Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
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Indian Institute of Technology Delhi,India |
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| Established | 1961 |
| Type | Public |
| Dean | Prof. S.R. Kale |
| Director | Prof. Surendra Prasad |
| Undergraduates | 2200 |
| Postgraduates | 1600 |
| Location | Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://www.iitd.ac.in |
The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), is one of the topmost college of engineering in India situated in the south part of the capital. It forms a part of the league along with other IITs that are the top engineering colleges in India.
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[edit] Overview
Established as College of Engineering in 1961, IIT Delhi was first existing college to be upgraded to an IIT and was declared an Institution of National Importance under the "Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 1963".[1] It was then accorded the status of a deemed university with powers to decide its own academic policies, conduct its examinations, and award its degrees.
The picturesque institute campus extends over an area of 320 acres (1.3 km²). 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.
[edit] Location
IIT Delhi is situated at Hauz Khas in South Delhi, which is a landmark place in the colourful and chequered history of Delhi. Bounded by the Sri Aurobindo Marg on the east, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Complex on the west, the National Council of Educational Research and Training on the south, and the Outer Ring Road on the north, the Institute campus is flanked by Qutub Minar and the Hauz Khas monuments. Well connected to the major city centres by open and wide roads, the Institute campus is about 19 Km. away from the Delhi Main Railway Station, 14 Km. from the New Delhi Railway Station, 21 Km. from the Inter-State Bus Terminal and 10 Km. from Delhi Airport.
[edit] Campus
The campus of the Institute extends to an area of 320 acres. With many topographical features, imaginatively laid out with picturesque landscape, numerous buildings of various nature and stature, and clean and wide roads, the campus presents a spectacle of harmony in architecture and natural beauty. The campus area has been divided into four functional zones : (i) Residential zone for students; (ii) Residential zone for the faculty and staff; (iii) Academic zone for academic buildings and workshops; and (iv) Cultural-cum-social and recreational zone for students. The site being longitudinal in shape, the last two zones have been located mid-way between the two residential zones in order to reduce walking distance. The residential zone for students is not integrated but further divided into two sub-zones, one for men and another for women. Women's hostels are on the east end while the men's hostels are on the west end of campus as if the engineers who built the hostels calculated points separated by greatest distance on campus and built the hostels there as far apart as possible.
The main academic building accommodates various teaching and research activities. Though each department is a separate entity with a courtyard around, all the departments constitute an integrated complex. Heavy engineering laboratories are on the ground floor, light laboratories on the first floor while the tutorial rooms, classrooms and project rooms are located on the second floor. Separate offices have been provided to every member of the teaching staff next to his or her laboratory. Large lecture theatres with modern amenities and equipment for sound and projection are located in the courtyards between departments for common use.
[edit] 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 and dual degree programmes) are to be completed in order to qualify for the award of degree.
Two MBA programmes — a full time two year course and a part time three year course, have been launched since 1997. Lately another full time MBA program in Telecommunication Management has also been launched.
[edit] List of Departments and Centres
List of Departments:
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science
- Engineering Physics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Textile Technology
- Electrical Engineering
- Humanities & Social Sciences
- Management Studies
- Applied Mechanics
- Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology
- Chemical Engineering
List of Centres:
- Naval Construction Wing [NCW]
- Centre for Applied Research in Electronics [CARE]
- Centre for Atmospheric Sciences [CAS]
- Centre for Biomedical Engineering [CBME]
- Computer Services Centre [CSC]
- Centre for Energy Studies [CES]
- Educational Technology Services Centre [ETSC]
- Industrial Tribology, Machine Dynamics & Maintenance Engineering [ITMMEC]
- Instrument Design Development Centre [IDDC]
- Centre for Polymer Science & Engineering [CPSE]
- Centre for Rural Development & Technology [CRDT]
- National Resource Centre for Value Education in Engineering [NRCVEE]
[edit] Library
The IIT Delhi Library System consists of a Central Library and 18 departmental libraries which collectively support the teaching, research and extension programmes of the Institute. All students, faculty members and employees of the Institute are entitled to make use of the Library facilities on taking library membership. The Library, besides having a huge collection of books on engineering, science and humanities offers library services through its various Divisions. Initially setup in 1961, the Central Library moved to its new building in May, 1988.
[edit] Other Facilities
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 men's hostel and 2 are women's hostels. One hostel is under construction. They are:
- Nilgiri House
- Kumaon House
- Vindhyachal House
- Jwalamukhi House
- Karakoram House
- Aravali House
- Shivalik House
- Satpura House
- Zanskar House
- Kailash House
- Himadri House
Each Hostel is self-contained with amenities such as a reading room, an indoor games room, a lounge and a dining hall with mess. All rooms are provided with internet access as well. The Dean of Students, in his capacity as the President of the Board for Hostel Management, is the head of the hostel organisation. He is assisted in his administrative responsibilities by the Associate Dean of Students and the Assistant Registrar (Student Affairs). The Board for Hostel Management, the main function of which is to coordinate the working of all the hostels, has representation from all the hostels and takes decisions on all policies of common interest. The administrative head of each hostel, the Warden, is a senior faculty member. There are House Working Committees at the Hostel level. The House Working Committee of each hostel is composed of House Master, Warden, House Secretary, Mess Secretary, Sports Secretary, Cultural Secretary, Maintenance Secretary and Year representatives. It decides the pattern and the pace of life of each House.
