National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

The National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, commonly referred to as NIT Trichy, is a public engineering institution near the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India. It is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India under the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007. The institute is located in a campus of 800 acres and has 16 departments covering engineering, applied sciences, humanities and management programs with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.NIT Trichy admits its undergraduate students through Joint Entrance Examination (Main), graduate students through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, Common Admission Test and Common Entrance Test for Masters in Computer Applications. The institute organizes annual cultural and technical festivals: Pragyan (technical festival) and Festember (cultural festival) that attract participants from all over the country and abroad.NIT Trichy has a strong entrepreneurial culture, with many alumni who moved on to found technological and social ventures in India and abroad. The institute has more than 30,000 alumni including CEOs of some companies that are listed in the Fortune India 500 and Forbes Global 2000, Professors, Chancellors and Vice Chancellors of prominent universities in India and abroad and top ranked officers of the Indian Armed Forces.