National Institute of Technology,   Rourkela (NIT) formerly known as Regional Engineering College, (REC)  is one of the premier national level institutions for technical  education in the country.  and is funded by the Government of India. Government of India has  elevated the Regional Engineering College, Rourkela to a deemed  university under the name of National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. 
  
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main objective of the institute is to produce quality                      Engineers and Scientists in Graduate and Post-Graduate levels                      in various branches of Engineering and Science. The institute                      is managed by the Board of Governors of National Institute                      of Technology (Rourkela) Society and vested with significant                      degree of administrative and financial autonomy. Government                      of India have recognised the institute as a premier institution                      of repute and have developed it as a center of excellence                      under plan funding. The institute has been modernized by two                      foreign collaborative funding agencies i.e. the Material theme                      in the Materials and Metallurgical Engineering department                      under Indo-U.K. REC project and the Computer Science and Electronics                      streams under World Bank cum Swiss Development Corporation                      IMPACT project.
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campus of the institute consisting of the institute                      buildings, halls of residence and staff colony is situated                      at the eastern end of Rourkela steel city, beyond Sector-1                      over an area of 262 hectares of land provided by the Government                      of Orissa. It is a residential campus offering accomodation                      to faculty, staff and students. The campus has all the amenities                      for developing personal, social and academic skills of the                      student community. 
The city of 
Rourkela came into prominence in the year                      1954-55, with the decision of the Government of India to set                      up the first Public Sector Steel Plant in this locality in                      collaboration with the then West Germany. The city is a huge                      metropolis connected with all parts of the country by railway                      and road. The population of the city is about 6 lakhs.(Introduction source courtesy NIT ).
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