National Institute of Technology Delhi (NITD) is one of the thirty one NITs established
in the year 2010 by an act of the parliament and has been declared as an Institute of National
importance. NIT Delhi is an autonomous Institute, which functions under the aegis of the
Ministry of Education, Government of India. NIT Delhi is ranked 51 by NIRF 2023 in Engineering
category. It aims to provide education and research facilities in various disciplines of Engineering,
Science and Technology, Management, Social Sciences, and Humanities for advanced learning and
dissemination of knowledge. The mission of NIT Delhi is to develop a highly intelligent and
deeply ethical human resource, a workforce which is creative, competitive and innovative. The
Institute is imparting holistic education, along with inculcating high moral values in its students.
NIT Delhi started its academic session in 2010 and it was operating from its transit campus
at Narela, Delhi until recently. The institute has now completely shifted to its permanent campus
situated on NH-1 (GT Karnal Road), Narela sub-city, New Delhi. The institute offers B. Tech.
programmes in six areas of technology (Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication
Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence & Data Science, Civil Engineering and
Mechanical Engineering), M. Tech. programmes in eight disciplines, along with Ph.D. programmes in
all branches of Science and Engineering.
The institute makes all attempts to establish strong research collaborations in evolving
fields of research in science and engineering. The programmes like joint thesis work, inter-institute
collaborative projects, institute assistantship to PG and doctoral students, and administrative support
to faculty members for taking up research and consultancy work (sponsored by external agencies).
From 2022-23 academic session, the institute has started the Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) programme
to further escalate the research activities. NIT Delhi has implemented the guidelines of National
Education Policy (NEP) 2020 for current batches of students.
Established in the year 2010 along with the foundation of NIT Delhi, the Computer Science and Engineering Department, initially, offered only Bachelor of Technology Programme with the intake 60 which presently has been increased to 120.