Important Events

October 10, 1959	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru laid foundation stone for the College, the first in the chain of NITs (formerly RECs) in the country.
November 10, 1959	Registration of the Society of Regional Engineering College, Warangal
August, 1964	Commencement of UNESCO assistance project.
October, 1972	Change of affiliation of the College from Osmania University to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. Academic autonomy conferred on the College.
August 19, 1976	Change of affiliation of the College from JNTU to Kakatiya University.
August, 1981	Admission for B.Tech. through Common Entrance Examination for students from Andhra Pradesh.
June, 1987	Establishment of Entrepreneurship Development Cell.
January, 1990	The College is selected for assistance under UK-INDIA Project.
June, 1991	Memorandum of understanding signed between the College and Confederation Indian Industry.
April, 1994	Commencement of UK - INDIA RECs Project.
January, 1995	Campus LAN installed. E-Mail facility provided by dial up connectivity through Central University, Hyderabad.
October, 1996	Commissioning of a dedicated Internet connectivity through VSAT dish. Browsing and E-mail facility provided.
November, 1996	The AICTE recommends to the M.H.R.D and U.G.C the award of the Deemed to be University Status to REC Warangal.
October 23-24, 1999	“40^th Foundation Day Celebrations”. His Excellency Dr.C.Rangarajan, Governor of A.P. and General K.V. Krishna Rao (Retd. Chief of Army Staff) graced the occasion by their presence.
May 16, 2001	MoU was signed between STPI, Hyderabad and REC, Warangal regarding setting-up of Software Technology Park at the Institute
July 20, 2001	AICTE grants the status of QIP (Quality Improvement Programme) Centre to the following departments: (i)Ph.D. Programme – Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Mathematics (ii)M.Tech. Programme – Departments of Electrical Engineering and the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering.
September, 2001	Inauguration of MSIT course in A.P. by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad with a Learning Centre at Rec, Warangal
July, 2002	Board of Governors resolved to approve the new Memorandum Of Association (MOA) for conversion of Regional Engineering College, Warangal as National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal.
September, 2002	Institute renamed as National Institute of Technology, Warangal and offered the status of Deemed University.
July, 2003	Commencement of admission of students for B.Tech through AIEEE stream
August 4, 2003	Prof. Deba Kumar Tripathy takes charge as the first Director of NIT Warangal.

August, 2003	Change over to IIT Pattern in Curriculum: Revision of syllabi and rules of regulations for the UG and PG courses and introduction of semester system for B.Tech and MBA at the first year level. Change over of evaluation pattern to Credits and GPA system.
June, 2004	The Institute receives an assistance of Rs. 11.41 crores from the world bank under TEQIP (Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme).
March 1, 2004	I^st Convocation of NIT Warangal. Prof. S.K. Joshi, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Roorkee and Former Director General, CSIR delivers the First Convocation address.
January 22, 2005	2^nd Convocation of NIT Warangal. Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India delivers the Second Convocation address.
June 2005	MoU was signed between NIT Warangal and M/S Philips Software, Bangalore. Under this MoU Philips software shall sponsor a maximum of 5 candidates to pursue M.Tech (VLSI) in the institute. Further research collaboration is planned between the two partners. Phillips Software shall also sponsor a state of the art laboratory in VLSI at the institute.
November 21, 2005	Dr. Ing. Y.V.Rao takes charge as Director of NIT, Warangal.
March 25, 2006	3^rd Convocation of NIT, Warangal Prof. S.K. Khanna, Former Chairman, AICTE & Former Vice-Chairman, UGC delivers the Third Convocation Address.
August 8, 2006	Prof. Y.V. Rao, Director and Prof. T.K.V.Iyengar, NIT, Warangal were awarded Bharath Jyothi Award
October 18, 2006	4^th Convocation of NIT, Warangal. Prof. Damodar Acharya, Chairman, AICTE, New Delhi delivered the Convocation Address
November 30, 2006	NIT, Warangal entered into MoU with Effexoft Solutions Pvt. Ltd., USA (Regd. Office at Hyderabad) with regard to IT consulting software and solutions development
December 7, 2006	NIT, Warangal entered into MoU with National Academy of Construction (NAC), Hyderabad with regard to implementation of academic continuing education and training programmes in construction engineering of mutual interest and benefit.
