Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
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| Motto | "Knowledge is Power" |
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| Established | 1994 |
| Type | Education and Research Institute |
| Director | Prof. Gautam Barua |
| Staff | 152 |
| Undergraduates | 1300 |
| Postgraduates | 500 |
| Location | Guwahati, Assam, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Red (Power), Blue (Peace), Yellow (Perseverance) |
| Website | http://www.iitg.ernet.in |
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati or IITG), an autonomous institute for education and research in science, engineering and technology located in Guwahati, in north east India. It is the sixth member of the IIT fraternity. IIT Guwhati is growing into one of the top technological institutes in India, primarily focused on research in engineering and science, and the teaching of undergraduates.
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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] The area identified for campus was on the northern bank of Brahmaputra River and was a swampy land. The construction of the campus began with landfilling procedures. The first academic building to be constructed was a temporary administrative block which came to be known as Transit Complex which began serving immediately as the center of academic as well as administrative activities. Thereafter construction on various other projects such as student hostels, faculty residence and administrative center began.
The beautiful campus of IITG is situated on the northern banks of Brahmaputra. The campus abuts the North Guwahati town of Amingaon and attracts many visitors for its picturesque milieu and . The young IIT continues to develop and diversify each year, while maintaining its stated aim of improving standards in education and research. The institute boasts of providing the best and the latest facilities in all regards 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 and Social Sciences
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
IIT Guwahati has rapidly assembled the necessary infrastructure for carrying out advanced scientific and engineering research and is equipped with state of the art instruments and aids. IIT Guwahati has the distinction among the IIT fraternity, of having accomplished this without assistance or collaboration from any foreign government. IITG is also currently home to six Centres of Research.
The department of design (DoD) at the institute awards the degree of B.Des. (Bachelor of Design) on completion of the undergraduate academic program. The departments of the Institute offer B. Tech., B. Des., M. Tech., Ph.D. and M.Sc. programmes.
Presently there are about 1,300 students on rolls, 152 faculty members and 250 support staff.
[edit] Campus and Geography
IIT Guwahati's campus is built on a 3 km² area, approx. 20 km from the heart of Guwahati. The majestic Brahmaputra lies on the south of the campus, with hills and open spaces sprinkled over the rest of the area. The Campus has facilities like the Academic Complex, Administrative building, Central Library and Computer Centre and the Student Activity Centre apart from faculty and staff residential buildings, a guest house and student hostels.
[edit] Centres
- Computer Centre
- Centre for Educational Technology
- Centre for Nanotechnology
- Centre for Mass Media Communication
- Central Instruments Facility
- Centre for Energy
- Centre for the Environment
[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 seater 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 tributries of north-east India. Presently, the hostels are:
- Manas
- Dihing
- Kapili
- Siang
- Kameng
- Subhansiri
Many other hostels in the plan are rapidly coming up as a part of the campus construction.
[edit] Annual Festivals
Every year, two major national level festivals are organised by the students of IIT Guwahati. The science and technological festival, Techniche, is held in the odd semester (beginning of September) while the cultural festival, Alcheringa, is held in the even semester (end of January). Alcheringa is the biggest cultural festival of its kind in the entire north-east India and draws crowds from all over India.
Apart from the two national level festivals, the students have an intra-IIT, inter-hostel cultural festival named Manthan (literally:churning), held every year in October. The annual sports meet Spirit is also organised each year and many colleges from the north-east India participate in this meet.
[edit] References
- ^ About - Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. IIT Guwahati (2006-08-12). Retrieved on 2006-08-25.
[edit] External links
- IITG Main Site (hosted on ac.in link)
- IITG Main Site (hosted on ernet.in link)
- IITG Alumni Website
- IITG Student Website
- Techniche - The Annual Knowledge Festival of IITG
- Alcheringa - The Annual Cultural Festival of IITG
- IITIANS.com Links and more info
