I am a student of Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology. This college is located in Govindpura, Yelahanka. It is located right behind the Indian Air Force and Border Security Force Compound. Firstly I would like to tell the reader why I chose to be a part of this college. As one may know people tend to choose a college based on where they want to live or where their parents or siblings are or where their friends are joining. I basically wanted to be a mechanical engineer because of my love for aircrafts and robots. Students fresh out of school decide to give various entrance exams. Similarly even I gave a couple of exams like IIT-JEE, AIEEE, CET, etc. But unfortunately I managed to crack two of the exams in which I managed to secure B.Sc. in Humanities in the prestigious IISc and an 8000 rank in CET. So I decided to go for the colleges offered to me through CET. After doing brief survey I found about this college and shockingly a professor who taught my uncle in IIT-KGP was also in this college. So I was enrolled and my journey to become an engineer started in this college.
Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore
Before I start off with my topic, I would like to give the reader a brief history about my college. NMIT is a college who has its sister counterpart in Mangalore known as NMAM Institute of Technology. The latter is the oldest college under the same trustee. NMAM Institute of Technology was established by Justice Kawdoor Sadananda Hegde, who served as the speaker of Lok Sabha and as a Supreme Court Judge. Both the engineering colleges under this trustee are autonomous. My college, NMIT, had established in the year 2001. NMIT is the youngest engineering college in India to be conferred the prestigious Autonomous Status by UGC, New-Delhi in the year 2007.
The Main Block
The college provides a four year engineering graduate program leading to award of Bachelor of Engineering Degree. The graduate program is considered to be autonomous whereas the post graduate programs are under the direct control of the Visveswaraya Technological University. The college campus covers an area of 22 acres.
The college aims to provide “India and the world, technical manpower of the highest academic excellence by shaping today’s youth through holistic and integrated education of the highest quality”.
The college being autonomous benefits the student in various ways. Primarily it provides flexibility in the course and an excellent choice based credit system. Unlike the conventional curriculum laid down by the university, our college aims to test students in regular intervals to measure the understanding, competence and most important, the knowledge of the subject. The autonomous scheme evaluates the students not by the percentage of the marks but the cumulative grade point obtained. The entire course is tailored in a way such that the students are well prepared in Mathematics, Engineering along with different specializations in the respective fields, along with capacity to apply professional knowledge in the respective field. In this fast moving global scenario, the college aims to equip its students a well-balanced personality and knowledge to solve any given problem with highest credibility and ethical standards. To sum it all up, the course is created to prepare the students to work in the relevant industries and various R&D establishments. Along with the knowledge of the subjects the autonomy of this college ensures its students to imbibe good leadership qualities including the ability to work as a team and grow together.
The college provides seven undergraduate programs and three post graduate programs. They are namely Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Civil Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Information Science Engineering courses as the graduate programs, and Master of Technology, MBA and MCA course as post graduate programs. The college has various centers for R&D which will be discussed under the respective departments.
Mechanical and Civil Blocks
Firstly I would like to start off with the Basic Science Department. This department comprises mainly of the Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. The first year is divided into two semesters i.e. one monitored by the Physics and the other by the chemistry department. The main objective of this department is to provide sound knowledge of the fundamental subjects which is essential for all the engineering students. This department specializes in the field of medicinal chemistry, Nano technology, etc. The physics lab is 392 sq. mtr with a very good infrastructure and also has a dark room to observe diffraction and other light related experiments. The mathematics department was established in the year 2001. It has a research center recognized by the Visveswaraya Technological University and the Mysore University. This department has done various researches in the fields of fluid mechanics, Numerical methods, Partial differential equation & Graph theory. The basic science department also comprises of the Humanities department. This department is responsible for providing knowledge on engineering ethics, technical communications, constitution of India and environmental science.
