the campus along with ATM facility. The Central Library has a floor area of 2,758 m2, and its three reading halls can accommodate a total of 600 students. The Central Computer Centre, established in 1995 as a supporting facility, maintains the network backbone of the college and has computer labs that augment the computing facilities in the teaching departments. Apart from the above, the campus also houses a staff club, a post office, two schools (Kannada and English medium), guest houses, a food court, a swimming pool and playgrounds. These facilities are made available to both the staff and the students at NITK. There is also an open air theatre for the student activities. Organisation and administration Former principals A. S. Adke B.H. Karakaraddi K. Mahadevan B.S. Basavarajaiah T. Ramachandran N.R. Shetty B.T. Nijaguna P.Sudhakara Shetty P.N. Singh M.R. Pranesh Former directors P.N. Singh S.S. Murthy H.V. Sudhaker Nayak Y.V. Rao G.K. Shivakumar Sandeep Sancheti Swapan Bhattacharya Srinivasan Sundarrajan Kannur.N. Lokesh Karanam Uma Maheshwar Rao Academics NITK Surathkal offers undergraduate and graduate programs in Engineering, Science and Management. The institute has 14 departments and 11 support centres with about 200 faculty members, 300 support staff, 5,500 students and 26,500 alumni worldwide. Admissions Undergraduate programs The B. Tech admissions are based on the JEE (Joint Entrance Exam). The exam consists of three sections on Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. From the 2013 academic year onwards, admission is through the JEE (Mains) test, and ranks are based on 60% of the marks scored in the test, and 40% in the class 12/Second PU Board exams. From 2017, admission is through the ranks based solely on the JEE (mains) test; the marks in the class 12 board exams serves as a cut off. Undergraduate admissions were based on a state wise reciprocal system. 50% of the seats were reserved for students from the home state of Karnataka. Until 2007, the rest of the 50% was distributed over other NITs, with each state having a fixed quota of seats. However, since the batch starting in 2008, the remaining 50% has been made open to all other states. 10% of the seats in the undergraduate class are reserved for foreign students under the Direct Admission of Student Abroad (DASA) scheme. Admissions are based on the JEE (Joint Entrance Exam). Postgraduate programs Postgraduate students are admitted to the program through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)