About Host Institute
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal is an Institute of national Importance of Government of India and one of the leading technical institutes among 31 NITs of India. The Institute is fully funded by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. The institute has been named after the great scholar, educationist and the first Education Minister of Govt. of India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
Established in the year 1960 as Maulana Azad College of Technology (MACT) or Regional Engineering College (REC), Bhopal, it became a National Institute of Technology in 2002 and was recognised as an Institute of National Importance under the NIT Act in 2007. The institute is fully funded by Ministry of Education, Government of India and is governed by the NIT Council.
MANIT is spread over 650 acres (260 ha) which makes it one of the largest NITs in India in terms of total campus area. The entire campus consists of administrative and academic buildings, workshops, library and community centre, residential accommodations for students and staff and other general amenities such as Guest houses, Post office, Bank, ATM, Shopping complex, School, Medical care unit, Auditorium, Gym, and Sports complex.
http://www.manit.ac.in