National Institute of Technology (NIT) Meghalaya

About Us

The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Meghalaya is one among the thirty-one NITs in India established under the NIT Act 2007 (Amended 2012) of the Parliament of India as Institutes of National Importance with full funding support from the Ministry of Education (Shiksha Mantralaya), Government of India

The Vision:

A Centre of Excellence vibrant with academic activities and bubbling with youthful creative energy, making significant contribution to the World of Knowledge and Technology and to the Development of the State, the Region and the Nation.

The Mission

1. To impart quality education in the fields of Engineering, Science and Technology at Undergraduate as well as Postgraduate levels with special attention to encourage innovation and creativity in these fields in a clean and healthy environment.
2. To engage in creation of knowledge and development of technologies through effective research programs.

Greetings from NIT Meghalaya!!

It is my privilege to welcome you to the National Institute of Technology Meghalaya, one of the premier autonomous institutes of National Importance established in 2010, under the Act of Parliament 2007. The institute is committed to achieve excellence in quality technical education, research and extension imbibed with professional and ethical values by providing a comprehensive and innovative education through its competent faculty and state-of-the-art infrastructure.

The institute believes in the philosophy of achieving the holistic development of students by adopting its core values like Academic integrity, excellence in teaching-learning through student-centric pedagogy, interdisciplinary interaction through electives & projects, nourishing the creativity of the students through innovation, skill development and instilling social responsibilities. We are also emphasising on collaboration with industries, innovative industry-based projects, soft skill, personality development, co-curricular and extracurricular activities in order to meet the ever-increasing expectations and challenges of the industry and society. In addition to having NBA approval, NIT Meghalaya has secured consistently high NIRF rankings for last few years.

NIT Meghalaya has the mission to produce students with the multi-dimensional approach by providing them with skill-based multifaceted courses through NEP-2020. The Academic Bank of Credit is functional for our students. Dynamic Curriculum development is continuing and already started implementing for the B.Tech programmes in the institute.

The institute has an excellent placement record with multiple offers from reputed national and multinational companies. The Alumni of NIT Meghalaya are one of its greatest strengths and brand ambassador of the institute. I feel proud of the alumni for constantly bringing fame and reputation to the institute by excelling in their respective field.

The institute creates an engineering start-up ecosystem by establishing an innovation incubation and entrepreneurship development centre. It promotes innovation, research and entrepreneurial activities in technology-based areas among the students and young faculty members. The institute aims to provide a platform to all budding local talents for start-ups in ethnic food products, spices, bamboo-made handicrafts and handlooms to promote the North-Eastern Indian cultural heritage and to convert their innovative and indigenous ideas into commercially viable products by collaborating with various organizations. Promotion of research in the area of renewable energy, food processing, AI and ML, VLSI, rain water harvesting, structural engineering is given importance. At present NIT Meghalaya is functioning in a temporary campus at Shillong. With the support of the MoE and state govt we are expecting the completion of permanent campus at Village Saitsohpen, Sohra, Meghalaya within the next 1(one) year with best of the facilities for the excellent academic ambience.

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