Computer Service Centre

The Institute computing facility includes high-end workstations and Intel Pentium based Personal Computers. All the computing resources of the Institute are connected through a gigabit backbone LAN. The Institute has its Internet Access facility through a 2-MBPS leased line circuit from M/S. BSNL and a 64 KBPS SCPC VSAT Link from ERNET. It is planned to enhance the 64 KBPS SCPC VSAT into a 1MBPS DAMA VSAT for additional bandwidth for Internet access during the current year. Faculty members have been provided with a Desktop PC with Internet Connectivity. During the 2006 , Internet connectivity has been extended to Students’ Hostels.

Workshops

The workshop of the Mechanical Engineering Department acts as a Central Workshop of the Institute. It has Machine, Wielding, Fitting, Carpentry, Smithy, Pattern making and foundry shops. The workshop has Centre Lathes, Turret Lathe, Milling machines (horizontal, vertical & universal), Drilling machines (sensitive, polar & radial), Slotting machine, Grinder Pedestal, Surface Grinder M/C , Tools and Cutter Grinder Shaper machine, Planner machine, Power saw, MIG wielding machine, TIG wielding set, Motor Generator wielding set, Wood Turning Lathe, Electric furnace, Thickness Planner, Smithy Hearth furnace, Shearing machine, Grinding machine, Bench Grinder, Sand Reaming machine, Green Hardness Tester, Sheet Bending machine, Hand Punching machine, Plate Bending machine, Sieve analyzer, Permeability tester etc. Common workshop classes are held in the workshop along with workshop classes for higher semester of Mechanical Engineering branch. Different project works for the undergraduate students are also held in the workshop. The workshop is well equipped for the project works of the PG students of the Department. However, continuous efforts are being made to augment the facilities of the workshop commensurate with the change in technology. The workshop is also used for fabrication work for the Institute.

Hospital

The Institute has a dispensary heaving staff as given below:

All the staff and students of the Institute avail medical aid from the dispensary. The Institute also has an ambulance for carrying patients to Silchar Medical College Hospital for emergency treatment.

Post Office

The Institute has got a sub Post Office within the campus. The sub Post Office has facilities like registration, money order, and speed post. The post office function from 9.30 am to 2.30 pm. Students and staff and people from the surrounding villages get facilities take advantage of the facilities of this Post Office.

Bank and Shopping Centre

Bank

A fully computerized full-fledged core-banking branch of State Bank of India operates in the campus. The students, staff and people of the villages surrounding the campus avail the facilities of the branch.

Shopping Centre

A portion of the old LTD building houses general provision stores, PCOs, Fax Centres, DTP centers, bookshop, etc.

Physical Facilities

Physical facilities available in the Institute:

Besides, the institute has provided space to Indian Metrology Department and Indian Geomagnetic Observatory to set up their laboratories within the campus. Both the organizations are collecting data regularly.

Games and Sports facilities

The Institute has a playground measuring 150m X 90m with facility for playing football, Cricket, Hockey, and other games. The institute is also planning to construct a mini sports complex for providing various types of outdoor and indoor games to students of this Institute. NIT Silchar also has a hard court for playing basketball and is provided with hard courts for playing Volleyball and Badminton. It has got a Lawn Tennis court within the campus. Overall, the institute has sufficient facilities for games and sports.