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AN ENGINEERING
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APRIL 2021
NITTE MEENAKSHI
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU
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ENGINEERING
NITTE MEENAKSHI
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU

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 N
itte Meenakshi Institute of
Technology (NMIT) Bengaluru
is a landmark among engineering
colleges in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
It is a constituent of Nitte Education
Trust which has under its aegis
Nitte (Deemed to be University)
and 36 plus professional and
educational institutes of repute.
NMIT was started in the year 2001 and is accredited by
NAAC with ‘A+ Grade’ and ranked 128th in NIRF 2020
(National Institutional Ranking Framework). NMIT is
ranked 3rd among all private engineering colleges in India
by ARIIA (Atal ranking of institutions on innovation
achievements). The Institute Is granted ‘Platinum Grade’
award consecutively for the last three years by AICTE-
CII (Confederation of Indian Industries). Some of the
highlights of NMIT Bengaluru are.
• Offers nine prestigious, much sought after courses in
Engineering and seven masters in engineering.
• Has Ph.D programs of Visvesvaraya Technological
University and University of Mysore.
• Offers BE, M.Tech, MCA and MBA courses.
• Eight Centers of excellence pertaining to engineering
and technology.

20 • Has MoU (more than 25) by which the college

engages with the industry and R&D Organizations.
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• More than 1000 students are already well placed for
the year 2019-20.
• Enjoys the rapport with outside world in terms of
more than 25 M0Us
• More than 40 funded and active projects
• 100+ awards for innovation.
• 30 patents are published of which 3 are granted already.
• 450+ world-class publications

Pedagogy - The key to Excellence

NMIT follows the Outcome Based Education (OBE)
approach which is a systematic approach in an

NITTE campuses have

professionally and aesthetically
designed buildings, surrounded
by gardens making it highly
conducive for learning.

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 About
Dr. H.C. Nagaraj,
Principal

Dr. H.C. Nagaraj obtained his B.E. Degree in Electronics

& Communication Engineering, securing first class with
distinction from the University of Mysore in 1981. He received
his ME in Communication Systems from PSG College of
Technology, Coimbatore, Bharathiyar University in 1984 and
secured the first rank. He got his doctoral degree in the area
of Biomedical Signal Processing and Instrumentation from
the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, in 2000.
He assumed charge as Principal, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of
Technology, Bangalore, in September 2003, and to date he is
serving as Principal.
He has about 36 years of experience in teaching,
research and administration. During his term as Principal
in NMIT, Bangalore, the institution has been conferred with
Autonomous Status by the Visvesvaraya Technological
University, Govt. of Karnataka & UGC, New Delhi; accredited
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for UG programmes, A picosatellite weighing less than
one kg was designed, fabricated and handed over to ISRO
which was launched on 12 July 2010 from Sriharikota, Andhra
Pradesh, India. qualified faculty with relevant experience in Industry and
academics, multi-disciplinary research & development,
Dr. H.C. Nagaraj has published a number of papers
student mentoring and so on.
in National and International Journals, Conferences and A team of highly experienced OBE ensures that a set of learning outcomes from
delivered invite talks in the field of Biomedical Signal and trained professionals of students are established right in the beginning of the learning
Processing, Image Processing and, Mobile Communication the respective department process. This helps the teacher to streamline the process of

etc. He got the Best Paper Award in the National Conference

groom and nurture the NMIT curriculum design, course delivery & course assessment to
students into industry meet the required learning outcomes. This ensures student
of Biomechanics held during February 22-24, 1996 at IIT centric education system, where each & and every student
ready professionals.
Madras. He was awarded the Best Paper Award at State is assessed against the learning outcome, thereby ensuring
Level Seminar on “Introduction of Flexible System in high quality in education.

