What's the reason behind NIT Rourkela's exponential rise?

There are several reasons for the exponential rise of NIT Rourkela. Some of these are mentioned below-

• Infrastructure- NIT Rourkela has a great infrastructure. It recently inaugurated its Golden Jubilee Building in 2020 which contains multiple meeting rooms, exhibition rooms, parking facility, a cafeteria, a world-class conference hall, a technology-enabled library and reading space, administrative offices, senate hall, Department of Physics & Astronomy, skill development and training laboratories and a telescope on top. There is also a world-class sports complex which contains an olympic size swimming pool and huge courts for basketball, tennis, football, hockey and many other sports.

• Faculty- The faculty of NIT Rourkela is top-notch and many of its professors are listed among the top 2-3% scientists across multiple streams, in various international rankings.

• Alumni- NIT Rourkela has a great alumni network. Some of its notable alumni are- Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, Soma Mondal, C. Lalremsiama, Pranav Khaitan and Rahul Shrivastava.

• Placements- NIT Rourkela students get offers from top MNCs like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, ExxonMobil, Capgemini, etc. Many others go for higher education in top Indian and foreign universities including Ivy Leagues. Many NIT Rourkela students receive offers from PSUs and other highly renowned government organizations like DRDO, ISRO, IOCL, BHEL, Tata, Aditya Birla, Jio, Qualcomm, etc. 

• Other professions - NIT Rourkela students excel in other fields as video editors, dancers, etc. Students also get selected in the Indian Military.

• Extra curriculars- NIT Rourkela students win various competitions like CNLU PD, NLUO, dance competitions, technology based championships like Robosub, etc. NIT Rourkela holds two major fests annually- Innovision, a techno-management fest and NITRutsav, a cultural fest. Both these fests attract students from across the country and bring into the campus celebrities like Sunidhi Chauhan, Gajendra Verma, Olly Esse and Anubhav Bassi.

Thus, NIT Rourkela is a great institution which offers all the facilities and opportunities to its students.