The National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (commomnly called as NIFFT) is a fully residential Government of India co-educational institute which is located at Hatia, which is about 7.4 km from Ranchi. It was established in 1966 by the government of india in collabaoration with UNDP-UNESCO. It is an autonomous and Centrally Funded Technical Institute(CFTI) under Ministry of Human Resource Department(MHRD) government of India.