Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , popularly known as IIT Bombay or IITB, is a public research university located in Powai
, Mumbai
. IITB has 14 departments, 10 multi-disciplinary centres, 3 schools of excellence and 3 inter-disciplinary groups, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological research.
Established in 1958, it is the second-oldest campus of the Indian Institutes of Technology
system.
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
, eighteen miles (29 km) from the city of Mumbai
(then Bombay), 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 July 25, 1958, in its temporary home at the Synthetic and Art Silk Mills Research Association (SASMIRA) building in Worli
, Mumbai with 100 students. These students were selected from over 3,400 applicants for admission to the first year undergraduate programmes in Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering. One of the main objectives of establishing the Institute was to develop facilities for studies in a variety of specialised 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 March 10, 1959.
The IIT Bombay campus is located at Powai, a suburb
in north eastern Mumbai
, between the Vihar
and Powai
lakes. The campus is divided into clusters of buildings. The academic area chiefly comprises the main building,the 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 total 14 hostels, H-15 and H-16 in construction phase; out of these H-10 and H-11 are particularly for female students.
Due to its proximity to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park
, the campus is extremely clean, green and 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 panther
s and Gharial
(Gavialis gangeticus) crocodilians along the banks of Lake Powai. A popular weekly newspaper Planet Powai reports events and happenings of this campus regularly.
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.
The annual cultural festival Mood Indigo
is held in the month of December and is supposedly the largest of its kind in Asia.The most attractive feature of this 4-day event are the competitions, exhibitions, games and musical concerts.
The annual Science & Technology festival of IIT Bombay, Techfest is held in the month of January every year and is the largest of its kind in Asia. 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.
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 start ups across the globe.
These college festivals are organised , financially managed and conducted entirely by the students of this Institute. All these festivals and organizations are sponsored by private enterprise}.
Apart from these festivals, various other engineering streams based festivals are also being organized to motivate students towards Science and Technology. These include Radiance (Mechanical Engineering), Zephyr (Aerospace Engineering), Azeotropy (Chemical Engineering), Padarth(Metallurgy and Material Science Engineering), Aagomani and recently, Aakaar (Civil Engineering).
The institute also boasts of its an LGBT alliance club called "Saathi"; the first of its kind in India.
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.
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 (Academic). 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 the students .
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IIT Bombay Heritage Fund (IITBHF) and IIT Bombay Alumni Association (IITBAA) are the two official organizations for alumni of IIT Bombay. The alumni website was amongst the earliest alumni websites for an Indian university. The IITBHF is a public charitable organization under US Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3), whose mission is to fund and promote education and research among students, faculty and alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. The IIT Bombay Alumni Association (IITBAA), registered under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956, works for strengthening the connections between alumni, enhance ties to their alma mater
, and provide services to alumni.
As the official alumni association, IITBAA plays a key role in building the alumni network and supporting the local Chapters which are all over the world, from Bangalore to Boston to the Bay Area. IITBAA staff work with IITBHF volunteers in maintaining the alumni website and the Alumni Directory which allows 30,000-plus IIT Bombay alumni to stay in touch with each other and with their alma mater.
As the Alumni Fund of IIT Bombay, IITBHF has raised over $20 Million for IIT Bombay over the past decade, and helped fund major infrastructure projects and new schools on campus including the Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology (KReSIT
), Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management
(SJSOM) and key projects such as the renovation of the hostels (dormitories) on campus.
The GO-IITB (Giving Opportunities for IIT Bombay) initiative was launched in 2010 when the Class of 2010 pledged to give back at least 1% of their annual income to their alma mater under the Give One to IITB program. IITBHF conducts its Annual Fundraising Campaign under the GO-IITB banner, encouraging alumni across the globe to give back to IITB by check, credit card, securities donations or pledges.
To build better student alumni relations, a voluntary student organisation named Student Alumni Relations Cell (abbreviated as SARC) had been formed in 2007. SARC conducts events like Phonathon and LSSD to keep in touch with the alumni and those like Placement Information Programme, Lecture Series and Alumni Student Mentorship Programme to increase the interaction between the current students of IIT Bombay and the alumni.
The following multi-disciplinary centres are located in IIT Bombay:
The three schools of excellence in IIT Bombay are:
In addition to above, IIT Bombay also offers three inter-disciplinary programs:
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.), Master of Design (MDes.), Master of Management (MMgmt.), Master of Philosophy (MPhil.) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) in the following areas:
Every year, IIT Bombay awards degrees, B.Tech, M.Tech, Dual Degree (B.Tech and M.Tech), 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. At a given time, the campus is home to more than 6,000 people: students, professors, and non academic staff.
