National Institute of Technology Srinagar, J&K was established in 1960 as the Regional Engineering College, Srinagar. The Institute acquired the status of NIT in August 2003 and attained full autonomy in its Academics. In 2007, it became an Institute of National Importance. It is one of the 31 NITs and it is directly under the control of the MHRD. The Institute is situated on the banks of the world-famous Dal Lake. Besides running 10 Undergraduate, -- Postgraduate, and Doctoral programs in several areas, the Institute has established centers as Innovation Incubation & Entrepreneurship Development (IIED), Interdisciplinary Division for Renewable Energy & Advanced Materials (iDREAM), Centre for Technology Intervention for Elderly and Disabled (CTIED), and Centre for Energy & Environmental Research (CEER).