Haldia Institute of Technology
Haldia Institute of Technology, better known as HIT Haldia is an autonomous[2] engineering institute in West Bengal, India, approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, and affiliated to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT).[3] It is an institution maintained by ICARE (Indian Center for Advancement of Research and Education, Haldia ICARE, Haldia), a non-profit making voluntary organization.[4] It is one of the oldest technological institutes in West Bengal.HIT has an enclave campus of approximately 70 acres of land having an administrative block of 153780.5 square meters with nine academic blocks having an area of around 24980 square meters and a hostel area of 24315 square meters. The hostel facility is available for both boys and girls to accommodate almost all the students
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Motto | Jnanam Vijnanam Sahitam |
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Type | Autonomous |
Established | 1996 |
Chairman | Lakshman Chandra Seth |
Principal | Dr. Subrata Mondal |
Director | Manabendra Nath Bandyopadhyay |
Students | 4,248[1] |
Undergraduates | 4,221[1] |
Postgraduates | 27[1] |
Address | Hatiberia, ICARE Complex, Haldia, Purba Medinipur , , , 721657 , 22°03′02.15″N 88°04′12.09″E |
Campus | Urban, 0.15 km2 (37 acres) |
Affiliations | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology |
Website | www |

. The college offers 13 B.Tech courses, and 5 M.Tech and MCA, MBA courses.[5]
Campus
The campus comprises
- an administrative block
- academic block
- Student Housing
- Library
- Departmental store
- Post Office
- Laundry
- Medical Store
- Bank
- ATM(24x7)
- Restaurant
- Open air cafetaria
- Recreational building
- Football ground
- Basketball court
- Cricket ground
Student Housing
The college campus provides us with separate housing facility or dormitory (hostels) for boys and girls :
- Boys Hostels
- Newton Hall of Residence aka
- Galileo Hall of Residence aka
- Newton Hall of Residence aka
- Newton Hall of Residence aka
- Newton Hall of Residence aka
- Ranichak Boys Hostel
- Balaji Boys Hostel
- Girls Hostels
- Tamalika Ponda Seth Hall of Residence
- Matangini Hall of Residence
- Foreign Hostel
Schools and Departments
Undergraduate
Haldia Institute of Technology has the following schools and departments:[6]
- School of Engineering
- Department of Mechanical engineering
- Department of Electrical engineering
- Department of Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
- Department of Civil engineering
- School of Applied Sciences & Humanities
- Department of Applied Sciences
- School of Chemical, Food & BioTechnology
- Department of Chemical engineering
- Department of Biotechnology
- Department of Food technology
- School of Electronics, Computer & Informatics
- Department of Computer science and engineering
- Department of Computer science and engineering (Data science)
- Department of Computer science and engineering (Cyber Security)
- Department of Computer science and engineering (Artificial intelligence and Machine learning)
- Department of Information technology
- Department of Electronic and Communications Engineering
Postgraduate
- School of Management & Social Sciences
- Department of MBA
Student life
Cultural and Non-academic Activities
The annual Science & Technology festival of HIT is PRAYUKTI.
The annual cultural festival Rivera, usually held in the month of May-June is an event hosted by the student body.
Accreditation
Haldia Institute of Technology is accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with an "A" grade[7] in 2018, with CGPA of 3.31 on 4 point scale. Most of the courses are provisionally accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA).[8][9][10]
Ranking
University and college rankings | |
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Engineering – India | |
NIRF (2022)[11] | 251–300 |
Haldia Institute of Technology ranked in the 251–300 band among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).[11]
Admission
For B.Tech course, one has to clear State level entrance exam WBJEE & Jee(main).[12] JELET is exam for 2nd year lateral entry B.Tech course.[12]
References
- "Haldia Institute of Technology Data for NIRF 2020" (PDF). NIRF Jun 11, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- https://hithaldia.in/main/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Autonomous-conferment-by-UGC-and-MAKAUT_West-Bengal.pdf
- "Affiliated College of West Bengal University of Technology". Archived from the original on 8 December 2012.
- "ICARE, Haldia". www.icare-haldia.org. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- "Institute Information – Haldia Institute of Technology". Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- "Haldia Institute of Technology". www.hithaldia.in. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- "Accreditation – Haldia Institute of Technology". Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- "NBA accreditation certification(IT,Civil,FT)" (PDF). National Board of Accreditation.
- "NBA accreditation certification(ECE, AEIE)" (PDF). National Board of Accreditation.
- "NBA accreditation certification(EE)" (PDF). National Board of Accreditation.
- "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 15 July 2022.
- "You searched for Admission - Haldia Institute of Technology". Haldia Institute of Technology. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
External links

- Haldia Institute of Technology Official website