NIT-C working without director for over a year

The National Institute of Technology, Calicut, (NIT-C) is celebrating diamond jubilee in a hybrid mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic. International conferences and workshops will be held in the online mode.

The NIT-C has been working  without a director for  over a year now. The Union Ministry of Education had formed a selection committee to  conduct online interviews  of eligible  persons shortlisted for the post in  September last year. The committee also recommended names for the appointment. However, the Ministry has not taken a call to recommend a name for the post  and later ratified by the President. 

As per a report published in The Hindu, the engineering institute is celebrating its diamond jubilee this year. Currently, NIT-C Deputy Director PS Sathidevi has been given charge. The NIT-C, formerly the Regional Engineering College, today admits the largest number of students among the NITs in a year. 

Selection process began in June 2020

The selection committee had started the process of finding a permanent director for the institute in June last year even before the five-year tenure of former director Sivaji Chakravorti ended in mid-August 2020. 

After the Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July first week, Ramesh Pokhriyal, who was holding the Education portfolio was replaced by Dharmendra Pradhan. But even after two months of his taking over, things remained the same. It appears that the NIT-C is facing a similar situation that happened six years ago before Dr Chakravorti was appointed as the permanent director. The post of director was lying vacant for more than a year then. 

Likewise, the post of director at the NIT- Delhi for which a notification has been called along with NIT-C, is also lying vacant. 

The NIT-C is celebrating diamond jubilee in a hybrid mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic. International conferences and workshops will be held in online for the benefit of the academics, professionals, and students. 

NIT-C alumni to give away laptops to students 

The NIT Calicut Alumni Association (NITCAA) will provide 350 laptops to facilitate the students of NIT-C to attend online classes. The batch of 1980-85 is setting up an IoT-lab at the institute. The batch of 1993 and NITCAA are jointly designing and constructing an amphitheatre on the main campus. 

The batches of 1994, 1995 and 1996 are together sponsoring an Institute Management System costing ₹60 lakh at the NIT-C. 

During the monsoon session of the Parliament in July 2021, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had said 39 posts of chairman and directors were vacant at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the National Institutes of Technology (NITs). He gave the information in response to a written question in the House.  

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