Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) is an Institute of National Importance under the NIT Act situated in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is part of the group of publicly funded institutions in India known as National Institute of Technology. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (formerly Maulana Azad College of Technology, MACT), is one of the first eight Regional Engineering Colleges in India. The institute has been named after the scholar, educationist and the first Education Minister of the Republic of India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The government of India and government of Madhya Pradesh jointly sponsored the then MACT (a Regional Engineering College) in 1960 to attract bright young students from across the country. The institute is situated in the Bhopal Central region of Bhopal City on its southern side. The verdant 650-acre (2.6 km) campus is on a plateau with academic building, hostels and residential quarters. The campus houses about 4,000 students and faculty members. Graduate, postgraduate and doctoral level courses are offered by the following engineering and sciences departments.