Indian Institutes of Technology

Indian Institute of Technology, IIT short, is an engineering and science - technology-oriented university educational institution in India. At present there are seven of these universities that emerged after the Indian independence in 1947 with the aim of training its own scientific elites in support of the Indian economy and social development of the country. They have been established for this purpose by the Government of India and are considered " institutions of national importance ". The IIT entrance examination has been described as one of the toughest exams in the world. 300 000 students every year participate in it. By 6500, however, new students will be admitted only two out of a hundred. To gain admission to the study of computer science or electrical engineering in Mumbai or Delhi, it is even necessary to be among the best 300 (converted to 0.1 percent).

In order of establishment, they are located in Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur ) - 1951, Mumbai (IIT Bombay ) - 1958, Chennai (IIT Madras) - 1959, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur ) - 1959, New Delhi (IIT Delhi ) - 1963, Guwahati ( IIT Guwahati ) - 1994, Roorkee (IIT Roorkee ) -. In 2001, some IITs ​​established with financial and technical support from UNESCO, Germany, the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Each of these educational institutions is an autonomous university which is connected to the others through a common IIT Council, which is entrusted with administrative matters. The number of students, in addition to the other in research employed professionals, is a total of about 27,500. There is a common entrance exam of IITs ​​; on an assignment to a particular institution the applicant is not entitled.

Following the success of these institutions own degrees such as the Bachelor of Technology ( B.Tech. ) Emerged, in contrast to the awarded by most other Indian universities Bachelor of Engineering ( BE), and similar institutions in other disciplines have been along the lines of IITs created ( National Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Management, Indian Institute of information Technology & management Indian Institute of information Technology ).

Each of the universities has student residences on campus, and is equipped with sports facilities for cricket, football, field hockey, volleyball, tennis, badminton, athletics and swimming. The IITs ​​have a common sports competition every year in December. Also, cultural celebrations, such as theater and music events are held by the IITs ​​.

IIT has become an internationally renowned " brand" and find many graduates ( contrary to the original intention to keep the graduate in the country) work in the USA or other countries.

Graduates

  • NR Narayana Murthy ( b. 1946 ), co-founder of Infosys
  • Nandan Nilekani (* 1955), co-founder of Infosys
  • Vinod Khosla ( born 1955 ), co-founder of Sun Microsystems
  • Suhas S. Patil, founder of Cirrus Logic Inc.
  • Rajat Gupta, former Managing Director of McKinsey
  • Arun Sarin (born 1954 ), CEO, Vodafone
  • Victor Menezes, senior vice chairman of Citigroup
  • Kanwal Rekhi, CTO, Novell
  • Manohar Parrikar, Chief Minister of Goa
  • Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya, two-time awardees (CBE Padma Bhushan and )
  • VC Kulandaiswamy awarded Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan
  • Narendra Karmarkar ( born 1957 ), mathematician

New IITs

Currently, new institutions are under construction: in Gujarat ( Gandhinagar ), in Rajasthan and Punjab.

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