Campus Life in IIT Kharagpur

The campus of IIT-KGP stretches over 2100 acres of land and is the hugest of all IIT campuses. The campus is famous for its historic architecture as it is the oldest of all. The campus is just 5 kilometres away from the railway station. [hana-code-insert name=’rectangle’ /]There are so many residents in the campus that it looks like a whole city in itself. There are a total of 18 hostels in the campus near the Scholar’s Avenue.

The campus starts with 3 halls called the Patel, Azad and Nehru halls which are among the total of 8 boys’ hostels for studying undergraduate courses. For girls enrolled in undergraduate course 2 hostels have been built. There are 2 more hostels for the postgraduate course-studying girls among other buildings for postgraduate boys’ hostels.

There are 2 gigantic sports complexes called the ‘Tata sports complex’ and the ‘Jnan Ghosh’ stadium. An amphitheatre too is present in the campus called the ‘Tagore Open Air Theatre’. Here all the cultural programs and festivals are organised. They also have centres at Kolkata and Bhubhaneshwar for different distance learning programs. The campus has a library with 6 halls which is one of the largest in the country. The campus also has a technical museum called the ‘Nehru Museum of Science and Technology’.

Civic Amenities at IIt Kharagpur

 Within the campus excellent civic amenities are available. They are:

1. 1 civic hospital
2. 4 schools
3. 4 nationalised banks
4. 6 guest houses
5. 1 police station
6. 1 railway ticket reservation counter
7. Water pumping station
8. 1 telephone Exchange
9. 1 garbage disposal area
10. Electrical substation
11. 6 restaurants
12. 1 market for buying goods of daily use.

Students of IIT-KGP have to choose one as a compulsory extra curricular activity from NCC, NSO and NSS. Students of this institute also actively organise various technical, management-related and recreational programs. The students’ festivals, just like other IITs, also are an important part of the culture here.

Special Provisions and Initiatives at IIT KGP

Separate boarding provision has been given to the students from defence forces. Science Technology Entrepreneurs’ Park (STEP) has been constructed in the campus for the alumni who desire to start business but lack infrastructure. This is a special initiative by IIT-KGP which makes it all the more special and coveted. This institution is also known for providing scholarships to all the M.Tech students. 35% of undergraduate students with not-so-strong financial background are provided financial assistance by the institution. The library of the institution has a separate hall for SC/ST students.

Indian Institute of Technology: IIT  Bombay

Studying in Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay or Bhartiya Praudyogiki Sansthan, Bombay is every aspiring engineer’s dream. [hana-code-insert name=’rectangle’ /]The second oldest of all IITs is located near Powai, one of the most posh areas of Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay). As Mumbai is the financial capital of India students aim to study here as they can get best placements in the city. The standard of living in Mumbai is one of the best in India and settling down in the city of dreams is exactly anyone would want to do. Known for its large scale student festivals, IIT, Bombay is truly a cosmopolitan institute where students from all over India and even abroad come to study.

History of IIT Bombay

With the help of Soviet Union and the UNESCO, the institute was established years back with the motive of encouraging technical and scientific studies. The very first batch was taken in the Synthetic and Art Silk Mills Research Association (SASMIRA) as their temporary location. In the first year of its establishments more than 3400 students applied to study in this institute and only 100 were selected. Since then the college has been evolving with more and more students applying to study here to get one of the best technical know-how in the country. Today the institute’s enormous campus is located in Powai where years back Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru laid its foundation.

Organisational Functioning of IIT Bombay

A body called the ‘Board of Governors’ runs IIT-B. For all the academic affairs, the ‘Senate’, nominated by the Council is responsible and accountable. The Senate is made up of a few selected professors. The chairman elected by the Board of Governors is called the ‘Director’ of the institute. Beside this, the government of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat elect one technologist or industrialist to be a part of the authority. The director, deputy director and the dean is the authority to the functioning of the institute. The ‘Registrar’ is the authority to the administration department.

IIT Bombay Campus

IIT, Bombay campus stretches over 550 acres of land near Powai lake. Its green, lush and beautiful environment, sans pollution is in close proximity to the nationally famous Sanjay Gandhi National Park. Students find the campus fresh and clean and feel connected to nature, away from bustling city roads. There are in total four entrances to the campus. Just like other IIT Campuses, it has various department, activity and hostel buildings. The ‘Infinite Corridor’ connects all departments to each other.

