National Institute of Technology (NIT-K), Surathkal will offer a new B.Tech program in Artificial Intelligence. The new B.Tech program in Artificial Intelligence will commence from the academic year 2021-22 to keep pace with growing national and international demands. NIT-K has introduced admissions to M.Tech, M.Sc., MBA and MCA and to post-doctoral programme through self-financed mode from 2021-22. Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, the institute completed its academic activities as per schedule through Integrated Resource and Information System (IRIS), a MIS platform developed in-house using open source by the faculty and staff to cater to the need of sharing information among various stakeholders.