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The official account of National Institute of Technology Rourkela for sharing news about events and happenings.
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Over half of the worldโs agricultural soil is already degraded. Thus, concerning the grim state of soil today, volunteers of @cpsavesoil met the Director and initiated a talk on spreading the words of #SaveSoilMovement. #ConsciousPlanet #SaveSoil
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NIT Rourkela hosted an introductory session on 'Inner Engineering' in collaboration with the @ishafoundation. Conducted by Mr. Nitesh Jain, an Ishanga of the Isha Foundation, the session aimed to introduce employees and students to the art of maintaining inner bliss in life.
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We're pleased to announce that Prof. Uma Maheshwar Rao took charge as the new director of NIT Rourkela today.
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The final result of the Civil Services Examination (CSE), 2023 has been declared today and we are delighted to share that NIT Rourkela's alumnus Mr. Animesh Pradhan (B. Tech-2021, Computer Science and Engineering) has secured 2nd position in the #UPSC-CSE 2023. Many
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Student Activity Centre, NITR is organizing 'Celebrity Night 2022' on 1st May 2022 and is delighted to announce that the buzz of the Indian music industry Mr. @JubinNautiyal will grace the stage with euphonious melody and soulful music. #jubinnautiyal #celebritynight2022 #nitr
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#HockeyWorldCup2023: Trophy๐ in NIT Rourkela. #HockeyIndia #OdishaForHockey #HockeyComesHome #HockeyHaiDilMera #ChakDeIndia๐ฎ๐ณ๐
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A spectacular telescopic view of venus-moon occultation was today organised by the Department of Physics. As #venus is the brightest celestial object in the sky after sun and moon, this lunar-venus conjunction can be observed easily. #nitrourkela #astronomy.@EduMinOfIndia
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For the first time, the NIT Rourkela community celebrated the auspicious occasion of #RathaYatra in the Institute Campus. We wish you all peace, happiness and blessings on this holy festival of #RathaYatra2024. #JaiJagannath #Odisha #RathYatra #RathaJatra.#RathaYatra
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Heartfelt congratulations to four esteemed alumni of NIT Rourkela for their remarkable achievement in the #UPSC Civil Services Examination 2023. We applaud your success and wish for more accomplishments in your future endeavours.๐๐. @EduMinOfIndia @PIBBhubaneswar @PIBHRD
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NIT Rourkela is organising a felicitation programme to celebrate the success of alumni in the Civil Services Examination 2022 & 2023.
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The Director of the Institute today inaugurated the Basketball and Tennis Court at P. T. Usha Sports Complex, NIT Rourkela. @EduMinOfIndia
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NITR recently converted one of its hostel to COVID CARE CENTRE. It is administered by @DMSundargarh & @RourkelaMC. CCC is operational with 850 beds (including few oxygen beds), 18 doctors and about 50 paramedics as pharmacist, staff nurse & ANM. #Unite2FightCorona #TogetherWeCan
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Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, our alumnus of the Class of 1985, takes over as Chairman of Indian Oil Corp. Good luck and Godspeed. @ChairmanIOCL #IndianOil #NITR #nitrkl
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Heartiest congratulations to the team of #TheElephantWhispers and #RRR for the momentous win at #Oscars ๐. Video by: Mr. Sumon Rudra and Mr. Debayan Chakraborty (Alumni of NIT Rourkela). #Oscars95 #NaatuNaatu #Oscar #AcademyAwards @EBSB_Edumin @TheAcademy.@RRRMovie
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#NIRF2022: Showing a significant improvement, #NITRourkela bagged 15th position in the Engineering category of #NIRFranking2022. Congratulations to our faculties, students, staff, alumni & everyone associated with NITR!๐. #NIRF #Ranking #NIRFRankings2022 #NITR #IndiaRankings2022
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NIT Rourkela tops among NITs with 22 faculty members in the top 2% scientists list for the year 2020 as per the Stanford-Elsevier survey. @EduMinOfIndia @IndiaDST
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Let our Tricolour unite us all with #HarGharTirangaCampaign!. Complement your the patriotic fervour by uploading your #Tiranga selfie at #HarGharTiranga #CultureUnitesAll #TirangaMyPride #HarGharTiranga2023 #AmritMahotsav #IndependenceDayIndia
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Pictures from inaugural function of โGender Advancement for Transforming Institutions-GATIโ activities at NITR. Chief guest @sagarika_nath (SP, Sundargarh) & Speaker Mrs. Anindita Mahapatra (DGM,@sailrsp1) shared thoughtful insights to encourage participation of #womeninscience.
