Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology (Govt Engineering College), Kottayam , also called as RIT among the Engineering students in Kerala is the first Educational Institution established in India in the year of 1991 in memory of our late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Situated at a distance of 14 kms from Kottayam town, the college offers BTech courses in Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Mechanical Engineering and one Post Graduate course in MCA. The college boasts of a land area of 92 acres of greenery , amidst which the college is situated. All departments have separate blocks , with facilities like Well established library, lab facilities and very efficient faculty.
The admission to the college is done entirely on the basis of the Ranks obtained in the Common Entrance Examination conducted by the Govt of Kerala.
Extra Curricular Activities : Students get chance to be involved in the following activities - NSS, ISTE, CGPC (career guidance and placement cell), Science Club, Nature Club and many more.
PLACEMENTS : Companies that visited the campus include WIPRO, HCL Technologies, HCL InfoTech, NAM, NEST Technologies, AMI. The Placement Cell has also helped the students to get placed in ACCENTURE, SASKEN, IGATE, IDEA, VSNL, HEXAWARE, US Software, IBS, HUAWEI etc...
The official site of the college is https://rit.ac.in