Facilities for Students and other activities at Mumbai IIT

In total there are 13 hostel buildings out of which Hostel 11 building is reserved specially for girls studying post graduate programs. Here too, like IIT, Delhi (refer to the article IIT, Delhi for more details) there are separate boarding facility for married students.

For cultural and extra curricular activities, a Students’ Activity Centre (SAC) is available. They can also play various games like: football, volleyball, hockey, cricket, basketball, table tennis, lawn tennis and even squash in their separate courts, grounds and fields. Two schools are also running in the IIT, Bombay campus called the IIT Campus School and the renowned Kendriya Vidyalaya. Apart from project works, studies and assignments students actively participate in activities like: dramatics, music and dance programs, sports, exhibitions, competitions and quizzes. The annual students’ festivals are long awaited by not only its students but by other colleges too as they make big news. Due to the film industry situated in the city itself, celebrity appearances are often witnessed by one and all.

IIT Bombay Departments

The departments of education in IIT Bombay are:

1. Aerospace Engineering
2. Physics
3. Chemical Engineering
4. Metallurgical Engineering Materials Science
5. Civil Engineering
6. Mechanical Engineering
7. Chemistry
8. Mathematics
9. Computer Science Engineering
10. Industrial Design Centre
11. Earth Sciences
12. Humanities and Social Science
13. Energy Science and Engineering
14. Electrical Engineering

Multi- Disciplinary Centres in IIT Mumbai

There are 10 multi- disciplinary centres in the campus of IIT Bombay. They are as follows:

1. Computer Aided Design Centre (CAD)
2. Centre for Research in Nano- Technology and Sciences (CRNTS)
3. Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility (SAIF)
4. Centre for Formal Design and Verification Software (CFDVS)
5. Centre for Aerospace Systems Design and Engineering (CASDE)
6. Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA)
7. Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE)
8. Computer Centre
9. Centre for Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE)
10. Centre for Distant Engineering Education Program (C-DEEP)

IIT Bombay Schools of Excellence

There are 2 schools of excellence in IIT, Bombay campus, which are listed below:

1. Shailesh J Mehta School of Management (SJMSOM)
2. School of Biosciences and Bio-engineering Bio-school

IIT Bombay Alumni Associations

IIT, Bombay has an official alumni association, which maintains the alumni network and keeps the entire alumnus in loop. This association is called IIT Bombay Alumni Association or the IITBAA. The association has been formed with all legal formalities and is registered under Section 25 of the Indian Companies Act, 1956. The alumni have also formed a body which works towards the funding and promotion of education in this institute. This organisation is called the IIT Bombay Heritage Fund or the IITBFH. It is also registered under the US Internal Revenue Code Section 501( c) (3).

Courses Offered by IIT Bombay

Degree	Specialisation
B.Tech	Aerospace engineering, Chemical engineering, Civil engineering, Computer Science and engineering, Electrical engineering, Engineering Physics, Mechanical engineering, Metallurgical engineering and Materials Science.
M.Tech	All of the above and Earth Sciences (geo-exploration), Information technology, Bio-medical engineering, Corrosion Science and engineering, Energy systems engineering, Environmental science and engineering, Industrial engineering and operations research (IEOR), Reliability engineering, Systems and control engineering, Nanoscience.
M.Sc	Applied statistics and informatics (ASI), Biotechnology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Sciences, and Mathematics.
M.Des	Industrial design, Visual communication, Interaction design, Animation
M.Phil	Planning and Development
M.Mgmt	General management
PhD	All the subjects including inter-disciplinary subjects.

IIT Bombay Contact details

IIT-B Address: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai- 400076

General Inquiries

Email: pro@iitb.ac.in, Telephone Number: 022-25767026, 25722545

Academic Inquiries

Undergraduate Programs

Email: jeeiitb@iitb.ac.in Telephone Number: 022-25767063

Postgraduate Programs in IIT Mumbai

Email: gateoffice@iitb.ac.in, Phone No: 022-25767068

Indian Institute of Technology: IIT Kanpur

The Indian Institute of Technology among the other esteemed IIT colleges holds a significant place. Its competence with other engineering colleges is unquestionable. It is indeed among one of the best institutes of India. The college boasts of a panel of esteemed and experienced faculties which are known for their knowledge and expertise in the area of teaching.
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IIT, Kanpur has an excellent placement record too and the students passing out if this institute are gifted with a bright future. Just like other IITs, it follows the same selection procedure for bachelor’s degree, wherein the students are selected on the basis of their IIT-JEE (Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination) scores.