Each year, students finishing at the top of their class are awarded Institute Silver Medals at the convocation Ceremony. Students finishing with the highest GPA in the entire institute are awarded President of India Gold Medals.
, at 301–350. It was ranked 225 in the QS World University Rankings
. In India, among engineering colleges, it ranked 3 by Outlook India, and 1 by both Dataquest
and Mint
.
Consultancy has been a major avenue of interaction between faculty and industry. Consultancy work provides an opportunity to tackle live industrial problems and enhance professional expertise. There are collaborative and consultancy projects with many industries, some abroad. About 700 to 800 projects are executed every year.
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 mini computers and work stations, 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 orthopaedic 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.
Powai
Powai is a suburb situated in the north-east of the city of Mumbai, India. The word Powai comes from Padmavati a Hindu Goddess , whose temple is situated on the banks of Lake Powai...
, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
. IITB has 14 departments, 10 multi-disciplinary centres, 3 schools of excellence and 3 inter-disciplinary groups, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological research.
Established in 1958, it is the second-oldest campus of the Indian Institutes of Technology
Indian Institutes of Technology
The Indian Institutes of Technology are a group of autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institutes of higher education. The IITs are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 which has declared them as “institutions of national importance”, and lays down their powers, duties,...
system.
History
IIT Bombay was the second IITIndian Institutes of Technology
The Indian Institutes of Technology are a group of autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institutes of higher education. The IITs are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 which has declared them as “institutions of national importance”, and lays down their powers, duties,...
to be established in 1958 with assistance from UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
and with funds contributed by the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. 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.
Powai
Powai is a suburb situated in the north-east of the city of Mumbai, India. The word Powai comes from Padmavati a Hindu Goddess , whose temple is situated on the banks of Lake Powai...
, eighteen miles (29 km) from the city of Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
(then Bombay), with an area of 550 acres (2.2 km²) which was given by the then Bombay State
Bombay State
The Bombay State was a state of India, dissolved with the formation of Maharashtra and Gujarat states on May 1, 1960.-History:During British rule, portions of the western coast of India under direct British rule were part of the Bombay Presidency...
Government. While construction was being completed, the first academic session of the Institute opened on July 25, 1958, in its temporary home at the Synthetic and Art Silk Mills Research Association (SASMIRA) building in Worli
Worli
-History:Worli was one of the original seven islands that constituted the city of Mumbai. Although primarily a fishing village, the Worli Fort, a British fort that is now in ruins, is located there. Its original resident was the legendary Dishankeshwar Kalsi who has also been recognized in several...
, Mumbai with 100 students. These students were selected from over 3,400 applicants for admission to the first year undergraduate programmes in Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering. One of the main objectives of establishing the Institute was to develop facilities for studies in a variety of specialised 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
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...
laid the foundation stone of the Institute at Powai on March 10, 1959.
Campus
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
in north eastern Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, between the Vihar
Vihar Lake
Vihar Lake is located near Vihar village on the Mithi River within the precincts of the Borivali National Park, also called the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, in North Mumbai. When built in 1860 , it was considered as the largest lake in Mumbai in the Salsette group of islands. It is hemmed between...
and Powai
Powai Lake
Powai Lake is an artificial lake, situated in the northern suburb of Mumbai, in the Powai valley, where a Powai village with cluster of huts existed...
lakes. The campus is divided into clusters of buildings. The academic area chiefly comprises the main building,the 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 total 14 hostels, H-15 and H-16 in construction phase; out of these H-10 and H-11 are particularly for female students.
Sanjay Gandhi National Park
Sanjay Gandhi National Park , previously Borivali National Park, is a large protected area in the northern part of suburban Mumbai city in Maharashtra State in India...
, the campus is extremely clean, green and 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 panther
Black panther
A black panther is typically a melanistic color variant of any of several species of larger cat. Wild black panthers in Latin America are black jaguars , in Asia and Africa they are black leopards , and in North America they may be black jaguars or possibly black cougars A black panther is...
s and Gharial
Gharial
The gharial , , also called Indian gavial or gavial, is the only surviving member of the once well-represented family Gavialidae, a long-established group of crocodilians with long, slender snouts...
(Gavialis gangeticus) crocodilians along the banks of Lake Powai. A popular weekly newspaper Planet Powai reports events and happenings of this campus regularly.
