Engineering is the application of mathematics, empirical evidence and scientific, economic, social, and practical knowledge in order to invent, innovate, design, build, maintain, research, and improve structures , machines, tools,systems, components, and processes. The discipline of engineering is extremely broad and encompasses a range of more specialized fields of engineering, each with a more specific emphasis on particular areas of applied science, technology and types of application.
The term Engineering is derived from the Latin genius, meaning "cleverness" and ingenious, meaning "to contrive, devise".
IIT Colleges
IIT Colleges in India | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Established | City/Town | State/UT | B.TECH |
| IIT (BHU) Varanasi | 2012 (founded in 1919) | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | Yes |
| IIT Bhubaneswar | 2008 | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | Yes |
| IIT Bombay | 1958 | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Yes |
| IIT Delhi | 1963 (founded in 1961) | New Delhi | Delhi | Yes |
| IIT Gandhinagar | 2008 | Gandhinagar | Gujarat | Yes |
| IIT Guwahati | 1994 | Guwahati | Assam | Yes |
| IIT Hyderabad | 2008 | Hyderabad | Telangana | Yes |
| IIT Indore | 2009 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | Yes |
| IIT Jodhpur | 2008 | Jodhpur | Rajasthan | Yes |
| IIT Kanpur | 1959 | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | Yes |
| IIT Kharagpur | 1951 | Kharagpur | West Bengal | Yes |
| IIT Madras | 1959 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | Yes |
| IIT Mandi | 2009 | Mandi | Himachal Pradesh | Yes |
| IIT Patna | 2008 | Patna | Bihar | Yes |
| IIT Roorkee | 2001 (founded in 1847) | Roorkee | Uttarakhand | Yes |
| IIT Ropar | 2008 | Rupnagar | Punjab | Yes |
| IIT Tirupati | 2015 | Tirupati | Andhra Pradesh | Yes |
| IIT Palakkad | 2015 | Palakkad | Kerala | Yes |
NIT Colleges
NIT Colleges in India | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Short Name | Location | State/UT | B.TECH |
| NIT Agartala | NITA | Agartala | Tripura | Yes |
| Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad | MNNIT | Allahabad | Uttar Pradesh | Yes |
| NIT Arunachal Pradesh | NITAP | Yupia | Arunachal Pradesh | Yes |
| Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology | MANIT | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | Yes |
| National Institute of Technology Calicut | NITC | Kozhikode | Kerala,Lakshadweep | Yes |
| NIT Delhi | NITD | New Delhi | Chandigarh,Delhi | Yes |
| NIT Durgapur | NITDGP | Durgapur | West Bengal | Yes |
| NIT Goa | NITG | Farmagudi | Goa | Yes |
| NIT Puducherry | -- | Karaikal | Pondicherry | Yes |
| NIT Hamirpur | NITH | Hamirpur | Himachal Pradesh | Yes |
| Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur | MNIT | Jaipur | Rajasthan | Yes |
| NIT Manipur | -- | Imphal | Manipur | Yes |
| NIT Meghalaya | NITM | Shillong | Meghalaya | Yes |
| NIT Mizoram | NITMZ | Aizawl | Mizoram | Yes |
| NIT Nagaland | NITN | Dimapur | Nagaland | Yes |
| Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar | NITJ | Jalandhar | Punjab | Yes |
| NIT Jamshedpur | NITJSR | Jamshedpur | Jharkhand | Yes |
| NIT Kurukshetra | NITKKR | Kurukshetra | Haryana | Yes |
| Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology | VNIT | Nagpur | Maharashtra | Yes |
| NIT Patna | NITP | Patna | Bihar | Yes |
| NIT Raipur | NITRR | Raipur | Chhattisgarh | Yes |
| NIT Rourkela | NITRKL | Rourkela | Odisha | Yes |
| NIT Sikkim | NITSK | Ravangla | Sikkim | Yes |
| NIT Silchar | NITS | Silchar | Assam | Yes |
| NIT Srinagar | NITSRI | Srinagar | Jammu and Kashmir | Yes |
| S V National Institute of Technology, Surat | SVNIT | Surat | Gujarat | Yes |
| NIT Karnataka | NITK | Surathkal | Karnataka | Yes |
| NIT Tiruchirappalli | NITT | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | Yes |
| NIT Uttarakhand | NIT UK | Srinagar, Uttarakhand/ | Uttarakhand | Yes |
| NIT Warangal | NITW | Warangal | Andhra Pradesh | Yes |