Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
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| Motto | "Shramam Binam Na Kimapi Saadhyam" No Achievement Is Possible Without Hard Work |
| Established | 1847 |
| Type | Public |
| Location | Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://www.iitr.ac.in http://www.iitr.ernet.in |
The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) is located in Roorkee, a small township in Uttarakhand, India. Instituted as Thomason college of Civil Engineering in year 1847 by British, it was rechristened as University of Roorkee in year 1949. It is acclaimed for its fine quality of academia and for producing brilliant engineers.
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[edit] Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
The oldest intitute of technical education in India, IITR celebrated its sesquicentennial (150th year) anniversary in October 1996. On September 21, 2001, an ordinance issued by the Government of India declared it as the nation's seventh Indian Institute of Technology. The ordinance was converted into an act by the Parliament to make IIT Roorkee an "Institution of National Importance".
Roorkee offers Bachelor's degree courses in 10 disciplines of Engineering and Architecture and postgraduate degrees in 55 disciplines of Engineering, Applied Science, Architecture and Planning. IIT Roorkee also started Dual Degree Programs (B.Tech+M.Tech) in 2003. Presently these programs are offered in three Engineering disciplines. The Institute has facility for doctoral work in all departments and research centers.
Prior to being converted into an IIT, the University selected students through a highly rigorous entrance exam, REE (Roorkee Entrance Exam) conducted on an All-India level. The Institute continues the legacy by admitting students to B.Tech. and B.Arch. courses through the IIT-Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted at various centers all over India. The Institute is a member of LAOTSE, an international network of leading universities in Europe and Asia exchanging students and senior scholars.
[edit] Heritage
The College was established in year 1847 as the first engineering college in the British Empire.[1] The College was renamed as The Thomason College of Civil Engineering in 1854. It was given the status of University by Act No. IX of 1948 of the United Province (Uttar Pradesh) in recognition of its performance, potential and keeping in view the needs of post-independent India. Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, presented the Charter in November 1949, elevating the erstwhile college to the First Engineering University of Independent India.
Since its establishment, the University has played a vital role in providing the technical manpower, know-how and pursuit of research to the country. It ranks among the best technological institutions in the world and has contributed to all sectors of technological development. It has also been considered a trendsetter in the area of education, research, and the field of science, technology, and engineering.
On 21 September 2001, the University was declared an "Institute of National Importance", by a bill passed in the Indian Parliament, changing its status from University of Roorkee to Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
[edit] Academics
- Degrees offered: The Institute offers Bachelor degree courses in 10 disciplines of Engineering and Architecture and Postgraduate degrees in 55 disciplines of Engineering, Applied Sciences, Architecture and Planning. The Institute has facility for doctoral work in all Departments and Research Centres. There are roughly 4200 students in the Institute across all programs. Around 375 faculty of international repute belonging to various science and engineering disciplines are engaged in teaching, research and consultancy activities here. With effect from 2003, integrated dual degrees are also offered, which means that students get both B. Tech and M. Tech degrees in 5 years rather than the customary 4+2 years.
- IIT-JEE: The entrance examination for undergraduate courses conducted jointly by the seven IITs and two other institutes namely IT-BHU, Varanasi (Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University) and ISM, Dhanbad (Indian School of Mining). It is amongst the toughest entrance examinations in the world. About 4,000 students are chosen from about 225,000 candidates.
- Credit system: As in other IITs, IIT Roorkee follows a credit system for evaluating academic performance. The Grade Point Average (GPA) is on a scale of 0 to 10.
[edit] Research
The Institute has several departments and advanced research centres in various disciplines of engineering and the pure sciences. Reputed faculty, a vibrant student community, excellent technical and support staff and an effective administration aided by good infrastructure have all contributed to what Roorkee is today.
The engineering departments of the institute include:
- Architecture
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Earthquake Engineering (offers post-graduate level courses only)
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronics and Communications Engineering
- Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Pulp and Paper Engineering
The departments dealing with pure sciences in the institute are:
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Earth Sciences
In addition to them, there are also five specialised centers, that are:
- Biotechnology
- Hydrology
- Water Resources Development and Management
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Business Management School
[edit] Academic Collaboration
The Institute has Academic Collaboration with the following universities:
- University of Texas at Dallas
- National University of Singapore
- University of Waterloo
- Royal Institute of Technology(KTH),Stockholm
[edit] Campus
With its serene and lush green campus, IIT Roorkee offers the best environment among all IITs. The campus is spread in an area of 360 acres (1.5 km²). Various departments and hostels have very impressive architectures and there is hardly any repetition of design in the entire campus. The institute offers an unmatched variety of recreational activities for professional development. Roorkee is located at the foot hills of the Himalayan ranges and in close proximity to popular tourist destinations like Dehradun,Mussorie, Rishikesh and Haridwar.
