India: National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK)
About Us
The National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) earlier known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC), was founded in 1960. It is a public engineering university at Surathkal, located on the outskirts of Mangalore. It is one of the thirty one National Institutes of Technology (NITS) in India and is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India. It is one of the top engineering and science institute in the state of Karnataka. It has a campus close to the Arabian Sea. It is ranked twenty-second in the country.
NITK Surathkal provides undergraduate and graduate programs in science, engineering, and management. The institute has eleven support centres, fourteen departments and about 5,500 students, 200 faculty members, 300 support staff, and 15,500 alumni around the world.
Research and industrial consulting
Research in the institute is mainly funded by central and state government agencies with grants for the academic year reaching around ₹10 crore (US$1.5 million). Other than that, newly recruited faculty are provided a seed grant of ₹5 lakh (US$7,400) for research.
Faculties go to foreign universities to encourage research and teaching interactions. Various consulting activities are also conducted through the industry-institute partnership unit.
