The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi is a
public
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institute of technology
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located in
New Delhi
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,
India
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. It is one of the 23 IITs created to be Centres of Excellence for training, research and development in science, engineering and technology in India.
Established in 1961, was formally inaugurated in August 1961 by
Prof. Humayun Kabir, Minister of Scientific Research & Cultural Affairs. First admissions were made in 1961.The current campus has an area of 320 acres (or 1.3 km
2) and is bounded by the Sri Aurobindo Marg on the east, the
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a public major research university located in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and r ...
Complex on the west, the
National Council of Educational Research and Training
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on the south, and the New Ring Road on the north, and flanked by
Qutub Minar
The Qutb Minar, also spelled Qutub Minar and Qutab Minar, is a minaret and "victory tower" that forms part of the Qutb complex, which lies at the site of Delhi’s oldest fortified city, Lal Kot, founded by the Tomar Rajputs. It is a UNESCO W ...
and the Hauz Khas
monuments
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.
The institute was later decreed in the
Institutes of National Importance
Institute of National Importance (INI) is a status that may be conferred on a premier public higher education institution in India by an act of Parliament of India, an institution which "serves as a pivotal player in developing highly skilled per ...
under the Institutes of Technology Amendment Act, 1963, and accorded the status of a full University with powers to decide its academic policy, conduct its examinations, and award its degrees.
History
The concept of IIT was first introduced by Sh. N.M.Sircar, then a Member of Education on Viceroy's executive council. Following his recommendations, the first Indian Institute of Technology was established in the year 1950 in
Kharagpur
Kharagpur () is a planned urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Kharagpur subdivision. It is the largest, most populated, multicultural and cosmopol ...
. In his report, Shri Sircar had suggested that such Institutes should also be started in different parts of the country. The Government having accepted these recommendations of the Sircar Committee decided to establish more Institutes of Technology with the assistance of friendly countries who were prepared to help. The first offer of help came from the
USSR
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who agreed to collaborate in the establishment of an Institute through
UNESCO
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at Bombay. This was followed by the Institutes of Technology at
Madras
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,
Kanpur
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, and Delhi with collaborations with West
Germany
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, the
United States
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, and
UK respectively.
H.R.H.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
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laid the foundation stone of the college at Hauz Khas on 28 January 1959 during his visit to India. The first admissions were made in 1961.
The College of Engineering & Technology was registered as a
society
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on 14 June 1960 under the Societies Registration Act No. XXI of 1860 (Registration No. S1663 of 1960–61). The students were asked to report at the college on 16 August 1961, and the college was formally inaugurated on 17 August 1961 by Humayun Kabir, Minister of Scientific Research & Cultural Affairs. Initially, the college ran in the Kashmiri Gate campus of
Delhi College of Engineering
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(now known as Delhi Technological University) before shifting to its permanent campus in Hauz Khas. The Department of Textile Technology of Delhi College of Engineering was shifted out en-block to mark the beginning of the IIT Delhi at its new campus at Hauz Khas. The college was later accorded the status of a university and was renamed as Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
IIT Delhi celebrated its
Golden Jubilee
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Bangladesh
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in 2011, and its
Diamond Jubilee
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in 2021.
In 2018, IIT Delhi was one of the first six institutes to be awarded the
Institute of Eminence
Institutes of Eminence (IoE) is a recognition scheme for higher education institutes in India, set by the University Grants Commission in 2017. The plan encompasses twenty institutions, 12 of which have already been declared Institutes of Emine ...
status. According to a government statement issued earlier, these IoEs will have greater autonomy in that they will be able to admit foreign students up to 30% of the admitted students and recruit foreign faculty up to 25% of the faculty strength with enhanced research funding.
Campus
Main Campus
![IIT - Delhi - Entrance](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/IIT_-_Delhi_-_Entrance.jpg)
The primary campus of IIT Delhi is located in
Hauz Khas
Hauz Khas is a neighborhood in South Delhi, its heart being the historic Hauz Khas Complex. Well known in medieval times, the Hauz Khas village has amazing buildings built around the reservoir. There are remnants of Islamic architecture rough ...
, South Delhi, with
Sonipat
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and
Jhajjar
Jhajjar is a town in Jhajjar district in the Indian state of Haryana. The city is situated on the road connecting Rewari to Rohtak (NH-352), Loharu to Meerut (NH334B), Charkhi Dadri to Delhi and Gurgaon to Bhiwani. Jhajjar is located west o ...
being the two satellite campuses. The campus of is surrounded by the Hauz Khas area and monuments such as the
Qutub Minar
The Qutb Minar, also spelled Qutub Minar and Qutab Minar, is a minaret and "victory tower" that forms part of the Qutb complex, which lies at the site of Delhi’s oldest fortified city, Lal Kot, founded by the Tomar Rajputs. It is a UNESCO W ...
and
Lotus Temple
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.
