Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT) was established in 2007. It is an Autonomous Institution affiliated to the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), with the approval of UGC and Accredited by National Board of Accreditation(NBA) and National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC-UGC). NMIT is the youngest engineering college in the country to be conferred the prestigious Autonomous Status by UGC/Govternment of Karnataka, New-Delhi in 2007. NMIT is the only unaided private engineering college in Karnataka State selected by the Government of India for World Bank Funding under TEQIP Phase II- Subcomponent 1.1 in the year 2011. NMIT has a strong focus on Excellence in Education, Research & Promotion of Innovation & Entrepreneurship and has Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Centre funded by the Department of Science and Technology (NSTEDB), New Delhi. NMIT has Several Sponsored research Projects amounting to Rs. 4.8 crores sanctioned by different reputed National Funding Agencies such as DST, AICTE, DIT, DRDO Labs, IEEE, VGST, VTU etc. NMIT is a unique Institution which has five Multi-Disciplinary Research Centres viz Center for Center for Robotics Research, Small Satellite Research, Center for Nanomaterial & MEMS, Center for Computational Fluid Dynamics & Center for Design Engineering & Process Simulation.