The institute has two swimming pools; football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
, hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
and cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
grounds; and tennis, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, squash
Squash tennis
Squash tennis is an American variant of squash racquets, but played with a ball and racquets that are closer to the equipment used for lawn tennis, and with somewhat different rules. For younger players the game offers the complexity of squash racquets and the speed of racquetball...
and volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
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
KV IIT Powai
KV IIT Powai is an Indian Institute of Technology secondary school in Mumbai, India. It was established on June 15, 1964. It is part of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.-History:...
and the other is called IIT Campus School.
Cultural and Non Academic Activities
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 presitigious National Law School Parliamentary Debating Tournament.The annual cultural festival Mood Indigo
Mood Indigo (culfest)
Mood Indigo, popularly known as MoodI or MI, is the annual cultural festival of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. It is a four-day long event held towards the end of December every year. It draws a footfall of about 75,000 students from more than 500 colleges from across the country...
is held in the month of December and is supposedly the largest of its kind in Asia.The most attractive feature of this 4-day event are the competitions, exhibitions, games and musical concerts.
The annual Science & Technology festival of IIT Bombay, Techfest is held in the month of January every year and is the largest of its kind in Asia. 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.
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 start ups across the globe.
These college festivals are organised , financially managed and conducted entirely by the students of this Institute. All these festivals and organizations are sponsored by private enterprise}.
Apart from these festivals, various other engineering streams based festivals are also being organized to motivate students towards Science and Technology. These include Radiance (Mechanical Engineering), Zephyr (Aerospace Engineering), Azeotropy (Chemical Engineering), Padarth(Metallurgy and Material Science Engineering), Aagomani and recently, Aakaar (Civil Engineering).
The institute also boasts of its an LGBT alliance club called "Saathi"; the first of its kind in India.
Media Bodies
Various media bodies managed by students are also present in the campus, which includes Pulse (Technical newsletter), InsIghT (English newsletter), Aawaaz (Hindi newsletter), Raintree (Campus magazine),ChEA Voice (Chemical Department newsletter), MEME (Mechanical Department newsletter), Dhatuki (Material Sciences Department newsletter), blue prient(Civil Department newsletter), Psi-Phy (Physics Department newsletter) and others. Of these, Insight is the most active student media body, and is open to articles from all students in the campus. It publishes a student newsletter, which is distributed to over 6000 students present on campus.Organization
At the institutional level, IIT Bombay is governed by a Board of GovernorsBoard of governors
Board of governors is a term sometimes applied to the board of directors of a public entity or non-profit organization.Many public institutions, such as public universities, are government-owned corporations. The British Broadcasting Corporation was managed by a board of governors, though this role...
with a Chairman nominated by the Visitor, the Director as a member and the Registrar
Registrar (academic)
In education outside the United Kingdom, a registrar or registrary is an official in an academic institution who handles student records. Typically, a registrar processes registration requests, schedules classes and maintains class lists, enforces the rules for entering or leaving classes, and...
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
Dean (education)
In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
(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 InstituteThe 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 (Academic). 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 the students .
Alumni
Alma mater
Alma mater , pronounced ), was used in ancient Rome as a title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele, and in Christianity for the Virgin Mary.-General term:...
, and provide services to alumni.
As the official alumni association, IITBAA plays a key role in building the alumni network and supporting the local Chapters which are all over the world, from Bangalore to Boston to the Bay Area. IITBAA staff work with IITBHF volunteers in maintaining the alumni website and the Alumni Directory which allows 30,000-plus IIT Bombay alumni to stay in touch with each other and with their alma mater.
As the Alumni Fund of IIT Bombay, IITBHF has raised over $20 Million for IIT Bombay over the past decade, and helped fund major infrastructure projects and new schools on campus including the Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology (KReSIT
Kresit
The Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology is a centre of excellence in IIT Bombay, named after the entrepreneur and philanthropist Kanwal Rekhi....
), Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management
Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management
Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management is the school for management education and research in Indian Institute of Technology Bombay...
(SJSOM) and key projects such as the renovation of the hostels (dormitories) on campus.
The GO-IITB (Giving Opportunities for IIT Bombay) initiative was launched in 2010 when the Class of 2010 pledged to give back at least 1% of their annual income to their alma mater under the Give One to IITB program. IITBHF conducts its Annual Fundraising Campaign under the GO-IITB banner, encouraging alumni across the globe to give back to IITB by check, credit card, securities donations or pledges.
To build better student alumni relations, a voluntary student organisation named Student Alumni Relations Cell (abbreviated as SARC) had been formed in 2007. SARC conducts events like Phonathon and LSSD to keep in touch with the alumni and those like Placement Information Programme, Lecture Series and Alumni Student Mentorship Programme to increase the interaction between the current students of IIT Bombay and the alumni.
