NMIT was started by Vinaya Hegde, son of the founder of NMAMIT, the late Justice K. S. Hegde in 2001 after the success of Nitte Mahalinga Adyanathaya Memorial Institute of Technology (NMAMIT) at Nitte. The campus is on a 23-acre ( site in Govindapura, Gollahalli village 3 km from Baglur cross, on the way to Devanahalli airport on Hyderabad-Bangalore NH 7 and it is 25 km from the Centre of Bengaluru.
The college is and approved by the All India Council for Technical Education. It offers a four-year graduate program in engineering leading to the award of the degree Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.). The college postgraduate programs in Master of Computer Applications – MCA, M.Tech in Computer Networking Engineering, Digital Communications & Networking Engineering, VLSI & Embedded Systems, Computer Science & Engineering, Master of Business Administration (MBA), M.Tech in Thermal Power Engineering, Machine Design, Structural Engineering
Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology Courses:
- Computer Science Engineering (CSE)
- Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE)
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AIML)
- Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (AIDS)
- Computer Science & Engineering (Data Science)
- Computer Science & Engineering (Internet of Things)
- Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
- Mechanical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Bio-Tech
- Architecture Engineering
- Biotechnology Engineering