Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, also known as SVNIT or NIT Surat, is a public technical university established in June 1961 as a cooperative venture between the Government of India and the Government of Gujarat, originally named Sardar Vallabhbhai Regional College of Engineering and Technology. It was one of fourteen Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) established between 1959 and 1965. Following recommendations of a 1998 review committee, the institute was upgraded and granted Deemed University status in December 2002, becoming Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology. In 2007, the Parliament of India passed the National Institutes of Technology Act, declaring it an Institute of National Importance, effective from Independence Day 2007. The institute is governed by a visitor (the President of India), an NIT Council, and a Board of Governors, with a Director as chief academic and executive officer. It received ₹147.47 crore in government funding during 2019-20. The campus, located in Ichchhanath, Surat, includes several hostels and organizes annual festivals MindBend and Sparsh.