National Institute of Technology, Srinagar

National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, formerly Regional Engineering College, Srinagar, is a public engineering and research institution, located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology and as such is directly under the control of the Ministry of Human Resource Development . It was established in 1960 as one of several Regional Engineering Colleges established as part of the Second Five Year Plan by the Government of India. It is governed by the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007 which has declared it as Institute of National ImportanceNITSRI admits its undergraduate students through Joint Entrance Examination , previously AIEEE. It has 12 academic departments covering Engineering, Applied Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences programs.