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Submission of INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL
forSub-component 1.1
Institutional Development for Participating Institutions (TEQIP III)
submitted to
National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU)EDCIL House, 4th Floor, Plot No. 18-A, Sector 16-A
NOIDA-201 301, Uttar Pradesh
National Institute of Technology NagalandChumukedima, Dimapur – 797103
Nagaland
1. INSTITUTIONAL BASIC INFORMATION
1.1 Institutional Identity
Name and address of the : National Institute of Technology NagalandInstitution Chumukedima, Dimapur – 797 103,
Nagaland
Year of establishment : 2010
Is the Institution AICTE approved? : Yes/No
Furnish AICTE approval No. : Established by NIT Act - 2007
Type of Institution : Govt. funded/ Govt. aided/NIT Status of Institution Autonomous Institution Status by UGC/
Non-autonomous/TechnicalUniversity/ Deemed to be University or
University Engineering Faculty/ Department/ Constituent Institution
Name and Designation of : Dr.Themrichon TuithungHead of the Institution Director i/c(Full time appointee) National Institute of Technology, Nagaland
1.2 Academic Information:
Engineering UG and PG programmes offered in Academic year 2016-17:
S. No.Title of programmes
Level (UG, PG, PhD)
Duration (Years)
Year of starting
AICTE sanctioned annual intake
Total student strength in all years of study
1Computer Science and Engineering
UG 4 2010 30 77
2Electronic and Communication Engineering
UG 4 2010 30 61
S. No.Title of programmes
Level (UG, PG, PhD)
Duration (Years)
Year of starting
AICTE sanctioned annual intake
Total student strength in all years of study
3Electrical and Electronic Engineering
UG 4 2010 30 80
4Mechanical Engineering
UG 4 2016 30 18
5 Civil Engineering UG 4 2016 30 17
6Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
UG 4 2016 30 06
7M.Tech. Power Systems Engineering
PG 2 2014 15 14
8M.Tech. VLSI Systems
PG 2 2014 15 12
9M.Tech. Computer Science & Engineering
PG 2 2014 15 06
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Five Year Integrated Dual Degree B.S.M.S. Material Science
PG 5 2014 30 15
11M.Sc. Data Analytics
PG 2 2015 15 01
12M.Tech. Communication Engineering
PG 2 2016 15 05
13Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Ph.D --- 2012 --- 06
14Computer Science & Engineering
Ph.D --- 2012 --- 15
S. No.Title of programmes
Level (UG, PG, PhD)
Duration (Years)
Year of starting
AICTE sanctioned annual intake
Total student strength in all years of study
15Electronics and Communication Engineering
Ph.D --- 2012 --- 09
16Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
Ph.D --- 2016 --- 00
17 Mathematics Ph.D --- 2012 --- 03
18 Physics Ph.D. --- 2012 --- 04
19 Chemistry Ph.D. --- 2012 --- 03
20 English Ph.D. --- 2012 --- 02
21 Social Sciences Ph.D. --- 2012 --- 01
NBA Accreditation Status of UG and PG programmes as on 31st December 2016:
Total no of programmes eligible for accreditation (at least one batch pass out): 06No. of programmes accredited: NILNo. of programmes applied for accreditation:NIL
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2. INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL (IDP)
(Implementation period : April 2017- March 2020)
2.1 Give the Executive Summary of the IDP (max 2 pages).
National Institute of Technology Nagaland is one among the ten newly approved NITs by the
Government of India in 2009 under the 11th Five Year Plan. The Institute is registered as a
Society under the Registration of Societies Act 1860, on 23rd March 2010. The Institute is
managed by the NIT Nagaland Society registered under the Societies Act. Initially the
Institute was functioning at NIT Silchar for two years from August, 2010. Permanent land
was identified for the Institute during January 2012, which is located at a hilly terrain area in
Chumukedima near Dimapur, Nagaland.
The Institute has been established for imparting technical education, to promote regional
diversity and multicultural understanding in the State, where students can utilize their skills
and proficiency, initiating them into prospective horizons, thereby finding a vocation in
which each individual is best fit for. The nobility of the Institute has reframed the mind-set
of the people of Nagaland enabling them to rebuild a better society. NIT Nagaland has indeed
raised the hopes of social welfare. Being a premier technological institute of the State, it
aims to promote the students of Nagaland by advocating scientific and technical pursuits in a
rich - resourced topography, which is an excellent measure of learning, understanding and
employment.
