NIT Puducherry: Ranking, Courses, Fees, Admission, Placements

NIT Puducherry Overview

NIT Puducherry was established in the year 2009. National Institute of Technology Puducherry Is one of the 10 newly formed NITs. The NIRF 2022 ranks 136th in the Engineering category. Admission to NIT Puducherry for 2022 is still open. JEE Main Answer Key 2022 for Session 2 has been made available for B.Tech admissions. Candidates can check the details by visiting the official website. 

NIT Puducherry Latest Updates

• August 8, 2022: JEE Main 2022 Session 2 result has been declared. Read More
• August 5, 2022: CCMT Special Round 2 Seat Allotment Result Out.

NIT Puducherry's mission is to create the best benchmark in infrastructure and academic environment. This institution is an institute of national importance. The institution offers programs from postgraduate, undergraduate, and Ph.D. levels. The institution evaluation is based on the grading system and it is regulated by MHRD, Govt of India. Seats will be allotted according to NEET exams and JoSAA and also reserved seats will be available as per the norms of the Govt of India.

Table of Contents

• Quick Insights
• Ranking
• Courses
• Departments
• Admission
• Why choose NIT Puducherry?
• Cutoff
• Infrastructure
• Placements
• Scholarships
• Collaborations
• Alumni

NIT Puducherry Quick Insights

NIT Puducherry was established in the year 2009. Below are some of the college's highlights, including its reputation, type of university, and facilities.

National Institute of Technology Puducherry
Year of Establishment	2009
Type of Institute	Public
Approvals	AICTE
Campus Area	258 acres
Courses offered	Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral
Infrastructure Facilities	Classrooms, Conference Hall, Bank, Central Library etc
Location	Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, India

NIT Puducherry Ranking

NIT Puducherry has been honored and acknowledged by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). When it comes to the top engineering schools in India, it comes in at number 144. The following are its rating for the most recent years

• NIT Puducherry is ranked 136 by the NIRF 2022 among engineering colleges.
• It was ranked 144  by the NIRF in 2021.
• It was also ranked 130 by NIRF Ranking 2020.

NIT Puducherry Courses

NIT Puducherry offers various courses and specializations under science and technology discipline in undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs. The courses are recognized by the MHRD, Govt of India, and the institution's evaluation is based on the CBCS grading system. More details about the courses of NIT Puducherry are mentioned below

Departments	Courses
Engineering	B.Tech, M.Tech
Science	M.Sc
Arts	M.Phil

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NIT Puducherry Departments

NIT Puducherry offers numerous specializations and it will be difficult to maintain all those without dividing it, so the institution has 9 departments that maintain the specialization, and all the study and research-related activities are programmed by these departments. National Institute of Technology Puducherry departments are mentioned below

Civil Engineering	Computer Science Engineering	Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering	Humanities and Social Sciences	Mathematics
Physics	Mechanical Engineering	Power Electronics

NIT Puducherry Admission

NIT Puducherry admission 2022 is ongoing. Five specializations are available in the four-year B.Tech degree at NIT Puducherry. The institute's most popular specialization, out of the 5 that are available, is computer science and engineering (CSE).

NIT Puducherry Eligibility Criteria

NIT Puducherry announces the eligibility criteria for courses depending on the type of course chosen. It offers courses such as B.Tech, M.Tech,  etc. Mentioned below are a few popular courses along with their eligibility criteria

B.Tech Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates should have completed 10+2 or its equivalent in science background.
• Candidates should have qualified for the Joint Entrance Examination.
• Candidates should attend JoSAA and selection will be based on it.

M.Tech Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates should have completed a bachelor's degree in BE/B.tech with not less than 60% of aggregate marks
• Candidates should have a valid GATE score.

Ph.D. Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates should have completed a Master's degree in Engineering/Technology/Research with not less than 60% of aggregate marks or a CGPA of 6.5.
• Candidates should have completed a bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology from CFTI with a valid GATE score with at least 90% of aggregate marks.

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Why Choose NIT Puducherry?

NIT Puducherry is one of the well-known institutions and it is the best technical institute in the region. The campus is filled with amenities that students require daily for education and research purposes. The college's campus is filled with amenities and provides a wide range of specializations and courses. The campus has an overall strength of 784 students, 38 faculty members, and 36 non-teaching staff.

NIT Puducherry Academic Advantages

• The NIT Puducherry is one of thirty-one National Institutes of Technology founded by the Government of India in 2009.
• The institute also offers an international youth exchange program through which students can pursue their further education at associated colleges throughout the world.
• The institute offers 45-day internship training periods in the second and third semesters.
• The institute provides keen guidance in terms of experienced and expert faculties as well as facilities to sculpt bright minds into professionally balanced individuals, capable enough to take up challenges of nature of society, and of the marketplace.

NIT Puducherry Cutoff

NIT Puducherry cutoff 2022 has been released. The institute offers courses like B.Tech, M.Tech, and Ph.D. The students who are seeking admission to the institute are required to meet the cutoff criteria of the university and also need to secure reasonable marks in the accepted exams JEE Main/ DASA UG for B.Tech; GATE/ CCMT for M.Tech.

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NIT Puducherry Infrastructure

NIT Puducherry has a vast campus that spreads across 258 acres and nearby beaches are an added advantage to the students and faculties. The campus is filled with amenities that students require and the campus also includes 3 boys' hostels and a girl hostel inside the campus. More details about the facilities of NIT Puducherry are mentioned below

• Classrooms and Administrative Office
• Laboratory Facilities
• Central Library
• Hostel Facilities
• Mess and Transportation Facilities
• Conference Hall
• Bank & ATM

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NIT Puducherry Placements

NIT Puducherry has completed its seventh placement season for the 2019-20 academic year. The average package was INR 4.9 LPA. CodeNation Solutions provided the highest package of INR 15.25 LPA. The CSE department had the highest number of placements, followed by the ECE department. A total of 115 students were there in the batch out of which only 62 students were placed. Among the top recruiters who came to campus were

Samsung	Snapdeal	IBM
RAMCO	Virtusa	Tech Mahindra
NSE	POLARIS	MU Sigma

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NIT Puducherry Scholarship

NIT Puducherry supports its deserving and needy students by offering a variety of scholarships and financial aid to help them out financially. Some of the scholarships are sponsored through the Government of India's scholarship programs, while others are offered by the institute's alumni. The following list includes a few of the institute's well-known scholarships

• Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj Merit Scholarship
• Scholarship from Swami Dayanand Charitable Education Foundation (SDEF)
• Scholarship for Physically Disabled Students
• Scholarship for MBC students from Tamil Nadu

NIT Puducherry Collaborations

NIT Puducherry supports active collaboration between other universities at the national level. The National collaborations are as follows

• Anavadya Softech Private Limited, Bengaluru, Karnataka
• National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology, Calicut
• Regional Academic Centre for Space, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, (NITK), Surathkal
• National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
• Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India
• Atal Incubation Center PONDICHERRY ENGINEERING COLLEGE FOUNDATION (AICPECF), Puducherry
• Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai

NIT Puducherry Alumni

NIT Puducherry was set up in the year 2009. The alumni association has been energetic in imparting a platform for all of the alumni to engage and network and organizes a large number of occasions each year. A few of the NIT Puducherry are

Notable Alumni	Profession
D. Raghavender	President
Dileep Kumar S V	Vice-President
Dr. R Bhoopati Rani	Treasurer
Mahaboob Hussain J	Secretary
Uttam Kumar P	Joint-Secretary
K Gokul	Executive Member
Vijaya Ragunath	Executive Member

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