NIT-T launches new degrees, AI-based learning in classes
NIT-Tiruchi has introduced new postgraduate programs and integrated AI-based learning into its curriculum for the 2026-2027 academic year. The institute also launched a new AI and Machine Learning center funded by the TCS Foundation.
Why it matters
Reflects the shift in higher education toward AI-integrated pedagogy and industry-aligned engineering curricula.
National Institute of Technology-Tiruchi (NIT-T) has introduced three new postgraduate programmes in the academic year 2026-2027 to address the varied scope of engineering studies in the coming years, its director G. Aghila has said.
Addressing a press conference in Tiruchi on Thursday, Ms. Aghila highlighted that the new M.Tech courses in Urban Planning (Department of Architecture), Engineering Design (Mechanical Engineering) and Water Resources Engineering and Management (Civil Engineering), besides the PG diploma in Healthcare Technology, were initiated in keeping with the National Education Policy 2020, as well as to cater to the diversity of subject requirements.
“The new courses were started based on market demand and changing nature of the workplace. We have also integrated subject-specific Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based learning in them. Besides this, undergraduate students will be given orientation on AI usage in education to prepare them for the future,” said Ms. Aghila.
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