1,910 Students Graduate from NIT Calicut

Quick Summary

• A total of 1,910 students graduated from the National Institute of technology-Calicut (NIT-C) across various disciplines:

– 1,126 BTech
– 48 BArch
– 30 MPlan
– 426 MTech
– 97 MSc
– 66 MBA
– and, notably, 117 Ph.D. holders.

• Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar announced that NIT-C was honored as a “centre of excellence in urban planning and designing” by the Ministry of Housing and urban Affairs. This designation is a first for any NIT in India and comes with a grant of ₹250 crore.
• The institute is also recognized as a center of excellence in logistics and supply chain management in association with indian Institute of management (mumbai).
• Placement highlights include over a thousand triumphant placements for the fourth consecutive year:

– Undergraduate placement rate: Over 85%; average salary-package ₹14.36 lakh per annum.
– Postgraduate placement rate: 84%, average package ₹12.41 lakh per annum.

• Alumni speaker T. Madhava Das from Larsen & Toubro Ltd., alongside Director Prasad Krishna, provided key addresses during the event.

Indian Opinion Analysis
The accomplishments celebrated at NIT-Calicut’s latest graduation ceremony underscore its growing stature among india’s technical institutes. Its recognition as a “centre of excellence” highlights not only academic depth but also strategic alignment with national priorities such as urban planning, smart cities growth, logistics optimization-a step toward enhancing india’s competitiveness globally.

The ₹250 crore grant will likely boost infrastructure and research capabilities at NIT-C to align with global educational benchmarks while offering further opportunities to its students. Consistently strong placement records reflect industry confidence in an institution well-equipped to produce talent suited for technological evolution.NITs receiving specialized designations might signal broader efforts by India’s education ministry to increasingly tie cutting-edge higher education initiatives directly into developmental policy implementation frameworks-benefiting both graduates’ career prospects and national goals alike.

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