National Institutes of Technology (NITs)
The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are the central government-owned-public technical institutes under the ownership of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. They are governed by the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007, which declared them as institutions of national importance and lays down their powers, duties, and framework for governance. In 2019, the first IIEST was added under the Council of NITSER. The act lists thirty-two NITs.[2] The oldest NIT is now IIEST Shibpur. Each NIT is autonomous, linked to the others through a common council known as the Council of NITSER, which oversees their administration, and all NITs are funded by the Government of India