Departments, centres, and schools
IIT Bombay has 14 departments, 10 multi-disciplinary centres, and 3 schools of excellence. 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
- Industrial Design CentreIndustrial Design CentreIndustrial Design Centre is a premier Design School in India, established in 1969, by the government of India at the campus of Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai ....
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical Engineering Materials Science including Corrosion Science and Engineering
- Physics
The following multi-disciplinary centres are located in IIT Bombay:
- Computer Aided Design Center (CAD)
- Centre for Research in NanoTechnology and Sciences (CRNTS)
- Centre for Aerospace Systems Design and Engineering (CASDE)
- Computer Centre
- Centre for Distant Engineering Education Programme (C-DEEP)
- Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE)
- Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE). Established 1976, the center is involved in developing Remote Sensing technology and its application to natural resources management and Environmental monitoring.
- Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA)
- Centre for Formal Design and Verification of Software (CFDVS)
- Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility (SAIF)
The three schools of excellence in IIT Bombay are:
- School of Biosciences and Bioengineering Bioschool
- Shailesh J Mehta School of Management (SJMSOM)
- Kanwal Rekhi School of Information TechnologyKresitThe Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology is a centre of excellence in IIT Bombay, named after the entrepreneur and philanthropist Kanwal Rekhi....
(KReSIT)KresitThe Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology is a centre of excellence in IIT Bombay, named after the entrepreneur and philanthropist Kanwal Rekhi....
In addition to above, IIT Bombay also offers three inter-disciplinary programs:
- Educational Technology
- Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR)
- Systems and Control Engineering
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 EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
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.), Master of Design (MDes.), Master of Management (MMgmt.), Master of Philosophy (MPhil.) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) in the following areas:
| Degree | Specialization |
| Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) | Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science. |
| Dual Degree (B.Tech, M.Tech) | Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science. |
| Master of Technology (M. Tech.) | Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Geo-Exploration, Petroleum Geoscience, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science. Biomedical Engineering, Corrosion Science and Engineering, Energy Systems Engineering, Environmental Science and Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR), Reliability Engineering, Systems and Control Engineering, Nanoscience. |
| Master of Science (MSc) | Applied Statistics and Informatics (ASI), Biotechnology, Chemistry, Physics,Applied Geology, Applied Geophysics, Mathematics. |
| Master of Design (M Des) | Industrial Design, Visual Communication, Interaction Design, Animation |
| Master of Philosophy (MPhil) | Planning and Development |
| Master of Management (M Mgmt.) | General Management |
| PhD | All engineering disciplines, interdisciplinary areas, science disciplines and the humanities and social sciences. |
Every year, IIT Bombay awards degrees, B.Tech, M.Tech, Dual Degree (B.Tech and M.Tech), 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. At a given time, the campus is home to more than 6,000 people: students, professors, and non academic staff.
Each year, students finishing at the top of their class are awarded Institute Silver Medals at the convocation Ceremony. Students finishing with the highest GPA in the entire institute are awarded President of India Gold Medals.
Rankings
Internationally, IIT Bombay was the only Indian institute to be ranked by the Times Higher Education World University RankingsTimes Higher Education World University Rankings
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings is an international ranking of universities published by the British magazine Times Higher Education in partnership with Thomson Reuters, which provided citation database information...
, at 301–350. It was ranked 225 in the QS World University Rankings
QS World University Rankings
The QS World University Rankings is a ranking of the world’s top 500 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds using a method that has published annually since 2004....
. In India, among engineering colleges, it ranked 3 by Outlook India, and 1 by both Dataquest
Dataquest
Dataquest is India's oldest IT publication. A fortnightly, Dataquest is published by Cyber Media India Ltd, South Asia's largest specialty media group. The magazine targets senior IT managers in user organizations as well as the IT industry professionals in India.Dataquest has grown with the Indian...
and Mint
Mint (newspaper)
Mint is a business newspaper from HT Media Ltd, launched in collaboration with The Wall Street Journal on 1 February 2007. It is a premium business news publication aimed at decision makers and policy makers of the country and it is the first newspaper in India to be published in the Berliner...
.
Research and 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.Consultancy has been a major avenue of interaction between faculty and industry. Consultancy work provides an opportunity to tackle live industrial problems and enhance professional expertise. There are collaborative and consultancy projects with many industries, some abroad. About 700 to 800 projects are executed every year.
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.
