Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
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| Established | 1961 |
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| Type | Public |
| Dean | Prof. Anshul Kumar |
| Director | Prof. Surendra Prasad |
| Undergraduates | 2200 |
| Postgraduates | 1600 |
| Location | Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://www.iitd.ac.in |
The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), is a major college of engineering in Delhi, India. It forms a part of the league along with other IITs that are the top engineering colleges in India.
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[edit] Overview
Established as College of Engineering in 1961, IIT Delhi was first existing college to be upgraded to an IIT and was declared an Institution of National Importance under the "Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 1963".[1] It was then accorded the status of a deemed university with powers to decide its own academic policies, conduct its examinations, and award its degrees.
The picturesque institute campus extends over an area of 320 acres (1.3 km²). Most of the students, faculty and staff reside on the campus. The main academic building houses various teaching and research facilities. Although each department is a separate entity, all the departments together constitute an integrated complex.
[edit] Academic structure
Each academic year consists of two semesters and a summer term. The education system is organised around a credit system, which ensures continuous evaluation of a student's performance and provides flexibility to choose courses so as to facilitate progress at an optimum pace suited to one's ability or convenience. Each course is assigned certain number of credits depending upon the class contact hours. A minimum number of credits (around 180 for four-year B. Tech programmes and around 216 for five-year Integrated M. Tech programmes and dual degree programmes) are to be completed in order to qualify for the award of degree.
Two MBA programmes — a full time two year course and a part time three year course, have been launched since 1997. Lately another full time MBA program in Telecommunication Management has also been launched.
[edit] List of Departments and Centres
List of departments:
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Textile Technology
- Electrical Engineering
- Humanities & Social Sciences
- Management Studies
- Applied Mechanics
- Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology
- Chemical Engineering
List of Centres:
- Centre for Applied Research in Electronics [CARE]
- Centre for Atmospheric Sciences [CAS]
- Centre for Biomedical Engineering [CBME]
- Computer Services Centre [CSC]
- Centre for Energy Studies [CES]
- Educational Technology Services Centre [ETSC]
- Industrial Tribology, Machine Dynamics & Maintenance Engineering [ITMMEC]
- Instrument Design Development Centre [IDDC]
- Centre for Polymer Science & Engineering [CPSE]
- Centre for Rural Development & Technology [CRDT]
- National Resource Centre for Value Education in Engineering [NRCVEE]
[edit] Other facilites
The Students Activity Centre provides a number of facilities for students' extracurricular and physical development. The central two-storied block with a swimming pool and a gymnasium hall has amenities such as squash courts, hobbies workshop, seminar rooms, music rooms and other multipurpose rooms for reading and indoor games. The amphitheatre constructed in modern style is an added amenity to the Centre. The campus also provides such amenities as staff club, hospital, shopping centre, bank, post office, community centre, stadium and playing fields.
In all there are 11 hostels of which 9 are boys' hostel and 2 are girls' hostels. One hostel is under construction. They are:
- Nilgiri House
- Kumaon House
- Vindhyachal House
- Jwalamukhi House
- Karakoram House
- Aravali House
- Shivalik House
- Satpura House
- Zanskar House
- Kailash House
- Himadri House
[edit] Some major festivals at IIT Delhi
- Tryst: Technical Festival of IIT Delhi. It is organised during the first weekend of February.
- Rendezvous: Cultural festival of IIT Delhi, organised during the third weekend of September every year.
- Sportech: Sports Festival of IIT Delhi, organised in November every year.
- Perspective: Youth Awareness Festival of IIT Delhi, organised in March every year.
- India Cup: e-Sports Festival of India, Finals held in IITD.
[edit] Alumni
Prominent alumni include Kiran Bedi, Rajat Gupta, Vinod Khosla, Raghuram Rajan, Madhu Sudan, Anurag Dikshit, Chetan Bhagat, and Vikrant Bhargava.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official website of the Institute
- IIT Delhi Excellence Foundation
- IIT Delhi Cultural Festival
- IIT Delhi Technical Festival
- Satellite view of the academic area of IIT Delhi
- IITIANS.com Links and more info
