The National Institute of Technology, Warangal, formerly the Regional Engineering College, was established in 1959 in Warangal, Telangana. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru laid its foundation stone on 10 October 1959, and the institute describes itself as the first in the chain of colleges that became the National Institutes of Technology. A recruitment notice on its website describes NITW as an Institute of National Importance.
Counters on the institute’s home page, which carry no date, list more than 7,900 students, more than 386 faculty, more than 315 staff, 15 departments, 11 research centres and more than 1,200 PhDs produced. The institute offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes in engineering, sciences, humanities and management.