On‑campus hostels for boys and girls offer power backup, 24×7 water, Wi‑Fi, mess and round‑the‑clock security, while essential services—transport, banks, markets, clinics and more—lie minutes away off campus.
About NTC
Welcome to NITRA Technical Campus (NTC) — the academic arm of the Northern India Textile Research Association. Established in 2012 as a self‑financed, AICTE‑approved institute, NTC blends the Association’s five‑decade research pedigree (since 1974) with an industry‑linked engineering curriculum
The History of NITRA Technical Campus (NTC)
It all began in 1974, when a parcel of farmland on Delhi–Meerut Road was chosen for an experiment the textile industry desperately needed. Mills across North India were weary of importing know‑how; they wanted a home‑grown think‑tank that could test fibres, redesign looms, and train supervisors. With seed funds from the Government of India and leading mill owners, the Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA) rose on that plot—its pilot plants soon whirring day and night to solve shop‑floor headaches no one else would touch.
For three decades NITRA thrived as a back‑stage hero, but by the 2000s its directors spotted a fresh problem: brilliant R&D was pointless if factories couldn’t find engineers fluent in both yarn counts and code. After lengthy white‑paper debates, the board voted to build an academic arm right inside the research campus. And so, on a breezy August morning in 2012, sixty nervous students in crisp new lab coats filed into makeshift classrooms wedged between dyeing machines. NITRA Technical Campus (NTC) was born.
Success snowballed. Recruiters loved graduates who could step from lecture hall to loom without blinking, and soon NTC added Computer Science & Engineering to decode the rising tide of ERP and IoT. When AI began spotting fabric flaws faster than human eyes, NTC answered with a full‑fledged B.Tech in AI & ML, backed by a GPU lab inaugurated in 2023.
Today the once‑quiet farmland hosts hackathons alongside spinning trials, start‑ups pitch ideas in the same halls where patents are logged, and students swap textbooks for prototype sensors before placement season. From a single research shed to a multidisciplinary campus with global partners, NTC’s story is the weave of innovation and education—loom and laptop working side by side.
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Overall placement & higher‑study
250 +
Scopus‑indexed research papers
361
Current undergraduate enrolment
Infrastructure
Campus
The 50‑acre campus sits amid verdant, pollution‑free surroundings in Ghaziabad Northern India’s rapidly growing education hub—and is easily accessible by rail and road.
Hostel
Excellence
The 168,000 sq ft academic block offers airy lecture halls, smart labs, workshops, a digital library and AV‑ready seminar spaces—all framed by a tranquil, green backdrop.
Wi-Fi Network
Campus-wide Wi-Fi delivers seamless, high-speed internet access for all students and faculty, ensuring smooth online learning, uninterrupted research activities, and easy access to digital academic resources across every corner of the campus.
Professional Communication Lab
NTC’s Communication Lab employs Orell software for live drills—group talks, mock interviews, phonetics backed by AV aids, honing LSRW skills and raising student confidence.
Library
The library offers 10k + books, 40 + journals, 4.9k bound volumes and Nalanda e‑resources, plus book‑loan, PCs, AV kits, copier and quiet reading zones.
Central Computer Centre
The air‑conditioned computer centre hosts Core i3 & Core i5 workstations and IBM servers, 24×7 RF link cyber labs, full Microsoft DreamSpark access,wide bandwidth control, and smart AV utilities.
Digital Library
ERP‑powered catalogue search and Nalanda e‑consortium links put ScienceDirect, Springer, Wiley, Sage, T&F journals and 10k+ McGraw‑Hill, Pearson, Cambridge, OUP and other e‑books at every library PC.
Institutional Memberships
Affiliated reference memberships include the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Library, New Delhi, and The Textile Institute, Manchester, expanding access to international standards and textile research.
Laboratories, Workshops and Pilot Plant
World‑class labs sourced from the US, Europe and Asia give hands‑on training in spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing, testing, garment making, mechanics, physics, chemistry, electrical, electronics and communication.
Our Campus Tour
Spread across 50 acres in Ghaziabad, the Wi‑Fi enabled campus houses advanced laboratories, a central library, incubation centre, sports complex and eco‑friendly hostels. Prospective students and collaborators are invited to experience our collaborative ethos first‑hand.
Embark on your journey of discovery, innovation and growth with NITRA Technical Campus.