National Institute of Science and Technology, [NIST] Odisha

National Institute of Science and Technology, [NIST] Odisha was established in the year 1996. It is one of the top-ranked colleges in India. The campus has a sprawling lush green 60 acres of land with state of art infrastructure facilities. It is accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council [NAAC] as 'A' Grade with a rating of 3.22 on a scale of 4 and National Institutional Research Framework [NIRF].

It offers undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and certificate courses with a quality education in the field of engineering, management, and computer application. The NIST Odisha Admission is performed well selectively and ha a decent number of student intake.

NIST motivates students to carry out hands-on training along with regular classroom coaching. The faculty of this institute are educated and trained in top universities of India and abroad. In eastern India, this institute is considered as a benchmark research institution. Some highlights of the college are tabulated below.

National Institute of Science and Technology Quick Links:

• Ranking
• MoUs
• Infrastructure Facilities
• Courses
• Placements
• Scholarships
• Eligibility Criteria
• Admissions
• Hostel details

National Institute of Science and Technology Rankings and Awards:

Since the inception of the National Institute of Science and Technology, the college received multiple rankings & awards. Some of them are listed below.

• The institute was ranked by Dataquest at 66^th among all engineering colleges in India in 2020.
• NIST was rated 3.22 out of 4 by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India (UGC).
• National Institute of Science and Technology was ranked at 60^th in all India by Outlook in 2019.
• The college is ranked 58^th in all India by Outlook in 2018.
• The institute was ranked by Dataquest at 69^th in All-India and 1^st among Engineering colleges in India in 2017.
• The college was ranked in 69^th by NIRF, MHRD (Govt. of India) & 1^st among all engineering colleges under BPUT in 2016.
• BPUT students ranked the institute as No.1 Engineering Institute among 100+ engineering institutes of Odisha through public voting.
• The college bagged with the prestigious eINDIA 2013 Award under the category of "Best Teaching Learning Institute".
• NIST has bagged the "Best Technical Institute in R&D Activities" in the State of Odisha on the eve of Engineers' Day in 2013.

National Institute of Science and Technology MoUs:

The college has various collaborations which are listed below.

Industrial Partnerships:

• SAP
• IBM
• Cisco
• Wipro
• Cadence
• L & T Services
• National Instruments
• International R & D Collaboration
• Center for Nano Science & Technology
• Tifac Core in 3G/ 4G Communication Technologies

Academic Collaborations:

• Academia Sinica, Taiwan
• Stanford University, CA, USA
• Brunel University London, UK
• National Taiwan University, Taiwan
• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
• Myongji University, Seoul, South Korea
• University of Electro-Communication, Japan
• New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA
• University of California at Riverside, CA, USA

National Institute of Science and Technology Infrastructure Facilities:

Lecture Hall Complex [LHC]:

• It is a five-floored building that has over 60,000 square feet furnished with all modern amenities.
• It houses various classrooms and electronics, machines, and computer science laboratories.
• The LHC also houses the administrative section and the server room.

Galleria:

• This is a four-storied architectural building with over 100,000 square feet. 
• Galleria is a state of the art building with a 250-seat auditorium and 12 lecture halls.
• The High-performance computing lab facility and the IBM Centre for Excellence are functioning from this building.
• The NIST Technology Consultancy Services [NTCS] is the one-stop-shop for all the technology-related issues.

Octagon:

• The Octagon is a multi-storeyed and multipurpose building.
• The building houses a modern Computer Center, a computerized Library, an Internet Room, 2 faculty rooms, 5 classrooms.
• It also has a cafeteria that has a seating capacity of over 150 people at a time.

Atrium:

• The Atrium is a new addition to NIST infrastructure.
• The building houses the maximum number of classrooms on the campus which counts to 25.
• It also has 11 laboratories including Engineering drawing, Chemistry, Physics, C-lab, Language lab, and 13 faculty rooms.
• The Student Activities Center is also located in Atrium.
• The NIST Business School which has a well-equipped library is also nestled in this building.

Tifac:

• This is the center of Excellence for the 3G/ 4G communication technologies that are sponsored by the Indian Government department of Science and Technology.
• It has specialized labs with state of the art facilities and equipment, there are 2 seminar halls, 4 classrooms, a JRF room, a conference and trainers' room.
• The building has labs like VLSI, Embedded Systems, Nano-Technology, and many others.

Core:

• This is a new five-story building with the best equipment and research labs.
• Each room in this building has data and power ports and most labs have individual workstations.

Hostel Facility:

• The NIST college provides separate hostel facilities for boys and girls.
• The NIST Berhampur hostel capacity for boys is 600 on-campus and 500 off-campus.

Transport Facility:

• The NIST college provides full-fledged transport service for the students and staff.
• The college has 18 buses which provide transport facility from Berhampur, Gopalpur, and hostels with 48 staff members working here.

Sports Facility:

• The NIST college encourages sports and provides modern sports facilities for the students.
• It provides both indoor and outdoor games facilities.
• It has a basketball court, a swimming pool, a volleyball court, lawn tennis court, gym, and more.

Other Facilities:

• Workshop
• Advanced Research Center
• Entrepreneurship Development Center
• Gymnasium
• Yoga Center
• Stationary center
• ATM
• Photocopy center 

National Institute of Science and Technology Courses:

NIST offers various courses that are tabulated below.

National Institute of Science and Technology Placements:

• The placement opportunity for students is provided by Training and Placement Cell [T&P Cell] which was started in the year 1998.
• This Institute has tied up with external training centers to train students in soft skills, business communication, aptitude, group discussions, technical and HR interviews.
• The placement cell also provides industrial visits in core companies like Tata, Vedanta, DRDO, ISRO, NALCO, ITI, SAIL, HAL, NTPC, and more.
• It provides internships for the students in companies and research-based projects in IITs, NIT's, ISI, IIIT, etc.
• The Institute's T&P cell conducts Industry-Campus partnership academic programs like the Campus Connect Programmes of Infosys to bridge the gap between the academics and the Industry.
• Many IT and Core companies visit the college campus every year for the recruitment process and offer a good salary package to the students.
• More than 280 companies have visited the campus for placements with 8200+ students placed successfully in various MNCs.
• 20 Lacs was the highest package which was offered Dropbox.
• Some of the top recruiters that visit the college are SAP Labs India, Infosys, Capgemini, L&T Technolgy Services, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Genpact, Mindtree, TVS Motors, and more. 

National Institute of Science and Technology Scholarships:

National Institute of Science and Technology offers scholarships for eligible students through the State Government, Central Government, and the Institute. Candidates who belong to SC/ ST/ OBC/ Physically disabled, Minorities, Socio-economic backward classes are awarded scholarships every year. The college offers various scholarships like:

National Institute of Science and Technology Clubs:

• Astronomy club
• Robotics club
• Electronics hobby club
• Eco walkers
• Club excel
• Eureka club
• Club Innova
• Art and Dramatic club
• Multimedia club
• NIST musical society
• Sports and adventure club
• Yoga and fitness club
• Cloud computing club
• Photography club
• Swimming club
• CAT club
• Team NSS
• Quizzards club

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