The campus is also close to other educational institutions such as the
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a public major research university located in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and r ...
,
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
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,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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,
National Institute of Fashion Technology,
National Council of Educational Research and Training
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(NCERT) and
Indian Statistical Institute
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.
![Garden at IIT Delhi](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Garden_at_IIT_Delhi.jpg)
The IIT-D campus is divided into four zones:
*
![Girnar house](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Girnar_house.jpg)
Student Residential Zone
* Faculty and Staff Residential Zone
* Student Recreational Area, that includes the Student Activity Center (SAC), football stadium, cricket ground, basketball courts, hockey field, lawn tennis courts and swimming pool
* Academic Zone that includes department offices, lecture theatres, libraries, and workshops.
The student residential zone consists of 14 student hostels which are named after the mountain ranges of India. It is divided into two main sectors— one for the 11 boys hostels and another for the 3 girls hostels.
Sonipat campus
Initially announced in 2012,
the new IITD-Sonipat campus was unveiled in April 2018 by the
Chief Minister of Haryana at the Technopark at
Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonipat.
[Khattar unveils IIT-D campus at Sonipat]
India Time, April 2018. The Technopark, of which this campus is part of, itself was established at a cost of INR175 crore (1.75 billion).
[ The Campus in Sonipat focuses on Executive and Faculty Development programs for the engineering and technical colleges of Haryana state, as well as design and development of advanced technology, incubate more start-ups and promote industry collaboration.
Facilities include research & development labs set up by corporations jointly with IIT Delhi, business incubators, Impact Lab for Path, a global health innovation hub, high-end central research facility and Centre of Excellence in Smart manufacturing, training centers, and convention facilities. It can incubate and house 100 startups with residential facilities.
]
Jhajjar campus
IITD-Jhajjar campus is located next to the AIIMS-Delhi's Jhajjar campus at Badsa village in Jhajjar district
Jhajjar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Carved out of Rohtak district on 15 July 1997 and with its headquarters in Jhajjar, it lies from Delhi and had developed into an important industrial center. Othe ...
of Haryana. IIT-Delhi and AIIMS are jointly setting up a biomedical research park at this campus, including a joint Ph.D. supervision program and provision for adjunct faculty. IITD-Jhajjar is funded by the IITD and managed by the ''Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer'' (FITT).[IIT-Delhi and AIIMS to jointly set up biomedical research park ay Jhajjar]
Times of India Aug 2018.
Organisation and administration
Governance
All IITs follow the same organization structure which has the President of India
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as visitor at the top of the hierarchy. Directly under the president is the IIT Council. Under the IIT Council is the board of governors of each IIT.
Under the board of governors is the director, who is the chief academic and executive officer of the IIT. Under the director, in the organizational structure, comes the deputy director. Under the director and the deputy director, come the deans, heads of departments, registrar.
Externally funded schools
IIT Delhi has four externally funded schools functioning as a part of the institute:
* Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management
* Amar Nath and Shashi Khosla School of Information Technology
* Kusuma School of Biological Sciences
* Centre of Excellence in Cyber Systems and Information Assurance
*![IIT Delhi main building](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/IIT_Delhi_main_building.jpg)
![Technology park](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Technology_park.jpg)
School of Public Policy
*School of Artificial Intelligence
*School of Interdisciplinary Research
Academics
IIT Delhi offers Bachelor of Technology
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programs in various fields as well as dual degree B.Tech. - M.Tech. programs. Admission to these programs is done through Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced
Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced (JEE-Advanced) (formerly the Indian Institute of Technology - Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE)), is an academic examination held annually in India. It is organised by one of the seven zonal IITs (IIT ...
.
IIT Delhi also offers postgraduate programs awarding M.Tech. (by coursework), M.S. (by research), M.Sc., M. Des., MBA (DMS Delhi) under various departments and centres. The admission to M.Tech. program is carried out mainly based on Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
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(GATE). M.Des ( Master of Design ) admissions are through Common Entrance Examination for Design
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(CEED), M.Sc. admissions are through Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM)
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and MBA admissions are through Common Admission Test
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(CAT).
In March 2018, IIT Delhi formally inaugurated a new Department of Design to bolster Research and Education on Design. The 25-year-old design course was earlier functioning under the ambit of IDDC (Instrument Design and Development Centre). IIT Delhi would be starting the B.Des (Bachelor of Design) program from the academic year 2022–2023.
Rankings
Internationally, IIT Delhi was ranked 185 in the QS World University Rankings
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of 2022 [ and 54 in QS Engineering and Technology subject rankings of 2021. The same rankings ranked it 43 in Asia in 2020][ and 18 among ]BRICS
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nations in 2019.[ It was ranked 401–500 in the world by the '']Times Higher Education World University Rankings
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'' of 2020,[ 67 in Asia][ and 38 among Emerging Economies University Rankings in 2020.][
IIT Delhi ranked first among government engineering colleges in India by '']India Today
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'' in 2020.[ It ranked second among engineering colleges by '']Outlook India
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History and profile
''Outlook'' was first issued in October 1995 with Vinod Mehta as the editor in chief. It is owned by the Rajan Raheja Group. The pu ...
