The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (abbreviated IITB or IIT Bombay) is a public
engineering institution located at Powai, Mumbai, India.
IIT Bombay was founded in 1958. In 1961, the Parliament decreed IITs as Institutes of National
Importance. A high-power committee of Government of India recommended in 1946 establishment
of four higher institutes of technology to set the direction for the development of technical
education in the country. Planning for the Institute at Mumbai began in 1957 and the
first batch of 100 students was admitted in 1958. Since its establishment in Powai, the
institute has physically expanded to include more than 584 major buildings with a combined
area of more than 2.396 gross square feet (550 acres or 2.22 km²).IIT Bombay is known
for its flagship 4 Year and 5 Year programmes for which the entry is through the Joint Entrance
Examination – Advanced. It offers degrees such as: Bachelor of Technology, Four Year
Bachelor of Science, Five Year Master of Science, and a few others.
IIT Bombay has a comprehensive graduate program offering doctoral degrees in Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics. Currently IIT Bombay has a total of 14 academic departments,
six centers, one school, and three interdisciplinary programmes. IIT Bombay is the country’s
top higher education institution, according to QS’ first-ever region-wise ranking. It
scored the highest on academic and employer reputation, two of the metrics used to compile
the list. It is widely regarded as the best college to study in India as an undergraduate.
Over the last 53 years, around 39,000 engineers and scientists have graduated from the institute.
Educational programmes here extend beyond the physical sciences and engineering into
humanities and social sciences such as Economics, English, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology
and into management studies. Over the years, the institute has also created a niche for
its innovative short-term courses through continuing education and distance education
programmes.On July 9, 2018, IIT Bombay was conferred the status of Institute of Eminence
by the Ministry of Human Resources & Development, along with 5 other institutes in India which
would provide it additional autonomy and government funds.IIT Bombay is celebrating its Diamond
Jubilee with year long celebrations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the chief guest
of the convocation function held this year as a part of the celebrations.
== History == IIT Bombay was the second Indian Institutes
of Technology to be established in 1958 with assistance from UNESCO and with funds contributed
by the Soviet Union. UNESCO agreed to provide equipment and technical experts mainly from
the Soviet Union, while the Government of India accepted the responsibility for all
other expenses including the cost of the building project and recurring expenses. The site chosen
for the institute was Powai with an area of 550 acres (2.2 km2) which was given by the
then Bombay State Government. While construction was being completed, the first academic session
of the Institute opened on 25 July 1958, in its temporary home at the Synthetic and Art
Silk Mills Research Association (SASMIRA) building in Worli with 100 students. These
students were selected from over 3,400 applicants for admission to the first year undergraduate
engineering programmes of Aerospace, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Engineering Physics,
Energy, Mechanical, Metallurgical Engineering, and MSc Chemistry. One of the main objectives
of establishing the Institute was to develop facilities for studies in a variety of specialized
engineering and technological sciences. The need for establishing adequate facilities
for postgraduate studies and research was kept uppermost in mind in the founding years.
While the Institute was functioning provisionally at Worli, an effort was made to expedite the
progress of the building project at its permanent location and Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation
stone of the Institute at Powai on 10 March 1959.
== Campus == The IIT Bombay campus is located at Powai,
in East Mumbai, between the Vihar and Powai lakes. The campus is divided into clusters
of buildings. The academic area chiefly comprises the main building, various departmental annexes
and auditoria. All department annexes are connected by a corridor named Infinite Corridor.
Beyond the Convocation Hall lie most of the hostels. There are a total of 16 hostels,
of which two hostels (Hostels 10 and 11) and a part of the newly constructed hostel (Hostel
15) are for female students. Due to its proximity to the Sanjay Gandhi
National Park, the campus has significant green cover and is 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, Leopards and Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) crocodiles
along the banks of Lake Powai. Sometimes they stray into the campus in chase of hunt.The
institute has two swimming pools; football, hockey and cricket grounds; and tennis, basketball,
squash and volleyball courts. It also has a Students' Activity Center (SAC) for various
cultural and other extracurricular activities. In addition to these facilities, the campus
also houses two high schools, one of which is a Kendriya Vidyalaya and the other is called
IIT Campus School.
== Cultural and non-academic activities ==
The annual Science & Technology festival of IIT Bombay, Techfest, which was started in
1998, is held in the month of December every year and is Asia's largest science and tech
festival. It comprises various events like competitions, exhibits and talks from guest
speakers from around the world. Techfest 2009 was also the first event of its kind in India
to conduct its events in other countries. The annual cultural festival Mood Indigo,
usually held in the month of December is an event hosted by the student body and is the
Asia's largest college cultural festival. The most attractive feature of this 4-day
event are the influential personalities who have graced the festival like R D Burman,
Aamir Khan, Sir Mark Tully, Sachin Tendulkar, Porcupine Tree, Simple Plan, Mike Portnoy
and many more. The organization is known for holding the best cultural competitions, games
and musical concerts to draw out the best talent in the country.
Cultural activities like dramatics, Speaking, Literary Arts, Music, and Fine Arts also mark
an important feature in the life of a student of IIT Bombay. Speaking and Literary Arts
have always been very popular in the student community with students actively participating
in quizzing, writing, and debating activities. IIT Bombay has won the prestigious National
Law School Parliamentary Debating Tournament. Apart from cultural and technological activities,
the campus is also involved in business activities with bodies like The Entrepreneurship Cell,
which support the growth of startups across the globe.
These college festivals are organised, financially managed and conducted entirely by the students
of this institute. All these festivals and organisations are sponsored by private enterprise.Apart
from these festivals, various other engineering streams based festivals are also being organised
to motivate students towards Science and Technology. These include Radiance (Mechanical Engineering),
Zephyr (Aerospace Engineering), AZeotropy (Chemical Engineering), Padarth(Metallurgy
and Material Science Engineering), Aavriti (Electrical Engineering) and recently, Aakaar
(Civil Engineering). The institute has music clubs "Symphony" and
"Roots" which pertain to western and Indian music respectively.
