# National Institute of Technology Delhi

The National Institute of Technology, Delhi (NIT Delhi or NITD) is a public technical university located in Delhi, India. It has been declared as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India. It is one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology in India.

## History

The National Institute of Technology, Delhi, is one of ten NITs established during the 11th Five Year Plan by the Ministry of Education (MOE). The first batch of students, was admitted in the 2010-11 year period, in a three-year undergraduate Bachelor of Technology degree program in Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, and Electrical and Electronics Engineering. For the first two years, the institute's academic activities were carried out at the National Institute of Technology, Warangal, its mentor institute. The institute moved to a temporary campus at Dwarka, Delhi in August 2012 and then to a temporary IAMR campus in Narela in February 2014.
From the academic year 2013-2014 the intake in each undergraduate programme increased to 60 students. A Master of Technology programme in the discipline of Electronics and Communication Engineering with an initial intake of 15 students weasintroduced during the academic year 2013-14, followed by a PhD programme that started in January 2014 with an initial intake of seven research scholars. A Master of Technology programme in the discipline of Power Electronics and Drives with an intake of 15 students was started during the academic session of 2017-18.

## Campus
### Permanent campus

NIT Delhi is located about 25 km from Delhi city on National Highway 1. The campus spans over 51 acres (0.21 km$^2$) of land in Narela, Delhi. The first phase of the permanent campus of NIT Delhi has been completed and now the institute functions from its permanent campus.

### Transit campus

NIT Delhi used to run at NILERD Campus, Narela. It has currently shifted to a permanent campus.

### Library

The Central Library, NIT Delhi was established in June 2012 in Dwarka. It moved to IAMR Campus, Narela Institutional Area ,in February 2014. It is housed on the first floor of the building. The automation of library services is through an RFID library card.

### Computer Center

A computer center was established in February 2014 and maintains and manages Wi-Fi facility through rack-mounted blade servers in the campus having high speed (single mode) fiber backbone, managed by Layer-3 Switches providing 600 Mbit/s (1:1) bandwidth.

### Sports facilities

The institute has a sports department with arrangements for several indoor and outdoor games. Indoor games include badminton, table tennis, carrom, and chess. Outdoor games include cricket, football, and basketball. There are football grounds and volleyball, along with a cricket pitch and basketball court. Altius - Sports Club organizes an annual sports festival every year in February named ZEAL.

## Organization and administration
### Governance

The rules, regulations and recommendations for the functioning of all NITs are decided by the NIT Council. The members of the council consist of representatives of all NITs and the MHRD. The institute is governed by a Board of Governors. The director of the institute is an ex-officio member of the board. It decides on all aspects of the running of the institute.

### Departments

Currently, the following six departments are functioning in the institute:-
* Applied Sciences
* Computer Science & Engineering
* Electronics and Communication Engineering
* Electrical Engineering
* Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
* Civil Engineering

## Academics
### Academic Programs

NIT Delhi currently offers only engineering programs in graduate, undergraduate, and doctorate level. The Institute offers four-year bachelor's degree programs in Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence & Data Science Engineering which was introduced recently in 2023.
The intake of students for Bachelor of Technology courses is 60 in each branch. It offers two-year master's degree programs in Electronics and Communication Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering (Analytics). The intake of students to these postgraduate programs is 15 each. It offers Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree programs in Electrical and electronics engineering, electronics and communication engineering, and computer science and engineering.

### Admissions

Undergraduate admission to the institute is through the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) organized by the MHRD's National Testing Agency. The seats are allotted by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority. Half of the seats are reserved under Home State category for Delhi and Chandigarh students. The remaining half of the seats are filled by students from other states.
Admission for foreign nationals is carried out by Direct Admission for Students Abroad (DASA) under the MHRD. The admissions are based on the SAT scores of the eligible candidates. The number of seats available for foreign nationals in each branch at NIT Delhi is 4 and these are over and above the intake (currently 60) of each branch.
Admissions to the Master of Technology Programs are made based on performance in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering.

## Ranking

NITD is ranked 45th among the engineering colleges of India by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024.

## Research

The institute conducts theoretical and experimental research, including the areas of VLSI and embedded systems, power electronics and drives, advanced magnetohydrodynamics and mathematical modelling of fluid dynamics.

## Student life

NIT Delhi has various forms of clubs or student organizations, with the Dean of Student Welfare being at the helm of all these student organizations and clubs. The institution is host to The Cultural Club, UPVISION - Technical cluC, AlphaZ - , tLiterature Society, Altius - The Sports Club, Clairvoyance - The Photography Club, Arts Club, Social Reformation Cell (SRC), The Google Developers Student Club (GDSC), among others.
NIT Delhi hosts two major annual events:
* Sentience: A Techno-Cultural fest. It's the unison of two major and average milestones, TerraTechnica and Saptrang.
* Zeal: A Sports festival which teaches the value of sportsmanship to the students of the college.