Panoramic View of a Class Room of the College
The Language Lab
Chemistry Lab
Then, I would like to start off with my department. I am a student of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. This department was started in the year 2002 with a total intake of forty five students and is one of the oldest departments of this college. This department headed by Dr. Wg Cdr P.B Shetty is one of the best departments for studying Mechanical Engineering in Karnataka. This department consist faculties who are also board members of renowned associations like Institute of Indian Foundry Men and Naval Research Board (Defense Research Development Organization). This department comprises of various subjects related to thermal, design, material science, fluid dynamics. The department mainly aims to inculcate the students about the designs and working of various mechanical systems alongside various leadership and ethical qualities. The main objective of the course is to provide the society with efficient Mechanical Engineers who are capable enough to solve the problems given to them in the fast moving society. The department provides research facilities in the field of Finite Element Method, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Stir Casting etc. The department has its research activities funded by organizations like Naval Research Board, IEDC, VTU and various public and private industries. The few of the faculty members are also working as consultants for companies like Fluidyn. The department also contains the state of the art equipment for various laboratory experiments. The various labs present are like Basic Engineering workshop, Foundry / Forging, CAD / CAM, Metrology &Measurement, Machine Shop Heat Transfer, Material Testing, Fluid Machinery, Energy Conversion, Design lab etc. The students of this department also perform R&D based projects given by organizations like GTRE (DRDO), CVRDE (DRDO), SAE, etc. There is a departmental committee named as Yantra present to perform various techno-cultural events for the students and faculty of the department. The president of the committee is selected every year by popular vote among the students. The technical events mainly comprises of CAD modeling, foundry components, etc. The cultural events consist of a mini rock show, debate and various other events. The Yantra committee also conducts several sports events like inter department football and cricket competitions. The department also provides post graduate degree (M.Tech) in Thermal Engineering and Machine Design and also M.Sc. (Engg) which is entirely research oriented. The post graduate program had been started since 2010. The M.Tech in Thermal Engineering is headed by Dr. Sekhar Majumdar who is well known in India for his work in Computation of Low speed Turbulent Flow and is also the retired head of CTFD, CSIR-NAL. The M.Tech in Machine Design is headed by Dr Kiran Aithal who is also the autonomous dean of our college. The department also encourages students to become member of SAE India and the students compete various racing events like SUPRA, etc.
Machine Shop
NMIT Machine Shop
Aero Modeling Competition
Fluid Mechanics Lab (Pelton Turbine)
FSH-SAE RACING CAR (SUPRA)
Then I would like to tell the reader about the Department of Computer Science Engineering. This department was established in 2001 and is one of the most highly successful departments in the college. The department does extensive research in various fields of engineering. This department is headed by Dr. Dinesh K. Anvekar. The computer science engineering course is tailored to provide knowledge of the subject to the students through learning and research based environment. It also provides the students with required entrepreneurial and leadership skills to serve the engineering profession and the society. This department consists of various subjects starting from analysis of algorithms along with subjects like cryptography, wireless communication, artificial intelligence, etc. The department has its research activities funded by organizations like ISRO, DRDO, IISc, JNCASR, KPCTL, Infosys, IBM, Agricultural Departments, etc. This department has a student branch known as CRYPTEC which handles all the technical and extracurricular activities for the department. The students actively participate in presenting their research papers in papers like IEEE, IJETR, etc. Through this association, students are motivated towards innovation and presenting papers in International Conferences like ICASIDO9, INNOVATE-INDIA 09, etc. This department has much collaboration with several industries. Companies like Infosys, Wipro, EMC^2 has trained the faculty and the students of this department in various fields like Storage Area Network, etc. This department was also a part of Wipro’s Mission10X program which has trained the faculty to enhance their ability in teaching and thereby preparing the students for the industry exposure. The department actively forms a part of an important project called as STUDSAT which in a part of ISRO. This department provides M.Tech in CSE. There are six labs with well-equipped work stations and servers.
STUDSAT is an organization made by the consortium of seven colleges from Karnataka and Hyderabad headed by NMIT. This project is completely conceptualized and managed by the undergraduate students. STUDSAT-1 was India’s first picosatellite which was launched on 2010. This satellite is the smallest satellite launched by any Indian organization. NMIT has its own ground station to control this satellite which has been evaluated by several scientists including Dr. U. R. Rao, former chairman of ISRO. The main function of this satellite was to perform a function of remote sensing satellite and take images of the surface of the earth which was considered to be the best achievement achieved by any satellite of the same size. The ground station, NASTRAC, was inaugurated by Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, former chairman of ISRO. The present project STUDSAT-2 is a combination of twin satellites. The main objective of this satellite is to provide real time connectivity between any two satellites. The completion of this project will provide India with its first twin Nano satellites capable enough to provide inter satellite communications.
