Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar courses, ranking and placement

The following departments are present. All departments offer courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and are actively involved in research in their specific fields.

• Applied Chemistry
• Applied Mathematics
• Applied Physics
• Bio-Technology
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Electrical Engineering (Now Discontinued i.e No New Batches)
• Humanities and Management
• Industrial and Production Engineering
• Information Technology (Now Discontinued i.e No New Batches)
• Instrumentation and Control Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mining Engineering (Now Discontinued i.e No New Batches)
• Textile Technology

Courses

• B.Tech
• M.Tech
• M.Sc
• MBA
• Ph.D

Placements

The institute is regularly visited by Indian and foreign Multinational corporations for offering jobs to final-year B.Tech and M.Tech students. The ratio of number of students placed to total number is nearly 1:1, with a number of students receiving multiple job offers. Campus Interviews are arranged for the final year B.Tech/ M.Tech/ M.Sc. students. A large number of reputed Industrial houses in the country visit the Institution and select the final year students as Engineers/ Management Trainees. Some of the Companies invite the students to their Corporate Offices for the interviews.

Housing

The students of National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar are drawn from all parts of the country. There are seven (plus one extension to hostel number 7) boys’ hostels, two girls’ hostels and a mega girls’ hostel. A mega hostel for boys having capacity of 1600 student is under construction. The facilities of reading room, indoor games, etc. are available in each hostel. Internet facility is provided in every hostel. Other facilities like gysers, water purifiers are provided in all the hostels. The residential accommodation in hostels comprises cubicles and dormitories which have four-seater, two-seater and one-seater facility allotted on the basis of the year and course of study the student is pursuing.There are badminton courts and special reading rooms which provide a good environment in the hostels.

Campus

The Institute campus is wide spread over an area of 154 acres. It has many topographical features, various buildings of different nature with clean and wide roads surrounded by a green belt. The campus area has been broadly divided into different functional zones:

1. Institution zone for teaching (departments/centers/administration)
2. Residential zone for the faculty and staff
3. Students’ hostel zone.

Other amenities on the campus include:

• Computer Centre
• Central Library
• Central Workshop
• Central Seminar Hall
• Dispensary
• Post Office
• Banks (State Bank of Patiala, Canara Bank)
• Shopping Complex
• Guest House
• Gymnasium Hall
• Open Air Theatre
• Sports Complex
• Students’ Activity Centre
• Canteen
• Bus Transport
• New M.Sc Department Building
• Mega Boys Hostel (3 Blocks completed)
• Modern Lecture Theaters

Under construction buildings:

• Mega Boys Hostel (3 more Blocks)
• Expansion of Workshop
• Technology Business Incubators(G+7) – Under Startup India Scheme
• Multi Purpose Stadium with 15000 seating capacity
• Type V QRTS(G+8) 4+1BHK

Department societies

To promote academic and cultural activities in the department, as well as raise awareness about best practices related to the academic domain, each department has a dedicated society:

• Society of Civil Engineers (SocCEr)
• Chemical Engineering Society (CES)
• Professional Association of Computer Engineers (PACE)
• Society of Electronics and Communication Engineers (SOECE)
• Society of Progressive Instrumentation and Control Engineers (SPICE)
• The Industrial Engineers Society (TIES)
• Society of Mechanical Engineers (SOME)
• The Institute of Textile Technicians Society (TITS)
• Society of Bio-Tech Engineers and Researchers (SOBER)

Apart from the above, to make students well aware of their field, there are student chapters of internationally acclaimed societies.

The ASME Student Section is an institute chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. It strives to bring technical competency and excellency among the students of mechanical engineering and of all the disciplines. It actively organizes technical events and web seminars by eminent people throughout the year. It has taken initiative to promote awareness for greener technology, stressing for the need of conserving energy and preserving the ecosystem.

Fests on campus

TechNITi : A techno-management fest that is conducted during the odd semester in mid-September. Participants from all over the country converge for this three-day event, which is usually the highlight of student life on campus. The fest involves events from all the departments, including from robotics, workshops, guest lectures and informals.

Utkansh : A cultural fest that is conducted during the even semester, which aims at drawing out the creative side of the techies on campus. The event is usually a four-day affair that occurs during the end of March. Each day usually has theme-based events; previous themes have included folk, rock, Kavi Sammelan (poets meet), comedy, theater, fusion etc.

Student organizations

The active societies include:

• The Music and Dramatics Society (MADS) brings together music and drama buffs. The society holds the prime responsibility of hosting UTKANSH (the annual cultural fest) as well as BHARAT DHWANI or NIT Day which is celebrated to commemorate national unity as well as the day when the college was upgraded to NIT status from its erstwhile REC tag.
• The Literary and Debating Society (LADS) organises events including quizzes, mock parliaments, devil’s advocate, as well as writing competitions. The society holds the prime responsibility for the publication of the institute newsletter, CAPSLOCK, which highlights issues relating to the entire fraternity on campus.
• The Fine Arts Society is for the creative and gifted in arts. It organizes events in painting, pottery and best out of waste, to name a few.
• The Photography Society is for the avid shutterbug. They hold photo contests whose themes have included shadow photography, fashion photography and landscapes of campus.
• The Movie Club organises movie screenings as well as movie-making contests known as IMAGINEERS and advertisement making competitions known as ADGINEERS.
• Rajbhasha Samiti is the society for promotion of the national language. Apart from organizing language-specific writing and speaking contests, it aims to increase the use of the national language in the technical sphere. It bring out an annual Hindi magazine Parikrima.
• PRAYAAS is a student-run club for teaching the poor children of construction workers on campus and slums near the campus. It is also involved in many charitable activities. Vinod Kumavat is the current precident of the organisation.
• QUEST is a quizzing club. It organises various quizzes and helps spread the quizzing culture in the institute.