The National Institute of Technology, Srinagar is a national engineering institute located in Hazratbal, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India and an engineering institute of Northern India, along with other NITs and IITs of India. It is one of the 30 NITs in India, and as such is directly under the control of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). It is the 7th in the chain of 17 NITs established as a part of the Second Five Year Plan(1956–61) by the Government of India. Refer History of RECs for more information on the Regional Engineering College established during the 2nd five year plan (1956–60).