Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

History

MANIT was started in 1960 as Maulana Azad College of Technology, named after the first Minister of Education, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. MACT started functioning in 1960 at Govt S.V. Polytechnic with an intake of 120 students and seven faculty members. It was one of the first eight Regional Engineering Colleges. It is one of the oldest college of Madhya Pradesh.

It acted at first from the campus of Swami Vivekanand Polytechnic. Swami Vivekanand Polytechnic's principal, S.R. Beedkar, was the first head of the institute, under the title "planning officer". The first principal, J.N. Mougdill, joined in 1962. At the same year the institute shifted to its current campus, which was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru.

Administration

The management team includes:

Director

Dr. Narendra S. Chaudhary

Deans

Dr. S.P.S Rajpoot, Faculty Welfare

Prof (Dr.) Aditya Goel, P & D

Dr. S.K. Katiyar, Research & Consultancy

Dr. Yogendra Kumar, Student Welfare

H.O.D.S.

Dr. R.K Baghel, Electronics and Communication Engineering

Dr. R.K. Pateriya, computer and science Engineering

Dr. P.K Jain, Civil Engineering

Dr. J.L Bhagoria, Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Bharatkumar K. Modhera, Chemical Engineering

Dr. Rahul M Shrivastava, Biological Science & Engineering Department

Dr. R.M.Sarviya, Energy Department

Dr. Sanjay Srivastava, Material Science & Metallurgical Engineering Department

Dr. Anupama Sharma, Architecture & Planning

Dr. Savita Dixit, Chemistry Department

Dr. Madhvi Shakya , Mathematics (Applied Mathematics) Department and Computer Application Department and Mathematics (Computational and Integrated Science [Bio Informatics]) Department

Dr. M. M. Malik, Physics Department

Dr. M.S. Chauhan , Humanities Department

Dr. Amit Banerji, Department of Management Studies

Registrar

K. Narayan

Campus

The institute is in the heart of Bhopal (Mata Mandir) on a beautiful plateau with a verdant 650-acre campus. It has 10 hostels, with new ones under construction. They have average food and lodging facilities along with 24-hour security. MANIT's Computer Center, Canteen, Workshops, Athletic Ground, Sports Complex, Gym, Energy Center and the open air auditorium are where students enjoy a healthy and competitive environment. They attain maturity and confidence while shaping themselves for the future needs of the world. The campus houses about 4,000 students and faculty members.

Academics

All course work and examinations for all majors and subjects are conducted with English language as the mode of instruction. Undergraduate courses are given in all engineering fields. Postgraduate courses include Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Master of Technology (M.Tech) and Ph.D in relevant fields, as well as other Master degrees. Admission to B.Tech. programmes is made through JEE-MAIN (joint entrance examination formerly known as AIEEE) Admission to M.Tech. programmes is made through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).

Admissions

For the undergraduate courses the admission is through the national level engineering entrance examination — JEE Main. (Before JEE Main, admission was through AIEEE.) The admission for NRI and foreign students is through the DASA scheme (Direct Admission for Students Abroad).

For the postgraduate courses the entry is through GATE for MTech, NIMCET for MCA or through an institute conducted entrance test.

For the courses Master of Business Administration course, admission is through CAT.

Departments

The departments of MANIT are:

Ranking

MANIT was ranked as the 25th best Engineering College of India in the Edu-Rand Rankings of 2015. The survey was done jointly by Edu, an Indian company and Rand Corporation, a non-profit American thinktank. It is generally considered as the best engineering college in M.P. Among the NIT's, MANIT was ranked 7th. The institute did not participate in the top 50 rankings of the engineering universiites according to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).It is one of the reputed Eningeering institue of Central India.

Student life

Student life revolves around the campus and hostels. For boys there are seven hostels, while girls reside in a single hostel.

There are organizations for student interests.

ISTE Students' Chapter MANIT — Indian Society for Technical Education MANIT Chapter is one of the most illustrious chapters of ISTE in the country. It has been organizing a variety of guest lectures, workshops and events under the banner of its Annual Students' Conclave 'CHIMERA' , to facilitate the budding engineers with the latest advancements and crucial developments pertaining to the field of technical education. ISTE MANIT was also identified as the best students' chapter in the MP-Chhattisgarh section based on activities in the year 2015-16. The chapter is governed by an Executive Members' Board which is presided over by its faculty advisor Dr. Jyoti Singhai and Chaired by Kratik Agrawal and Prashant Gaitonde.

Visit us at www.istemanit.in,

Rajbhasha Karyanvayan Samiti — Official Hindi club set up under constitutional provision. The club works for promotion of Hindi by organizing events and campaigns. Dr. Savita Dixit, the coordinator of Hindi Samiti has been awarded Rajbhasha Ratna. Samiti organizes largest Hindi fest of country, Tooryanaad.

Quizzer Club (QCM) — the first quizzing society among all NITs, it is the latest society formed in MANIT by quizzing prodigies intended to promote the quizzing, gd, debate and general knowledge among college students. Quizzer club has conducted successful events. Events include quizzomania, les quizzerable, gyaan, guest lecture, quizzotica, science quiz, zigyasa.

Drishtant— Founded in 1997, started being a literary society to a versatile society today, which endeavours for the all-round development of an individual by building confidence, improving verbal skills, harnessing creativity and inducing all such qualities that are essential for having a good personality. It hosts the annual event Ripple.

NITB web club (commonly known as Club NITB) — The online community that keeps track of all the ongoing activities of college and further works on web and software development. It is also responsible for maintaining college website like http://www.manit.ac.in, http://www.nitb.in, http://www.technosearch.org, http://www.maffick.org. It provides students with short email id as @nitb.in

Go Green Forum — The environment protection society of the college that creates awareness and takes initiative in improving college environment through green ideas. It maintains its blog at http://gogreen.nitb.in

Rotaract Club of MANIT — Society for social service and humanitarian causes. It is affiliated to Rotary International and has been working for causes in and out of the institute.

Rashtraay — The street play (Nukkad Natak) society of MANIT brings the current social and political issues of the country and society. It creates awareness among the students and people through their plays (Nukkad Natak). http://www.rashtraay.org

Pixel — Photography club organizes events like short filmmaking from time to time and shows the MANIT world through pixels. It is available at http://pixel.nitb.in

ISTE MANIT Chapter — Indian Society for Technical Education MANIT Chapter is one of the most illustrious chapters of ISTE in the country. It has been organizing a variety of guest lectures, workshops and events to facilitate the budding engineers with the latest advancements and crucial developments pertaining to the field of technical education. ISTE MANIT has been identified as the best students's chapter in the MP-Chhattisgarh section based on activities in the year 2015-16. Visit us at www.istemanit.in, www.facebook.com/chimera.nitbhopal

IEEE MANIT Chapter — The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Student Branch at MANIT endeavors to promote awareness among students on opportunities in the field of computer science, electronics and electrical engineering. Objective is to bridge the gap between industry and students studying in technology-related fields, while promoting and providing an intellectually stimulating university environment for the student body.

IEEE Student Branch, MANIT aims to provide an interactive platform for students to develop professional and technical abilities. Since the inception, it is successful in organizing various events with well defined objectives. http://ieeenitb.org

Vision — Technical society of MANIT that conducts workshops on robotics, embedded systems, programming languages and simulation software on college level as well as state level.

Roobaroo — Cultural society

"INSPIRE Club" to develop the devotional soul inside.

Festivals and meets

MANIT hosts major national-level festivals and meets, including:

Notable alumni