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Message from

Director

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar is the name that has
steadily become synonymous with excellence and has established a benchmark for
quality. The institute encourages holistic development of its students by encouraging
them to participate in extra-curricular activities and competitions organized within
and outside the institute by contemporary institutions and industry to sharpen their
technical skills, team work and leadership skills.

Students are the catalyst of change and shall take great responsibility in shaping the
future of this country. Over the years, the institute has imparted values in its students,
primary amongst which is an unceasing desire to learn. A continuous path of learning
has made the institute reach the present level of academic excellence.
Located in a city which is known for producing cricket bats for players like Virat Kohli,
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar
it fulfils the sports goods, leather and hand tool needs of the country. Manchester
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of India, the city of textile and hosiery industry, Ludhiana is hardly 70 km away.
The institute has developed competent professionals for the ever-changing demands Today, we stand on the shoulders of many transformative
of the industry across the globe. The intake at B Tech level has increased to 1103 thinkers and educators who had come earlier while the
from a meagre 100 students in the year 1989. The institute focuses on National and institute was building up. The information compiled
International manpower requirements and offers new programmes besides updating herein attempts to recapitulate and place on record
existing programmes regularly. the events and achievements of the institute. This
publication is an in-depth historical as well as
We also strive to participate in pioneering research that will contribute to the body of contemporary account of institute’s journey in time.
knowledge and shall help industry to improve the process and technology. Recently, the I hope it will keep serving as an important source of
Institute has added 113 faculty members resulting into doubling the strength of the information for all keen readers.
faculty. The research work of the faculty has resulted in publication of 3000 research
papers in scopus index journals and the institute has obtained 49th rank in the recent Jai Hind ! Jai Bharat !
NIRF rankings of the year 2021.
Lalit Kumar Awasthi