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NIT Rourkela is ranked 16th in engineering category & 32nd in overall category in #NIRFRankings2020.
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Congratulations๐.
@nitrourkela Alumni, Biswa Bisruta Tripathy (2015 batch) and Soumya Ranjan Pradhan (2019 batch) excelled in #UPSC CSE with glorious ranks. Biswa secured AIR 232, Soumya clinched his position at AIR 306. Team Monday Morning congratulates achievers on their outstanding achievements
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Two of our #pride in one frame @ChairmanIOCL and CSE-2023 2nd topper #AnimeshPradhan๐ฉท๐ฉต. #alumni #nitrourkela #IOCL #UPSC #cse2023 .@EduMinOfIndia.
IOCL chairman congratulates #Odisha's Animesh Pradhan who secured 2nd rank in the #UPSC Civil Services exam in his 1st attempt; also wishes the NIT #Rourkela alumni in realising his dream to serve the nation & transform lives . (Pic: Chairman IOCL)
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เคฎเฅเคฐเฅ เคฆเฅเคถ๐ฎ๐ณ เคเฅ เคฎเคฟเคเฅเคเฅ, เคคเฅเคฐเฅ เคถเคพเคจ เคชเฅ เคธเคฆเคเฅ๐ช. ๐ธ: #MeriMatiMeraDesh campaign at NIT Rourkela. #VeeroKaVandan #AmritMahotsav #Meri_Maati_Mera_Desh. @EduMinOfIndia
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11 of our faculty members feature in the top 2% of scientists in the Stanford-Elsevier list. @EduMinOfIndia #research #scientists
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Congratulations to the 2% of Top-Cited Scientists Globally from NIT Rourkela! ๐. We're glad to share that 15 remarkable researchers from NIT Rourkela have been recognized as the top 2% of most-cited scientists globally in their respective fields, based on the composite score
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NIT Rourkela bagged Top position among all NITs in India.1. Times Higher Education World University Rankings . 2021: 801โ1000.2. Times Higher Education Emerging Economies . University Rankings 2021: 201-250.3. QS Asian University Ranking 2021: 250.
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Soma Mondal has taken over as first-ever woman head of @SAILsteel. A graduate in Electrical Engineering from @nitrourkela in 1984, Smt. @SomaMon63 joined SAIL in 2017 and subsequently has become the Chairman of SAIL. Congratulations on your achievement!.
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Congratulations to the Awardees of "Best Teacher Award- 2021" . - Prof. Kishanjit K. Khatua (CE).- Prof. Manoj Masanta (ME).- Prof. Bidyut Kumar Patra (CS).- Prof. Bibhudatta Sahoo (CS).- Prof. Seemita Mohanty (HS). @EduMinOfIndia
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Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) has agreed to provide financial assistance of โน42.69 crores to NIT Rourkela under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. The sanctioned funds will be used to build a 500-seater girls' hostel in the Institute premises.
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Congratulations and best wishes to Ms. Kasturi Panda (2019 Batch, Computer Science and Engineering, NIT Rourkela) for securing AIR-67 in #cse2022. ๐. #UPSC2022 #UPSCResults #upsccse #UPSC.@EduMinOfIndia @NITRAA_Official.
Kasturi Panda, a Computer Science and Engineering student from the class of 2019, has bagged Rank 67 in the Civil Services Examination conducted by UPSC. Team Monday Morning and @nitrourkela extend the heartiest congratulations to her for this outstanding achievement. #UPSC
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Proud moment for NIT Rourkela as our class of 1992 alumna Prativa Mohapatra @Prativa_M is going to lead Adobe India.
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The Director of the institute Prof. Animesh Biswas completed his 5 year tenure. He handed over the charge to Prof. Simanchalo Panigrahi as Director-in-charge. We the NITR community wish Prof. Biswas all the very best for his future endeavors.
