Rise of IITs

Rise of IITS No. of Seats in IITS Seats in new IITS 1155 10000 9647 838 8000 Every new IIT has 120-140 seats. 4583 6536 SEATS 6000 4000 IT Varnasi has 1027 seats. 2000 1370 15 17 17 615 No. of IITS 110% increase in no. of seats IIT Guwahati IITRoorkee IIT Indore IIT Varnasi IIT Kharagpur IIT Bombay IIT Mandi IIT Bhubaneshwar IIT Kanpur IT Delhi IIT Patna IIT Gandhinagar IIT Madras IIT Rajasthan IIT Hyderabad IIT Ropar History of IITS 1951 IIT-Kharagpur The first IIT to be set up by the government of India, IIT-KGP boasts of the largest IIT campus and highest number of enrol- ments among all IITS. West Bengal was chosen as the place for the first IIT to be setup considering it had the highest number of industries in post- independence India. IIT-Bombay 1958 The IIT at Mumbai (formerly Bombay), was setup in 1958 by the government of India. UNESCO and the Soviet Union provided the government assis- tance in the establishment of the institution, by providing them with equipment and expertise. IIT-Bombay has been ranked higher than all other Indian institutes on the QS Asian University Rank- ings recently. 1959 IIT-Kanpur & IIT-Madras IIT-Kanpur was started at the Harcourt Butler Technological Institute in Kanpur, before it moved to its current campus in 1963. The This IT was established at Chennai (formerly Madras) in 1959 on a 620 acre campus neigh- bouring a national park. The institute was set up by the government of India along with assistance from the government of the erst- while West Germany. This was the first Indo- German collaboration, and led to joint research efforts by the two countries over the institute was the first in India to offer courses in Computer Sclence, as immence immensely from the Kanpur Indo-American benefitted Programme. The programme involved some of the top US universities including MIT, Berkeley, Purdue University and Princeton University, and helped in the setting up of lab- oratories and programmes at IT-Kanpur. years. The institute has about 15 departments and over 100 laboratories. IIT-Delhi 1963 The Indian Institute of Technology at Delhi was setup by the government of India with assistance from the United Kingdom. The Federation of British Industries and the British Government helped in the establishment of a trust called the Delhi Engineering College Trust for the same purpose. The institute has a 320 acre campus, and is surrounded by many historical monuments and other important educational institutions. 1994 IIT-Guwahati The Indian Institute of Technology at Guwhati is located on a 700 acre campus on the banks of the river Brahmaputra. The institute has over 12 departments and 6 research centres, and was set up following an accord signed by the govern- ment of India and the All Assam Students Union in 1985 to improve education in the state. 2001 IIT-Roorkee This institute was established in 1847 to help in public works and was con- verted into an Indian Institute of Technology in 2001. The institute has about 18 departments and claims to have the most number of academic units in the country. The institute also has another campus in Sahranpur. IIT-Bhubaneshwar IIT-Gandhinagar IIT-Hyderabad 2008 8 more IIT-Patna The year 2008 saw the establishment of 6 new IITS namely. These institutes were set up through The Institutes of Technology (amendment) Act, 2011. IIT-Rajasthan IIT-Ropar 2 more .. 2009 Following the amendment passed, two more IITS were set up at Mandi in Himachal Pradesh and Indore in Madhya Pradesh. These would add to the 7 other institutes being established by the amendment act. IIT-BHU-Varanasi 2009 The ninth and final IIT to be established by the amendment act is the Institute of Technology at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. The institute was earlier managed by the University and became the IIT-BHU-Varanasi after a bill was passed in this regard in 2011. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_Joint_Entrance_Examination GyanCentral www.gyancentral.com