National Institute of Technology Calicut
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National Institute of Technology in city of Calicut (also NIT Calicut or NITC) is one of the premier institutions for technical education in India. It was set up in 1961 as Regional Engineering College, Calicut (CREC), and received university status in 2002. National Institute of Technology has a popular digital library, NALANDA (Network of Automated Library And Archives) which houses a good collection of e-books and other resources.
NIT Calicut was the setting of the "Rajan Case" in which one of the students of the institute died after being held (reportedly for being a Naxalite) in police custody. The Malayalam movie Piravi, about an old man searching for his son, was based on the story of Rajan.
NIT Calicut holds two major annual events, the technical festival Tathva held in the monsoon semester and the cultural extravaganza - Ragam which is held in the winter semester. Students from all over India present their creative, artistic talents on one platform at Ragam.
There are seventeen other National Institutes of Technology in India, one in each major state. They have been established for fostering national integration by imparting technical education to students from all over India. The admission to these institutes from 2003 is through the AIEEE (All India Engineering Entrance Exam).
External links
- NITC Website (http://www.nitc.ac.in)
- NALANDA (http://nalanda.nitc.ac.in)