National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur is situated in the heart of the rich mineral and industrial belt of Jharkhand State - formerly a part of undivided Bihar. It is surrounded by large industries like Tata Steel and Tata Motors in the industrial city of Jamshedpur, and a galaxy of medium and small industries in Jamshedpur and in the Adityapur industrial complex.

RIT, Jamshedpur was formally inaugurated on 15^th August 1960 at Adityapur, Jamshedpur by Dr. Srikrishna Sinha, the then Chief Minister of Bihar and the first Chairman of the Board of Governors of RIT, Jamshedpur. His eloquent speech highlighted the dreams and aspirations to be nurtured by the institute to achieve excellence in higher technical education, research and development. This inaugural address was termed "the first lecture" in Humanities by the founder Principal
Dr.R.P. Verma. It is noteworthy that both the founder Chairman and the founder Principal happened to be freedom fighters. Their nationalistic fervour and passion for progress set the college moving on the right path towards technological development. It has come a long way from its humble beginnings at the old campus located in Adityapur to its present status as a prestigious institute.

R.I.T., Jamshedpur started off by offering undergraduate courses in four branches (viz Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Metallurgy) of Engineering in 1960.

Regular M. Tech. Courses in Power systems, Process Metallurgy and Surface and Colloidal Science, and Part time PG courses in Production Management, Machine Design, Power Electronics, Structural Engineering, Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering were also started. In a short time, the institute grew to reach the status of an excellent technical institute.

A new phase in the development of the institute started in 1985. There was a massive expansion of the administrative and academic set up. In the academic sphere, M.Sc. courses in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics Departments were started in 1986, and the MCA (Master of Computer Application) course in 1987.

Three more branches of study in Engineering at the undergraduate level, viz., Production Engineering and Management, Electronics, and Computer Science and Engineering started functioning from 1988. A new M Tech. course in Computer Integrated Design & Manufacturing was started in 1990.

Our alumni are well placed in various parts of the country and abroad. Some of them who are at the helm of affairs in various organizations are: