Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Institute of Technology

Loknayak Jai Prakash Institute of Technology (LNJPIT) is a government engineering college located in Saran District, Bihar, on the outskirts of Chhapra along National Highway 19, near the banks of the Ganges River. It is managed by the Department of Science and Technology, Bihar, approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, and affiliated to the Bihar Engineering University of Patna. It is one of the TEQUIP-III colleges funded directly by the central government. The institute is named after independence activist and political leader Jayprakash Narayan. Its departments include Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Food Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Humanities. It offers Bachelor of Technology programs as well as a Master of Technology program in Thermal Engineering under the Mechanical Engineering Department. Admissions to the first year are based on JEE-Main performance through the BCECE Board's UGEAC counseling, while lateral entry into the second year requires a Diploma in Engineering and is based on the BCECE(LE) exam. The institute is residential, with five boys' hostels accommodating about 800 students and two girls' hostels accommodating 300-400 students, along with a library, guest house, playground, and Wi-Fi facilities.