Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

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The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, popularly known as IIT Bombay, or simply IIT-B, is an autonomous, co-educational university located in Powai, in north central Mumbai. It is the second-oldest campus of the Indian Institute of Technology system, the largest university in the state of Maharashtra, and ranked among the top research universities in the world.

History

IIT Bombay was established in 1958 with assistance from UNESCO and the erstwhile Soviet Union, which provided technical expertise, while the Government of India underwrote all other expenses, including the construction costs and other recurring expenses.

The site chosen for the Institute was at Powai, around eighteen miles from the downtown Mumbai. Spread over on an area of 550 acres on land donated by the then Government of the State of Bombay, construction of the first campus facilities began in 1957. It may be borne that the land was donated by a local freedom fighter and landlord "Chandrabhan Sharma". The first academic session of the institute opened on July 25, 1958, in its temporary home at the Silk and Art Silk Mills Research Association building in Worli (Bombay) with an initial strength of 100 students. These students were selected from over 3,400 applicants for admission to the first year undergraduate programmes in Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering. IIT Bombay moved to its permanent campus in 1959.

Today, nearly fifty years later, IIT Bombay continues to contribute significantly in the growth of the techno-economic strength of the country in a number of ways. It has produced high quality engineers and scientists, and continues to do so. Today, alumni of IIT Bombay are doing well in various capacities as eEntrepreneurs, managers, technocrats, consultants and advisers and as faculty, both in India and abroad. At home, they are contributing to the growth of the techno-economic strength of the country and also as entrepreneurs, thereby generating employment. Abroad, the alumnis have enhanced the prestige of the Institute and the country by their excellent performance in their chosen fields.

Campus

The IIT Bombay campus is located at Powai, a suburb in north western Mumbai, between the Vihar and Powai lakes. The closest railway stops to IIT Mumbai on the Mumbai Suburban Railway are Kanjur Marg and Vikroli, on the Central line. The four main entrances to the campus are the Main Gate, the Middle Gate (now closed for security reasons), the Y-Point Gate (also called the Market Gate) and the Lake Side Gate. The Main Gate is the only one which is open 24 hours a day, while the Y-Point Gate is open only between 07:00 am to 11:00 pm.

The campus is divided into clusters of buildings. The academic area chiefly comprises the Main Building (see picture), various Departmental annexures and auditoria. All department annexures are connected by the so called Infinite Corridor. Beyond the Convocation Hall lies the hostels (with the exception of Hostel 10, which is abutting the departmental annexure). The hostels are numbered from 1 through 13, with Hostel 10 (under-graduate and post-graduate) and Hostel 11 (post-graduate) specially reserved for women. Tansa House and Tulsi House are housing complexes meant for single and married research scholars, respectively.

Due to its proximity to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, the campus is extremely clean, green and mostly untouched by the pollution of the rest of the city. The proximity of the campus to the national park has also led to occasional sightings of panthers. A popular weekly newspaper Planet Powai reports events and happenings of this campus regularly.

The institute has a well-maintained swimming pool, lush green football, hockey and cricket grounds, tennis courts, basketball, squash and volleyball courts. It also has a Students' Activity Center (SAC) for various cultural and other extra-curricular activities.

Cultural activities like dramatics also mark an important feature in the life of a student of IIT Bombay. Many students are very passionate about the annual inter-hostel Performing Arts Festival (PAF).

The official name of the institute in Hindi is भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, मुंबई (Bhāratīya Praudyogikī Sansthān, Mumbai), while it is called IIT Bombay in English. The institute is often colloquially called IIT Powai.

Organization

At the institutional level, IIT Bombay is governed by a Board of Governors with a Chairman nominated by the Visitor, the Director as a member and the Registrar as secretary. Besides this, there are four persons having specialised knowledge or practical experience in respect of education, engineering or science nominated by the Council. Two professors are nominated by the Senate. Additionally, one technologist or industrialist of repute is nominated by the Government of each of the States of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.

For all academic matters, the Senate is the authority having control and responsibility for the maintenance of standards of instruction, education and examinations and all other allied academic matters. The Senate is mainly constituted of all the professors of the Institute and the Director is the Chairman.

The key people in the execution of the Institute's activities are the Director and Deputy Director who are assisted by Dean (Research and Development), Dean (Planning), Dean (Students Affairs), Dean (Academic Programmes) and Dean (Resources Development), and the Heads of the Departments, Centres and Schools. The Administration is managed by the Registrar, with senior administrative officers being assigned for specific areas such as Estate Management, Materials Management, Personnel Management, Finance and Accounts, and Academic Affairs.

Academic Office

The Academic Office exists to help facilitate, initiate and co-ordinate the academic work of the Institute, particularly the teaching and assessment of students. It acts as the repository of grades and academic records of all students, both past and present. It provides administrative support to the Senate, which is the highest academic body of the Institute

The Head of the Academic Office is the Dean of Academic Programmes, who is a senior professor of the Institute. The Dean is helped by a permanent administrative set up headed by a Deputy Registrar (Academic). Academic Office closely interacts with the Dean of Student Affairs ( DOSA), who looks after all non-academic problems of students. The DOSA, as the ex-officio President of the Student Gymkhana, coordinates various co-curricular activities of the students .

