Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute Of Technology
The Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, popularly known as NIT-Jalandhar (NITJ), is a public engineering institute located in Jalandhar, Punjab, India. It is one of the youngest of the 20 National Institutes of Technology of India. It was founded as a joint venture between the governments of Punjab and India, originally under the name Punjab Regional Engineering College, Jalandhar (PREC).
The institution was established in 1987 as Regional Engineering College and, on 17 October 2002, was given the status of National Institute of Technology (Deemed University) by the government of India under the control of Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi, in a bid to provide increased autonomy in decision-making.
NITJ is a leading premier centre of excellence in engineering and technology to produce technical manpower for India. The institute offers BTech programs in nine disciplines of engineering and technology along with research programs leading to MSc, MTech and PhD. The institute acquires a national character having 50% student intake from Punjab and the rest from other states/union territories of the country.
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