National Institute Of Technology Silchar (NIT Silchar) , an Institute of National Importance under the NIT Act was established in 1967 as a Regional Engineering College (REC), Silchar. NIT Silchar is situated on the banks of river Barak. In year 2002, it was upgraded to the status of an NIT from a Regional Engineering College(REC).

Regional Engineering College, Silchar was established in 1967 as a joint venture of Government of India and Government of Assam under the administration of a society registered under society registration Act XXI of 1860. The college was transformed into National Institute of Technology in the year 2002, and bestowed with the status of Deemed University by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development.

The multifarious reforms -

National Institute Of Technology Silchar (NIT Silchar) , an Institute of National Importance under the NIT Act was established in 1967 as a Regional Engineering College (REC), Silchar. NIT Silchar is situated on the banks of river Barak. In year 2002, it was upgraded to the status of an NIT from a Regional Engineering College(REC).

Regional Engineering College, Silchar was established in 1967 as a joint venture of Government of India and Government of Assam under the administration of a society registered under society registration Act XXI of 1860. The college was transformed into National Institute of Technology in the year 2002, and bestowed with the status of Deemed University by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development.

The multifarious reforms -that are being introduced from then by the reformed Board of Governors, delegated with a greater degree of autonomy for exercising its deliberation over diverse issues pertaining to cardinal matters ranging from academic to extracurricular excellence, are bringing about a tangible difference in the rudimentary paradigm of achieving a high standard in engineering education.

Identified as a Centre of Excellence by the Government of India, the institute is reinventing itself to crush the competition from its cotemporaries in various domains. Very optimistic developmental programs have been undertaken towards modernization of laboratories, computing facilities and library automation. Use of advanced teaching aids and computing facilities provide extensive scope for the students to attain a very high standard required in present day fast changing scenario of technology.

NIT Silchar is situated on a sprawling campus spread over 600 acres {2.43 km2} of land on the outskirts of Silchar amid breathtaking scenery. It is surrounded by beautiful lakes and hillocks.

NITS is a fully residential institution with seven hostels for boys' and two for girls. The capacity of boys hostels is 2000 and that of the girls' hostels is 250. Room allotment is done in such a way that students from different parts of country freely intermingle with each other depicting national integration. 

A 500 beded state-of-the-art new Men's hostel(of 49.7 crores) is under construction and is to be fully functional from next year onwards.

Established in 1967, NIT Silchar is recognized nationwide as one of the leaders in the fields of engineering and research. their mission is to create an ambience in which new ideas and creativity flourish in abundance.

The motto of NIT Silchar is to produce quality manpower equipped with such human and social values required to integrate excellent technical skill, social character, leadership, creativity and renovation for the benefit of mankind and sustainable benefit of India and to promote research in emerging disciplines.

The dynamic and constantly evolving academic program reflects the institute's commitment to stay in tune with the expanding frontiers of knowledge worldwide.NIT Silchar is one of the oldest T-School's in the country. We had the privil

Established in 1967, NIT Silchar is recognized nationwide as one of the leaders in the fields of engineering and research. their mission is to create an ambience in which new ideas and creativity flourish in abundance.

The motto of NIT Silchar is to produce quality manpower equipped with such human and social values required to integrate excellent technical skill, social character, leadership, creativity and renovation for the benefit of mankind and sustainable benefit of India and to promote research in emerging disciplines.

The dynamic and constantly evolving academic program reflects the institute's commitment to stay in tune with the expanding frontiers of knowledge worldwide.NIT Silchar is one of the oldest T-School's in the country. We had the privilidge to host more that 40 companies in the 2008-09 session, culminating in more than 100% placement. The Industry-Institute linkage is getting cemented over the years.

The courses here are regularly restructured to meet the ever changing industry requirements. We earnestly invite the companies to be a part of the NIT Silchar comunity and contribute your share by way of taking active part in the industry-institution interface which can only help maintain our competitive edge.

"Strength doesnot come from physical capacity, it comes from an indomitable will."

CSC, MICROSOFT, GOOGLE, CAPGEMINI, INFOSYS, CATERPILLAR, GODREJ, PUNJ LIOYD, HONEYWELL, HDFC, VEDANTA, JOHN DEERE, ICICI BANK VIDEOCON, HCL, UNITECH, ACCENTURE, ALSTOM, ARICENT, LAFARGE, OILTANKING, IBM, MARUTI SUZUKI, ABB, RELIANCE, ENERGY, HLS, and so on........

CSC, MICROSOFT, GOOGLE, CAPGEMINI, INFOSYS, CATERPILLAR, GODREJ, PUNJ LIOYD, HONEYWELL, HDFC, VEDANTA, JOHN DEERE, ICICI BANK VIDEOCON, HCL, UNITECH, ACCENTURE, ALSTOM, ARICENT, LAFARGE, OILTANKING, IBM, MARUTI SUZUKI, ABB, RELIANCE, ENERGY, HLS, and so on........

Computer Service Centre:

 The Institute computing facility includes high-end workstations and Intel Pentium based Personal Computers. All the computing resources of the Institute are connected through a gigabit backbone LAN. The Institute has its Internet Access facility through a 2-MBPS leased line circuit from M/S. BSNL and a 64 KBPS SCPC VSAT Link from ERNET. It is planned to enhance the 64 KBPS SCPC VSAT into a 1MBPS DAMA VSAT for additional bandwidth for Internet access during the current year. Faculty members have been provided with a Desktop PC with Internet Connectivity. During the 2006 , Internet connectivity has been extended to Students’ Hostels.

Post Office:

The Institute has

Computer Service Centre:

 The Institute computing facility includes high-end workstations and Intel Pentium based Personal Computers. All the computing resources of the Institute are connected through a gigabit backbone LAN. The Institute has its Internet Access facility through a 2-MBPS leased line circuit from M/S. BSNL and a 64 KBPS SCPC VSAT Link from ERNET. It is planned to enhance the 64 KBPS SCPC VSAT into a 1MBPS DAMA VSAT for additional bandwidth for Internet access during the current year. Faculty members have been provided with a Desktop PC with Internet Connectivity. During the 2006 , Internet connectivity has been extended to Students’ Hostels.

Post Office:

The Institute has got a sub Post Office within the campus. The sub Post Office has facilities like registration, money order, and speed post. The post office function from 9.30 am to 2.30 pm. Students and staff and people from the surrounding villages get facilities take advantage of the facilities of this Post Office.

Games and Sports facilities:

The Institute has a playground measuring 150m X 90m with facility for playing football, Cricket, Hockey, and other games. The institute is also planning to construct a mini sports complex for providing various types of outdoor and indoor games to students of this Institute. NIT Silchar also has a hard court for playing basketball and is provided with hard courts for playing Volleyball and Badminton. It has got a Lawn Tennis court within the campus. Overall, the institute has sufficient facilities for games and sports.