Nurturing innovation Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar
Established with the support of ISRO, the NIT’s Rs 2.71 crore set up of Space Technology Incubation Centre that came up here two years ago has got nine projects worth Rs 80 lakh already sanctioned.Some passouts of Jalandhar NIT have been making a big name as entrepreneurs. Upasana Taku co founder of Mobikwik a Gurgaon-based company with $700 million valuation, was an alumnus of this institute and so was Bengaluru-based Furlenco owner Ajith Mohan Karimpana. The latter’s furniture rental company has a turnover of Rs 500 crore.In Covid times, an alumnus, Gaurav Kumar developed a learning app Rancike Gyan. The app helps students connect exchange notes, network share e books for free post queries promote discussions get updates on examination and government notifications. It targets students from the CBSE and ICSE school students of Classes IX to XII and even provides them with mentors.The NIT has a huge strength of teaching faculty which includes 108 Assistant Professors 53 Associate Professors and 30 Professors12 of them being on Higher Administrative Grade.Prof Balbir Singh Kaith from the chemistry department here got recently ranked among top 2 per cent scientists in the world as per Stanford University of the US. The recognition came on account of extensive research work he had pursued and 250 papers that he got published in various national and international journals of repute.In Covid times the classrooms are being converted to automated studios for simultaneous offline and online learning. The institute also has a swanking student welfare centre set up at a cost of Rs26 crore with a top-class gym badminton and table tennis courts facilities for playing chess carom and other indoor games besides grounds for volleyball basketball etc.