National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

National Institute of Technology Durgapur, originally established in 1960 as Regional Engineering College Durgapur under the University of Burdwan, was created as a cooperative venture between the Government of India and the Government of West Bengal to advance engineering education and foster national integration. In 2003 it gained Deemed University status and was renamed NIT Durgapur, becoming a fully funded autonomous institution under the Ministry of Human Resource Development. In 2007 it was declared an Institute of National Importance. The campus spans 187 acres and houses academic departments, laboratories, workshops, and a central library with over 1.7 lakh volumes, along with memberships in DELNET, NPTEL, and INDEST-AICTE. The institute offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs across 14 departments in engineering, science, architecture, and management, with about 224 faculty members and over 4,000 students. It was ranked 44th among engineering colleges in India by NIRF in 2024. In 2025, NIT Durgapur signed an MoU with IIT Roorkee's iHUB DivyaSampark to advance cyber-physical systems research. The institute also hosts an annual techno-management festival called Aarohan. Notable alumni include materials scientists Bikramjit Basu, Kamanio Chattopadhyay, and Aloke Paul, and author Suvasish Mukhopadhyay.