'' in 2019[ and first by '']The Week
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'' in 2019. It ranked second among engineering colleges by the ''National Institutional Ranking Framework
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'' (NIRF) in 2020 and 2021. It ranked third and fourth in overall universities in 2020 and 2021 respectively.
The Department of Management Studies ranked 8th among management schools in India by NIRF in 2020,[ 17th by '' Business Today''s "India's best B-schools 2019".]
Student life
Cultural and non-academic activities
The institute organises its annual cultural fest Rendezvous, originally started in 1976. It is a four-day-long event held in October every year. In the 2019 version, Rendezvous hosted 280+ events, 15,000+ participants and 200+ artists from more than 25 countries.
Tryst, a technical fest organised by the student community of IIT Delhi is North India's largest science, technological and management festival. With 75+ events, Tryst attracts nearly 40,000+ students all across the nation.
Office of Career Services
The Office of Career Services (OCS), previously known as the Training and Placement (T&P) Unit, had the primary aim of helping students to find a job upon graduation. Its role has evolved with OCS focusing on year – round activities to provide career counseling, interview preparation and talks to expose students to the multitude of opportunities available.
Student bodies
There are a number of student bodies in IIT Delhi, each with its own set of responsibilities. The highest student body in IIT Delhi is the Student Affairs Council (SAC).
Student Affairs Council (SAC)
The Students Affairs Council is the apex student body of IIT-Delhi. The primary objective of SAC is to look after all the issues/problems concerning the students of IIT Delhi. The administrative decisions related to student affairs and infrastructure related issues are also addressed by SAC. The grievances and suggestions of the students are directed to the concerned administration for redressal through the SAC framework. SAC consists of the various boards of IIT Delhi and other committees.
Student boards included under the SAC are listed below:
Board for Student Welfare (BSW)
As the name suggests BSW works for the welfare of all the students of IITD. The BSW shall organize welfare activities from time to time and look into other aspects of student welfare. The BSW shall provide financial aid to the needy students as per the decided rules. BSW has the responsibility of organising Speranza, the annual youth festival of IIT Delhi.
The board monitors the sports domain of the institute. It is responsible for maintaining the sports grounds of different sports, conducting Inter Hostel sports competition, ensure and manage the participation of IIT Delhi in Inter IIT Sports Meet (the annual sports event of all the IITs). Apart from this, BSA is also responsible for conducting Sportech, the annual Sports Festival of IIT Delhi.
The other student council is the Co-curricular and Academic Interaction Council (CAIC). which deals with the academic and co-curricular activities of the students. There are 45 student representatives to the CAIC: 22 from the UG students and 23 from the PG students, apart from 2 representatives from each co-curricular body. The co-curricular activities under the CAIC are:
* Robotics Club
* Entrepreneurship Development Cell
* Technocracy (consisting of Astronomy Club, Economics Club, Electronics Club, and Tech Workshops)
* Automobile Club (consisting of Formula SAE, Mini Baja, and HPV)
The annual technical festival of IIT Delhi, Tryst is organised by the CAIC.
Technical organisations
ACM Student Chapter
The Association for Computing Machinery
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is an educational and scientific society which works with the motto of "Advancing Computing as a Science and Profession". The IIT Delhi Student Chapter of the ACM was established in 2002 to address the needs of the IIT Delhi computing community. The goal of the chapter is to create interest among the students for computer science, apart from what they learn during the course work. The chapter organises workshops and talks on different subjects by speakers who are well known in their area. These talks give students opportunities to learn about advanced research subjects. Apart from these, some non-technical activities are also organised. The IIT Delhi Chapter won the ACM Student Chapter Excellence Award for its Outstanding Activities during 2009–10. In 2012, the team of Rudradev Basak, Nikhil Garg, and Pradeep Mathias of IIT Delhi, achieved India's best ever rank at the ACM ICPC World Finals, by finishing 18th
Technology Business Incubation Unit (TBIU), IIT Delhi
The Technology Business Incubator Unit (TBIU) is the incubation cell at IIT Delhi. It has been in active operation in the institute since the year 2000. The objective of the TBIU is primarily to promote partnership with new technology entrepreneurs and start-up companies. Every year, startups are selected into the incubation program and provided support to create innovative technology companies.
Notable people
See also
* Indian Institutes of Technology
* List of universities in India
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* Universities and colleges in India
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Universities
* List of universities in India
* List of autonomous higher education institutes in India
* List of central universities in India
* List of state universities in India
* L ...
* Education in India
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References
External links
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Institutes of Eminence
Engineering colleges in Delhi
Delhi
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Educational institutions established in 1961
1961 establishments in Delhi