Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology

History

KNIT was established as the Faculty of Technology in Kamla Nehru Institute of Science and Technology, Lucknow, in 1976 by the Kamla Nehru Memorial Trust. It was taken over by the government of Uttar Pradesh in 1979 with a view to develop an engineering institute in the Eastern region of Uttar Pradesh. In 1983 it was registered as a separate society and was renamed as the Kamla Nehru Institute Of Technology.

KNIT offers testing and consultancy services to the industry and other agencies. The institute is affiliated to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow. Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Sultanpur has been officially ranked number 4 based on the performance of the students.

Courses of study

The Institute offers the following courses under semester system.

Undergraduate programs: B.Tech (4 years - 8 semesters)

The B.Tech curriculum prescribed by Abdul Kalam Technical University Lucknow comprises a full-time four-year course approved by AICTE. The curriculum consists of theory courses, practicals, projects and seminars. It also provides weightage for industrial training and extracurricular activities.

The theory courses are composed of basic Science and Humanities subjects, engineering courses, core courses and departmental specialized courses with a proportion of 16%, 34% and 50% respectively. There is an emphasis on computer education, and for this each branch, except Computer Science and Engineering, and Information Technology, includes some Computing papers.

Students do their industrial training of 6 weeks at the third year level in industry. The students deliver seminars in the third year on advanced topics.

The intakes are :

5% of the seats are reserved for the NRIs and 10 seats for other states nominees.

Master of Computer Applications (MCA) (3 years - 6 semesters)

This programme fulfills the industry's need for software professionals. MCA is a six-semester full-time postgraduate programme spread over three years. The MCA Programme was introduced in the institute in 1988 with its first batch passing out in 1991, initially with an intake of 30 students, which was increased to 60 students in 2000.

The MCA programme runs under the Computer Science and Engineering Department. Experts from industry and academic institutions are invited to deliver lectures on advancements in the field of Computer Science.

Full-time postgraduate (M.Tech)

Part-time (M.Tech) programme (five semesters) course

13 seats in all these branches except Computer Sc. & Engg. where intake is 18, totaling to 70.

Doctoral programme: Ph.D.

Departmemts

The Institute has following Academic Departments

Placement

KNIT has had a great placement record, with decent placements of around 15 lpa and maximum placement of around 55 lpa. Nearly 95% students are placed every year. KNITians could be found in any PSUs. Companies like Intel, Texas Instruments, Amazon, Microsoft, Snapdeal, TCS (Tata Consultancy Services), Mediatek Inc, Wipro, Idea Cellular, Wipro, Lava Mobiles, Hexaview, etc regularly visit the campus. Dr. S. K. Sinha is the professor in charge of career development cell

Campus facilities and amenities

KNIT has a 100 acre campus with different blocks allotted for various academic activities which include co-curricular and extra co-curricular activities. Apart from hostels, KNIT has admin blocks, a CSA(Council of student activities) hall, KNIT grounds, Academic block, various engineering labs like Mechanics lab and Workshops which consist of various shops like welding, foundry, carpentry, etc that are generally included in engineering syllabuses across the country. Many of the labs like networking, Java and various CSED (Computer science and Engineering Department labs) are located in academic blocks.

The college also has a guest house which is used for accommodation of guests such as guest professors and guardians of students residing in campus.

In campus hostels