2008 and 2009 has been voted the Best Cricketer of All Team for his exceptional decision making and all round skills.
The SVNIT Alumni Association has chapters in India and abroad that hold annual meets to socialize and network.
Gujarati language
Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language, and part of the greater Indo-European language family. It is derived from a language called Old Gujarati which is the ancestor language of the modern Gujarati and Rajasthani languages...
: સરદાર વલ્લભભાઈ રાષ્ટ્રીય પ્રૌદ્યોગિકી સંસ્થાન) also known as NIT Surat or SVNIT, is an autonomous engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
and technology
Institute of technology
Institute of technology is a designation employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system...
oriented institute of higher education established by the Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
in 1961. It is one of 30 National Institutes of Technology
National Institutes of Technology
The National Institutes of Technology , are a group of higher education engineering institutes in India. Comprising thirty autonomous institutes, they are located in one each major state/territory of India. On their inception decades ago, all NITs were referred as Regional Engineering Colleges ...
in India recognized by the Government Of India as an Institute of National Importance
Institute of National Importance
An Institute of National Importance, in India is defined as one which serves as a pivotal player in developing highly skilled personnel within the specified region of the country/state. Institutes on the list are usually supported by the Government of India...
.
NIT Surat was established to train scientists and engineers to cater to the country's growing need for R&D and technological manpower. It shares its organizational structure and undergraduate admission process
All India Engineering Entrance Examination
The All India Engineering Entrance Examination , is an examination organized by the Central Board of Secondary Education in India...
with sister NITs. The students and alumni of NIT Surat are informally referred to as SVNITians. The institute offers undergraduate, postgraduate and Doctoral courses in Engineering and Technology, Science, Humanities and Management.
The institute organizes annual cultural and technical festivals: MindBend (technical festival), Sparsh (social and cultural festival) and Autumnfest (automotive festival) that attract participants from all over the country and abroad.
History
It was the dream of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to see India emerge as a leader in science and technology. In order to serve the growing demand for trained quality technical manpower, the Government Of India started fourteen RECs between 1959 and 1965 (NITs located at Bhopal, AllahabadMotilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad
Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology is a Deemed University of National Importance as Declared by NIT Act, GOI, 2007 located in the city of Allahabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh...
, Calicut, Durgapur
National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
The National Institute of Technology, Durgapur , formerly the Regional Engineering College , Durgapur, was established under an Act of the Parliament of India in 1960 as one of the eight RECs...
, Kurukshetra
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra
The National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra , formerly Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra, is a public technical university wholly funded by Government of India. In December 2008, it was accredited with the status of Institution of National Importance...
, Jamshedpur
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur
National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur , formerly Regional Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, is a technology higher education institute located at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India...
, Jaipur
Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
Malviya National Institute of Technology at Jaipur is a higher education institute for technical education in India located at Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. It is one of the National Institutes of Technology and an Institute of National Importance. It was established in 1963. The institute is fully...
, Nagpur, Rourkela
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
National Institute of Technology – Rourkela , formerly known as the Regional Engineering College Rourkela , is a publicly funded institute of higher learning for engineering and technology located in the steel city of Rourkela, Orissa, India. It was established in the year 1961 by a joint...
, Srinagar
National Institute of Technology, Srinagar
The National Institute of Technology, Srinagar , formerly Regional Engineering College, Srinagar, commonly known as NIT-Srinagar or NIT-SRI, is an Institute of National Importance in Northern India...
, Surathkal
National Institute of Technology Karnataka
National Institute of Technology Karnataka , formerly known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College , is an autonomous university along the western shores of India. It was founded in 1960 is today one of the 30 National Institutes of Technology in India and is recognized as an Institute of...
, Surat, Tiruchirappalli, and Warangal
National Institute of Technology, Warangal
National Institute of Technology, Warangal is an undergraduate and post graduate engineering institute located in Warangal, India...
).
Sardar Vallabhbhai Regional College of Engineering and Technology was established in June 1961 as a co-operative venture between the Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
and the Government of Gujarat
Government of Gujarat
The Government of Gujarat also known as the State Government of Gujarat, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Gujarat and its 26 districts...
. It is named after India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
's first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel was an Indian barrister and statesman, one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress and one of the founding fathers of India...
.
A review committee (HPRC) was set up by the Union Government in 1998 for review of RECs. The HPRC, under the chairmanship of Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, submitted its report entitled "Strategic Road Map for Academic Excellence of Future RECs" in 1998. Following the recommendations of HPRC, in 2002, the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India upgraded, all the seventeen Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) to National Institutes of Technology (NITs). In 2003 the institution was granted Deemed University
Deemed University
Deemed university is a status of autonomy granted to high performing institutes and departments of various universities in India. This status of ‘Deemed-to-be-University’, is granted by Department of Higher Education, Union Human Resource Development Ministry, on the advice of the University Grants...
status with the approval of the UGC
UGC
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/AICTE and was renamed Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology.
On 5 June 2007, the Parliament of India passed the National Institutes of Technology Act declaring it an Institute of National Importance which came in effect on Independence Day
Independence Day (India)
The Independence Day of India is celebrated on the fifteenth of August to commemorate its independence from British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation in 1947. The day is a national holiday in India. All over the country, flag-hoisting ceremonies are conducted by the local administration in...
2007.
Administration
NIT Surat shares a common Visitor (a position held by the President of IndiaPresident of India
The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...
) and the NIT Council with other NITs who is the most powerful person in the NIT organizational structure.
Below the NIT Council is SVNITs Board of Governors consisting of 12 members that includes representatives of the state of Gujarat, MHRD
Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)
The Ministry of Human Resource Development is an Indian government ministry, responsible for the development of human resources...
in addition to other members appointed by the NIT Council and the institute's senate
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature or parliament. There have been many such bodies in history, since senate means the assembly of the eldest and wiser members of the society and ruling class...
.The Director serves under the Board of Governors, and is the school's chief academic and executive officer. Under the director and the deputy director are the deans, heads of departments, registrar, dean of students' council, and Chief Hostel Warden.
The Registrar is the chief administrative officer and oversees day-to-day operations. He is the custodian of records, funds, and other properties of the institute.Under the charge of the heads of departments (HOD) are the faculty (full-time professors as well as those of associate and assistant status). The wardens of hostels are placed under the Chief Hostel Warden in the organization.
NIT Surat receives funding from Government of India of Rs.500 million per year. Other sources of funds include student fees and research funding by industry-sponsored projects. NIT Surat subsidizes undergraduate student fees by approximately 80% and provide scholarships to all M.Tech. students and research scholars to encourage them to pursue higher studies.
The academic policies of NIT Surat are decided by its senate.It consists of all professors of the institute, and administrative and student representatives. The senate controls and approves the curriculum, courses, examinations and results and appoints committees to look into academic matters. The teaching, training and research activities of the institute are reviewed by the senate to maintain educational standards. The director is the ex officio chairman of the senate.
NIT Surat follows the credit
Credit (education)
A course credit is a unit that gives weighting to the value, level or time requirements of an academic course taken at a school or other educational institution.- United States :...
-based system of performance evaluation, with proportional weighting of courses based on their importance. The total marks (usually out of 100) form the basis of grades, with a grade value (out of 10) assigned to a range of marks. For each semester, the students are graded by taking a weighted average from all the courses with their respective credit points. Each semester's evaluation is done independently with a cumulative grade point average
Grade (education)
Grades are standardized measurements of varying levels of comprehension within a subject area. Grades can be assigned in letters , as a range , as a number out of a possible total , as descriptors , in percentages, or, as is common in some post-secondary...
(CGPA) reflecting the average performance across semesters. The medium of instruction is English.
Campus
The campus is located near Ichchhanath in the city of SuratSurat
Surat , also known as Suryapur, is the commercial capital city of the Indian state of Gujarat. Surat is India's Eighth most populous city and Ninth-most populous urban agglomeration. It is also administrative capital of Surat district and one of the fastest growing cities in India. The city proper...
. The campus is spread over 265 acres (1 km2) of lush green forest. The main entrance is located on the southern end of the campus, facing Surat-Dumas Highway 13 km from the Surat Railway Station. The 1.1 square kilometres (265 acres) campus has 5000 inhabitants which includes 210 faculty members and approximately 3,500 students living on the campus hostels.
Academic buildings
NIT Surat has nine academic departments in addition to laboratories and central research facilities. The institute's academic facilities are located in the north-western part of the campus; these include the department buildings, laboratories, lecture halls, the computer centre and the central library. Each department has its own library, in addition to the central library.The main building houses most of the administrative offices of the institute. It has lecture halls, and two drawing halls on either side.
The Central Library is located near the admin building of the institute. Its collection includes over 150,000 books and documents, and it subscribes to more than 600 printed and online journals and conference proceedings. The library has four halls and book bank section which is mainly for SC/ST/OBC
Other Backward Class
The Central Government of India classifies some of its citizens based on their social and economic condition as Scheduled Caste , Scheduled Tribe , and Other Backward Class . The OBC list presented by the commission is dynamic and will change from time to time depending on social, educational and...
students and Students of Lower Income Groups. The library's collection consists of books, reports, conference proceedings, back volumes of periodicals, standards, theses, microform
Microform
Microforms are any forms, either films or paper, containing microreproductions of documents for transmission, storage, reading, and printing. Microform images are commonly reduced to about one twenty-fifth of the original document size...
s, CD-ROM
CD-ROM
A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....
, floppies, and audio-visual material. The library's transaction service is automated and online searches are possible through an Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC). The Electronic Library section has a collection of databases, video lectures and miscellaneous other resources. Digital library also allow students access to online journals and other periodicals through the AICTE-INDEST consortium.
The Central Computer Center(CCC) is the institute's primary computer centre, with four computer labs, printing facilities and engineering software for use by students. The CCC serves as a central hub for interconnecting the campus-wide LAN.
Civic Amenities
The institute campus has three guest houses, a dispensary, a post-office, two nationalized banks and three ATMAutomated teller machine
An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine, also known as a Cashpoint , cash machine or sometimes a hole in the wall in British English, is a computerised telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public...
within its limits. The campus has a water pumping station, electrical sub-station, telephone exchange and five cafeteria.
SVNIT Main Guest House is located opposite to the SVNIT main gate on Surat-Dumas road. It has 12 furnished rooms with telephone lines and television. It provides boarding and lodging facilities for the Institute guests, invited guests, visitors, newly appointed faculty, staff members, delegates and participants attending conferences, seminars, symposiums and workshops.
Residential facilities are provided on campus for students, faculty and staff of the institute. Most students live on campus in the residential hostels. There are 11 hostels (nine for boys and two for girls) that accommodate 3,500 students. With the exception of the girls' hostel, they are located on the southern side of the campus. Meals are served by all messes located in the hostels. Additionally, there are four cafeterias on campus where food is available for purchase.
Hostel and boarding facilities
SVNIT has eleven hostels with nine for boys and two dedicated to girls named after personalities of India. Each hostel is administrated by the Chief Hostel Warden. Each hostel elects representatives from the hostel residents for areas like Entertainment, Computer Facility, Network, Environment, and Cultural. Two mega hostels for boys and one mega hostel for girls with large number of facilities have been constructed.Each hostel has its own mess, TV room, Sports room and computer facility.
Athletic facilities
Most of the institute's athletic and sports facilities are located in and around the Student Activity Center (SAC) . The SAC has indoor badminton courts and a gymnasium. Adjoining this building are two basketball courts, a cricket ground and football ground. Other facilities on campus include a volleyball court, pool tables and indoor table-tennis tables in the residential hostels.The girls hostel has a gym and badminton court exclusively for girls.
Admissions and academics
Admission to most undergraduate and postgraduate courses in NIT Surat is granted through written entrance examinations. Admission to M.Tech. and Ph.D. programmes is based primarily on a personal interview, though candidates have to take written tests as well.Admission to undergraduate programmes in all NITs is through the All India Engineering Entrance Examination
All India Engineering Entrance Examination
The All India Engineering Entrance Examination , is an examination organized by the Central Board of Secondary Education in India...
popularly known as AIEEE. Candidates who qualify for admission through AIEEE can apply for admission in B.Tech.
Bachelor of Technology
The Bachelor of Technology is an undergraduate academic degree conferred after completion of a three or four year program of studies at an accredited university or accredited university-level institution...
(Bachelor of Technology) and integrated M.Sc. (Master of Sciences) courses at NIT Surat. The admissions to postgraduate programmes (M.Tech.) are made primarily through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is an examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institutes of Technologies on behalf of the National Coordination Board – GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development ,...
(GATE).
NIT Surat follows the reservation policy declared by the Supreme Court of India
Supreme Court of India
The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India...
, by which 27% of seats are reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBCs)
Other Backward Class
The Central Government of India classifies some of its citizens based on their social and economic condition as Scheduled Caste , Scheduled Tribe , and Other Backward Class . The OBC list presented by the commission is dynamic and will change from time to time depending on social, educational and...
, 15% for Scheduled Castes (SCs), and 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes (STs). The institute also accepts foreign nationals through scholarships awarded by the Government of India, and non-resident Indians
Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin
A Non-Resident Indian is an Indian citizen who has migrated to another country, a person of Indian origin who is born outside India, or a person of Indian origin who resides permanently outside India. Other terms with the same meaning are overseas Indian and expatriate Indian...
through an independent scheme known as Direct Admission for Students Abroad (DASA).
Undergraduate education
NIT Surat offers a number of degrees as part of its undergraduate programmes, including Bachelor of TechnologyBachelor of Technology
The Bachelor of Technology is an undergraduate academic degree conferred after completion of a three or four year program of studies at an accredited university or accredited university-level institution...
(B.Tech.) in six engineering disciplines and the five year integrated Master of Science
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
in three science disciplines. The B.Tech. degree is the most popular undergraduate degree in NIT Surat in terms of student enrollment. It is based on a four-year programme with eight semesters. The first year of the B.Tech. curriculum has common courses from all departments. At the end of the first year, an option to change departments is given to meritorious students on the basis of their performance in the first two semesters.
From the second year onwards, the students take courses offered by their departments that are known as core courses. In addition to these, the students have to take inter-disciplinary courses known as elective courses. Separate courses from the humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
and social sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
department, and management and information technology are also required. At the end of the third year, the B.Tech. and Dual Degree students undertake mandatory industrial training or a project as part of the undergraduate curriculum.
In the final year of their studies, most of the students are offered jobs in industries and other organizations through the Training and Placement (T&P) section of the institute. Some students opt out of this facility in favour of higher studies or by applying to recruiting organizations directly.
Postgraduate and Doctoral education
NIT Surat offers postgraduate programmes including Master of Technology (M.Tech.) and Master of Sciences (M.Sc.). The institute offers the Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D.) as part of its doctoral education programmeDoctorate
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in all disciplines.The doctoral scholars are given a topic of academic interest by the professor, or sometimes work on the consultancy projects sponsored by industries. The duration of the programme is usually unspecified. Ph.D. scholars submit a dissertation and conduct an oral defense of their thesis
Thesis
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. Teaching assistantships
Teaching assistant
A teaching assistant is an individual who assists a professor or teacher with instructional responsibilities. TAs include graduate teaching assistants , who are graduate students; undergraduate teaching assistants , who are undergraduate students; secondary school TAs, who are either high school...
(TA) and research assistantships
Research assistant
A research assistant is a researcher employed, often on a temporary contract, by a university or a research institute, for the purpose of assisting in academic research...
(RA) are provided based on the scholar's academic profile.
Sponsored research
Research in the institute is sponsored by government agencies including Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Defence Research and Development OrganisationDefence Research and Development Organisation
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(DRDO) and the Department of Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology (India)
The Department of Science and Technology is a department within the Ministry of Science and Technology in India. It was established in May 1971, with the objective of promoting new areas of Science and Technology and to play the role of a nodal department for organising, coordinating and promoting...
(DST); in 2008–09, research grants from these agencies exceeded one crore Indian rupee
Indian rupee
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s (Rs. 1,00,00,000; approx. US$
United States dollar
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200,000).
