Higher Education · Tiruchirappalli
Founded in 1964 as the Regional Engineering College, the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, was one of the longest-established of the 31 regional institutions upgraded with the creation of the National Institute of Technology system from 2002. Affiliated successively to Madras, Bharathidasan and Anna universities, it attained university status in 2003 and the right to award its own degrees in 2007. Operating with the motto 'Truth Alone Triumphs' and with the declared mission of providing 'valuable resources for industry and society through excellence in technology and research', the university was ranked 24th in the 2019 National Institutional Ranking Framework and was named University of the Year for 2017 by The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.