OrthoCAD Network Research Cell
OrthoCAD Network Research Cell is a federally funded research and development facility in the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , Mumbai, India...
was established in 2007 to jump-start indigenous research and development activities in orthopaedic 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 alumni
- Rajesh JainRajesh JainRajesh Jain is an engineer and Managing Director of Mumbai-based Netcore Solutions Pvt Ltd, conceptualized in 1998 with the aim of offering affordable software solutions to Indian companies....
- Narendra KarmarkarNarendra KarmarkarNarendra K. Karmarkar is an Indian mathematician, renowned for developing Karmarkar's algorithm. He is listed as an ISI highly cited researcher.- Biography :...
- Victor MenezesVictor MenezesVictor J. Menezes is an engineer and banker, who acts as a top official in international financial organizations.-Early life:...
- N. K. NaikN. K. NaikNiranjan Krishna Naik is a professor emeritus of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India and was previously Head of the department. His research interest is in polymer matrix composites, textile composites, and aircraft productionN. K...
- Arun NetravaliArun NetravaliArun N. Netravali is an Indian-American engineer who is a pioneer of digital technology including HDTV. He conducted seminal research in digital compression, signal processing and other fields. Netravali has been President of Bell Laboratories and Chief Scientist for Lucent Technologies.-Early...
- Nandan NilekaniNandan NilekaniNandan Nilekani born is an Indian entrepreneur. He currently serves as the Chairman of the new Unique Identification Authority of India , after a successful career at Infosys Technologies Ltd...
- Nitin NohriaNitin NohriaNitin Nohria is the 10th and the current dean of Harvard Business School. He is also the George F. Baker Professor of Business Administration, co-chair of the HBS Leadership Initiative and sits on the executive committee of the University's interfaculty initiative on advanced leadership.Over the...
- Satyendra PakhaleSatyendra PakhaleSatyendra Pakhale , Industrial designer. Popularly known as “Satyen Pakhale”.-Early life:Pakhalé studied Mechanical engineering at VNIT, Nagpur...
- Manohar ParrikarManohar ParrikarManohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar is an Indian politician and the Chief Minister of Goa from 2000 to 2005....
- Jairam RameshJairam RameshJairam Ramesh born April 9, 1954, is an Indian economist and an influential politician of the Congress Party in the United Progressive Alliance ruling coalition of center-left political parties heading the Government of India. He is a Member of Parliament representing Andhra Pradesh state in the...
- Kanwal RekhiKanwal RekhiKanwal Rekhi is an Indian-American engineer, businessman and millionaire philanthropist.Kanwal was born in Rawalpindi . After the partition of India, his family settled in Kanpur, India...
- D Udaya Kumar
- Pranav MistryPranav MistryPranav Mistry is one of the inventors of SixthSense. He is a research assistant and a PhD candidate at MIT Media Lab. Before joining MIT he worked as a UX Researcher with Microsoft. He received Master in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT and Master of Design from IIT Bombay. He has completed...
- Sudheendra KulkarniSudheendra KulkarniSudheendra Kulkarni is an Indian politician and columnist. He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, earning a B. Tech in Civil Engineering in 1980. He began his political career as a full time activist for the Communist Party of India . He became a member of Bharatiya Janata...
- Sanjiv BhattSanjiv BhattSanjiv Bhatt was born on 21 December 1963, at Mumbai and did his initial schooling at Hill Grange High School, Mumbai. He completed his schooling from St. Xaviers High School Ahmedabad. He later went to the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Sanjiv Bhatt is a Post Graduate from Indian...
See also
- List of universities in India
- Universities and colleges in IndiaUniversities and colleges in India-North India:*Chandigarh*Delhi*Haryana*Himachal Pradesh*Jammu and Kashmir*Punjab*Rajasthan*Uttar Pradesh*Uttarakhand-South India:*Andhra Pradesh*Karnataka*Kerala*Pondicherry*Tamil Nadu-East India:*Bihar*Jharkhand*Orissa*West Bengal-West India:...
- Education in IndiaEducation in IndiaEducation in India is provided by the public sector as well as the private sector, with control and funding coming from three levels: federal, state, and local. Child education is compulsory. The Nalanda University was the oldest university-system of education in the world...
- List of Indian engineering college rankings
- Distance Education CouncilDistance Education CouncilDistance Education Council is an organisation based in New Delhi, India responsible for the promotion and coordination of the open university and distance education system and for determination of its standards in India. The Council was constituted under the Indira Gandhi National Open University...
- University Grants Commission (India)University Grants Commission (India)The University Grants Commission of India is a statutory organisation set up by Union government in 1956, for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education. It provides recognition for universities in India, and provides funds for government-recognised...
- Virtual LabsVirtual Labs (India).Virtual Labs is a project initiated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology...