National Institute of Technology Agartala

The National Institute of Technology, Agartala, shortened to NIT Agartala or NITA, is a technology-oriented institute of higher education established by India's Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India in Agartala, India. It was founded as Tripura Engineering College in 1965 and declared a National Institute of Technology (NIT) in 2006. It is a technical institute in India along with all other NITs and IITs. It is recognised as an Institute of National Importance, by an act of the Parliament of India. It is a leading reputed technical institute of the country along with the IITs and NITs.HistoryThe Institute was established in 1965 as Tripura Engineering College, with the three traditional branches of civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering. It was initially affiliated with Calcutta University and had the same curriculum structure and examination system as Bengal Engineering College (currently IIEST Shibpur).After the establishment of Tripura University in 1987, the Institute was affiliated with it. Courses toward a degree in computer science and engineering were offered beginning in the 1999 2000 session, and three new degrees were offered beginning in the 2005 2006 session: Electrical & Electronics, Production and Transportation Engineering. It was felt that these offerings catered to the technical needs of the students in this region.