The institute also has an LGBT alliance club called "Saathi".
The institute has an active NCC unit by the name of 2 Maharashtra Engineer Regiment which
is an attachment of Bombay Sappers . It is 1 of the only 2 NCC Engineer Regiments in
India. It holds it Annual Training Camp every year from 1 December to 10 December . Any
student can enroll in it.
== 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 of the Institute exists
to 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 (education). 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 students.
== Departments, centres, and schools ==
IIT Bombay has 15 departments, 19 multi-disciplinary centres, 1 school of excellence and 4 interdisciplinary
programs. The academic departments in IIT Bombay include the following:
Aerospace Engineering Biosciences and Bioengineering
Chemical Engineering Chemistry
Civil Engineering Computer Science & Engineering
Earth Sciences Electrical Engineering
Energy Science and Engineering Humanities & Social Science
Mathematics Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science Physics
Industrial Design CentreThe following multi-disciplinary centers are located in IIT Bombay:
Application Software Centre (ASC) Centre for Research in Nanotechnology and
Science (CRNTS) Centre for Aerospace Systems Design and Engineering
(CASDE) Computer Centre (CC)
Centre for Distance Engineering Education Programme (CDEEP)
Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE)
Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering
(CSRE) Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural
Areas (CTARA) Centre for Formal Design and Verification
of Software (CFDVS) Centre for Urban Science and Engineering (C-USE)
Desai Sethi Centre for Entrepreneurship (DSCE) IITB-Monash Research Academy
National Centre for Aerospace Innovation and Research (NCAIR)
National Center of Excellence in Technology for Internal Security (NCETIS)
National Centre for Mathematics (NCM) Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility
(SAIF) Tata Center for Technology and Design (TCTD)
Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering (WRCB)One school of excellence in IIT Bombay
are:
Shailesh J Mehta School of ManagementIn addition to the above, IIT Bombay also offers four
inter-disciplinary programs:
Climate Studies Educational Technology
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR)
Systems and Control Engineering
== Academics ==
=== 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 "Links to Asia by Organizing Traineeship and Student Exchange" (LAOTSE), an international
network of leading universities in Europe and Asia exchanging students and senior scholars.
The Institute conducts educational programmes leading to the degree of Bachelor of Technology
(B. Tech.), Dual Degree (B.Tech. and M.Tech. in 5 years), Master of Science (MSc.), Master
of Technology (MTech.), Bachelor of Design (B.Des), Master of Design (MDes.), Master
of Management (MMgmt.), Master of Philosophy (MPhil.) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) in
various areas. Every year, IIT Bombay awards degrees, BTech,
MTech, Dual Degree (BTech and MTech), M.Mgmt, MSc and Ph.D. to more than 1,000 students.
The undergraduate students at IIT Bombay are selected through the Joint Entrance Examination
of the IITs. The graduate students are selected through GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering)
conducted by IIT's and IISc on behalf of MHRD [Ministry of Human Resource Development].
At a given time, the campus is home to more than 6,000 people: students, professors, and
non-academic staff. In 2015 the National Virtual Academy for Indian
Agriculture launched a free online agriculture course in collaboration with ICRISAT Hyderabad
and IIT Bombay. From July 2016, IIT Bombay is planning to offer a four-year undergraduate
programme in economics.
=== Rankings === Internationally, IIT Bombay was ranked 179
in the QS World University Rankings for 2018, as well as 34 in Asia and 9 among BRICS nations.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked it 351-400 globally in the
2018 ranking 44 in Asia in 2018 and 26 among BRICS & Emerging Economies University Rankings
2017.In India, IIT Bombay was ranked second among engineering colleges in 2017 by both
Outlook India and The Week. The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it second
among engineering colleges in 2018 and third overall. NIRF also ranked it fifth in India
in the management ranking.
== Development activities ==
Faculty members from IIT Bombay undertake industry-sponsored research and consultancy
projects that are made available through the institute. These are 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, and Oil and Natural
Gas Commission (ONGC). Many are also working on projects 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.The office of the Dean (R&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. There are also a number of central facilities
such as the Central Library, Central Workshop, and Printing Press. Many new research facilities
have been acquired or developed in the last few years. One of the most important of them
is the Computer Centre which started functioning in 1986 with facilities which have been continuously
updated. The Computer Aided Design Centre with its own minicomputers and workstations,
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. Recently, work
on developing medical implants has been initiated. The OrthoCAD Network Research Cell was established
in 2007 to jump-start indigenous research and development activities in orthopedic reconstruction
systems. Important experimental facilities set up by various departments include laboratories
for robotics, biotechnology, microelectronics, microprocessor applications, telematics, remote
sensing, low-temperature physics, and aerodynamics.
== Notable faculty ==
Dipan Ghosh – Theoretical physicist, originator of the Majumdar–Ghosh model.
N. K. Naik – Aerospace engineer G. Naresh Patwari, chemist and Shanti Swarup
Bhatnagar laureate Deepak B. Phatak – Computer scientist, Padma
Shri award winner Ram Puniyani – Biomedical engineer
C. V. Seshadri – Chemical engineer Tathagat Avatar Tulsi – Physicist
Manohar Vartak – Mathematician Pramod P. Wangikar - bioinformatician, N-Bios
laureate
== Notable alumni ==
IIT Bombay alumni include:
== See also == Indian Institutes of Technology
List of universities in India Universities and colleges in India
Distance Education Council University Grants Commission (India)
Swarachakra, a text input system for Indic languages developed at IIT