Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान गुवाहटी
Motto "ज्ञान ही शक्ति है"
Motto in English
 "Knowledge Is Power"
Type Public engineering school
Established 1994[1]
Director Gautam Biswas[2]
Academic staff
 260[3]
Undergraduates 2567
Postgraduates 2609
Location Guwahati, Assam, India
26°11′14″N 91°41′30″E / 26.18722°N 91.69167°E / 26.18722; 91.69167Coordinates: 26°11′14″N 91°41′30″E / 26.18722°N 91.69167°E / 26.18722; 91.69167
Campus Suburban,703.95 acres (2.8 km2)[1]
Acronym IITG
Colors Red (Power), Blue (Peace), Yellow (Perseverance)
            
Website www.iitg.ac.in

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati, IITG) is a public institution established by the Government of India, located in Guwahati, in the state of Assam in India. It is the sixth Indian Institute of Technology established in India.

IIT Guwahati is officially recognised as an Institute of National Importance by the government of India.[4][5]

History

The history of IIT Guwahati traces its roots to the 1985 Assam Accord[6] signed between the All Assam Students Union and the Government of India, which mentions the general improvement in education facilities in Assam and specifically the setting up of an IIT.

IIT Guwahati was established in 1994 by an act of parliament and its academic programme commenced in 1995.[1] IIT Guwahati admitted its first batch of students into its Bachelor of Technology programme in 1995. The selection process was the same as that of all IITs, i.e., through the Joint Entrance Examination.[7] In 1998, the first batch of students were accepted into the Master of Technology program through the GATE...

Campus and geography

IIT Guwahati campus

The campus of IIT Guwahati is on the northern banks of Brahmaputra and abuts the North Guwahati town of Amingaon, pincode-781039. It is considered as the most beautiful campus in India.

The campus is on a 700 acres (2.8 km2) plot of land around 20 km from the heart of the city. It has the Brahmaputra on one side and hills and vast open spaces on others.[1]

Academics

Academic Complex on the bank of River Brahmaputra

IIT Guwahati houses the following departments:

The aforementioned departments of the Institute offer B. Tech., B. Des., M. Des., M. Tech., M.A. (Development Studies), M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes.

Presently there are about 3948 students (2058 undergraduate and 1890 postgraduate) on rolls, 215 faculty members and 300 support staff.[10]

Rankings

University and college rankings
General – international
QS (World)[11] 501-550
QS (BRICS)[12] 54
QS (Asian)[13] 94
Times[14] 601-800
Times (BRICS)[15] 106
Times (Asia)[16] 101-110
General – India
NIRF[17] 8
Careers360[18] 22
Engineering – India
NIRF[19] 7
India Today[20] 7
Careers360[21] AAAA+

Internationally, IIT Guwahati was ranked 501-550 in the QS World University Rankings of 2018.[11] The same institute ranked it 94 in Asia[13] and 54 among BRICS nations[12] in 2016. It was ranked 601-800 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2016-2017,[14] 101-110 in ASIA[16] and 106 among BRICS& Emerging Economies in 2017.[15] Careers360 ranked it 22 in "Top University in India 2017".[18]

In India, among engineering colleges, it ranked 7th by India Today in 2017.[20] It was ranked 7th among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2017[19] and 8th overall.[17] Careers360 has given it the second best rating, "AAAA+", among engineering colleges in 2017.[21]

Research centres

IIT Guwahati is home to Ten centres.

Student life and hostels

IIT Guwahati Hostels

IIT Guwahati is a fully residential campus. All the students live in hostels on the campus. The hostels are named after rivers and tributaries of North-East India: Manas, Dihing, Kapili, Siang, Kameng, Barak, Subansiri (girls' hostel), Umiam, Dibang, Brahmaputra, Dhansiri (New girls' hostel) and Lohit (New boys' hostel). Apart from these, there is a married scholars hostel for married postgraduates.

Annual festivals

Every year the students and administration of IIT Guwahati together organise a number of festivals and competitions. Techniche, Alcheringa and IIT Guwahati Entrepreneurship Summit are conducted on a very large scale. Students of IIT Guwahati participate in the annual Inter IIT Sports Meet. IIT Guwahati also hosted the 49th Inter IIT Sports Meet in 2013.

Alcheringa

Alcheringa, popularly known as "Alcher", is the annual cultural extravaganza of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. It started in 1996 as a student-run nonprofit organisation catering primarily to the youth of the nation.[22] Generally held for three days and four nights, Alcheringa witnessed an estimated footfall of 50000 people in 2015 edition.

