Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology
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Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal (MANIT or NIT Bhopal, NIT-B) is a public technical university located in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is part of a group of publicly funded institutions in India known as National Institutes of Technology. It is named after the Independent India's first Minister of Education (India), scholar and independence activist Abul Kalam Azad who is commonly remembered as Maulana Azad.
Other names | National Institute of Technology, Bhopal |
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Former names | Maulana Azad College of Technology; Regional Engineering College, Bhopal |
Motto in English | Education is our soul wealth |
Type | Public technical university |
Established | 4 September 1960 (4 September 1960) |
Endowment | Ministry of Education |
Chairperson | Bhim Singh[1] |
Director | Karunesh Kumar Shukla [2] |
Academic staff | 308[3] |
Students | 5014[4] |
Undergraduates | 4017[4] |
Postgraduates | 917[4] |
80[4] | |
Location | , , India 23.2136°N 77.3997°E / 23.2136; 77.3997 |
Campus | Urban, spread over 650 acres (2.6 km2) |
Language | English |
Website | www |
Established in the year 1960 as Maulana Azad College of Technology (MACT) or Regional Engineering College (REC), Bhopal, it became a National Institute of Technology in 2002 and was recognised as an Institute of National Importance under the NIT Act in 2007. The institute is fully funded by Ministry of Education, Government of India and is governed by the NIT Council.
It offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, architecture and management.