ANNOUNCEMENTS
NIST UNIVERSITY
Institute Park, Berhampur, Odisha-761008, India
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38th rank to NIST among all Engineering Institutes in INDIA by Times Engineering 2024
69th rank to NIST at all India level and 1st Private Engineering College of Odisha by NIRF, MHRD, Govt of India, 2016
60th rank to NIST among the top engineering colleges of India by Outlook India 2019
NIST Fraternity expresses its sincere gratitude to the Government of Odisha and the Department
of Skill Development & Technical Education (SDTE) for the esteemed recognition as The NIST
University. This acknowledgment inspires us to further dedicate ourselves to academic excellence
and innovation.
In accepting this prestigious recognition, we reaffirm our commitment to fostering a vibrant
learning environment that nurtures talent, cultivates leadership, and fosters a spirit of
inquiry and innovation. With the unwavering support of the government and our stakeholders, we
look forward to charting new horizons and making meaningful contributions to the educational
landscape of Odisha and beyond.
Together, let us embark on this exciting journey of growth, discovery, and transformation.
NIST has been conferred with full academic autonomy for 10 years (effective from March 2019) by UGC in 2018. This is a very significant development in our journey as a young institution (23-year old by 2019) and a step toward flourishing into a university. Now on the institute has the power to make its own rules, regulations and by-laws in consonance with the UGC guidelines. It will help us widen the scope of academic excellence and offer our students yet better industry experience.
Awards, rewards and accreditations have become synonymous with the institution in the recent past. The latest and the most prestigious in the list of achievements is the Grade 'A' accreditation bestowed upon NIST by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of India (UGC) with 3.22 rating, i.e., the highest among all engineering colleges of Odisha.
Testimony to our technical and professional standards, we have been NBA accreditated for Computer Science and Engineering and Electronics & Communication Engineering courses. Students studying in NIST receive education that is a perfect balance between high academic quality and professional relevance well integrated into the programs, activities and processes. The students graduating during the validity period of accreditation will have an NBA accredited degree.
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has published the India Rankings 2016 at a glittering ceremony held at Vigyan Bhavan on 4th April, 2016. This is the first such effort of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), Government of India. NIST by virtue of its 69th position is ranked as the first Private Engineering College of Odisha. The criteria for ranking included teaching/learning resources, research, graduation outcomes, outreach/inclusivity and perception. The data for the first four parameters, which accounts for 90% of the weightage, was submitted by the institutions and verified by NIRF.
For the perception criterion, various stakeholders including parents, teachers, and alumni were
engaged to give their feedback. More than 3,500 top higher educational institutions are under
consideration for the ranking.
The Founder of NIST, Dr. Sukant K. Mohapatra thanked the faculty, students and all stakeholders
for this huge recognition on the national front. He ascribed this success to the last 20 years
of single minded effort of the management to build a world class institute in the most
economically and educationally deprived district of Ganjam, Odisha.
NIST has been ranked 60th among the top engineering colleges of India by Outlook India 2019 which predictably has all the IITs and BITS, Pilani at the top. This is a rare honor for NIST which was established in 1996 and within a span of 23 years has reached the top spot as published by the reputed national magazine, Outlook. There are 3500 engineering colleges in India with an intake capacity of 17 lakh students. The institutes were ranked by objective analysis taking into consideration the selection process, academic excellence, personality development and individual interface, infrastructure and placement.
NIST has been ranked 25th among all Engineering Colleges in INDIA by DATAQUEST 2018.
BPUT students have also ranked NIST as the No.1 Engineering College of Odisha.
The Berhampur-based National Institute of Science & Technology (NIST) has been honoured with the
prestigious
eINDIA 2013 Award at an event held in Hyderabad on July 23. The institute won under the category
"Best
Teaching Learning Institute" for their flagship product 'Online Information Systems (OIS)'
implemented
across the NIST campus. OIS provides "Innovative & Complete Educational Services for Students,
Teachers,
Parents, and Management." It is based on low-cost open-source solutions and is currently in use
in a
number
of campuses across India. Earlier, NIST was also the recipient of the eODISHA-2013 Award given
by
the Department of
Information Technology, Govt. of Odisha.
The eINDIA Awards are given to innovative endeavors made in integrating technology into societal
concerns. The
awards have been instituted with the primary aim of felicitating and acknowledging unique and
innovative
initiatives in the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The eINDIA Awards have
been
instrumental in promoting the most innovative initiatives and spreading awareness about the role
of
ICTs in
addressing social concerns.
The Institute was ranked the 13th Best Private Technical Institute of India by Data Quest - a reputed IT magazine of India for the year 2015-16.
Diamond Award in Education Sector under 'Daksh, The pride of Ganjam Program'
Sambad, a leading daily in Odisha, organized an event on the entrepreneurs of Ganjam district named
'DAKSH,
The pride of Ganjam' where various entrepreneurs of the district were felicitated and NIST was
awarded on
30th January, 2018 in this section for its excellence in the field of education.
A State Level Function on the occasion of the Energy Conservation (EC) Day on 14th December 2017 was organized by the Department of Energy, Government of Odisha, at Jayadev Bhawan, Bhubaneswar. The objective of commemorating this day is to propagate the message of Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency among the general public as well as all sectors of the economy to save the life from global warming.
Odisha State Energy Conservation awards were conferred on participants of six categories, i.e.,
commercial buildings, IT industries, hospitals, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME),
educational institutions and hotels for their contribution to energy conservation. NIST has been
bestowed for the "Best performance" category of "Odisha State Energy Conservation Award."
NIST has earned a special recognition for being conferred for the "Best Performance" category
of the Award for the year 2015, 2016 and 2017, three times in a row. NIST has been using the
non-conventional energy applications in most of its usage in the campus and hostel. The
institute has also been involved in various industry automation and energy monitoring,
village micro grid, policy and district renewable energy planning activities in the state
and outside.
NIST got the ICT enabled Higher Education Institute award at the first Mega IT event, "eOdisha
Summit, 2013" hosted by the Department of Information Technology, Government of Odisha, in
association with Elets Technomedia. The mega event, inaugurated by the Chief Minister Mr Navin
Patnaik.
Mr Damodar Rout, Honorable Minister, Health & Family Welfare, and Micro, Small & Medium
Enterprises, Government of Odisha, presented the award to the Institute in a grand ceremony.
NIST has once again proved its credentials in bagging the "Best R&D Institute of Odisha". The Award was presented to Dr. Sukant Tripathy who received it on behalf of NIST at a glittering ceremony in Jaydev Bhavan, Bhubaneswar, on the occasion of Engineers Day on 15th September.
The Forest Department awarded NIST with Green Campus Award for maintaining rich greenery around
the campus.
The University Grants Commission has asked all educational institutions to
develop green campuses in a bid to promote the idea. As per the plan,
measures such as an energy-efficient street lighting system with proper
control, low-energy fixtures, energy-efficient pumping system,
energy-efficient motors and use of star-rated equipment will be
implemented at the institutes included in the list of green campus
ensuring a green cover in the campus is the need of the hour for every
university and college
