Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Established	1961
Type	Public
Dean	Prof. Surendra Prasad
Undergraduates	3000
Postgraduates	1000
Location	Delhi, Delhi India
Campus setting	Urban
Website	iitd.ernet.in

A portion of IIT Delhi's main building, with the wind Tunnel (Wind T)

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Overview

Established as College of Engineering in 1961, IIT Delhi was given the current name and declared an Institution of National Importance under the "Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 1963" It was then accorded the status of a deemed university with powers to decide its own academic policies, to conduct its examinations, and to award its degrees.

The picturesque Institute campus extends over an area of 320 acres (1.3 km²). With clean and wide roads, the campus presents a spectacle of harmony in architectural and natural beauty. 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.

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) are to be completed in order to qualify for the award of degree. The 5 year integrated programs are also known as Dual Degree programs, resulting in a B.Tech and M.Tech degree.

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' hostel. One hostel is under construction. List of hostels are as follows: 1.) Vindhyachal House 2.) Kumaon House 3.) Jwalamukhi House 4.) Aravali House 5.) Karakoram House 6.) Nilgiri House 7.) Shivalik House 8.) Satpura House 9.) Zanskar House and 10.) Kailash House 11.) Himadri House

Some major festivals at IIT Delhi

Tryst: Technical Festival of IIT Delhi, attracts brains from over 400 professional colleges from all over the county and the top schools of 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.

Alumni

Prominent alumni include Kiran Bedi, Rajat Gupta, Vinod Khosla, Raghuram Rajan, Madhu Sudan, Anurag Dikshit, and Vikrant Bhargava. Kiran Bedi is an Indian Police Officer and is the the first woman to join the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972. ... Rajat Kumar Gupta is the former managing director of McKinsey & Company worldwide. ... Vinod Khosla Vinod Khosla is a venture capitalist considered one of the most successful and influential personalities in Silicon Valley. ... Raghuram G. Rajan is the Economic Counselor and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund. ... Madhu Sudan (मधु सूदन) (b. ... Anurag Dikshit Anurag Dikshit (pronounced deek-schit) (born 1973) is a billionaire Indian businessman. ... Image:Vikrant Bhargava. ...

External links

• Official website of the Institute
• IIT Delhi Excellence Foundation
• IIT Delhi Cultural Festival
• IIT Delhi Technical Festival