National Institute of Technology Durgapur

The National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (formerly Regional Engineering College, Durgapur), was established by an Act of Parliament in 1960 as one of the eight such colleges aimed to function as a pace setter for engineering education in the country and to foster national integration.It is a fully-funded premier Technological Institution of the Government of India and is administered by an autonomous Board of Governors.

The Institute is located about 160 KMs north-west of Kolkata on the Howrah-Delhi main railway route and overlooking the National Highway No. 2(the great Grand- Trunk Road). The Institute spreads over an area of 187 acres of land. It is fully residential and co-educational. At present about 2500 boys and 500 girls reside in seven boys' hostels and two girls' hostels. The annual undergraduate intake is more than 1000 students.

Vision:

• To impart quality technical education and focus on research and innovation to cater to the need of the country

Mission:

• To impart quality technical and scientific education and produce engineers, technologists, scientists and citizens who will contribute meaningfully to the growth and development of the country and excel in various disciplines of knowledge.
• To initiate the students to research-oriented teaching-learning environment in the Institute with a focus on excellence and innovation.

Objective:

• To choose a fully inclusive growth path, carrying all the students, the faculty members and the staff with it.
• To focus on excellence and innovation.
• To attribute greater emphasis on post graduate education and research
• To focus on inter-disciplinary research.
• To encourage the faculty to take up more sponsored projects and consultancy and increase internal resource generation.
• To become a major player in the endeavour to make India a most favoured destination for international students and global research.
• To collaborate with premier universities and organizations across the globe on research
• To initiate undergraduate students to research very early in pursuance of the “catch them young” policy.
• To restructure the academic departments and to set up schools and centres to offer interdisciplinary post graduate and doctoral programmes.
• To reorient/ restructure the academic programmes in keeping with the developments and market forces.
• To revise the curricula and syllabi regularly.
• To initiate greater interaction with industries in the areas of collaborative projects and programmes, exchange of resource persons and training of students.
• To remain committed to responsibilities towards providing services to community, to make the people aware of crucial socio-technical and socio-economic problems and offer technical solutions in rural, urban and agricultural sectors.

The Library as one of the important central facilities of the Institute supports the study, teaching, research and development programmes of the Institute. It is housed in a separate building having three floors on a plinth area of 1000sq. mtrs. The library has a collection of 1.2 lac volumes which includes Text Books, Reference Books & Bound vols. of Journals, Standards etc. The Library subscribes to about 180 current Journals. Library operations have been automated with the help of an integrated library software package, LIBSYS-4. The book database is accessible through OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue). Circulation Services are executed through Barcode System. It has a good collection of Electronic resources in its Digital Library. It is an open access library and remains open from 8:30a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Library has introduced wi-fi Internet facility inside it to facilitate free-flow of information to the users.