The land of 291 acres (which was originally allotted for the Office of the Deputy
Commissioner) was handed over by the Government of Nagaland with few buildings to NIT
Nagaland. As NIT Nagaland is an Institute of National Importance, the ambience of the
campus, quality of construction and creation of excellent infrastructural facilities are given
utmost importance and attention. The Institute started functioning in its permanent land from
May 2012 with few existing buildings. NIT Nagaland initially had undergraduate degree
courses in three branches of Engineering namely Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
Electronics and Communications Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering.
At present, the institute is running 6 UG and 6 PG programmes and has over 350
students in the campus. It is proud to have established three COE with leading industries such
as NI, Intel and Siemens in NE India. The Institute has conducted pool campus interview for
the benefit of our students as well as nearby institutions located in NE region. NIT Nagaland
is the first institution to set up IoT based control of LAB equipment’s.
An Industry – Institute conclave was held at NIT Nagaland during February 12-14 of
2014 by inviting leading MNCs for the first time in the North East region. The conclave has
given an opportunity for proposing IBM and HP Centers of Excellence and Technology
Learning Center by Wipro. Establishment of Centers of Excellence opens the door for
numerous skill development programmes and faculty development programmes to enhance
teaching-learning methodologies. This will definitely offer students to equip comprehensive
knowledge on cutting edge technologies and faculty to inculcate innovative teaching
methodologies.
The complete IT infrastructure with respect to Campus Networking has been
established with Video Conferencing facilities. Redundant Optical Fiber Cable
communication with strength 100 Mbps are established by NKN and BSNL. All the students,
research scholars can avail the facility to connect to the online video lecturers conducted in
various reputed Institutes across the globe.
The Institute has established facilities for Video Conferencing to conduct classes of
other renowned professors in remote and show video lectures of NPTEL during the class. The
Phase I contents of NPTEL courses were obtained from IIT Madras for the students and
Faculty to refer. The Institute has also procured 50 numbers of highly valuable on-line books
from Wiley publications in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and
Communication Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering.
The laboratories such as Electrical Machines and Drives laboratory, Advanced
Communication laboratory and Software simulation laboratory were created with state-of-the
art facilities in such a way that classes can be handled for UG and PG. The facilities in the
laboratories also have extensive scope for carrying out projects and research activities. The
laboratory facilities have been created keeping research as primary focus. The Electrical
Machines are low power machines to suit the condition of the earth. The machines are
integrated with LabView to test and analyze the performance parameters. The Electronics
laboratory is established with Cadence software which is useful in understanding the chip
design. A research laboratory having various sensors and acquisition systems is established to
experiment and interact with real world. For real time communication through Web / Internet,
NI based systems have been established in the Advanced Communication Laboratory.
The strategic development plan of the institute for 2017 – 2020 sets out realistic
strategic proposals and goals to be implemented and achieved over the next three years, with
the spirit of its core values of Equity – Innovation – Transparency – Efficiency and Team
work.
2.2 Provide an action plan with timelines for : (not more than 1 page for each sub-activity)
In order to meet the expected future needs of the industry and contribution
towards the economic growth of our country, a large requirement of highly qualified and well
trained personnel will be required. NITs are the institutions which are partially fulfilling the
human resource requirement without compromising the quality. We take this opportunity to
provide more number of highly qualified professionals to meet the expectations of the
country as well as worldwide in the 21st century. Moreover, few potential candidates are
frequently away from higher studies due to the urgent need of a job and this has to be
minimised by providing the all possible facilities for achieving the higher profession. To
meet this objective, it has been decided to strengthen and develop the following areas under
TEQIP III:
Recruitment of well qualified faculty with specialized in new and developing areas
Providing exposure on problems related with practical situations, latest updates on
information technology, innovative teaching methodologies to the existing faculties
Encourage the faculties on research and consultancy
Vibrant campus environment to faculty, staff and students for better performance
Promote the Institute-Industry collaboration
Conducting expert lectures, seminars, and workshops for faculties and students to
strengthen their knowledge
To teach entrepreneurial capacities for students
Motivating the students on socially relevant technical services for the community
(a) Improving the learning outcomes of the students
1. Faculty training (qualification upgradation, subject upgradation & research
competence, Pedagogical training, participation in Conferences, Seminars / Workshops
etc.)