January 3, 2007	Inauguration of Centre for Rural Development building by Prof. Y.V.Rao, Director, NITW
January 15, 2007	International Kalam Guest House was inaugurated by Prof. K.Koteswara Rao, former Principal, RECW
January 18, 2007	Foundation stone laid for Centre for Automation & Instrumentation by Prof. R.A. Yadav, Vice-Chairman, AICTE, New Delhi
March 22, 2007	Prof. Y.V.Rao, Director, NITW was appointed as Chairman, AICTE South Central Committee with its Office at Hyderabad.
August 24, 2007	Inauguration to initiate concrete activity for the construction of Mega Hostel.
September 5, 2007	MoU with M/s TCS Company
September 15, 2007	Institution of Engineers Andhra Pradesh State Centre Presented Engineer of the year award to Prof. D.V.L.N. Somayajulu
October 27, 2007	Team of experts from France, ESIGELEC sign MoU
	MoU with Lawrence Tech University MoU with Mont Belford University
January 25, 2008	Dr. Abdul Kalam, Former President visits Campus during TECHNOZION
	Honourable Minister Purandeswari, MHRD inaugurates New Computer Centre and lays foundation stone for ultra Mega Hostel
February 21, 2008	APCOST presented Scientist of the year award to Prof. C.S.P. Rao
June 11, 2008	SRIC MoU with IFFCO
July 18, 2008	11^th Building & Works Committee Meeting and 14^th BOG Meeting at Hyderabad.
August 18, 2008	Halls of Residence 1600 student’s capacity (Ultra-Mega Hostel) Bhoomipuja.
September 8, 2008	MoU with ECIL, Hyderabad
September 15, 2008	Institution of Engineers Andhra Pradesh State Centre Presented Engineer of the year award to Prof. C.S.P. Rao
September 18, 2008	MoU with Cincinnati University (Prof. Vemuri Ranga from Cincinnati University)
October 2, 2008	Inauguration of Renovated Administrative Block with the State of the Art facilities and MIS.
October 10, 2008	NIT(REC) Golden Jubilee year Celebrations – Kickoff Ceremony at Auditorium – Chief Guest Sri Ramalinga Raju, Chairman, Satyam Computers.
October 17 – 19, 2008	TECHNOZION-08 – Chief Guest Prof. D.N. Reddy, Vice-Chancellor, JNTU, Hyderabad.
December 12-14, 2008	23^rd Indian Engineering Congress held in the Institute. (AP State Major Irrigation Minister Sri Ponnala Lakshmaiah inaugurated the Ceremony).
January 3-4, 2009	BIO-FIESTA a two day seminar held by BIO-Tech. Dept.
January 9, 2009	Visit of Dr. Walker, President, Lawrence Tech. University, USA., Visited the Institute and interacted with all the Deans and the Heads of Departments.
January 19-23, 2009	10^th Joint Review Mission (JRM) of TEQIP beneficiary Institutes across the country held at the Institute.
January 21, 2009	Bhoomi Puja:- 1) Girls Hostel (350 capacity) – by Shri Ashok Thakur, Addl. Secretary, MHRD, New Delhi 2) Campus Landscaping.
February 4, 2009	The Director of ESIGELIC, School of Engineering, France – Prof. Cyril Martaure visited the Institute consequent to signing of MoU and interacted with all the Deans and the Heads of Departmennts
March 3, 2009	The MHRD, New Delhi constituted CCB-2009 with Director, NIT, Warangal as its Chairman and NIT, Warangal as its Headquarters.
March 6, 2009	Automated entry access system to Administrative Building.
May 13, 2009	Director’s visit to Finland and Germany. The MoUs are signed with the following foreign Universities: 1) University of Tampere, Finland. 2) Tampere University of Technology, Finland
June 11, 2009	Baba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Board of Research in Nuclear Science (BRNS) Technical Project Discussion meeting held in the Institute.
June 13, 2009	NIT, Warangal has been selected as a “Leading Technology Adopter of the year 2009” (It is an award for excellence in Technology Adopter in the Education Sector)
June 22, 2009	Inauguration of INSPIRE programme by Dr. N.R. Shetty, Former Vice-Chancellor, Bangalore University.
July 11, 2009	7th Convocation of the Institute held at 4.00 PM in the Auditorium, Padmashree Dr.B.N. Suresh, Director, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvanantapuram was the Chief Guest of the function.
July 18, 2009	Orientation programme for first year students.
August 12, 2009	Sri Shahnawaz Quasim, Superintendent of Police, Warangal has visited the Institute to address the students about Anti Ragging.
August 13, 2009	A seminar on “Advance in Manufacturing” conducted by Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at the Institute.
