Durgapur is West Bengal's planned industrial city and a significant education centre, home to the National Institute of Technology Durgapur (NIT Durgapur, formerly Regional Engineering College). NIT Durgapur is consistently ranked among the top NITs and attracts engineering students from across eastern India and beyond. The city also hosts Durgapur Government College, Bengal Institute of Technology, Dr B C Roy Engineering College, and the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) regional centre.
The Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP), one of the first integrated steel plants in independent India, along with the Durgapur Projects Limited and the Durgapur Chemicals industrial cluster, forms the backbone of the city's economy. The Maithon Dam and the surrounding Damodar Valley landscape add a scenic dimension to this primarily industrial city.
Golden Globe Technologies provides 360-degree virtual tours in Durgapur for NIT campus admissions outreach, steel plant and industrial facility documentation, drone photography of the planned city layout and Damodar riverfront, and virtual tours for the growing hospitality and real estate sectors.