Mangaluru : The National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, has created a Professorial Chair position in the Department of Mining Engineering, supported by The Hutti Gold Mines Limited with a substantial grant of Rupees Six Crores. Since its establishment in 1984, the department has emerged as one of the top mining institutes in India. It […]

Mangaluru :  A B Tech student was found dead in his hostel room in Surathkal on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Sourav Kumar Yadav (19), an electrical and electronics engineering student at National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, Karnataka (NITK) and a native of Bihar. According to city police commissioner N Shashi Kumar, financial […]

Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada district on Thursday recorded its seventeenth Covid-19 positive case. This development came two days after a 67-year-old woman (P-409) and an immediate neighbour of P-390, who passed away on Sunday, were declared positive. The latest positive case has been designated P-432 in the bulletin released by the state government at noon […]

Mangaluru : South India’s first and the country’s fourth Regional Academy Centre for Space (RAC-S) by Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) was inaugurated at National Institute of Technology Karnataka(NITK), Surathkal, on Friday. In this context, Isro and NITK signed an MoU. It was signed by P V Venkitakrishnan, director, Capacity Building Programme Office (CBPO), Isro, […]

Mangaluru : The technical evaluation of the works under the Smart City Mission in Mangaluru will be carried out by the NITK, Surathkal. The decision was taken at a meeting on the Smart City Mission chaired by District In-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary in Mangaluru on Monday. The minister said, “After all the works under […]

Mangaluru : A 36-year-old man was arrested by the police allegedly after he brandished a gun at the staff of the NITK toll gate for asking him to pay the toll charges. The arrested has been identified as Rafique K N, a resident of Kasargod. The car (KL-60H-5500) driven by Rafique as well as the […]

Mangaluru : As vice president of India, Venkaiah Naidu, will be visiting the city on his way to National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) for taking part in its convocation ceremony on November 2, Dakshina Kannada district deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh, instructed the officials to undertake immediate repair of the highway from Kulur to […]

Mangaluru : The final declaration of results may not be as fast as it was earlier, for the 17th Lok Sabha on Thursday as the Election Commission of India has adopted an elaborate procedure, including tallying of votes in randomly selected five EVMs and their VVPATs for each Assembly constituency, before declaring results. Speaking to […]

Mangaluru : The electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in Thursday’s Lok Sabha election in Dakshina Kannada have been kept at the National Institute of Technology-Karnataka (NITK) in Surathkal near here. According to Deputy Commissioner and Returning Officer Sasikanth Senthil S., the constituency, as a whole, recorded 77.90 % voting. The voting by female voters stood […]

Mangaluru : Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday inaugurated the modern sports complex of National Institute of Technology Karnataka, (NITK), Surathkal, in an online function from Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi. K Balaveera Reddy, chairman, board of governors, NITK, K Umamaheshwar Rao director, NITK, V S Ananthanarayana, deputy director, NITK, faculty and students, bore witness […]