Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal
| मौलाना आज़ाद राष्ट्रीय प्रोद्योगिकी संस्थान भोपाल | |
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Former names
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Maulana Azad College of Technology, Regional Engineering College |
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| Motto | विद्या परम् भूषणं |
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Motto in English
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Knowledge is the greatest jewel. |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1960 |
| Endowment | Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India. |
| Dean | Dr. Ganga Agnihotri |
| Director | Dr. Narendra S Chaudhary |
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Academic staff
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450+ |
| Students | 4,000+ |
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Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Coordinates: 23°12′56″N 77°24′29.86″E / 23.21556°N 77.4082944°E |
| Campus | Urban, spread over 650 acres (2.6 km2) in southeast Bhopal |
| Language | hi |
| Acronym | MANIT, NIT-B |
| Website | www.manit.ac.in |
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| Engineering – India | |
| NIRF | - |
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal (MANIT Bhopal), also known as National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (NIT Bhopal), formerly Maulana Azad College of Technology (MACT), is an Institute of National Importance under the NIT Act in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is part of the group of publicly funded institutions in India known as National Institute of Technology.
MANIT was started in 1960 as Maulana Azad College of Technology, named after the first Minister of Education, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. MACT started functioning in 1960 at Govt S.V. Polytechnic with an intake of 120 students and seven faculty members. It was one of the first eight Regional Engineering Colleges. It is one of the oldest college of Madhya Pradesh.
It acted at first from the campus of Swami Vivekanand Polytechnic. Swami Vivekanand Polytechnic's principal, S.R. Beedkar, was the first head of the institute, under the title "planning officer". The first principal, J.N. Mougdill, joined in 1962. At the same year the institute shifted to its current campus, which was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru.
The management team includes:
Dr. Narendra S. Chaudhary
Dr. S.P.S Rajpoot, Faculty Welfare
Prof (Dr.) Aditya Goel, P & D
Dr. S.K. Katiyar, Research & Consultancy
Dr. Yogendra Kumar, Student Welfare
Dr. R.K Baghel, Electronics and Communication Engineering
Dr. R.K. Pateriya, computer and science Engineering
Dr. P.K Jain, Civil Engineering
Dr. J.L Bhagoria, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Bharatkumar K. Modhera, Chemical Engineering
Dr. Rahul M Shrivastava, Biological Science & Engineering Department
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