Departments

• Aerospace Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science & Engineering
• Earth Sciences
• Electrical Engineering
• Humanities & Social Science
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science
• Physics

Centers

• Advance Center for Research in Electronics (ACRE)
• Computer Aided Design Center (CAD)
• Centre for Aerospace Systems Design and Engineering (CASDE)
• Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship (CARE)
• Centre for Distant Engineering Education Programmme (cDEEP)
• Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE)
• Centre for Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE)
• Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA)
• Centre for Formal Design and Verification of Software (CFDVS)
• Regional Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre (RSIC)

Schools

• Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology (KReSIT)
• Shailesh J Mehta School of Management (SJMSOM)

Interdisciplinary Programs

• Corrosion Science & Engineering
• Energy Systems Engineering
• Industrial Engineering and Operations Research(IEOR)
• Reliability Engineering
• Systems and Control Engineering

Academics

Academic Programmes

IIT Bombay offers a wide variety of courses of study in engineering, pure sciences, design, management and humanities with a primary focus on engineering. The university is a member of LAOTSE, an international network of leading universities in Europe and Asia exchanging students and senior scholars.

The programmes and courses offered at IIT Bombay have the flexibility to evolve and change, and to respond to new challenges. The Institute conducts educational programmes leading to the degree of Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.), Master of Science (MSc.), Master of Technology (MTech.), Master of Design (MDes.), Master of Management (MMgmt.), Master of Philosophy (MPhil.) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) in the following areas:

Every year, IIT Bombay awards degrees, B.Tech, M.Tech, Dual Degree (B.Tech and M.Tech), M.Mgmt and Ph.D to more than 1000 students. The undergraduate students at IIT Bombay are selected through the Joint Entrance Examination of the IITs. At a given time, the campus is home to more than 6000 people, comprising of students, professors and non academic staff.

Research and Development Activities

IIT Bombay has made concerted efforts to put itself in the mainstream of national development through sponsored research and consultancy. Many faculty members undertake sponsored research and consultancy projects. Faculty undertake sponsored research projects in thrust areas in science and engineering funded by various national agencies like the Department of Science and Technology, Department of Electronics, Department of Space, Aeronautical Development Agency, Department of Atomic Energy, Oil and Natural Gas Commission, etc. Many are also working on missions of national importance. A few projects are also being funded by international agencies. Typically in one year, there are about 400 on-going sponsored projects. The sponsored research has ushered in intense research activity leading to the formation of active research groups and has helped in the creation of modern research facilities in key areas.

Consultancy has been a major avenue of interaction between faculty and industry. Consultancy work provides an opportunity to tackle live industrial problems and enhance professional expertise. There are collaborative and consultancy projects with many industries, some abroad. About 700 to 800 projects are executed every year.

The office of the Dean (R and D) provides the necessary liaison with industry and sponsoring agencies. The office helps industry to identify faculty expertise and institutional facilities, and assists faculty in identifying industry problems.

The Departments and Centres have well equipped research labs and workshop facilities. Besides, there are a number of central facilities such as the Central Library, Central Workshop, Printing Press, etc. Many new research facilities have been acquired or developed in the last few years. Perhaps the most important is the Computer Centre which started functioning in 1986 with facilities which have been continuously updated. The Computer Aided Design Centre with its own mini computers and work stations, supplemented by additional computing facilities, caters to CAD activity in Chemical Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering. Research groups like VLSI Design, CAD/CAM also have computing facilities which are accessible to other departments for development activities. Important experimental facilities set up by various departments include laboratories for robotics, biotechnology, microelectronics, microprocessor applications, telematics, remote sensing, low temperature physics and aerodynamics.

Faculty

IIT Bombay has well qualified faculty, almost all of whom possess doctoral degrees. The faculty of IIT Bombay are involved in a varied range of activities which reach out much beyond their teaching and research commitments. Valuable contributions of time and expertise are made towards IIT's academic and developmental activities by serving on committees relating to evaluation, admission, curriculum development, scholarships, as well as campus planning, accommodation, security, etc.

IIT faculty members have the distinction of being invited to serve on national and state level committees on science and technology, on editorial boards and as reviewers for leading professional journals and publications and on selection committees and review boards of leading institutions and governmental agencies.

Actively involved in the Institute's extension activities such as continuing education, workshops and conferences, faculty members individually and as interdisciplinary teams, are also the backbone of the research programmes of the Institute. Research papers written by the faculty find a place in prestigious national and international journals. The faculty have also published a number of books and contributed chapters to books.

Events

• Avenues
• Eureka
• Generations
• Mood Indigo
• Techfest
• TechGC

Famous alumni

• Narendra Karmarkar
• Nandan Nilekani
• Kanwal Rekhi
• Arun Netravalli
• Victor Menezes

External links

• Official Website
• Official Alumni Website

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