Next I would like to tell about the Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering. This department was established in the year 2001. It is one of the departments of this college which ensures the success of prospective students in its department. This department has faculties who have their talent well blended in academics, industry and research. The department makes the students regularly interact with various industries and R&D centers like HAL, CAIR, Cypress, etc. The department has various digital processing, microprocessor, PSoC, Electronic Circuits, etc. The department has a student organization called as IRIS which conducts guest lecturers as well as various paper presentation competition for the students. The faculties of this department conduct regular workshops and technical seminars in order to provide the students a vivid picture about their subjects and the necessary exposure required for the industry. This department has a Govt. of India recognized R&D center for MEMS. This department provides M.Tech in VLSI and Digital Communication.
Communications Lab
Electronic Circuits Lab
The department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering was established in the year 2001 with 60 sanctioned students. The major thrust in this course is related to the basic principles and detailed analysis of different types of equipment and systems for generation transmission, distribution and utilization of electrical energy. The course also deals with the measurement, analysis, and maintenance of the various electrical systems. The department has received a sum of Rs. 10 lakhs from AICTE under the ‘MODROBS’ scholarship. The department organizes various technical seminars and industrial visits to bridge the gap between the course curriculum and the workings of the industry. The departmental committee POISSANCE which organizes various technical events like guest lectures and industrial visits alongside other extracurricular activities. This committee publishes a regular magazine called as Zenith which provides all the departmental news. The department has done various research based projects in organizations like CPRI, ITI, HAL, BHEL, etc. The department also provides M.Tech in Renewable Energy. Both the graduate and the post graduate programs aids the students to handle the given problem both professionally and ethically. This department has a fully equipped state of the art lab which has excellent facilities in the fields like power system simulations, electrical machines, power electronics, control systems and micro-controller lab to provide quality knowledge about the subjects.
Machine Shop EEE Department
Over the years, there has been several technological advancement in the field of constructions and development of new buildings and structures with better load bearing capacity along with being cost effective. The department of Civil Engineering has a very strict curriculum catering to this need of the society providing capable and efficient engineers with sound knowledge of the subjects. This department started its graduate program in the year 2010 and post graduate program (M.Tech in Structures) in the year 2013. As this department is one of the young departments of the college, it is on the verge of identifying the potential companies to employ its graduates. The department has a team of excellent faculties who specializes in different fields of civil engineering. The department has well equipped Hydraulics, Drawing, Survey, Geology (consisting over 250 no’s of rocks and minerals specimens, and geological models), geotechnical and environmental engineering labs. The department also started its post graduate program i.e. M.Tech structural in the year 2013. The department offers several add on courses in order to bridge the gap between the course curriculum and the needs of the industries. The department has a well-established R&D center along with center for industry consultancy service.
Concrete and Highway Engineering Lab
The youngest department of the college is the Department of Aeronautical Engineering. This department was started in the year 2011 and will have its first line of graduates passing out this year. This branch of engineering has one of the most prospecting jobs in the world with a wide scope of growth. This department has wide variety of subjects such as designing, construction, development, testing, operation and maintenance of both commercial & military aircraft and space-crafts. The course enables the students to understand the synergistic integration of aeronautics and manufacturing. The department has a student organization started in the year 2014 called as FALCON which conducts various techno-cultural activities for the students of the department. In spite of being the youngest department of this college, the students of this department have done several mini-projects and internships in organizations like NAL, HAL, IIT’s & IISc. This department forms one of the five colleges in Karnataka having equipped with a subsonic wind tunnel excluding the one at IISc. The department has several other labs such as Aircraft Structures, Propulsion, Design, Analysis and Simulation labs with state of the art equipment. The department has also conducted several industrial visits to ASTE (DRDO) and AFTC (Air force Technical College). This department is yet to start its post graduate program.