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We are glad to inform that 25 faculties from NIT Rourkela are ranked in the "Top 2% Most Influential Scientists (Single Year) in 2023 Stanford University List". The list comprises more than 2 lakh researchers from different countries and includes more than 3,500 Indian
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Two NIT Rourkela Faculty Represented India๐ฎ๐ณ at the 9th BRICS Young Scientist Forum in Russia๐ท๐บ!. Congratulations๐ to Prof. Madhuresh Dwivedi (Associate Professor in the Department of Food Process Engineering), and Prof. Medha Nayak, (Assistant Professor in the Department of
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NIT Rourkela has been selected for the pilot programme of Gender Advancement for Transforming Institutions (GATI) launched by the @IndiaDST. A total of 30 institutions from India have been selected to promote #GenderEquality in the fields of #scienceandtechnology. @EduMinOfIndia
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Prof Shantanu Behera of the Dept of Ceramic Engg has been awarded the Fulbright Nehru A & P Excellence Fellowship for 2022-23. He will conduct his research on battery materials at the Uni of Colorado Boulder. @FulbrightPrgrm @CUBoulder
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NIT Rourkela celebrates 20th Convocation Day!.๐
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Director, Prof. K. Umamaheshwar Rao today inaugurated the 'Sports Carnival 2022' organized by Technology Club in Sachin Tendulkar Stadium. Chairman, Prof. Sukadev Meher & President Prof. Suchismita Chinara along with deans, faculty, and club members were present at the gathering.
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We are proud to announce that Hon'ble Union Education Minister @DrRPNishank will virtually inaugurate the Golden Jubilee Building of #NITRourkela with our distinguished dignitaries on the panel. Join us LIVE on 19th Oct 2020 at 4.30 PM.@EduMinOfIndia .Link-
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'Class of 1995' marked their Silver Jubilee #AlumniReunion with a set of activities viz. felicitating the teachers; visiting the campus, hostels & classrooms; started a plantation project โTree of Heavenโ; pledged to contribute to a project on โWaste to Energyโ; and a picnic etc.
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NITR mourns and share the sad news of the demise of our beloved Ex-Principal (1974-1996) Prof. Somnath Misra. Under his guidance NITR (the then REC Rourkela) witnessed tremendous growth & achievement. His passing away has left a void that would be very difficult to fill. RIP SIR!
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NITR and @sailrsp1 signed a MoU worth Rs. 45 lakhs for the Organic Farming Project entitled "Waste to Wealth - Sustainable & Innovative Organic Farming Technique". Under this project NITR will train 700 farmers (especially the women farmers of peripheral areas of RSP).
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โจDraped in soft lights, the NITR entrance radiates festive warmth offering a beautiful glimpse of the celebrations ahead.โจ. ๐ธ Photo Credit: Rajdeep Garnayak, 3rd year, Chemical Engineering Department. #CampusBeauty #NITRourkela
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To foster cultural exchange and aim to bring various aspects of the state of Odisha, team NIT Rourkela receives the contingent from Sikkim for the #YuvaSangam programme. Welcome to the land of Lord Jagannath.๐. @EduMinOfIndia @EBSB_Edumin @NITSIKKIM1 #EkBharatShreshthaBharat
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Today @rashtrapatibhvn conferred honorary degree (18th convocation, NIT Rourkela) to Dr Pramod Kumar Mishra (Principal Secretary to the @PMOIndia) in presence of Prof. Animesh Biswas, Director, NITR. @EduMinOfIndia
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'Our beautiful EARTH'. Clicked by - Arya Dev Mehta (Ph.D., Electronics and Communication).#NITRourkela
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Dr. Dibyashakti Panda, a recently graduated Ph.D. scholar, under the supervision of Prof. Bhaskar Kundu (Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences) has been awarded the prestigious 'Humboldt Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship'.
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The class of 1968 visited the campus with stories and nostalgia. Thank you for showering love and affection towards your alma mater. โฅ๏ธ. #alumni #Reunion #nitrourkela
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We are delighted to announce that NIT Rourkela is introducing a new B. Tech programme in 'Artificial Intelligence' starting from the academic year 2024-2025. This cutting-edge programme at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering is designed to equip students with
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Team #YuvaSangam Odisha wishing you all a very #HappyHoli ๐จ. #EkBharatShreshthaBharat #yuvashakti @EduMinOfIndia @IRCTCofficial
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#OperationSindoor has shown the world that India will never stay silent in the face of terror. We thank our brave soldiers and the Indian government, led by PM Shri Narendra Modi, for standing firm and taking powerful, bold and well-planned action against terrorism. Jai Hind!
