NITW Sequence of Events (Historical)

October 10, 1959	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru lays foundation stone for the College, the first in the chain of eighteen NITs (formerly RECs) in the country.
November 10, 1959	Registration of the Society of Regional Engineering College, Warangal
August, 1965	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	??40th 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: Ph.D. Programme ? Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Mathematics in addition to Civil Engineering. 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	Admission of students for B.Tech through AIEEE.
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	Ist 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	2nd 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. Phililps Software shall also sponsor a state of the art laboratory in VLSI at the institute.