Admission into MBA programs is possible by giving JMET (Joint Management Entrance Test) followed by GD (Group Discussion) and a personal interview and into M.Tech through GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) held yearly. Similarly, admission into M.Sc program can be taken through JAM (Joint Admission Test).

History of IIT Kanpur

This institute was established by Parliament through an act. Initially, it was established in Harcourt Butler Technological Institute’s canteen building and later was shifted to where today at Grand Trunk Road, it stands proud. The very first director of this institute was Dr. P.K Kelkar, on whose name today the Central Library runs. A fact, known by a few, is that this institute was the first one to initiate and encourage computer science education. Prof. H.K. Kesavan was the initiator of an independent academic program of computer science. Since those times IIT Kanpur is known for contributing towards technological development.

IIT Kanpur Campus

The campus of IIT, Kanpur stretches over 4.3 square kilometres of land. It has the second largest campus among all IITs. The campus is known for having rear species of birds. There are total of 11 hostels in the campus. 9 are for boys and 2 are for girls. These hostels are called ‘The halls of Residence’. Halls 1-5 and 7-10 are for boys and GH-1 and GH-2 are for girls. There are many small libraries in the campus for every department apart from Dr P.K Kelkar library which is the main library in the campus covering a total of 6973 m² as the floor area. Each year almost 4500 books are added in this 3-storey library building. There are many centres too in the campus. They are:

1. Advanced Centre for Material Science
2. Bio-technology Centre
3. Advanced Centre for Electronic Systems
4. Samtel Centre for Display Technology
5. Centre for Mechnatonics
6. Centre for Laser Technology
7. Prabhu Goel Research Centre for Computer and Internet Security
8. Facility for Ecological and Analytical Testing

Moreover, the campus has an air field for flight testing and gliding and a National Wind Tunnel Facility too. The computers centre has around many super computers and it is available to the students to work round the year. The centre can comfortably be used for heavy computers-involving tasks and projects. They have also come up with a SIDBI Centre in collaboration with the SIDBI Bank for entrepreneurial tasks.

Other facilities and activities in IIT Kanpur

Every year many national, inter and intra level student festivals take place wherein musical bands famous on national and international level come to perform. The students too get to showcase their talents outside the curriculum. Students here publish their own campus newspaper, called the ‘Vox Populi’ apart from college magazine, ‘Meander’ and a science and technology magazine, the ‘NERD’ comprising of technical information given out by students themselves. Students also have a council of members who actively arrange fests and other activities and represent the students. This council is called ‘Students Gymkhana’ and it is divided into 5 groups mainly. They are:

1. The Presidential Council
2. The Games Council
3. The Cultural Council
4. The Science and Technology Council
5. The Films and Media Council

Departments and programs offered in IIT Kanpur

 Undergraduate programs offered in IIT, Kanpur

1. 4-years Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech)
2. 5-years Dual Degree Program to get degrees of B.Tech and M.Tech

Post graduate programs offered are:

1. 2-years Masters of Technology (M.Tech)
2. 2-years Doctorate in Philosophy (PhD)
3. 2-years Masters in Business Administration (MBA)
4. 2-years Masters in Science (M.Sc)
5. 2-years Masters in Design (M.Des)

Departments and sub-departments in IITK

1. Engineering Department in IIT Kanpur

• Aerospace Engineering
• Biological Sciences and Bio Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Industrial and Management Engineering
• Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering

Humanities in IIT Kanpur

• Humanities and Social Sciences

Management in IIT Kanpur

• Industrial and Management Engineering

 Science in IIT Kanpur

• Chemistry
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Physics

 Contact information of  IIT Kanpur:

 Address: IIT, Kanpur, Grand Trunk Road, Near Kalyanpur Village, Kanpur.

General Inquiries:

Email- sandhya@iitk.ac.in, infocell@iitk.ac.in

Telephone number: 0512-2590151

 Admission Inquiries

 Undergraduate Programs: Email- jee@iitk.ac.in 

Telephone number 0512-2597335

Postgraduate Programs: Email- chrgate@iitk.ac.in, vchrgate@iitk.ac.in, dosa@iitk.ac.in

ardosa@iitk.ac.in

Telephone mumber: 0512-2597470, 74127304, 2597203, 2596802, 2597249

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi famously known as IIT-D, is one of the premier colleges of engineering in India. It’s beautiful and well- planned architecture is worth seeing. The student festivals held at IIT-Delhi are full of youthful colours, music and enthusiasm and are one of the best among all IITs.
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They draw student crowd even from other colleges due to its magnetic, zestful spirit. IIT Delhi students are also famous for taking initiatives towards the service of mankind. For example, blood donation camp, educating the underprivileged, supporting cancer and aids patients and spreading its awareness, etc.

