Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology

Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology (MNNIT), Allahabad was established in year 1961 as a joint enterprise of Govt. of India and Govt. of U.P. in accordance with the scheme of establishment of REC. The foundation stone of the college was laid by the first Prime Minister of India, Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru on the 3rd of may, 1961 on a site spreading over 222 acres on the banks of the river Ganga. The main building of college was inaugurated by another illustrious son of India, Prime Minister Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri on 18th of April, 1965. MNNIT, Allahabad was formerly known as Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College, Allahabad. With effect from June 26 of 2002 the college became deemed university and is now known as Motilal Nehru National Institute of technology. The institute offers 9 undergraduate programs in Engineering of four year duration and 19 graduate programs of two year duration. Undergraduate programs lead to the B.Tech. degrees, while the graduate programs in Engineering lead to M.Tech. degrees. The institute also enrols Ph.D. candidate The faculty members are actively involved in research and consultancy. A large number of research projects and consultancy have been undertaken, several of them being of national & Global importance. The students are extensively exposed to cross-cultural environment as candidates from various other countries such as Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Mauritius, Malaysia, Iran, Yemen, Iraq, Palestine and Thailand also join MNNIT for various undergraduate and post-graduate programs.