Rankings
Ranking by education surveys such asIndia Today
India Today
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"Outlook
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"
"DNA"
"Webometrics
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"
"Competition Success Review
Competition Success Review
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"
put NIT Surat among the best engineering institutes of India.
According to CSR-GHRDC Engineering Colleges Survey 2011, SVNIT is at 10th rank among the Top 15 engineering colleges of super excellence. (Link: http://ghrdc.org/pdfs/overall_results11.pdf )
In the year 2011, India Today ranked SVNIT, Surat as 18nd best engineering college among top 25 engineering colleges in the country. Link: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/specials/bestcolleges/2011/ranks.jsp?ST=Engineering&LMT=17&Y=2011. Last year(2010), SVNIT, Surat was 22nd best engineering college among top 25 engineering colleges in the same survey. Link: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/gallery/best-engineering-colleges-in-india,-2010/4/3308.html.
Student Life
NIT Surat provides on-campus residential facilities to its students, research scholars, faculty members and staff. The students live in hostels (referred to as bhavans) throughout their stay in the NIT. Wi-Fi facility is now extended to all the hostels.Festivals
The institute has student-organised festivals like MindBend, Sparsh, Autumnfest, and MMNCT.Mindbend is SVNIT's annual technical festival, the largest of its kind in Gujarat. Technical competitions and events covering all areas of engineering expose students across India to practical engineering. There are competitions, guest lectures, workshops and quizzes. Robotics events of Mindbend are famous in Westzone.
Sparsh is SVNIT's annual cultural festival. It usually takes place in the second week of March every year. The largest of its kind in South Gujarat, this 5-day festival consists of literary and debating events/competitions in the morning, and gala cultural shows in the evenings. The 'Sparsh Nites' as these evenings are called are the Singing Nite, Dance and Skit Nite, Fashion Nite, Fun-n-Fair and the Celebrity Nite. The last of these is a grand event, and has seen performances by Euphoria
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, Udit Narayan
Udit Narayan
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, Shaan
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, Abhijeet Bhattacharya
In March 2007, Punjabi singer Daler Mehndi
Daler Mehndi
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came to perform on the celebrity night of Sparsh. The 2008 version was graced by Mohit Chauhan
Mohit Chauhan
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and Gaurav Dagaonkar
Gaurav Dagaonkar
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. The 2009 version of it saw Bombay Rockers
Bombay Rockers
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come to the college. The 2011 version boasted of Kailash Kher's performance. Occasionally events like Kavi sammelan
Kavi sammelan
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and Ghazal nights have also taken place during Sparsh. The personality contest is conducted by the Literary and Debating Committee of the college.
AutumnFest SVNIT's annual Automotive-Entrepreneurial festival. In 2007 events included The Apprentice, Business baazigar, Spark- the B-plan event, Strategem, and Lock stock and trade. A workshop by Mantis was also a part of Entru-meet'07.
MMNCT( Manoj Memorial Night Cricket Tournament) is a cricket
Cricket
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tournament, organised by the students with the help of SVNIT Board of Sports, SVNIT Hostel Office and BSA Alumni. This tournament first started in 2006 in remembrance of a fellow student. All the matches are played under artificial lights.Nikhil Maheshwari hold the record for highest runs, In a poll held in 2011,Sarang Nirvikar is all time Highest Wicket taker, Mayur Bhatt Captain Herculeans and Man of the Tournament 2008 and 2009 has been voted the Best Cricketer of All Team for his exceptional decision making and all round skills.
Student Organisations
- Entrepreneurship Cell
- Drishti
- ISF (IETE STUDENT FORUM)
- i-INDIA(initiative-india) For help of Labor's childrens
- Nirvana
- ACM (Association OF Computing Machinery)
- SPICMACAY
Alumni network
The SVNIT Alumni Association is the organization in SVNIT which fosters the interaction between the institute and its alumni. The association consists of a group of SVNITians who maintain a rapport with their predecessors through networking, publications and alumni meets. The group is guided by the Dean, Alumni and Resource Generation and his office.The SVNIT Alumni Association has chapters in India and abroad that hold annual meets to socialize and network.