page_title: National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
section_title: Orion
hierarchical_section_title: National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli / Buildings and locations / Main Zone / Orion
caption_attribution_description: English: The Orion building at the NIT Trichy campus
context_page_description: National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, formerly called as Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli, is a public technical and research university near the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 1964, it is one of India's oldest, most selective, and most prestigious technical universities. It is located in a campus of 800 acres.
  NIT Trichy is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India under the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007 and is one of the institutions of the National Institutes of Technology system. The university focuses exclusively on science, technology, engineering, management, and architecture.
  National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked the university 1st among the NITs, 8th for architecture, 9th for engineering, 35th for management and 24th overall in India in 2020. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry named the university as the "University of the Year" in 2017.
context_section_description: The Orion is the lecture hall complex for the undergraduate students and consists of twenty-four large lecture halls. Each hall can accommodate around two hundred students and consists of projectors and televisions to make the lectures interactive. The shape of the Orion building is number eight. A decommissioned MIG-23 jet, presented by the Indian Air Force to the institute, is installed near the Orion building.
caption: Orion building