Faculty members are motivated to attend and organize FDP, SDP, Seminar, workshops,
Pedagogical training etc., All the faculty members are encouraged to pursue their higher
studies. Faculties are encouraged to do consultancy and interact with the leading industries to
update their knowledge with the latest developments. Faculty are advised to publish papers in
reputed Journals and file patents periodically. Faculty members are encouraged to attend and
present paper in the International Conferences. Faculties are motivated to use ICT based
learning.
2. Staff training (Technical & Administrative staff)
Technical, Administrative and Ministerial staffs will be provided with adequate training for
the better productivity. All the staff members are encouraged to pursue their higher studies.
They are motivated to attend workshops and seminars for updating their technical skill with
the latest equipment’s.
3. Increasing capacity of UG, PG and PhD education (increasing enrollment and starting
new UG, PG and PhD programmes)
The institute has started with three undergraduate programmes in 2010. Currently Institute
offering Six UG, Six PG and Ph.D programmes in all Engineering Disciplines including
Science and Humanities and One Five Year Integrated Dual Degree B.S.M.S. programme.
Further the institute is striving to offer few more P.G and Ph.Dprogrammes in other related
fields in near future.
4. Investing in smart classrooms, campus Wi-Fi (24*7 broadband connectivity and Wi-Fi
access in all academic and administrative buildings and hostels (with a minimum of 2
MBPS speed for each connection)), e-library etc.
The complete IT infrastructure with respect to Campus Networking has
beenestablished with Video Conferencing facilities. Redundant Optical Fiber Cable
communication with strength 1 Gbps are established by NKN and 8 Mbps by BSNL.
Allthe students, research scholars can avail the facility to connect to the online video
lecturers conducted in various reputed Institutes across the globe. The central library is
fully computerized.
5. Improving the academic performance of SC/ST/OBC/academically weak students
through innovative methods, such as remedial and skill development classes, peer
assisted learning for increasing the transition rate, non cognitive skills and pass rate
Academic performance of SC/ST/OBC/academically weak students will be identified and
appropriate measures will be taken to improve their learning skills. After identifying the
academically weak students the following measures might be taken:
a. Identifying the area of weakness
b. Development of remedial courses and skill development courses
c. Arranging brain storming sessions
d. Weak students are motivated to attend the training programmes
e. Internship will be arranged for the students based on their needs.
6. Instituting academic and non-academic reforms including programme flexibility (Is
there any need to revise the curriculum? When it was last revised?)
The curriculum for the UG programmes introduced during the academic year 2010 has been
revised during the academic year 2016-17. The curriculum would be revised periodically to
include the latest technological inventions. The Institution includes elective courses from all
the thrust areas of research in the curriculum.
Action Plan
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Month1-3 4-6 7-9
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22-
24Activities
1. Curriculum Development √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
2. Accreditation √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
3.
Faculty
&staff
Deputed for higher
studies (PG &
Ph.D)
√ √
Participation to
FDP,SDP
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Deputation to
seminars/
conferences
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Pedagogical
training
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Training &
Orientation
programs for newly
recruited Faculty /
Staff
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7.
Proposed
Publication
record
of Faculty
In refereed Journals √ √ √ √
In National/
International
Conferences
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Monographs and
Books
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10.
Student
Entrepreneurship
development
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11.
Training for
improving
employability
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12.
Remedial classes
for good learning
outcomes
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13.
Industry attachment
during the
programme
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14.Continuing Education Programs
for industrial employees
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15. Patents to be filed √
16.
Equipment
for
Modernization of
Existing Facilities√ √ √ √
17.New
Program/Activities√ √
18.Doctoral and
Faculty Research√ √ √ √
19.
Establishing
Centre for
Research &
Development
Institute Industry
Interaction√ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
20.Collaborative
Research√ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
21.
Identification of
Research
methodology
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22.Consultancy
Services√ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
23. Library Development √ √ √ √
24. Quality Audit √ √
25.
Civil Works
New Construction √ √
26.Refurbishment of
existing buildings√ √
(b) Improving employability of the students
7. Increasing interaction with industry (What are the industries located in the vicinity?
What roleof industry is perceived for the institute?)