Technical Education” held by the Government of Karnataka

during February 1999 in Bangalore.
Presently, he is the Dean, Faculty of Engineering at
Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi. He is
also the Member of Court at Pondicherry University, Member
of the Academic Senate of VTU and Member of Expert Team
for the evaluation of R&D projects funded by VTU.
education delivery system where the emphasis is on what
the student has learnt or has been able to demonstrate as
a result learning. Being an Autonomous Institute, NMIT
has adopted OBE to inculcate academic excellence through
various initiatives such as Student Centric Teaching &
Learning Process, Industry relevant curriculum, Highly
Research: NMIT’s trump card
NMIT has taken the initiative in establishing an Innovation
and Entrepreneurship Development Centre funded by the
Department of Science and Technology (NSTEDB), Govt.
of India in 2010 and Business Incubator Centre in 2013
with funding from the Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India.
NMIT has established Multi-Disciplinary Research
Centers. These centers are for Small Satellite, Robotics,

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 got accredited with “A+ Grade” by the National
Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC),
Ranked 128 in the NIRF and Four UG programs got
accredited by the National Board of Accreditation
under Tier-1.
NMIT has a diverse student population. Currently
about 300 foreign students from Bangladesh, UAE,
Nepal, Nigeria, Srilanka, Thailand, Congo and South-
Sudan are pursuing their studies at NMIT.

NMIT’s Participation says it all

NMIT students participate in prestigious International/
National Project competitions, Hackathons, winning
numerous awards. These include Formula Hybrid
Competition, World’s Largest Robot Competition
ROBOGAMES, Indo-US Robo League, Unisys

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Nanomaterials & MEMS, Internet of Things, Aerospace

Engineering, Computer Security, Computational Fluid
Dynamics, Design Engineering & Process Simulation, and
Power Engineering. 
Industry oriented education First time in India, UG students from Consortium of Seven
methods coupled with prominent Engineering colleges with NMIT as the lead college
innovative teaching have successfully built India’s first Pico Satellite “STUDSAT”
techniques has resulted in which was launched through ISRO’s PSLV-C15 vehicle on
providing the best suitable 12th July 2010 from Sriharikota and the same is listed in Limca
book of records.
placements for the
NMIT students. Accreditations: Vote for its success
NMIT’s qualified team of competent and committed faculty
has created an academic ambience in the area of technical
education. Recognizing its performance in both teaching
and research, University Grants Commission (UGC) has
granted autonomous status from the year 2007. NMIT also

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 Cloud 20/20, TCS Tech Bytes, IEEE All India Student Project
Contest, International case Competition-Go Green in the City,
etc. Students have been awarded prices at international and
national level competitions.

Placement at NMIT
NMIT has an active and dynamic Career Development
Centre which successfully attracts not only a large number
of reputed Industries for on-campus placements but also
conducts training programs in the areas of soft skills,
analytical & problem-solving abilities and leadership NMIT believes in all-round
qualities to enhance the competence of students and bridge development of their students
the gap between the academia and industry. NMIT has
and hence encourages
instituted a unique Scheme of deputing UG/PG Students to
Industry/Research Organizations for a minimum period of
students to participate in
Six weeks’ internship leading to academic credits. extra-curricular activities that
The placement percentage is 90%+. More than 160+ help in the overall growth of
companies visit campus to recruit the students and some student personality.
of the prominent recruiters are Amazon, Deloitte, Dell,
Microsoft, GE, Tech Mahindra, HP, Infosys, Wipro,
Nutanix, Puravankara, Sobha, Brigade, Century, Tesco,

Raymond, Coca cola etc. The highest CTC this year

is in excess of 30Lakhs.
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COVID-19 Challenges and
NMIT’s preparedness:
Like any other sector, the education arena also
suffered because of the spread of global pandemic
of COVID-19. In this COVID scenario, all possible
steps were taken to deliver the courses on-line/offline
professionally and comprehensively following SOP.

Conclusion
NMIT at Bengaluru has emerged as one of the most
sought-after destinations for engineering education
in the country and abroad. The Institute positively
impacts stakeholders in terms of its excellent
track record, research culture, student centricity,
course relevance, industry connect and many
other initiatives. It is gratifying that the Institute
has been receiving the attention it deserves from
students, parents, employers, policy makers and
public in general. Nitte Education Trust which holds
prestigious Nitte (Deemed to be University) and
36 plus institutions of excellence including NMIT,
has made it all to the present measure of success.
NMIT Bengaluru is committed to take the journey
of success and purpose forward in ever increasing
measure in the days to come.

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