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NIT Rourkela (India) Faculty Members in Collaboration with UR (Germany) Have been Awarded an International Project of ๐๐ฌ.๐.๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ซ๐, which is ๐๐๐ of the nine projects sanctioned from India.
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NIT Rourkela alumnus Rahul Shrivastava, IFS, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. Govt of India, has been appointed as the next Indian Ambassador to Romania. Good luck and Godspeed. #NITR #NITRKL #MEA #Romania #Diplomacy @AmbShrivastava
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NIT Rourkela won the Inter-NIT Women's Cricket Tournament. Congratulations to the team led by Sagarika Sindhur.๐. ๐#Champions #WomensCricket #CricketTwitter
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We are glad to inform that Prof. Rohan Dhiman who was serving as the interim registrar, is today appointed as the full time Registrar of NIT Rourkela. Congratulations and Best Wishes. ๐
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Greetings to all JEE aspirants! .NIT Rourkela is organizing #CSAB2022 and registration for #JoSAA/#CSAB-2022 counseling for admission to NITs will begin from the 2nd week of September, immediately after the declaration of #JEEAdvanced results. #JEEMain2022
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A glimpse of Nukkad Natak (street theatre) by the Dramatics Club 'Pantomime' (Student Activity Centre, NITR). Location: NIT Rourkela and Kanak Manjari Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rourkela.
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Congratulations ๐ to Prof. Bankim Chandra Ray from the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Rourkela for his published review paper in a prestigious international journal @ElsevierConnect, with an impressive Impact Factor of 33.6. The article is titled
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What a melodious evening! ๐ค๐ป๐น๐ฅ. @ItsAmitTrivedi graced the 'Celebrity Night' event hosted by the Student Activity Centre, NIT Rourkela on 6th April, 2024.
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#NIRFRankings2024: NIT Rourkela has been ranked as the 'Top Engineering and Research' institution in #Odisha. Demonstrating excellence, NITR has secured the top spot among NITs for โResearchโ and is ranked among the top three NITs in โEngineeringโ. Additionally, the institute has
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#YuvaSangam Team Odisha in Siddheswara Dham (Namchi, Sikkim). Also known as Char Dham Temple picturising 108-feet statue of Lord Shiva, Kirateshwar Mahadev statue.and a replica of 4 shrines, along with 12ย jyotirlingas. #EkBharatShreshthaBharat #YuvaShakti @EduMinOfIndia
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Congratulations๐to Ms. Shristi Shefali Saraugi and Mr. Mahendra Nimmakanti, both PhD scholars from NIT Rourkela, for being selected as two of the 25 fellows from India for the โScience and Engineering Research Board (@serbonline) Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship (OVDF)
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#SpecialCampaign 2.0 (2nd Oct - 31st Oct,2022) is today inaugurated by Prof. K. Umamaheshwar Rao (Director, NIT Rourkela). During the campaign NITR community will perform various activities focusing on #SwachhBharat mission. @AmritMahotsav @EduMinOfIndia #SwachhAmritMahotsav
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A #JanBhagidari Nukkad Natak titled 'AVSAR (Opportunity)' was performed by RITVIC Club (Student Activity Centre, NIT Rourkela). The theme of the act was 'Climate Change'. The play emphasised the concept of One Earth, One Family, One Future in line with #G20India. @g20org #G20
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Many Congratulations๐to our esteemed alumnus Prof. Sukumar Mishra for being appointed as the New Director of @IITISM_DHANBAD.
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NIT Rourkela is hosting Odisha's largest and most engrossing Literary & Cultural fest, NITRUTSAV, from 17th to 19th March 2023. Get geared up to go on a rollercoaster of fun and an enthralling experience!. Register here for an experience like never before!
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Students of NITR have been selected as GSoC contributors in Google Summer of Code 2022. #GSOC is a global, online program that brings all the creative new contributors to #opensource software development. Read the success story here - @GoogleOSS #Google
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NIT Rourkela extension centre in the making: Prof. K. Umamaheshwar Rao (Director) visited the construction site at #Bhubaneswar.