Aerodynamics Lab
Over the years, there has been a shortage of professionals who excel in various communication and network capabilities especially in fields like network protocols and security. The department of Information science mainly aims to provide the society with the finest engineers who have the capacity to design and implement a distributed or network system with the highest level of abstraction and programming of these systems. This department had started its graduate program in the year 2001 and the post graduate program in the year 2012 with a sanctioned intake of 60 students. The department also provides prospective candidates to pursue their doctorate (PhD). The department has five labs that use state of the art facilities for teaching as well as for research purposes. The various projects done in this department is funded by organizations like IEDC, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, VTU, etc. This department has a parallel, grid and cloud computing research lab for various research and project works. The department also ensures that its students do their internships in various organizations like IIT-M, KPTCL, BSNL, HP, ISRO, etc. The techno-cultural wing of this department is called as SANGYARTHAM, which makes the students participate in various technical and extracurricular activities through-out the year. The department provides an M.Tech in Computer Network Engineering.
Along with the several post graduate programs in different fields of engineering, the college also provides two other post graduate degree i.e. MCA and MBA.
The MCA department was started in the year 2006. The primary objective of this department is to teach the students to handle various disciplines of information technology alongside skills to handle computer applications, develop them and develop analytical skills. The department also trains the students with the necessary managerial skills. The department has several labs such as database labs, software design lab, etc. with latest software’s for Java, Oracle 9i, etc. The students of this department has done several mini-projects like web-server, proxy-server and mail server using Java and several other C, C++, COBOL mini projects. This department does not come under the autonomous scheme but controlled by the university (VTU) directly. This department has it departmental organization called as SPARKS. This association conducts several technical seminars, discussions, etc. They also have an inter-departmental and intra departmental fests called as Aprameya and Technozomes respectively. The departmental magazine called as Arohi is an annual magazine which gives all the insights of this department and also along with its various achievements.
Over the year, the most important thing what the market needs is professionals who have the capacity to think out of the box and formulate different strategies for efficient marketing of the respective product and thereby enhancing the growth of the company. The college started its MBA program with a sanctioned intake of 40 students in the year 2004. The department out stands amongst all the other college in terms of its infrastructure, facilities, the line of faculties and most important, its line of successful post graduates over the years. This is one of the departments in this college which has achieved a recognizable success over such a short span. The course includes business basics and core subjects like finance, marketing, etc. in the first year. The second year mainly concentrates on subjects depending upon various specializations of the students. This department conducts several certification courses like Six-Sigma for various graduate and post graduate skills. The department also encourages its students to become entrepreneurs and is also guided by the college’s Entrepreneurship Cell. The department committee known as MASCOT is headed by the students of this department and conducts several guest lectures and an amazing departmental fest. This department considers them to be the “Management Student Association of Tomorrow”.
The college has a well-furnished library with various books of different fields along with an excellent reference sections. There is an internet lab accessible to all the students in order to help them in various academic purposes. The college has six well-furnished hostels with various state of the art facilities like LCD TV for the common room, high speed Wi-Fi etc. for both boys and girls. The college also provides quarters for its staffs.
Girls Hostel
Library
The techno-cultural fest called Anaadyanta is one of the top college fests in Karnataka. The fest is conducted for three days in which the first day forms the technical day where various events like robo wars, aero modeling, etc. happens. The second day is the cultural day in which several music, dance, theatre events takes place. Every year several renowned guests come to our college to inaugurate our fest. This year Ricky Kej, the Grammy Award Winner inaugurated our fest.
Street Dance Finals
Battle of Bands
Overall, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology grooms its students both technically and ethically. With the various VTU recognized research centers present in this college, one can do marvelous wonders in their chosen field. The departments provide guidance and direct the potential candidates in order to pass out with flying colors and thereby making their professors have their heads held high. The college has various accreditation like NAAC, NBA, etc. which makes the students get quality education, better research opportunity and better placements. The college has funding from various organizations like TEQIP which is an organization under the World Bank which provides funding for better infrastructure, and also for quality education for the students. Few of the exceptional students are provided with a full scholarship throughout their entire course.
Therefore, this college at such a short span has achieved several wonders compared to all the colleges in its level, in spite of the foundation of those colleges had been done a long time ago both academically and ethically.
-By Arka Ganguly