National Institute of Technology, Silchar established Research Promotion Cell in 2012 to promote research and to provide research funding to B Tech/M Tech/M.Sc students of NIT Silchar.

RPC provides research funding to Students of NIT Silchar to enable them to undertake independent research in newly emerging and frontier areas of Science, Engineering and Technology and to involve the young brains in the development and building process of the nation and the world.

The cell guides the research students to further their development of their projects so that the papers can be submitted in national and international conferences and journals of high repute. The cell also promotes the students to make new developments in the field of innovations and apply for patents and awards.