IIT Roorkee also has a Saharanpur Campus of 25 acres which offers courses in Polymer Science and Paper Technology.
[edit] Student life
The technical fest of IIT Roorkee is called "Cognizance" and the cultural fest is called "Thomso". There are two campus magazines brought out by the students of IITR namely "Watch Out" and "Kshitij". It also has a Student Affair Council (SAC), which is the apex students body dedicated to the service of students in the campus and acts as an interface between the administration and the students' community.
[edit] Watch Out
Watch Out is the official students' news magazine of Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. It has its origin dating back to the year 1993 when Harpreet Singh Khanduja and a few friends of his came up with a novel idea of a newsletter in order to complain against a snake which happened to sneak into the rooms of Govind Bhawan. Ten years down, Watch Out is now a part of the IIT-R ethos with every event on campus, however insignificant, finding a place in its pages. In order to achieve these unparalleled results over the last decade, WONA (Watch out News Agency) clubs itself into 5 sections: Web Cell, The Editorial Board, The News Bureau, The Finance Section and The Design Board.
[edit] Renaissance
Renaissance, a newly founded literary magazine of IIT Roorkee's Saharanpur Campus (Malviya Bhawan)is a platform for the students to lay bare their point of view on any topic on earth. It is a biannual magazine started on Oct 6th 2002.
[edit] Hobbies Club
Hobbies club at IITR is one of the most famous activity centers among IIT's. It has seven sections :
- Electronics
- Gardening
- Modeling
- Philately and Numesmatics
- Photography
- Star Gazing
- Fine Arts
Fine art section of IIT Roorkee gives an opportunity to all the students to explore and extol the various facets of human life and nature.
- Gardening Section
In addition to gardening, the gardening section of IIT Roorkee also deals with pollution control. It has achieved this through involving students in its programs.
- Philately And Numismatics
Philately and numismatics section deals with stamps and the coins. The Stanley gibbon's catalogue, the best for stamp issues and coin catalogues, magazines are available for reference.
- Photography
Photography section of IITR instills in you the ability to know what objects may be, apart from receptivity of our senses.
- Star Gazing
Star gazing section of IIT Roorkee is coherent group of young budding astronomers to disseminate the knowledge about the mysteries of the universe. SRISHTI-07 (http://www.sdslabs.org/srishti07) provides a platform for all unveiling the wonders of our cosmos, information to be learned and marveled at.
- Model
Model section of IIT ROORKEE provides excellent platform for those who intend to make static or working models of various existing machines and plants.
- Electronics
Electronics section of IIT ROORKEE is a group of enthusiastic and innovative hardware designers.
The Hobbies Club organizes an annual event called "Shrishti", which encourages the students of the IITR and other colleges as well to come together and share their experiences in their respective hobbies.
[edit] Hostels
Most students at IIT Roorkee live in the hostels, where a large number of extracurricular activities complement the hectic academic routine. The campus has nine hostels, of which two (Sarojini and Kasturba) are exclusively occupied by girls. Hostels in IIT Roorkee may accommodate undergraduate and graduate students along with Research Scholars. Students are assigned to hostels by the Institute Administration after their fresher year. The hostels are named after eminent personalities of India and Britain during the Indian Freedom Struggle. The hostels are:
- Azad Bhawan
- Cautley Bhawan
- Ganga Bhawan
- Govind Bhawan
- Jawahar Bhawan
- Malviya Bhawan(Saharanpur Campus)
- Rajendra Bhawan
- Ravindra Bhawan
- Sarojini Bhawan
- Kasturba Bhawan
In addition to these hostels, there are four hostels for married students and research scholars and foreign students:
- Mulk Raj Chopra Bhawan
- Ghanand Pandey Bhawan
- A. N. Khosla Bhawan
- Azad Wing
Several new hostels are being constructed to accommodate an increasing intake of students.
- See also
- Thomso Cultural Festival of IIT Roorkee
- Cognizance Technical Festival of IIT Roorkee
- Rave Cultural Festival of IIT Roorkee, Saharanpur campus