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Little moments, Big memories!.#Throwback #Year2020. Image Credit: Divya ( Electronics and Communication Engineering)
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NIT Rourkela wishes a very #HappyIndependenceDay ๐งก๐ค๐. #AzadiKaAmritMahotsov #MainBharatHoon #AmritMahotsav #nitrourkela #India
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NITR community is deeply saddened by the news of the loss of many lives in the unfortunate #TrainAccident in Balasore, Odisha. We extend heartfelt condolences to all the bereaved families who have lost their loved ones. We pray for the speedy recovery of the injured passengers.
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Proud moment!! .Dr. Bukke Kiran Naik, faculty from the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering represented India as one of the Young Indian Scientists at the 6th BRICS Young Scientist Forum Conclave. Web:Details:
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LIVE: President of India gracing the 18th Convocation of NIT Rourkela. @rashtrapatibhvn @EduMinOfIndia.@dpradhanbjp @jualoram @nabadasjsg @PMOIndia
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Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021 has been released by @EduMinOfIndia and NIT Rourkela is one of the Institutes in the Band "Performer" category among the Institute of National Importance & Central Universities/CFTIs (Technical). #ARIIA2021
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'All India Inter-NIT Sports Meet' successfully concluded at NIT Rourkela. The event witnessed 750+ players from 26 NITs participating in Kho-Kho, Football and Swimming competitions. #KheloIndia @EduMinOfIndia
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The start of a 3-day Inter-NIT Women's Cricket Tournament organised by NIT Rourkela. Teams: @NITJofficial @nitrourkela @NITDofficial. #sports #cricket #tournament
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Prof. K. Umamaheshwar Rao (Director, NITR) today inaugurated a #cricketmatch between Technology Club vs Staff Club namely "Director's 11 vs Registrar's 11" at Sachin Tendulkar Stadium, NIT Rourkela. #sundayspecial #cricketseason
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NIT Rourkela conducted Faculty Recruitment 2022 in mission mode and completed the same in a remarkable time period of 4 months. A total of 211 offers of appointments are issued. Congratulations and best wishes to all the successful candidates.๐. @EduMinOfIndia
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#FacultyRecruitment: NIT Rourkela invites applications for faculty positions at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor. Details: @EduMinOfIndia @PIBHRD @Employ_News .@educationtimes @Jagranjosh @ndtv @CNNnews18
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Congratulations!๐.
Amrit Anwesh (@AmritAnwesh), a final-year student from the Department of Electrical Engineering of @nitrourkela has secured 99.98 percentile in CAT 2021 examination (and is also the Odisha State Topper).
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Few glimpses of the Alumni Meet (Batch-1995).Location - Raipur, Chhattisgarh. #reunion #alumni #AlumniMeet #nitrourkela
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#VeeronKaVandan: The office of Safety and Security, NIT Rourkela pays tribute to all the brave Indian #Soldiers who fought and lost their lives for independent #India. ๐ช: เคเคฏ เคนเคฟเคจเฅเคฆ เคเฅ เคธเฅเคจเคพ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ช. #MeriMaatiMeraDesh #VeeronKoNaman.#IndependenceDay2023.#India #IndianArmy #Tiranga
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Encouraging campus residents to undertake the act of #givingbacktothesociety, students of the Rotaract Club (Student Activity Centre, NIT Rourkela) placed a Cloth Donation Box near the ceramic gate of the institute. The donated clothes will be distributed to old age homes and
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"Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, It can only be transferred from one form to another.". It's a moment of immense pride to look back and cherish the energetic 59 years in past and look forward to greater innovation in upcoming years. #DiamondJubileeYear #NITR60
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It has been too long, students miss the campus and The Campus Awaits. Amidst the uncertainty, tune in to this video to get a glimpse of the contrast of how the campus looks desolate sans the hustle and bustle and how it used to be about 5 months ago.
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COVID-19 testing is one of the key to getting back to the normal. Thanks to @RourkelaMC for organizing the 7th #COVID19 antigen testing camp in NITR. Also thanks to NITR community and #CovidWarriors for their active participation and coordination. #IndiaFightsCOVID19 #StaySafe
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C P Gurnani, an alumnus of our Class of 1981, the CEO and MD of Tech Mahindra, is one of the most accomplished and charismatic business leaders of modern India. NIT Rourkela in 2010 conferred upon him the Distinguished Alumnus Award. #nitr #Techmahindra @C_P_Gurnani
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