[edit] Student Life
The Students' Activity Centre is the nerve centre of all student activities on the campus. With a moat on one side and a high stone-wall on the other, the Students' Activity Centre recalls to the visitors memories of an ancient fort. The Centre comprising a Club Building, Gymnasium Hall, Swimming Pool, Amphitheatre, Music Rooms, Hobbies Workshop and a large Dark Room, caters to various hobbies of the students. On the first floor of the Centre, students have facility to play billiards. The large gymnasium hall is over 10 m. high where the students have a place for badminton in inclement weather or to engage themselves in gymnastics. The Institute has a 16-exercise multigym. A large swimming pool with clean blue water makes their campus life cool in summer. The swimming pool is indeed the most popular sport for students during the hot summer. The pride of the Centre is its huge Amphitheatre which can accommodate 2,000 persons. With a magnificent stage and attached green rooms it is perhaps one of the finest of its kind in the country.
- Recreational & Creative Activities (RCA): The Institute offers excellent opportunities, covering a very wide range, to its students to participate in recreational and creative activities. Students interested in drama, music or indoor games can join the Dramatics Club, Music Club or Indoor Sports Club. Students who wish to pursue hobbies can find creative expression for their interests by participation in Photography Society, Fine Arts Society, Hobbies Society and Publicity Cell. Opportunities for literacy expression are offered by English Debating and Literacy Club, Hindi Samiti and Quizzing Club.The Film Series Committee organises regular shows of feature films whereras the Lecture Series Committee organizes lectures by eminent persons on topics of student's interests. Generally , the activities organised include inter-house and inter-college competitions. An annual inter-college cultural festival "Rendezvous" is organised to encourage interaction between various colleges and to promote competitions of high standard. In the second semester, a festival "Utsav" is organised in which the students are exposed to various art and craft forms by professionals.
- Sports and Games (BSA): The Institute lays considerable emphasis on student participation in various outdoor and indoor games. The students are encouraged to participate in games and sports activities which cover athletics (men and women), badminton (men and women), basketball (men and women), cricket, football, gliding, gymnastics, hiking and mountainee-ring, hockey, judo, kabaddi, squash, table tennis (men and women), tennis, volleyball, yoga, weightlifting, multi-gym, swimming and water-polo. A cricket field, a hockey and a football ground, volleyball and basket-ball courts (flood lit), six tennis courts (one of these flood-lit), tennis parctice wall, table tennis tables (one in each hostel), three squash courts, one badminton hall, a swimming pool, weightlifting/weight training apparatus, a stadium with standard athletics track and ancillary arrangements for athletics are the facilities available to the students. Inter-hostel competitions and tournaments are arranged in all games and sports activities. The Institute teams in swimming, water polo, cricket, hockey, football, volleyball, basketball (men and women), table tennis (men and women), tennis, badminton (men and women), weightlifting and athletics (men and women), participate in the Inter-IIT Sports Meet, Inter-University/Inter-College tournaments, local tournaments and other open competitions.
- National Cadet Corps (NCC): Institute has an NCC Coy. comprising 75 cadets. This Infantry Coy. is affiliated to 7 Delhi Bn. NCC (Gp.Hq.'C'). New Delhi. All the incoming students who had opted for NCC are required to enroll themselves in the first year for 3-credit course. These credits will be in addition to the 190 EC required for B.Tech. degree and will not be counted in CPGA calculations. Every student enrolled for NCC is required to complete 100 hours of training in one year. If, however, one is not able to complete this requirement in the first year he must complete it by the end of his second year (4th semester).
- National Service Scheme (NSS): The Institute has a university level NSS Unit sponsored by the Department of Sports, Government of India and headed by the Programme Co-ordinator. All incoming students are required to register in the first year either for NCC or NSS or NSO which are now offered as 3-credit courses. These credits will be in addition to those required for B.Tech. Degree and will not be counted in CGPA calculations. Activities in NSS include Blood Donation, Community Health Care and Literacy Drives, Rural Development Work, Collaboration with Welfare Institutions, Promotion of Human Values in the Society, Awareness against Social Maladies, etc.
- National Sports Organisation (NSO): Every year students will be admitted into NSO by virtue of their aptitude and abilities in various games and sports. Their entry into NSO will be decided by a Committee constituted for the purpose. The students will have to undergo training for 3 hours per week 80% attendance will be compulsory. The NSO requirements must be completed before the end of the fourth semester (II year), failing which, the student will not be permitted to register for the course of third year.
- Board for Student Publications (BSP): Student opinion and life on the campus is articulated through various publications of the Board for Student Publications, a student body managed almost entirely by the students themselves. The weekly newsletter Campus Rumpus serves as a forum for views on a variety of issues, mostly related to campus life besides reporting the student activities in diverse fields. The English and Hindi Cells together take up the task of publishing various literary magazines-Vatayan, Pulse, Contact, Pratibimb, Corrucopia and Indradhanush. These magazines provide channels for the cultivation of literary sensibilities and for widening awareness. Workshops on creative writing and National/Institute level competitions are held from time to time to generate good articles.
[edit] Some Major Festivals At IIT Delhi
- Tryst: Technical Festival of IIT 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.
- India Cup: e-Sports Festival of India, Finals held in IITD.
[edit] Alumni
IIT Delhi is proud to have as its alumni a group of around 29,000 engineers, technologists, scientists, managers and entrepreneurs. The Institute, in its endeavour to strengthen the link with the alumni, has set an Alumni Office consisting of a dedicated team of staff members. Prominent alumni include Kiran Bedi, Rajat Gupta, Vinod Khosla, Madhu Sudan, Anurag Dikshit, Chetan Bhagat, and Vikrant Bhargava.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official website of the Institute
- IIT Delhi Excellence Foundation
- IIT Delhi Cultural Festival
- IIT Delhi Technical Festival
- Satellite view of the academic area of IIT Delhi
