National Institute of Engineering, MYSORE

The National Institute of Engineering (NIE) is a Grant-in-aid engineering college located in Mysore, Karnataka, India, established in 1946 and affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University. It began with diploma programs in Civil Engineering in a room under a thatched roof in Lakshmipuram, with the first batch consisting of 86 students. The founders, S. Ramaswamy, D. V. Narasimha Rao and T. Ramarao, established NIE by 1950 with its own classrooms and workshops on a 6-acre campus. NIE started AMIE courses in Civil Engineering in 1948, and became the second engineering college in Karnataka and the first in Mysore, with its first batch of Civil Engineering graduates in 1953. A Golden Jubilee Complex was completed in 1996, and in 2004 the college received World Bank aid under the TEQIP project. NIE attained autonomy under Visvesvaraya Technological University in 2007, and received further World Bank aid under TEQIP-II in 2011. In March 2019, the Karnataka government approved private university status for NIE, but the plan was later cancelled due to financial constraints. The institute is now located on Mananthavady Road and Koorgalli, Mysore, spread across 25 acres, and was ranked in the 201–250 band by NIRF in 2022.