Alcheringa has a history of having witnessed famous Indian and International artists. The List includes world's fastest guitar shredder Michael Angelo Batio, Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie, Israeli progressive metal band - Orphaned Land, Portuguese beat boxer Rizumik, Irish metal band - Frantic Jack, Pakistani pop rock band - Strings, Villalobos Brothers - the Mexican trio and an alternative rock group from New York City - Betty in the international section.

Renowned Indian artists like Mohit Chauhan, Sonu Nigam, Javed Ali, Shaan, K.K, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Shilpa Rao, RDB, Anoushka Shankar, Pt.Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Rock band Euphoria, Vir Das and Kalki Koechlin add stature to the list.

Alcheringa 2015, the nineteenth edition of the festival starred the Australian heavy metal band Ne Obliviscaris (band) and the Indian songwriter and composer Lucky Ali.

Techniche

Techniche is the techno-management festival of IIT Guwahati. Techniche is held in September every year over three days. Techniche provides students from schools and colleges across India a platform to interact with many experts in subject areas through its lecture series. It has been attended by R. Chidambaram, Kiran Bedi, H. C. Verma, Mike Fincke, John C. Mather and others.

Cleverbot Turing Test

Cleverbot, a learning Artificial Intelligence program participated in a formal Turing Test at the 2011 Techniche festival at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati on September 3, 2011. Out of the 334 votes cast, Cleverbot was judged to be 59.3% human, compared to the rating of 63.3% human achieved by human participants. A score of 50.05% or higher is often considered to be a passing grade.[5] The software running for the event had to handle just 1 or 2 simultaneous requests, whereas online Cleverbot is usually talking to around 10,000 people at once.

Udgam

Udgam (previously IIT Guwahati Entrepreneurship Summit) is conducted by the Entrepreneurial Development Cell (EDC), IIT Guwahati to inspire young students in North-East India to become Entrepreneurs.[23] It is held annually as a 3-day summit in March. Apart from a series of talks by eminent speakers there are a host of workshops & networking sessions.[24]

Advaya

Advaya[25] is an annual PG inter-departmental techno-cultural festival of IIT Guwahati. It is an avenue for students to be comforted from their conventional lives to embrace the fun and frolic embodied with captivating performances of the artists hidden inside them. Commenced in 2010 as a 'PG Fest', Advaya (which stands for non-dualism) earned its official name in the year 2012 and was taken to a new level by the organizers of 2013.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "About – Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati". IIT Guwahati. 2011-01-05. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  2. ↑ "Gautam Biswas takes over as IIT-Guwahati director". IIT Guwahati. Retrieved Sep 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Director's message, IIT Guwahati". IIT Guwahati. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  4. ↑ "Institutes of National Importance". The Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID). Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  5. ↑ "Impact of IIT Guwahati on India's North East Region". The World Reporter. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  6. ↑ "An Interview with Professor Dhirendra Nath Burhagohain, Founder Director of IIT Guwahati". Gonit Sora. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
  7. ↑ "JEE 2009". IIT Guwahati. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  8. ↑ "home - Department of Chemical Engineering".
  9. ↑ "SusPol".
  10. ↑ "FAQs regarding Faculty Positions". IIT Guwahati. Archived from the original on August 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  11. 1 2 "QS World University Rankings 2018". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  12. 1 2 "QS BRICS University Rankings 2016". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  13. 1 2 "QS Asian University Rankings 2016". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  14. 1 2 "Top 400 - The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016-2017". The Times Higher Education. 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  15. 1 2 "Top 400 - Times Higher Education BRICS and Emerging Economies University Rankings (2017)". The Times Higher Education. 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  16. 1 2 "Top 400 - Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings (2017)". The Times Higher Education. 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  17. 1 2 "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2017 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2017.
  18. 1 2 "Top Universities in India 2017". Careers360. 2017.
  19. 1 2 "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2017 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2017.
  20. 1 2 "India's Best Colleges 2017: Engineering". India Today. 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  21. 1 2 "Top Engineering Colleges in India 2017". Careers360. 2017.
  22. ↑ Article, The Hindu (February 3, 2014). "Alcheringa 2014 draws huge participation of cultural enthusiasts". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  23. ↑ Impact of IIT Guwahati on India's North East Region | The World Reporter: News Opinion and Analysis. The World Reporter (2013-06-05). Retrieved on 2013-10-09.
  24. ↑ NEN 360. Nen360.nenonline.org (2011-02-05). Retrieved on 2013-10-09.
  25. ↑ 2016, Team Advaya. "Advaya - PG Fest - Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)".
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