Indian Institute of Technology-How Old Is Each
The Indian Institutes of Technology is a group of autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institutes of higher education. The IITs have been declared as the “institutions of national importance”. They were created to train scientists and engineers, with the aim of developing a skilled workforce to support the economic and social development of India. IITs occupy stand amongst the best engineering institutes in the country.
The Indian Institutes of Technology is a group of autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institutes of higher education. The IITs have been declared as the “institutions of national importance”. They were created to train scientists and engineers, with the aim of developing a skilled workforce to support the economic and social development of India. IITs occupy stand amongst the best engineering institutes in the country.
In addition to the seven IITs,
the Institutes of Technology
(Amendment) Act, 2010 seeks
to add nine new institutes to the list. Of these, eight are new institutes, in
order of establishment, IIT Ropar in Rupnagar (2008), IIT Bhubaneswar in Bhubaneswar (2008), IIT Gandhinagar in Gandhinagar (2008), IIT Hyderabad in Hyderabad (2008), IIT Patna in Patna (2008), IIT Rajasthan in Rajasthan (2008), IIT Mandi in Mandi(2009) and IIT Indore in Indore (2009). These IITs are registered as societies
and are in various stages of consolidation and development. The ninth is Institute of Technology, Banaras
Hindu University, which is currently a faculty under the administration of Banaras Hindu
University, Varanasi, which is
to be named "Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University),
Varanasi", which is to be
abbreviated IIT-BHU.
Each IIT is an autonomous
university, linked to the others through a common IIT Council, which supervises
their administration. They have a common admission process for undergraduate
admissions, using the very selective Indian Institute of Technology Joint
Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE).
Undergraduate students will eventually receive a B. Tech. degree in
Engineering. The graduate level program that awards M. Tech. degree in
engineering is administered by the older IITs and the Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore. M. Tech. admissions are done on the basis of the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). In addition to B. Tech and M. Tech programs IITs also
award other graduate degrees such as M.S. in engineering, M.Sc in Math, Physics
and Chemistry, MBA, PhD and more.
IIT alumni have achieved success in a variety of professions. Most of the IITs were created in early 1950s and 1960s as the Institutes of National Importance through special acts of Indian Parliament. They are regarded as the finest education centres in India. They not only excel in academics but also their students emerge as the most efficient professionals.
