About NIT Meghalaya

The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Meghalaya is one among the thirty-one NITs in India established under the NIT Act 2007 (Amended 2012) of the Parliament of India as Institutes of National Importance with full funding support from the Ministry of Education (Shiksha Mantralaya), Government of India.

Currently, the institute is functioning in its temporary campus at Shillong in East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya and is about 2 kms from the main bus stand of Shillong on Police bazaar – Laitumkhrah roadway. The city of Shillong is well connected with rest of country by road. The nearest railway station is at Guwahati (Assam), at a distance of 100 kms from Shillong. The nearest airport is within city (25 kms). The place has healthy climate with temperature ranging from 15°C to 25°C during March and is at an average altitude of 1496 m above sea level.