The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) is a
public
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technical university
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established by the
Government of India
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, located in Amingaon area, North
Guwahati
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city, in the state of
Assam
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in
India
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. It is the sixth
Indian Institute of Technology established in India. IIT Guwahati is officially recognised as an
Institute of National Importance
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by the government of India.
IIT Guwahati has been ranked 7th in Engineering and 8th in Overall category in NIRF India Rankings 2021.
History
The history of IIT Guwahati traces its roots to the 1985
Assam Accord
The Assam Accord was a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) signed between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement. It was signed in the presence of the then-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in New Delhi on 15 Au ...
signed between the
All Assam Students Union
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and the
Government of India
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, which mentions the general improvement in education facilities in Assam and specifically the setting up of an
IIT.
IIT Guwahati was established in 1994 by an act of parliament and its academic programme commenced in 1995.
IIT Guwahati admitted its first batch of students into its Bachelor of Technology programme in 1995. The selection process was the same as that of the other IITs, i.e., through the
Joint Entrance Examination
The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is an engineering entrance assessment conducted for admission to various engineering colleges in India. It is constituted by two different examinations: the JEE-Main and the JEE-Advanced.
The Joint Seat ...
.
In 1998, the first batch of students were accepted into the Master of Technology program through the
GATE.
Campus and geography
The campus of IIT Guwahati is on the northern banks of
Brahmaputra
The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, northeast India, and Bangladesh. It is also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachali, Luit in Assamese, and Jamuna River in Bangla. I ...
and abuts the
North Guwahati
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town of
Amingaon. It is often considered as the most beautiful campus in India. The campus is on a plot of land around 20 km from the heart of the city. It has the Brahmaputra on one side and hills and vast open spaces on others.
IIT Guwahati is a fully residential campus. All the students live in hostels on the campus. The hostels are named after rivers and tributaries of North-East India: Manas, Dihing, Kapili, Siang, Kameng, Barak, Subansiri (girls' hostel), Umiam, Dibang, Brahmaputra (largest hostel in all the IITs), Dhansiri (new girls' hostel), Lohit and Disang (new boys' hostel). Apart from these, there is a married scholars' hostel for married postgraduates. Every student at IIT Guwahati is given a separate room. Each room comes equipped with requisite basic amenities.The toilets and bathrooms are shared (three of each for every ten rooms on average). Every hostel has a mess, a canteen, a juice centre, a stationery shop, a library, a TV room, a sports room (for indoor sports), and laundry facilities. The hostels are provided with 24-hour Internet facility. The boys hostels are single seated, i.e., every boarder gets a single room.
Organisation and administration
Governance
All IITs follow the same organization structure which has
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.
Departments
IIT Guwahati houses the following departments:
*Department of
Biosciences
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and
Bioengineering
*Department of
Chemical Engineering
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**Center of Excellence for Sustainable Polymers
*Department of
Chemistry
*Department of
Civil Engineering
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*Department of
Computer Science and Engineering
*Department of
Design
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*Department of
Electronics
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&
Electrical Engineering (previously known as the Department of Electronics and Communication)
*Department of
Humanities
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and
Social Sciences
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*Department of
Mathematics
*Department of
Mechanical Engineering
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*Department of
Physics
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The aforementioned departments of the Institute offer
B. Tech.,
B. Des.,
M. Des.,
M. Tech.,
M.A.
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(
Development Studies
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),
(
Liberal Arts
Liberal arts education (from Latin "free" and "art or principled practice") is the traditional academic course in Western higher education. ''Liberal arts'' takes the term '' art'' in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically th ...
),
M.Sc. and
Ph.D.
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programmes.
Academic centres
IIT Guwahati is home to six academic centres.
*Centre for Nanotechnology
*Centre for Linguistic Science & Technology
*Centre for the Environment
*Centre For Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
Academic schools
*School of Agro and Rural Technology
*School of Business
*Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
*School of Energy Sciences and Engineering
*School of Health Science & Technology.
Extramural centres
IIT Guwahati is home to five academic centres.
*Central Instruments Facility
*Centre for Computer & Communication Centre
*Centre for Career Development.
*Centre for Creativity
*Centre for Educational Technology
Academics
Presently there are about 7047 students on rolls, 406 faculty members and 510 support staff.
Admission
Admission in IIT Guwahati for UG Courses is done through
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for Engineering. Until 2015, admissions in UG Design Course was happening through JEE Advanced. It now happens through
UCEED.
Admission in PG is done through
IIT-JAM,
GATE score, and through
CEED for Designing, while through Ph.D-NET examination or Ph.D. entrance examination and/or interview one can get admission into Ph.D. Courses.
Rankings
Internationally, IIT Guwahati was ranked 395 in the
QS World University Rankings
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of 2022.
The same rankings ranked it 117 in Asia in 2021
and 48 among
BRICS
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nations in 2019.
It was ranked 601–800 in the world by the ''
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
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'' of 2020,
160 in Asia
and 152 among Emerging Economies in 2020.
In India, among engineering colleges, it ranked 6th by ''
India Today
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'' in 2020
and 6th by ''
The Week
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'' overall in 2019 .
It was ranked 7th among engineering colleges in India by the ''
National Institutional Ranking Framework
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'' in 2020
and 7th overall.
Param Ishan
IIT Guwahati hosts Param-Ishan which is the fastest and most powerful super computer in northeastern, eastern and southern regions of the country.
