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NIRF (2024)	201-300

Haldia Institute of Technology
Motto	"Jnanam Vijnanam Sahitam" (Sanskrit)
Motto in English	Knowledge with Wisdom
Type	Autonomous
Established	1996; 29 years ago
Academic affiliation	MAKAUT
Chairman	Lakshman Chandra Seth
Principal	Dr. Subrata Mondal
Director	Manabendra Nath Bandhopadhyay
Students	5,100
Undergraduates	4,863
Postgraduates	250
Address	Hatiberia, ICARE Complex, Haldia, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, 721657, India; 22°03′02.15″N 88°04′12.09″E / 22.0505972°N 88.0700250°E
Campus	Urban, ; 0.15 km2 (37 acres)
Affiliations	AICTE, NAAC, NBA
Website	www.hithaldia.ac.in

Four pillars : A popular spot within the campus

Haldia Institute of Technology, better known as HIT Haldia, is an autonomous^[2] engineering institute in Haldia, West Bengal, India, approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, and affiliated to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT).^[3] It is an institution maintained by ICARE (Indian Center for Advancement of Research and Education, Haldia ICARE, Haldia), a non-profit making voluntary organization.^[4] It is one of the oldest accredited academic institution catering technical education in West Bengal. HIT has an enclave campus of approximately 37 acres (0.15 km²).^[5]

The Institute offers 13 B.Tech, 5 M.Tech and MCA, MBA courses.^[6]

Campus

The campus comprises

Administrative block
9 Academic blocks
14 Student Hostels
Library
Departmental store
Post Office
Laundry
Medical Store
Bank
ATM(24x7)
Restaurant
Open air cafetaria
Recreational building
Football ground
Basketball court
Cricket ground

Student Housing

The college campus provides us with separate housing facility or dormitory (hostels) for boys and girls :

Boys Hostels
- Newton Hall of Residence
- Galileo Hall of Residence
- Darwin Hall of Residence
- Ranichak Boys Hostel
- Balaji Boys Hostel

Girls Hostels
- Tamalika Ponda Seth Hall of Residence
- Matangini Hall of Residence

Foreign Hostel

Schools and Departments

Undergraduate

Haldia Institute of Technology has the following schools and departments:^[7]

School of Engineering
- Department of Mechanical engineering
- Department of Electrical engineering
- Department of Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
- Department of Civil engineering
School of Applied Sciences & Humanities
- Department of Applied Sciences

School of Chemical, Food & BioTechnology
- Department of Chemical engineering
- Department of Biotechnology
- Department of Food technology
School of Electronics, Computer & Informatics
- Department of Computer science and engineering
- Department of Computer science and engineering (Data science)
- Department of Computer science and engineering (Cyber Security)
- Department of Computer science and engineering (Artificial intelligence and Machine learning)
- Department of Information technology
- Department of Electronic and Communications Engineering

Postgraduate

School of Management & Social Sciences
- Department of MBA

Student life

Cultural and Non-academic Activities

The annual Science & Technology festival of HIT is PRAYUKTI.

The annual cultural festival RIVIERA, usually held in the month of May-June is an event hosted by the student body.

Accreditation

Haldia Institute of Technology is accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with an "A" grade^[8] in 2018, with CGPA of 3.31 on 4 point scale. Most of the courses are provisionally accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA).^[9]^[10]^[11]