Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology

Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as MIT, Muzaffarpur) is a public, coeducational engineering college in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India. It is administered by the Department of Science and Technology, Bihar and funded by Government of Bihar.[1] It was founded in 1954, just after India attained independence in 1947. The foundation stone was laid by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru.[2] It runs undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Engineering.

Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology
Former name
College of Civil Engineering, Muzaffarpur (1954–1959)
MottoSarvopari Karma
Motto in English
Work is above everything else
TypePublic
Established1954 (70 years ago) (1954)
PrincipalDr. M. K. Jha
Academic staff
50
Administrative staff
150
Students1,350
Undergraduates1,300
Location, ,
CampusUrban 85 acres (340,000 m2)
NicknameMIT, Muzaffarpur
AffiliationsBihar Engineering University
Websitewww.mitmuzaffarpur.org

History

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Principals

MIT (established with the name College of Civil Engineering, Muzaffarpur) began on 25 September 1954 with one discipline: Civil Engineering. Committee recommended the establishment of higher technical institutions in India, along the lines of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and consulting from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign along with affiliated secondary institutions. The report urged that work should start with the speedy establishment of major institutions in the four quarters of the country with the ones in the east and the west to be set up immediately It was inaugurated by C.P.N. Singh, governor of then East Punjab (now Punjab, Haryana and parts of Himachal Pradesh). The first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation of the main building on 21 April 1956. Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering disciplines were added in 1960 and the institute was renamed as Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology. Pharmacy and Leather Technology were added in 1978 and 1986 respectively. Information Technology and Electronics and Communication Engineering disciplines were introduced in 2001.[4] In December 2008, the government of Bihar declared that MIT would be developed into a model engineering college.[5] In 2022

Campus

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The campus is in the north-west corner of Muzaffarpur city, along MuzaffarpurMotihari road, and spread over an area of 85 acres (340,000 m2) four kilometres from Muzaffarpur railway station. The institute is flanked by the river Burhi Gandak on the north, a reservoir on the east, MuzaffarpurMotihari road on the south, and the road network on the west.

The campus is divided into following zones:

  • Academic Zone that includes department offices, lecture theaters, libraries
  • Student Residential Zone
  • Faculty and Staff Residential Zone
  • Student Recreational Area that includes football ground, cricket ground, badminton courts.
  • AVH is the hall for the cultural activities.
  • It has also separate building for branches like Information technology building, electronic and communications building, lab building for physics and chemistry.

The campus has student activity centre, primary school named MIT Bal Niketan International School, branch of State Bank of India, post office, central bank of india and a temple.

Academic departments

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Pharmacy
 
Science Block

Academics

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Admission

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From 2019 onwards, admissions is based on national Joint Entrance Examination – Main merit list. Students who want to enroll must appear at the exam that is conducted by National Testing Agency.

Earlier Undergraduate admissions were done through the Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board. The entrance examination was held in two stages: First stage was the screening test or preliminary test. The screened candidates had to appear in the main examination (second stage). Based on the merit list in the second stage, successful candidates were allotted seats in different engineering colleges of Bihar.

Admission to postgraduate programmes is based upon score and rank in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) conducted by IITs/IISc.

University affiliation

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MIT was affiliated to Aryabhatta Knowledge University until 2021.Currently, MIT is affiliated to Bihar Engineering University.[6]

Degree programs

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Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech)

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MIT has the following branches at the undergraduate Bachelor of Technology level. The number of seats available in each discipline is given in parentheses:

Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.)

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Master of Technology

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At the postgraduate M.Tech level MIT has the following branches:

Facilities for Ph.D. research exist in all departments.

Student life

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Hostels

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There are seven boys hostels having a capacity to accommodate 1400 students and one girls hostel (the Golden Jubilee Girls Hostel) with a capacity to accommodate 200 students.hostel -01 (damodar hostel) was constructed in 1952 before college main building was constructed. Guest Houses for parents and others are also located in the campus.

MIT Sports Club

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The sports club has been functioning since 1954 and provides facilities for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Badminton, Volleyball, Basketball, Football Table- Tennis and Indore games. But since 2000 the sports club became inactive and unofficially closed. Later on, in 2017 a group of students from 2015 batch has relaunched the platform of sports in this college as MIT SPORTS CLUB. The club organizes the institute's annual sports, an Inter-college sports meet and several of lawn tennis, badminton, chess, etc. tournament every year at MIT sports grounds. Inter college and Interstates tournaments held every year.

 
Hindi Pakhwada organize by Junoon

The Start-up cell in MIT, Muzaffarpur is established on 16 January 2018.[7]

SIRTDO

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The Small Industries Research, Training and Development Organization (SIRTDO) was established at MIT in 1976 with financial support from the government of Bihar with the objective to encourage entrepreneurship among MIT students. The organization organizes orientation programmes with the collaboration of other national level institutes. SIRTDO acts as incubation center for new business ventures by providing facilities at the campus and provides training to the entrepreneurs in product design, development and management, marketing and finance.

References

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  1. ^ http://dst.bih.nic.in/ and http://dotnet.bih.nic.in/EngineeringColleges.aspx[permanent dead link] Retrieved on 24/11/2009
  2. ^ "MIT Muzaffarpur". mitmuzaffarpur.org. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. ^ https://www.webcitation.org/5ko5B4jvf?url=http://www.geocities.com/mitmuz/roh.html Roll of Honour
  4. ^ "Introduction - Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology, Muzaffarpur". Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2007. Retrieved on 21/12/2007
  5. ^ "MIT would be made a model institute". Bihar Times. 2 December 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  6. ^ "बिहार इंजीनियरिंग यूनिवर्सिटी आज से करने लगेगी काम, मेडिकल यूनिवर्सिटी भी अप्रैल से हो जाएगी शुरू". Prabhat Khabar (in Hindi). Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  7. ^ www.mitmuzaffarpur.org
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