The institute was the first in the country to offer an undergraduate program in Computer Science and Engineering, which was started in 1976. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad (MNNIT or NIT Allahabad), formerly Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College (MNREC), is a public technical university located in Prayagraj (Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one among the top NITs in the country, and like the rest of them, classified as an Institute of National Importance. COMPLETE ADDRESS. The institute added undergraduate programs in Chemical Engineering and BioTechnology in 2006. The foundation stone was laid by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, and the institute was named after his father, lawyer and freedom fighter, Motilal Nehru. six crore, which offers training and consultancy. The college has been recognized by AICTE as a center for the Quality Improvement Programme. The institute has been recognized by the Government of India as a center for the quality improvement program in Civil and Mechanical Engineering. The institute now offers M. Tech. Coordinates: 25°29′30″N 81°51′57″E / 25.4918°N 81.8658°E / 25.4918; 81.8658, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, "Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad", Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Summary of proceedings of the Review Workshop - list of premier institutes in India", https://www.nirfindia.org/2020/OverallRanking.html, "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Overall)", https://www.nirfindia.org/2020/EngineeringRanking.html, "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Engineering)", https://www.livemint.com/Politics/ZJm6uMUcazjmDDWXDMJWlI/Vinod-Yadav-appointed-Railway-Board-Chairman.html, http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-sanjiv-chaturvedi-115010901283_1.html, https://www.crunchbase.com/person/mouli-raman#section-overview, National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Motilal_Nehru_National_Institute_of_Technology_Allahabad&oldid=986777050, Educational institutions established in 1961, All India Council for Technical Education, Articles needing additional references from February 2018, All articles needing additional references, All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English, Pages using infobox university with the image name parameter, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College Allahabad, MNNIT was ranked 48th among engineering colleges by the, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Saurabh Tripathi: Former DIG, Central Bureau of Investigation, B.C Tripathi, ex Chairman & Managing Director, Hemesh Singh, Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer at, Sushil Kumar, Co-Founder of India's largest interactive Gameshow LOCO, Sorabh Babu , UPSC -Civil Services Examination-1999 Topper, This page was last edited on 2 November 2020, at 23:10. The institute has been recognized by the Government of India as a center for the quality improvement program in Civil and Mechanical Engineering. The institute now offers M. Tech. degrees. It also provides special software services to all campus users. It is sufficient in its own way. The institute was the first in the country to offer an undergraduate program in Computer Science and Engineering, which was started in 1976. MNNIT offers 19 post-graduate programs of two-year duration leading to M. Tech.