IIT Delhi or the Indian Institute of Technology is a premier public engineering institution about which saddi Dilli proudly boasts. It is one of the IIT’s along with other Indian Institutes of Technology institutions in India. And needless to mention, only the smartest of the smart, get an opportunity to get their hands on any one of the limited prestigious seats here.
The concept of the IIT’s was first introduced in the year 1945 by Sh. N.M. Sircar, then member of Education on Vicerory’s Executive Council. Following his recommendations, the first Indian Institute of Technology was established in the year 1950 in Kharagpur. Mr. Sircar also suggested that such Institutes should also be started in different parts of the country. The recommendations of the Sircar Committee were accepted and it was decided to set up more Institutes of Technology throughout the country, with the assistance of friendly countries who were prepared to help.
The first offer of help came from USSR who agreed to collaborate in the establishment of an Institute through UNESCO at Mumbai which was known as Bombay back then. This was followed by the Institutes of Technology at Madras which is known as Chennai today, Kanpur and Delhi with collaborations with West Germany, USA and UK respectively. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati was established in 1995 and the University of Roorkee was converted into an IIT in 2001.
IIT Delhi is located in Hauz Khas which is in South Dilli. The 320 acre campus is surrounded by the beautiful Hauz Khas area and monuments such as the Qutub Minar and Lotus Temple. The campus is also close to other educational institutions such as the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and Indian Statistical Institute (ISI). The campus resembles a city from inside and has lush gardens and lawns, residential complexes and wide roads. The campus has its own water supply and backup electricity supply along with shopping complexes to cater to the daily needs of residents.
There are 13 hostels on the IIT Delhi campus out of which eleven are for boys and two are for girls. There are also apartments for married students. All the hostels are named after mountain ranges in India – Karakoram, Aravali, Himadri, Jwalamukhi, Kailash, Kumaon, Nilgiri, Satpura, Girnar, Shivalik, Udaygiri, Vindhyachal and Zanskar, of which Himadri and Kailash are for girls. The residential apartments are named after ancient Indian universities – Takshila and Nalanda.
IIT Delhi offers various under-graduate, post-graduate, inert-disciplinary and management programs through its 13 departments, 11 multi-disciplinary centers, and two schools of excellence. Together they offer around 700 courses every semester.
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