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The first President of India, Rajendra Prasad laid the foundation stone of National Institute of Technology Raipur building on 14 September 1956.

Its construction was completed in 1962 and the college was inaugurated on 14 March 1963 by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru.

Until as late as 1956, there were only 3 technical institutes in India devoted to mining and metallurgical engineering. So, also with the aim of harnessing the ample mineral resources in the region, it was set up on 1 May 1956 as Government College of Mining and Metallurgy.

The first session of the college commenced on 1 July 1956 with the admission of 15 students each in mining and metallurgical engineering.

In 1958-59 with the start of additional courses in civil, mechanical and electrical engineering, it came to be known as Government College of Engineering and Technology.

Later graduate courses in chemical engineering (1965), architecture (1984), electronics (1985), information technology, computer science and technology (2000), biotechnology and biomedical Engineering (2003) were started.

It was declared a National Institute of Technology (NIT) by the national government on 1 December 2005 and then declared an Institute of National Importance with the passing of the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007, in May 2007.

The Stars of the Industry Group and Dainik Bhaskar has selected it to honour with "National Education Leadership Awards 2013" for great contribution in the field of Technical Education from North Region.

Dr. Sudarshan Tiwari, Director, NIT Raipur was also awarded with "National Education Leadership Awards" for his outstanding contribution to education.

The ABP News National Educational Awards 2014 has selected it to honour with Outstanding Engineering Institute (North) for the contribution of the Institute in the field of Engineering from North Region.

It was ranked 63rd in National Institutional Ranking Framework published by Ministry of Human Resource Development in April 2016.

Board of Governors

Director, Acting Chairman (As per Statute No. 17(15) read with Section 16 of NITSER Act 2012)
Chairman

Prof. Sudarshan Tiwari
Ex-Officio Member
Director
National Institute of Technology, Raipur
Email id : director@nitrr.ac.in

Additional Secretary / Joint Secretary dealing with Techical Education, Department of Higher Education Ministry of Human Resource Development
Ex-Officio Member

Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ex-Officio Member
Department of Higher Education
Ministry of Human Resource Development

Shri Kamal Sarda
Member(up to Sept. 28, 2017)
Chairman & Managing Director
Sarda Energy & Minerals Ltd.
Industrial Growth Centre, Phase - I
Siltara District, Raipur
Email id : kksarda@seml.co.in
(Nominee of Govt. of Chhattisgarh)

Nominee of Govt. of Chhattisgarh
Member
(Nomination Awaited)

Ms. Sulochana Gadgil,
Member (up to 19th May, 2019) (for the term of three years from the date of nomination)
Fellow of National Academic of Sciences Allahabad
Email id : sulugadgil@gmail.com

Ms. Geeta Varadan,
Director ADRIN, Department of Space, Hyderabad Email id : geetavaradan@gmail.com
Member (up to 19th May, 2019) (for the term of three years from the date of nomination)

Dr (Mrs) A. B. Soni
Member (up to Sept. 27, 2017)
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
(for the period of two years from the date of nomination by the Senate)
NIT Raipur
Email id : absoni.chem@nitrr.ac.in
(Nominee of the Senate)

Prof. A. P. Rajimwale,
Member (up to Sept. 06, 2017)
Associate Professor, (for the period of two years from the date of nomination by the Senate)
Department of Metallurgical Engineering
NIT Raipur
Email id : aprajimwale.met@nitrr.ac.in
(Nominee of the Senate)

Dr. Neelesh Kumar Jain,
Member
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Indore
Email id : nkjain@iiti.ac.in
(Nominee of IIT Indore in whose Zone the NIT is located)
Registrar, National Institute of Technology Raipur Secretary
Email id : registrar@nitrr.ac.in