Student life
Annual festivals
Every year the students and administration of IIT Guwahati come together to organize a number of festivals and competitions. The major festivals include
Alcheringa, the annual cultural festival,
Techniche, the annual techno-management festival, Udgam, the annual entrepreneurship summit and Research Conclave. Apart from these the Students of IIT Guwahati participate in the annual
Inter IIT Sports Meet
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. Apart from these the General Championship (GC) is widely celebrated across the hostel communities in the institute, the combined score in the inter hostel meets Kriti (Tech), Manthan (Cultural) and Spardha (Sports) is used to decide the winning hostel.
Alcheringa
Alcheringa, popularly known as "Alcher", is the annual cultural extravaganza of the IIT Guwahati. It started in 1996 as a student-run nonprofit organisation catering primarily to the youth of the nation. Held for three days and four nights, Alcheringa's 2018 edition witnessed an estimated footfall of 1,00,000 people.
Alcheringa has hosted famous Indian and international artists. The list includes world's fastest guitar shredder Michael Angelo Batio, Swiss folk metal band
Eluveitie
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, Israeli progressive metal band –
Orphaned Land
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, Portuguese beat boxe
Rizumik Irish metal band –
Frantic Jack, Pakistani pop rock band –
Strings,
Villalobos Brothers – the Mexican trio and an alternative rock group from New York City –
Betty
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in the international section.
Indian artists like
Vishal–Shekhar
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,
Mohit Chauhan
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,
Sonu Nigam
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,
Javed Ali
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Early life
Javed Ali was born Javed H ...
,
Shaan,
K.K,
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy,
Shilpa Rao
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,
RDB,
Anoushka Shankar
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,
Pt.Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, rock band
Euphoria,
Vir Das
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and
Kalki Koechlin
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add stature to the list.
Alcheringa 2018, titled "Echoes of Innocence", the twenty-second edition of the festival starred Bollywood dynamic duo,
Vishal–Shekhar
Vishal–Shekhar are an Indian music composer, production, singing and songwriting duo consisting of Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani from Mumbai. Known predominantly for their work as music composers in Hindi cinema, Vishal–Shekhar have a ...
, Portuguese House producer, Diego Miranda
and Australian House producers,
Mashd N Kutcher, alternative rock band from Chennai, The F16's and classical music maestros and brothers,
Ganesh and Kumaresh
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and legendary Padma Shri Awardee
Shahid Parvez.
Alcheringa 2020 starred Bollywood Singer
Jubin Nautiyal
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it was sponsored by
The Red Chief.
Techniche
Techniche is the techno-management festival of IIT Guwahati. Techniche is held in September every year over three days. Techniche hosts various events, competitions, exhibitions and workshops.
Techniche conducts
Technothlon and provides students from schools and colleges across India a platform to interact with many experts in subject areas through its lecture series. It has been attended by
R. Chidambaram
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Previously served ...
,
Kiran Bedi
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, H. C. Verma, Mike Fincke, John C. Mather and others.
Guwahati Half Marathon is hosted by Techniche a week before the event.
Udgam
Udgam, is the annual Entrepreneurship Summit of IIT Guwahati. Organized by the institute's Entrepreneurial Cell, it aims to inspire young students and graduates of North-East India to embrace entrepreneurship . Apart from a series of talks by eminent entrepreneurs there are plethora of workshops & networking sessions which happen during the festival. It is usually held as an annual three-day summit in January.
It is the flagship event of the Entrepreneurial Development Cell, IIT Guwahati. It was conceptualized to develop and spread the spirit of entrepreneurship among the youth of the North-East, and India in general thus earning itself the reputation of being the largest E-Summit in the north-east. E-Cell, IIT Guwahati, is a special interest group under Technical Board of the Students Gymkhana Council, IIT Guwahati and is responsible for activities and initiatives which would instil and promote the spirit of entrepreneurship amongst the student community. To foster an environment which is conducive to entrepreneurship, we at E-Cell organize lectures, events and workshops to create a platform for them to realize their potential and showcase their bright ideas in front of public and industry.
Research Conclave
Research Conclave is organized under the banner of Students' Academic Board (SAB) of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG). It is a staunch platform to nurture the young minds towards research, innovation and entrepreneurship, which intends to bring the undivided attention of the students towards both industries and academia to redress the academic research challenges, concerns of the entire student community and upcoming entrepreneurs around the globe.
Research Conclave has gone from strength to strength since its inception and now boasts of being one of the largest of its kind in India with the 2019 edition witnessing participants from over 30 states and union territories of India. It has been attended by
H. C. Verma
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, Dr. Raksh Vir Jasra,
M. S. Ananth
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Bio ...
, Padma Shri Awardee
A. S. Kiran Kumar
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and others.
Collaborations
IIT Guwahati has partnered with
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to design and develop a highly energy-efficient plant for capturing from power plants. This plant was developed by a research team led by Prof. Bishnupada Mandal, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati. This project is stands to benefit the petroleum industry, as well as strengthen the
United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
See also
*
Sukumar Nandi
Professor Sukumar Nandi is senior member of IEEE and is in Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. He did his Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur under Professor P. Pal Chaudhri. He joined IIT Guwahati ...
References
External links
IITG Main Site
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Guwahati
Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...
Engineering colleges in Assam
Educational institutions established in 1994
1994 establishments in Assam