Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology

Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology
Type Government, Autonomous college of UPTU
Established 1975
Director Dr. Raghuraj Singh
Location Sultanpur, U.P., India
Campus Rural, 100 acres (0.4 km2)
Acronym KNIT
Website http://www.knit.ac.in

Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology (KNIT Sultanpur) is a state government funded, autonomous engineering institution located in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is affiliated to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (formerly known as Uttar Pradesh Technical University). It has been ranked amongst the top engineering institutes under UPTU (comprising more than 700 engg. colleges) by Career360.[1]

History

KNIT was established as the Faculty of Technology in Kamla Nehru Institute of Science and Technology, Lucknow, in 1976 by the Kamla Nehru Memorial Trust. It was taken over by the government of Uttar Pradesh in 1979 with a view to develop an engineering institute in the Eastern region of Uttar Pradesh. In 1983 it was registered as a separate society and was renamed as the Kamla Nehru Institute Of Technology.[2]

KNIT offers testing and consultancy services to the industry and other agencies. The institute is affiliated to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow.[3] Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Sultanpur has been officially ranked number 4 based on the performance of the students.[4]

Courses of study

The Institute offers the following courses under semester system.[5]

Undergraduate programs: B.Tech (4 years - 8 semesters)

The B.Tech curriculum prescribed by Gautam Buddh Technical University Lucknow comprises a full-time four-year course approved by AICTE. The curriculum consists of theory courses, practicals, projects and seminars. It also provides weightage for industrial training and extracurricular activities.

The theory courses are composed of basic Science and Humanities subjects, engineering courses, core courses and departmental specialized courses with a proportion of 16%, 34% and 50% respectively. There is an emphasis on computer education, and for this each branch, except Computer Science and Engineering, and Information Technology, includes some Computing papers.

Students do their industrial training of 6 weeks at the third year level in industry. The students deliver seminars in the third year on advanced topics.

The intakes are :

5% of the seats are reserved for the NRIs and 10 seats for other states nominees.

Master of Computer Applications (MCA) (3 years - 6 semesters)

This programme fulfills the industry's need for software professionals. MCA is a six-semester full-time postgraduate programme spread over three years. The MCA Programme was introduced in the institute in 1988 with its first batch passing out in 1991, initially with an intake of 30 students, which was increased to 60 students in 2000.

The MCA programme runs under the Computer Science and Engineering Department. Experts from industry and academic institutions are invited to deliver lectures on advancements in the field of Computer Science.

Full-time postgraduate (M.Tech)

Part-time (M.Tech) programme (five semesters) course

13 seats in all these branches except Computer Sc. & Engg. where intake is 18, totaling to 70.

Doctoral programme: Ph.D.

Departmetns

The Institute has following Academic Departments

Placement

KNIT has had a great placement record, with decent placements of around 15 lpa and maximum placement of around 55 lpa. Nearly 95% students are placed every year.and KNITians could be found in any PSUs.Companies like GOOGLE,INTEL,TEXAS INSTRUMENTS,AMAZON,MICROSOFT,SNAPDEAL,TCS,MEDIATEK,WIPRO,IDEA,LAVA etc regularly visit the campus.Dr. S. K. Sinha is the professor incharge of career devlopment cell[6]

Campus facilities and amenities

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In campus hostels

References

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