The institute presently functions from its permanent Campus at Jote, Papum Pare district, Arunachal Pradesh.

The Indian government started 14 RECs between 1959 and 1965, at Bhopal, Allahabad, Calicut, Durgapur, Kurukshetra, Jamshedpur, Jaipur, Nagpur, Rourkela, Srinagar, Surathkal, Surat, Tiruchirappalli, and Warangal).

Due to the costs and infrastructure involved in creating the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), in 2002 MHRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi upgraded RECs to "National Institutes of Technology" (NITs) instead of creating IITs.

The upgrade was designed along the lines of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) after it was concluded that RECs had potential as proven by the success of their alumni and their contributions in the field of technical education.

[1] The HPRC, chaired by Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, submitted its report entitled "Strategic Road Map for Academic Excellence of Future RECs" in 1998.

[2] Based on the request of state governments and feasibility, future NITs are either converted from existing institutes or can be freshly created.

The 21st (and the first brand-new) NIT is planned for Imphal in the north-eastern state of Manipur at an initial cost of Rs.

The institute presently functions from his permanent Campus at Jote, Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh.

[5] The facilities and services that NITAP renders to the students, faculty members and staff make it stand among the top level institutes.

The institute and hostels are equipped with Wifi and LAN facility which are useless often gone for weeks and specially at the weekend.

Students are taken in for the undergraduate courses through the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA).

The institute accepts foreign nationals through scholarships awarded by the government of India, and non-resident Indians through an independent scheme known as Direct Admission for Students Abroad (DASA).

There are 23 events in eight categories including Flash Mob, theatrics, creat_ev_villaze, Viking zone, rhythm on the floor, literature, sports and Mr. & Ms. Atulyam.

Addovedi is the annual intercollege technical festival organized by the students of NIT Arunachal Pradesh.