Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology
Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology
(Devanāgarī: मुजफ्फरपुर प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान)
(commonly referred to as MIT, Muzaffarpur)
is a public, coeducational engineering college in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India. It is wholly funded by the government of Bihar. It was founded in 1954, just after India attained independence in 1947. The foundation stone was laid by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It runs undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Engineering and Pharmacy. The institute has a campus at Muzaffarpur. Its alumni hold positions in government departments, public sector and private sector organizations in India and abroad.
The institute celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2004.
History
Principals
Prof A. T.Paul 15/9/1954- 4/8/1955
Prof B. Ojha 5/8/1954 - 4/8/1955
Prof D.P. Sinha 3/7/1960 - 2/9/1969
Prof S.K. Bhattacharya 3/9/1969 - 11/1/1970
Prof S. Prasad 12/1/1970 - 30/4/1978
Prof I.C. Nayak 1/5/1978 - 31/8/1983
Prof R.K. Garg 1/9/1983 - 31/1/1985
Prof U.N. Sharan 1/2/1985 - 14/9/1988
Prof P. Baskaran 15/9/1988 - 4/3/1991
Prof B.B. Lall 5/3/1991 - 30/11/1992
Prof R.P. Singh 1/12/1992 - 25/7/1995
Prof K. Prasad 26/7/1995 - 30/6//1996
Prof K.K. Sinha 1/7/1996 - 30/7/1996
Prof S.C. Sinha 31/7/1996 - 9/10/1998
Prof S.C. Roy 10/10/1998 - 9/11/1998
Prof D. Singh 10/11/1998- 31/7/2000
Prof Dhrub Prasad 1/8/2000 - 8/3/2007
Prof M.P.Jakhanwal 9/3/2007 - ??/??/??
Prof Dhrub Prasad ??/??/?? - present
MIT (established with the name College of Civil Engineering, Muzaffarpur) began on September 25, 1954 with one discipline: Civil Engineering.
It was inaugurated by C.P.N. Singh, governor of then East Punjab (now Punjab, Haryana and parts of Himachal Pradesh). The first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation of the main building on April 21, 1956. Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering disciplines were added in 1960 and the institute was renamed as Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology. Pharmacy and Leather Technology were added in 1978 and 1986 respectively. Information Technology and Electronics and Communication Engineering disciplines were introduced in 2001. In December 2008, the government of Bihar declared that MIT would be developed into a model engineering college.
Campus
The campus is in the north-west corner of Muzaffarpur city, along Muzaffarpur–Motihari road, and spread over an area of 85 acres (340,000 m) four kilometers from Muzaffarpur railway station. The institute is flanked by the holy river Burhi Gandak on the north, a reservoir on the east, Muzaffarpur–Motihari road on the south, and the road network on the west.
The campus is divided into the following zones:
Academic Zone that includes department offices, lecture theaters, libraries and workshops
Student Residential Zone
Faculty and Staff Residential Zone
Student Recreational Area that includes football ground, cricket ground, basketball courts, badminton courts, hockey field, lawn tennis courts.
The campus has a canteen, shopping complex, student activity centre, hospital, primary school named MIT Bal Niketan, branch of State Bank of India, post office and a temple.
Admission
Admission to undergraduate courses is made on the basis of merit in a competitive examination conducted by the Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board.Bihar Domicile students are eligible to appear in this examination. Admission to postgraduate programmes is done on all India basis based upon score in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) conducted by IITs/IISc.
University affiliation
MIT is affiliated to ARYABHATT KNOWLEDGE UNIVERSITY, PATNA.
Academic departments
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Department of Information Technology
Department of Leather Technology
Department of Pharmacy
Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics
Department of Chemistry
Department of Humanities
Degree programs
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech)
MIT has the following branches at the undergraduate Bachelor of Technology level. The number of seats available in each discipline is given in parentheses:
Civil Engineering (60)
Mechanical Engineering (60)
Electrical Engineering (60)
Electronics and Communication Engineering (40)
Information Technology (40)
Leather Technology (30)
Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.)
Bachelor of Pharmacy (15)
Master of Technology
At the postgraduate M.Tech level MIT has the following branches:
Machine Design (under the department of Mechanical Engineering) (18 full-time + 5 part-time)
Thermal Engineering (under the department of Mechanical Engineering) (18 full-time + 5 part-time)
Manufacturing Technology (under the department of Mechanical Engineering) (18 full-time )
Facilities for Ph.D. research exist in all departments.
Graduate studies after MIT
MIT students have pursued Ph.D/M.S/MBA in universities around the world.
