NIST e-NEWS(Vol 63, JUL 15, 2009) Special Edition

National Institute of Science & Technology- A Brief Introduction
The National Institute of Science and Technology was established in 1996 and is being managed by
the SM Charitable Educational Trust with the mission to “create engineering minds capable of mastering the
global challenges of tomorrow’s technology”. The Institute is approved by the All India Council for Technical
Education (AICTE under MHRD, Govt of India) and is affiliated to the Biju Patnaik University of Technology
(BPUT). The Institute campus of 60 acres is located at the picturesque Palur Hills about 12 kms from
Berhampur and 3 hours drive from Bhubaneswar. The Institute has grown by leaps and bounds under the
able leadership of the founder Director, Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director (M.S., University of Houston, B.
Tech., IIT Kanpur), Prof. (Mrs.) Geetika Mudali, Placement Director, (M.S.(MIS), New Jersey Institute of
Technology, NJ), Prof. Ajit K. Panda, Dean, (Boyscast Scholar at University of Michigan, USA). About 2700
students are studying in various disciplines of B. Tech, M.Tech (CSE, ECE), MCA, MBA & PGDM at NIST. The
entire campus is 24x7 wi-fi connected. For the recreation of students and employees of the Institute, we
have Lawn Tennis court, Basket Ball court, Swimming Pool, Cricket ground, Paragliding, Gymnasium, Adventure
Sports, Canoeing, Kayaking, Himalayan Trekking, etc. A plethora of rock gardens, fruit gardens,
nurseries, water fountains, aquarium, glass house for cactus vegetation, animal parks, etc., make the
campus an eco-friendly zone where man and nature coexist in a rare ambience away from the dust and
grime of city life.
Within a short span of 13 years, the faculty of NIST has been awarded 4 BoysCAST fellowships, 2 FullBright
fellowships, 3 Samant Chandrashekhar Young Scientist Awardees and more than 20 Post-Doctorate. The
faculty members have published more than 15 Books and 150 International journal papers in refereed
journals. The Institute has received a number of grants from AICTE, DST, UGC, MHRD, CSIR and private IT
companies for Projects, Staff and Faculty Development Programmes. In the year 2009, NIST received a
grant of about Rs. 30 Lakhs to conduct Faculty and Staff Development Programmes in Advanced Computer
Control of Industrial Process and Automation Engineering, Advanced DSP implementation using FPGA &
DSP Processor, Microelectronic VLSI Design for Engineers and Scientists, VLSI Design using FPGA & IC
station, Advanced Power Systems, EDC programmes, etc., all sponsored by the AICTE. Renowned faculty
Prof. S. P. Pati and Prof J. Majhi have been appointed by AICTE as Emeritus fellow for NIST for the next 2
years.
NIST has State-of-the-art-laboratories equipped with Lab-equipments like, Distributed Control Systems,
PLC , Interactive-Non Interactive Process Trainer, Batch Process Reactor Trainer, Level Transmitter Trainer,
5 HP shunt motor coupled to 3 KVA alternator salient pole type with 3 point starter field regulator for motor,
alternator & experimental panel, TRANSFORMER Experimental Trainer, AC DRIVE, AC SOFT STARTER,
PLC MACHINE & DRIVE, SYMBOLS shakti, Software like, Synopsis, Cadence, IE3D, Tanner, Xilinx, and
Equipments like, Vector Network Analyzer, Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer, FPGA Board, etc. The teaching
learning process has been significantly enhanced with the availability of NPTEL courseware (web based
and video based) from the IITs / IISc which are being extensively used by all faculty and students. NIST is
the only Institute in Eastern India to have implemented full e-governance (online ERP systems) in all aspects
of teaching and administration using its internally developed programs by its NIST Technology Consulting
Services (NTCS). Presently NTCS is implementing e-governance in all Institutes under the Biju
Pattnaik University of Technology, Orissa.
More than 40 Top Multinational and Indian IT sector & Core Engineering sector companies are hiring our
students each year. In the year 2009, the top five companies hired about 400 students from NIST. They are
TCS (159), Wipro (117), Infosys (59), Mphasis (38) and Vedanta (21). In addition numerous companies
hired NIST students leading to 80% on-campus placement in top-notch companies. NIST conducts certification
courses during summer vacation on VLSI, Oracle, Industrial Automation, Java, .NET, SAP, Japanese
Language, Soft-skills, etc. to groom the students and make them Industry-Ready. The Institute runs clubs
on Robotics, Electronics, Renewable Energy, Bioinformatics, Literary, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Programming,
Music, etc. The Institute has tied up with companies like, Infosys, Wipro, Mphasis, TCS, etc., for
Projects, Technical and Soft-skills Certification courses etc., through corporate-campus connect programmes.
NIST is rated the best for its GATE coaching, VLSI, CCNA, Oracle, JAVA, SAP certification courses and E-
governance practices (ERP) among all the Technical Institutes of Orissa.
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