National Institute of Technology Calicut or NITC is a federally funded technical university established by an act of the Indian Parliament, located at Kattangal in Chathamangalam which is situated about 22 km north-east of Kozhikode (Calicut) City in Kerala, India. It was formerly known as Calicut Regional Engineering College (CREC). NITC is one of the twenty National Institutes of Technology - one in each major state of India - established by the Government of India for fostering national integration by imparting technical education to students from all over the country. NITC is among the very few institutions in the country to boast a Supercomputer of its own.