NIT Durgapur

The National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (Hindi: राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान दुर्गापुर) also known as NIT Durgapur or NITDGP, is a public engineering college located in Durgapur, West Bengal, India. Formerly known as the Regional Engineering College, Durgapur (REC Durgapur), it is among the first 8 Regional Engineering Colleges established in India and was founded in 1960 by the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy. Today it is one of the 30 National Institutes of Technology in India and has been recognised as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India under the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007. For more information visit : www.nitdgp.ac.in