The proficient faculty teaching engineering gifts students with practical knowledge of various subjects in their curriculum which helps them build a strong base. This base further helps them get excellent salary packages when they get placed into various top notch organizations.

History of IIT Delhi

IIT, Delhi was initially known as College of Engineering and Technology, Delhi. The college was inaugurated by Prof. Humayun Kabir but later on it was renamed IIT, Delhi and was inaugurated by Dr. Zakir Hussain.

IIT Delhi Campus

The campus is over 1.3km² of land in length. It is full of lush and velvet- like grass, fresh green trees and beautiful, lovely flowers. In the campus itself, faculties live with their families in compact, independent houses. The roads and lanes are clean and the campus looks completely eco-friendly. IIT, Delhi campus is a city in its own. The campus is in close proximity to JNU (Jawahar Lal University). It also has shops for buying groceries and vegetables for daily needs. Electricity back up is provided too with their own supply of water which is available 24/7. Separate hostel facility is also provided for both girls and boys.

Boarding and lodging facilities in IIT Delhi

The best part of the campus is that apartments have also been provided to the married students. The hostels have care-takers and wardens like any other hostel. The only difference being that the wardens are the faculties of the college itself. Few professors have been awarded the responsibilities of looking after each hostel. It has been clearly and mutually decided by both the faculties and the students residing in the hostels, that there shall be no interference of any wardens in the hostel-affairs and each year a ‘House Secretary’ is elected by the students for managing hostel matters. There are in total 13 representatives of the hostels.

Many games and cultural activities are too organised in the campus every year. The campus is mainly divided into 4 parts or zones:

1. Students’ residential zone
2. Faculty and staff residential zone.
3. Students’ recreation area- football stadium, cricket ground, basketball court, hockey field, students’ activity area called the SAC (it comprises of gymnasium, swimming pool, squash courts, table tennis area, pool room, meeting room, fine arts room and a music room), lawn tennis court and the badminton court.
4. Academic zone that includes all the departments, classrooms, libraries and workshops.

Hostel clubs and extracurricular activities

There are few hostel clubs too who actively organise programs. They are:

1. Dance and Dramatics Club
2. Quizzing Club
3. English Debating and Literary Club
4. Hindi Samiti
5. Fine Arts Club
6. Photography and Hobbies Society
7. Film Series Club
8. Music Club
9. Board for Students Publication
10. Indoor Sports Club

Schools funded by IIT Delhi

There are a few schools funded by some other organisation too running in the campus of IIT, Delhi:

1. Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management
2. Amarnath and Shashi Khosla School of Information Technology and School of Biological Sciences

Departments in IIT Delhi

There are 13 departments in the IIT, Delhi campus. They are:

1. Textile technology
2. Physics
3. Mechanical engineering
4. Management studies
5. Mathematics
6. Electrical engineering
7. Computer science and engineering
8. Civil engineering
9. Chemistry
10. Applied mechanics
11. Biochemical engineering and biotechnology

Each department has a strong and efficient administration and is headed by a Head of the Department, called the HoD who is re-elected after every 3 years.

Various multi-disciplinary centres

There are many multi-disciplinary centres too in the campus. By multi-disciplinary centre we mean, centres that combine two different disciplines’ studies together. They are:

1. National Resource Centre for Value Education in Engineering (NRCVEE)
2. Centre for Rural Development and Technology (CRDT)
3. Centre for Polymer Science and Engineering (CPSE)
4. Instrument Design Development Centre (IDDC)
5. Industrial Tribology, Machine Dynamics and Maintenance Engineering (ITMMEC)
6. Educational Technology Services Centre (ETSC)
7. Centre for Energy Studies (CES)
8. Computer Services Centre (CSC)
9. Centre for Biomedical Engineering (CBME)
10. Centre for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS)
11. Centre for Applied Research in Electronics (CARE)

Programs Offered in IIT New Delhi

The programs offered at IIT, Delhi are same as IIT, Kanpur. For more information refer to the write-up ‘Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur’.

IIT Delhi Contact Information

Address: Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016

Information regarding all kinds of queries:

Email: webmaster@admin.iitd.ac.in

Telephone Phone No: 011-26582222, 26581696

Fax number: 011- 26582037, 26582277