The Institute is located in the hilly terrain in the north east part of India. There are no
industries located in the vicinity of Institute. The following steps may be initiated to improve
the employability of students:
Arrange field visits and encouraging the students to undergo short term industrial visits.
Special Focus on hands on training for more confidence to the students
Personality development programmes would be conducted
Offering soft skills
Organizing summer schools for specialized areas such as mobile computing, AutoCAD,
Networking, etc.,
Setting up a Institute-Industry Cell for collaboration with industries
Arranging expert lectures for industry people for direct interaction with students
8. Student career counseling and placement
The institute has arranged pool campus placement for the benefit of NIT Nagaland and
nearby institution located in the North-east region.
The students participate in pool campus placement drives which are conducted in other
nearby NITs
The institute conducted placement interview with leading IT industries such as WIPRO,
Infosys, Indian Army (SSB) etc..,
Providing counseling on career development and current employment opportunities
including government and corporatejobs.
T&P cell has conducted training programmes for the benefit of students like, Aptitude,
Group discussion, personality development programs.
T&P cell has also conducted Mock interview for students to improve their confidence
level.
(c) Increasing faculty productivity and motivation
9. sponsored research, consultancy and other revenue generating activities
Research is a key objective aiming at providing better and more dynamic research
environments for faculty and research scholars. External funding is playing a vital role on
carrying out improved high level research with benchmark of quality. In order to increase
research time, raise financial means to conduct empirical work, employ Ph.D. students and
Post-docs, more external funding is needed. In particular, Indian and International
collaborated funding must be targeted. It is important to emphasise that external funding is
not an aim itself, but a means to provide a researcher or group of researchers with an
opportunity to obtain resources for projects. The Institute will seek to create a supportive
environment for sponsored research and consultancy to maximize the level of research
income appropriate to their field and specialization.
Activities Months
1- 6 7 – 12 13 – 18 19 – 24 25 – 30 31- 36
Faculty training
Continuing Education Programs
Staff training
Investing in smart classrooms
Investing in e-library
Improving the academic
performance of
SC/ST/OBC/academically weak
students
Programme flexibility (curriculum
revision)
Institute-Industry committee setup
Establishing Centre for Research &
Development
Research exchange with foreign
universities
2.3 Provide an action plan with timelines for
1. Obtaining autonomous institution status from UGC
NIT Nagaland is an autonomous Institution of National Importance under the Ministry of
HRD, Government of India
2. Improving the NBA accreditation status
Steps are being taken to apply for NBA accreditation.
.Activities Months
1- 6 7 – 12 13 – 18 19 – 24 25 – 30 31- 36
Initiation for NBA accreditation to 3
eligible UG courses
Initiation for NBA accreditation to
eligible PG courses
Initiation for NBA accreditation to
other UG courses
The following strategy will be adopted to upgrade the Institution to obtain NBA accreditation
status
Faculty preparation,
Departmental preparation,
Institutional preparation,
Preparation of students and the local community.
The above mentioned multi-pronged strategy will help us embrace the new
responsibilities that arise as an outcome of the conferment of NBA accreditation status.
Faculty Preparation
The Faculty will be involved in thought provoking and action oriented planning
processes in acquiring NBA accreditation. Conferences, Workshops, Seminars and Symposia
will be organized to enrich the faculty with the concept, objectives and rationale of NBA
accreditation and also to promote consultancy services, to cater the needs of the nearby
organizations. These exercises will orient the faculty functioning towards the status of NBA
accreditation of the institution.
Departmental Preparation
The department’s stake lies in the designing of suitable courses in the core and allied
subjects. Another significant activity of the department is to introduce new courses of study,
revive obsolete courses by enhancing their content, to match the current state-of-the-art
technology in each discipline.
The course of each programme consists of:
Semester pattern of study
Continuous internal assessment
Credit/grading system
Student feedback
Self-appraisal by teachers
Institutional Preparation
The NBA accreditation status of the Institution will call upon to perform multiple
functions. The phenomenon of paradigm shift under this circumstance is inevitable and the
faculty have to get accustomed towards efficient functioning of the Institution.
The institution will frame committees such as the Planning and Development,
Grievance, Appeal, Examination, Library, Student Welfare, Extra-Curricular Activities, and
Academic Audit.
