PRESENT STATUS

Today, NIE is one of the premier institutions in the country offering B.E. degree in Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Information Science, Electrical, Electronics, Industrial & Production, Mechanical Engineering and part-time B.E (evening course) for practicing Civil Engineering Diploma holders. The NIE also offers Master's degree specializations in Hydraulics, Power Systems, Production Engineering & System Technology, Computer Applications to Industrial Drives, Computer Network Engineering, Information Technology and Product Design & Manufacturing and Computer Applications (MCA). The NIE is a recognised research institution under VTU and offers Doctoral Programmes in Civil, Electrical, Computer Science, Mechanical and Industrial Production Engineering.

According to the Outlook Magazine survey - 2006 of the Top Engineering Colleges in the country, NIE holds 55th position, 6th position in the state and 3rd position among VTU affiliated colleges.

In fact, the NIE alumni have occupied high positions in educational institutes like IITs, IISc, and IIM, national research laboratories and in major industrial units in India and abroad. Some of the alumni have become very successful entrepreneurs.

As NIE marked the milestone of the fiftieth anniversary in 1996, a year-long Golden Jubilee Celebrations were held during 1996-97. To mark the Diamond Jubilee occasion (2006-07), NIE Management through the NIE foundation has proposed to construct a hi-tech indoor sports complex at the newly acquired 6 acre plot near the existing campus. This project is likely to complete by September 2008. NIE has a landed property of 5.48 Acres of land under No.1817/A & 6.37 Acres of Land under No.1126/5-F31 & 1126/6-F31/1.