National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur

 Many faculty members have achieved distinction in the field of research by way of publishing papers in peer-reviewed journals and also received best paper awards. Many of them also have the honour of acting as reviewers of international journals

The Institute was granted academic autonomy in July 2003 and it awards its own degree. The Senate is the highest policy-making academic body of the Institute. 

The students have received several prizes and awards in various other institutes like Indian School of Mines Dhanbad, IIT Roorkee, IIT Delhi and many such technical organizations and forums as Engineering Fairs organised by the Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, National Council of Science Museums, Government of India and many more. The NIT Durgapur is proud of producing the brains more than 90% of which gets employed by campus interview itself. Some of the alumni are in the higher ranks in the organisational hierarchy of the corporate sectors in Europe and the USA.