Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
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Coordinates: 26°11′14″N 91°41′30″E / 26.18722°N 91.69167°E
| Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | |
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| Motto | "Knowledge is Power"[citation needed] |
| Established | 1994 [1] |
| Type | Education and Research Institute |
| Director | Prof. Gautam Barua[2] |
| Faculty | 215 [3] |
| Undergraduates | 1300 |
| Postgraduates | 500 |
| Location | Guwahati, Assam, India |
| Campus | Suburban, 700 acres[1] |
| Colors | Red (Power), Blue (Peace), Yellow (Perseverance) |
| Website | http://www.iitg.ernet.in |
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (Hindi: भारतीय प्रोद्योगिकी संसथान गुवाहाटी) (commonly known as IIT Guwahati or IITG) is an autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institute of higher education established by the Government of India, located in Guwahati, in the state of Assam in India. It is the sixth member of the IIT fraternity.
IITG is officially recognised as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India.[4] The institute consistently ranks amongst the top engineering colleges in the academic ranking of Indian colleges by various engineering education surveys like India Today, Dataquest etc.[5][6]
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[edit] History
The history of IIT Guwahati traces its roots to the 1985 Assam Accord signed between the AASU and the Govt. of India, which mentions the general improvement in education facilities in Assam and specifically the setting up of an IIT.
IITG was established in 1994 by an act of parliament and its academic programme commenced in 1995.[1] IITG admitted its first batch of students into its Bachelor of Technology programme in 1995. The selection process was the same as that of all IITs, i.e. through the Joint Entrance Examination.[7] In 1998, the first batch of students were accepted into the Master of Technology program through the GATE.
In the present day, IIT Guwahati functions completely in a state of the art and generously endowed campus both in infrastructure and natural beauty. The campus of IITG is situated on the northern banks of Brahmaputra and abuts the North Guwahati town of Amingaon. The IIT continues to develop and diversify each year, while maintaining its stated aim of improving standards in education and research. Owing to its establishment in the early 1990s, the institute boasts of providing the best and the latest engineering and computing resources in the entire country.
[edit] Academics
Currently IIT Guwahati houses the following departments :
- Department of Biotechnology
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Department of Design
- Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
- Department of Humanities|Humanities and Social Sciences
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Physics
The aforementioned departments of the Institute offer B. Tech., B. Des., M. Tech., Ph.D. and M.Sc. programmes. The strength of the institute like other IITs is its exceptional undergraduate (B. Tech) program which produces world class engineers who have both excelled in technology and leadership positions in India, and as researchers and entrepreneurs worldwide. A snapshot of IITG placement statistics may be seen at: http://www.iitg.ernet.in/placement.
IIT Guwahati was also the first IIT to introduce design as one of the disciplines at Undergraduate level. The Department of Design (DoD) at the institute awards the degree of B.Des. (Bachelor of Design) on completion of the undergraduate academic program.
Presently there are about 2300 students on rolls, 215 faculty members and 300 support staff.[3]
[edit] Campus and Geography
The campus is on a 700 acres plot of land located on the north bank of the river Brahmaputra around 20 km from the heart of the city. It has the majestic Brahmaputra on one side, and hills and vast open spaces on others.[1]
[edit] Research Centers
IIT Guwahati has rapidly assembled the necessary infrastructure for carrying out advanced scientific and engineering research and is equipped with state of the art technical equipment and aids.
Research continues to be a thrust at IITG as the Govt. Of India looks to the IITs to develop graduate programs that can replicate the success of the vastly successful undergraduate one. IITG is currently home to six Centres of Research.
- Centre for Educational Technology
- Centre for Nanotechnology
- Centre for Mass Media Communication
- Central Instruments Facility
- Centre for Energy
- Centre for the Environment
IIT Guwahati has the distinction among the IIT fraternity, of having accomplished this without assistance or collaboration from any foreign government.
[edit] Student Life and Hostels
IIT Guwahati is a fully residential campus. All the students live in hostels located in the campus. All these hostels have spacious single seat rooms and have all basic amenities like food mess, canteen, lounges, campus wide LAN with internet access etc. The hostels are named after various rivers and tributaries of north-east India. Presently, the hostels are:
- Manas
- Dihing
- Kapili
- Siang
- Kameng
- Barak
- Subansiri
- Umiam
Many other hostels in the plan are rapidly coming up as a part of the campus construction.
[edit] Annual Festivals
Every year the students and administration of IIT Guwahati together organize and number of festivals and competitions
Techniche is an annual techno-management festival. Techniche is held in September every year over a period of three days. Techniche provides students from schools and colleges across India to a platform to interact with the best minds of the world through Gyan Sanchar it's lecture series, pits them against the fiercest of competitors through various events ranging from Paper presentations to Automatic Robotics, and displays to the youth the marvels of modern technology through Pradarshini the Exhibition’s Module. Students have had the opportunity to learn from the likes of P. Chidambaram, the fiery Kiran Bedi, Dr. H. C. Verma, Nobel laureate Prof. John C. Mather and many other stalwarts of society. Techniche ’09 is going to be held from September 3rd to 6th. Techniche organized the Green Run on the 30th of August, in order to promote environmental awareness.
Alcheringa is the annual cultural festival of IIT G, usually held during the first week of February. The festival is the largest cultural festival of the northeastern region of India. People from all over the country attend this festival, and take part in the events. The highlights of the festival are the “Pro-Nites” where popular artists and bands like Sonu Nigam, Shaan, and Raghu Dixit Project perform to huge audiences. The 2010 edition of Alcheringa is being named the “Xtreme Edition”
Techniche and Alcheringa are the conducted on a very large scale every year, and are also growing in terms of participation and sponsors every year. Other festivals of IITG are Manthan, the annual inter-hostel cultural festival, Alfaaz, the annual literary festival, and Spirit, the annual inter-college sports fest. Besides these, Inter-IIT Sports Meet is held annually every winter among the Indian Institutes of Technology. The Meet is hosted by any one of the IITs in turn. In the year 2006, IIT Guwahati hosted the 42nd Inter-IIT Sports Meet for the first time.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "About - Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati". IIT Guwahati. 2006-08-12. http://www.iitg.ac.in/gen/about.html. Retrieved 2006-08-25.
- ^ "The IITG Administration". IIT Guwahati. http://www.iitg.ernet.in/administration/iitgadmin.html. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
- ^ a b "FAQs regarding Faculty Positions". IIT Guwahati. http://www.iitg.ernet.in/recruitment/misc/why/why_fac.html. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
- ^ "Institutes of National Importance". The Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID). http://isidev.nic.in/weblink/ini.html. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
- ^ India Today (2003-06-02). "INDIA TODAY: TOP 10 COLLEGES -ENGINEERING". India Today – June, 2003 Issue (India Today (mirrored on IIT Bombay website)). http://www.iitbombay.org/misc/press/indiatoday060203.htm. Retrieved 2006-05-14.
- ^ DataQuest (2006-06-27). "DataQuest: India's Top Technology Schools". DataQuest Magazine – June, 2006 Issue (IT BHU). http://www.itbhu.org/chronicle/archives/images/july.06/Dat-questTop%20Stories.pdf.
- ^ "JEE 2009". IIT Guwahati. http://jee.iitg.ernet.in/. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
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