National Institute of Technology - NIT Raipur, Raipur, Chhattisgarh

National Institute of Technology Raipur, also known as NIT Raipur, is a public Institute of Engineering and Technology, located in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. It was established in 1956, by the government of India and also classified as Institute of National Importance under the act of National Institute of Technology, 2007. The first foundation stone of NIT-Raipur was laid by the first President of India, Ranjendra Prasad. Till late 1963, NIT-Raipur was among only three technical institute in the country who offered mining and metallurgical engineering.

NIT-Raipur offers two undergraduate programs (B.Tech and B.Arch) and two postgraduate programs (M.Tech and MCA). Admission process for undergraduate course is through All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) conducted by CBSE. Postgraduate admission mode is through, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering(GATE), for MCA, the admission process if through NIMCET. The reservation policy made by Supreme Court of India is followed by NIT-Raipur, they have 27% of reservation for OBC class, 7.5% for STs class and 15% for SCs class.

The academic departments of Institute are Engineering,( Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Coastal Planning and Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Energy Technology, Geomatics Engineering Industrial Engineering, Information Technology, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Sustainable Engineering, Textile Technology, Nanotechnology and Water Resources Engineering), Basic Science (Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics), Others (Architecture, Urban & Rural Planning, Master in, Computer Application, English and Human values) and Faculty.

The major annual festival of NIT-Raipur is Eclectika, its a techno-cultural fest and students from all over the country participate in this festival. It also includes various other events as well as musical performance. Meri Aashayein is the theme song of Eclectika festival.

For extracurricular activities, NIT-Raipur also have various student committees and organizations which includes Technical Committee (Technocracy), Cultural Committee Entrepreneurship Cell, Alumni Association, Sports Committee, Literary Committee, SPIC-MACAY NIT RAIPUR subchapter (Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth), Ahaana (Information Technology Association), Metallurgical Society (METSO), Bio-Medical Student Association(BIMSA), Biotechnology students association (BITSA) Association of Computer Engineers (ACE), Electrical Engineering Association (EEA), Civil Engineering Association (CEA), Chemical Engineering Association NIT (CHEANIT), Mechanical Engineering Association (MEA), Mining Engineering Society (MES), Association of Electronics &, Telecommunication Students (ASSETS), Raaga (Musical club), CL!CK (Photography club). Go Green Movement, Association of Students of Architecture, Raipur (ASAR), Association of Computer Engineers (ACE), Sahyog (Mentorship club), Open source club (Protsaha) and GNU/Linux and FOSS users club.

National Institute of Technology - NIT Raipur was established in 1956. National Institute of Technology - NIT Raipur is a nits located at , Raipur in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh, India.