Ever since the inception of NIT’s some new, some converted from REC’s and their recognition as premier technical institutes of the country, every young mind who has been privileged enough to have got admission into these hallowed halls of knowledge, has, at some point or the other, felt an incredible pride at being labelled as an “NITian”. However, there was no sense.as such, of a collective sense of pride in belonging to the greater NITian community; there was a lack of a feeling of identification with all the NIT’s other than one’s own. And hence, to counter this, PTBN was conceptualized as an Inter-NIT Network, to forge and reinforce the bonds based on a shared identity of being amongst the elite of the country between the 31 odd NIT’s. Founded in October 2013, PTBN started out as an entertainment page on a social networking site, meant to provide comic relief to the NITian community, and also to raise awareness on various issues; but mainly, to unify the dispersed NITian student diaspora. However, its immense popularity and reach prompted the PTBN team to launch its very own website, in order to better coordinate and efficiently cater to the needs of NITians. PTBN strives to unite NITians, cutting across geographical limits-joining lives, bridging dreams.