August 18, 2009	Dr. R.L. Umashankar, Managing Director of Lakshman Chemicals Davangere Pvt Ltd. as the Chief Guest of Inaugural function of activities of the Chemical Engineering Association (ChEA) and Indian Institute of Chemical Engineering and NIT, Warangal students chapters for the year 2009-10 was held at the Institute.
August 24-30, 2009	A faculty Development programme on “Project Management” Organized by the Institute.
September 19, 2009	One day workshop on ‘Developing Suitable Pedagogical methods for various classes Intellectual calibers and Research in e-learning’ under National Mission Project by MHRD, GoI, New Delhi.
October 8, 2009	4th International Alumni meet Golden Jubilee Edition.
October 10, 2009	Foundation day of the Institute ‘Golden Jubilee Celebrations’ Padmabhushan Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, Chairman, National Innovation Foundation & President, Global Research Alliance, NCL, Pune was the Chief Guest.
October 23, 2009	Inaugural of the National Seminar on ‘Prospects and Challenges of Power Sector in Indian Context ‘CPCPS-09’ by Dept. of EEE.
December 16, 2009	MoU signed with Malardalen University, Sweden.
December 28, 2009	Inauguration of Dr. V.A. Sastry Innovation and Development Centre at the Institute.
April 11, 2010	Dr. S.S. Gokhale, Director, VNIT, Nagpur has taken over charge as Director (Addl. Charge) of the Institute.
May 27, 2011	Prof. T. Srinivasa Rao, assumed charge as the Director of the Institute. It is a happy and momentous coincidence that he is an alumnus of this Institute.
January 21, 2012	8th Convocation of the Institute held at 3.00 PM in the Auditorium, Padmashree Prof. K.L. Chopra, Former Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur was the Chief Guest of the function.
March 8, 2012	Inaugural function of Spring Spree-2012 held at the Institute, Sri Ali and Sri Shiva Reddy, film actors were Chief Guests.
March 21, 2012	18th Finance Committee and 23rd Board of Governors meeting held.
September 15, 2012	10th Convocation was held on 15th Sept 2012, in which Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman ISRO & Secretary, Dept of Space, GoI, was the Chief Guest
October , 2012	The NIT Warangal has entered into an MoU with the Erasmus Mundus (Indo – Europe Academic Exchange Programme) Scheme, called, “HERITAGE” Programme. Eight Indian Higher Education Institutes (IHEIs) and 12 European Higher Education Institutes (EHEIs) are the major partners under this Programme
October 26, 2012	Dr. Krishna M. Ella takes charge as the Chairman, Board of Governors, NITW
February 28 - March 1, 2013	Prof. T. Srinivasa Rao, Director participated at the Progress Meeting of Heritage scheme at Ecole Centralede Nantes, France for effective collaboration and research activities by exchange programmes.
October 15, 2013	11th Convocation was held on 15th Oct. 2013, in which Dr. Krishna M. Ella, Chairman BOG, NIT Warangal, was the Chief Guest
December 27-29, 2013	TECHNOZION 2013 - Prof. C. Suryanarayana, Dept. of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlanda, USA was the Chief Guest.
February 21-23, 2014	Inaugural function of Spring Spree-2014 held at the Institute, Ms. Shobitha Dhulipala (Miss India) and Sri Anup Rubens (Music Director) were Chief Guests.
October 23 , 2017	Prof. N.V. Ramana Rao has taken over the charge of director NIT warangal.
November 11 , 2017	15th Convocation of NIT Warangal was held November 11th, 2017
August 18 , 2018	16th convocation of NIT Warangal was held on August 18th, 2018
August 17 , 2019	17th Convocation of NIT Warangal was held on August 17th, 2019
October 22 , 2020	18th Convocation of NIT Warangal was held online on October 22nd, 2020
October 05 , 2021	Institute Foundation Day and Alumni Day Celebrations held on 10th October, 2021
October 09 , 2021	19th Convocation of NIT, Warangal was held on 9th October, 2021
February 19-20, 2022	TECHNOZION '22
April 8-10, 2022	SPRING SPREE '22
September 03, 2022	20th CONVOCATION (UG)
September 04, 2022	20th CONVOCATION (PhD & PG)
October 28, 2022	Prof. N.V. Ramana Rao, has assumed the temporary charge of the post of Director of NIT, Warangal
December 16, 2022	*Technozion'22, NIT Warangal with the spirit of IGNOSI, scheduled on 16th - 18th December, 2023*
April 7-9 , 2023	Spring Spree - 2023
April 27, 2023	Prof. Bidyadhar Subudhi from IIT Goa has taken over charge of the post of Director, NIT Warangal on 27.04.2023. (F.N.)