Narula Institute of Technology (NIT) is a private engineering college located in Agarpara, on the northern fringes of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. The institution offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in engineering, technology, computer applications, and management, and is part of the JIS Group of educational initiatives.
| Type | Private engineering college |
|---|---|
| Location | Agarpara, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India |
| Parent body | JIS Group Educational Initiatives |
| Affiliation | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT) |
| Approval | All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) |
| Field | Engineering, technology, computer applications, management |
The institute is operated under the JIS Group, an educational trust that runs several technical and professional institutions across West Bengal. Narula Institute of Technology was established as part of the group's expansion of engineering education in the Kolkata region and is named after the founders' family lineage associated with the JIS Group.
The college is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, and is academically affiliated to the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT), formerly known as the West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT). Selected programmes have received accreditation from the National Board of Accreditation (NBA).
NIT offers Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) programmes across a range of engineering disciplines, along with postgraduate degrees and diploma courses. Typical departments include:
The institute also offers programmes such as the Master of Computer Applications (MCA) and the Master of Business Administration (MBA), in addition to research activities pursued through MAKAUT.
The campus is situated in Agarpara, a suburb in the North 24 Parganas district adjoining the northern part of Kolkata. The locality is served by Agarpara railway station on the Sealdah–Ranaghat line of Eastern Railway and by road links along Barrackpore Trunk Road, providing connectivity to central Kolkata and surrounding industrial townships.
Narula Institute of Technology is one of several engineering colleges that emerged in West Bengal during the expansion of private technical education following national reforms in higher education in the 1990s and 2000s. As part of the JIS Group, it contributes to the cluster of self-financed technical institutions in the Kolkata metropolitan area that supplement the intake of state and central universities.