2.4 Describe the following in brief:
1. Is any enhanced assistance / mentoring that the institution is looking forward from its
ATU?
NIT Nagaland is an autonomous Institution of National Importance under the Ministry of
HRD, Government of India. Hence, the institute is not affiliated with any other ATU.
2. Does your BoG need strengthening, if yes, then how? No
Constitution of the Board of Governors of National Institute of Technology, Nagaland is as
per the NIT Act, 2007 and NIT (Amendment) Act, 2012 by MHRD, Govt. of India. The
current BoG members are actively participating to the institute development through their
valuable suggestions and recommendations during the BoG meetings. The BoG meetings are
conducted twice in a year. Moreover, the new BoG members are nominated periodically as
and when the tenure of existing member(s) ended.
3. Is there an ERP/MIS system existing, if yes, then any improvement, modification
suggested.
YES, However
Slot based time table,
on-line feedback system,
SMS facility should be included.
4. Is there any mechanism i.e. special classes being conducted in the institution for
improving the GATE score?
Faculty members are advised to handling their subjects to meet out the students to achieve
any competitive examinations. The institute has well equipped E-learning resources available
for the students to take part in GATE. Also the T&P department has conducted few expert
lectures frequently for the students to get addition knowledge for appearing PSU
examinations.
2.5 Provide a Twinning Plan with a high performing institute with the objective of capacity
building knowledge transfer and developing long term strategic partnerships.
(Twinning plan will be formalized into Twinning agreement after finalizing the
twinning partner).
In the recent time, Research and Development (R&D) has becoming dynamic. NIT
Nagaland has joined the tide of research oriented teaching environment. It has provided a
fertile environment for research and independent thinking. Thought it’s a relatively new
institute, it has encompassed wide array of topic for research. The institute has three Centre
Of Excellence(COE) with NI, INTEL and SEIMENS. NIT Nagaland holds immense
opportunity to expand and enrich its research environment but as it’s in early legs of
establishment. The augmentation of a high performing institute with NIT Nagaland could
enhance its overall human resource development, skill improvement and most importantly the
research environment. Key governmental schemes such as Swachh Bharat, Start-up and
Stand up India, Sustainable development, Skill India, VISAKA etc., could be
implemented under the precious guidance of a Mentor Institute. NIT Nagaland holds huge
potential for upliftment of local people by providing a suitable platform for young researcher,
entrepreneurs to innovate and find out solutions of native problems. Collaboration towards
exchange of students, access to cutting edge instruments, percolation of up to date knowledge
are the few take away points of such Twinning collaborations. Under Twinning
collaborations, our institute can explore its truest potential.
2.6 Is there any difficulty in Recruitment and selection of high-quality faculty? If yes, what
are the reason & action plan to solve the issue?
At present, the Institute has well qualified and experience Faculty.
2.7 Give an action plan for ensuring that the project activities would be sustained after the
end of the Project.
The action plan to sustain the project activities at the end of the project are as follows
PG and Ph.D. scholars by involving them in inter disciplinary research to sustain the
initiatives of TEQIP-III
Faculty members are encouraged to involve research with foreign universities
The institute will establish an Endowment fund from alumni and other outside sources
Faculties will be encouraged and motivated to earn revenue through R&D and
consultancy projects
Establishment of Institute-Industry relation will help the institute to get fund from
industries for various laboratory and research development
Periodically conducting FDP, SDP, Workshops/Seminars for students and faculties from
industry professionals
The institute is dedicated to continue all twinning/joint programmes even after the
project stage
Faculty members may be recruited in emerging areas as per the sanctioned limit and this
will help to continue the works initiated through TEQIP-III for long duration
To start an incubation center for the benefit of students
The students are motivated to attend internship, industrial visit, and competitive
examinations.
2.8 Describe briefly the participation of departments/faculty/students in the IDP
preparation.
At the institute level, a meeting of all HoDs in each Department, Deans and
Administrative representatives was initially held and the various aspects of the proposal were
analysed along with TEQIP III coordinator. Further, department level meetings were also
conducted for discussion on the proposed action plan and implementation of the project by
the Department. These meetings were helped to receive many inputs and suggestions from
the faculty members. Based on these different steps, the Institute was able to prepare this
comprehensive proposal. This proposal would enable the NIT Nagaland to build the
developing strategies for completing the goals in the form of an action plan.