Formerly known as the Regional Engineering College, Durgapur (REC Durgapur)
the Government of India started 14 RECs between 1959 and 1965 established in India and was founded in 1960 by the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, Bidhan Chandra Roy. Today it is one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology in India
1) The library is an institutional member of DELNET (Developing Library Network), American Center Library, Kolkata, National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), and Current Science Association, Bangalore 2) NIT Durgapur was ranked 47 among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2018.