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The Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan is a public university
located in Jodhpur
in the state of Rajasthan
in India
. It is one of eight new IITs
which have become functional between 2008 and 2009. The bill for the addition of these eight IITs and the conversion of Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University
to IIT was passed in the Lok Sabha
in March 24, 2011 and is still to be adopted by the Rajya Sabha
.
. The first academic session in IIT Rajasthan commenced in August 2008.
Following the recommendations of a committee headed by Prof Vijay Shankar Vyas, both the Rajasthan
state government and MHRD approved Jodhpur
as the city where IIT Rajasthan would be set up. The final approval came in the month of November 2009. Since then the state government and IIT Rajasthan administration have been working towards making a shift of IIT Rajasthan from its temporary camp at Kanpur to its permanent establishment at Jodhpur.
For the next two years, IIT Rajasthan will have its academic and administrative block in the MBM Engineering College
, Ratanada, Jodhpur.
Admission to these programmes is through the JEE and forty students in each branch are admitted after completing 10+2 schooling.
A Ph.D.Programme is offered in the following three centres of excellence in IIT Rajasthan:
technology for health care, economics of policy reforms, and liberal arts and social sciences. The French Government has shown an interest in helping IIT Rajasthan to develop its research and academic institute. Accordingly, IIT Rajasthan is forging strategic alliances with leading French Universities that will result in student and faculty exchange, internship in France
and participation in strategic joint research programs.
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Public university
A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities. A national university may or may not be considered a public university, depending on regions...
located in Jodhpur
Jodhpur
Jodhpur , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital, Jaipur and from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar...
in the state of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is one of eight new IITs
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,...
which have become functional between 2008 and 2009. The bill for the addition of these eight IITs and the conversion of Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University
Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University
The Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University is an engineering institute under the aegis of Banaras Hindu University , situated in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. IT-BHU has 13 departments and 3 inter-disciplinary schools, providing technical education with an emphasis on its industrial...
to IIT was passed in the Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
in March 24, 2011 and is still to be adopted by the Rajya Sabha
Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Rajya means "state," and Sabha means "assembly hall" in Sanskrit. Membership is limited to 250 members, 12 of whom are chosen by the President of India for their expertise in specific fields of art, literature,...
.
History
This new institute was established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, in 2008. The classes for the first academic session were held at IIT Kanpur, which had been designated as the mentor IIT for looking after the incubation activities of the new IIT in RajasthanRajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
. The first academic session in IIT Rajasthan commenced in August 2008.
Following the recommendations of a committee headed by Prof Vijay Shankar Vyas, both the Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
state government and MHRD approved Jodhpur
Jodhpur
Jodhpur , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital, Jaipur and from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar...
as the city where IIT Rajasthan would be set up. The final approval came in the month of November 2009. Since then the state government and IIT Rajasthan administration have been working towards making a shift of IIT Rajasthan from its temporary camp at Kanpur to its permanent establishment at Jodhpur.
Permanent and temporary campus
IITJ will be located about 12 km from Jodhpur city on National Highway 65 which connects Jodhpur to Nagaur. The IIT site will cover 900 acres (3.6 km²) of land around Jhipasni and Gharao villages. The construction of the fully residential campus of IIT Rajasthan started in late 2010.For the next two years, IIT Rajasthan will have its academic and administrative block in the MBM Engineering College
MBM Engineering College
Mugneeram Bangur Memorial Engineering College is the Faculty of Engineering of Jai Narain Vyas University in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.-History:The MBM Engineering College was established on August 15, 1951, by the government of Rajasthan...
, Ratanada, Jodhpur.
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| July 2007: IIT Rajasthan announced by Central Government. IIT Kanpur to be the mentor. |
| July 2008: First session of IIT Rajasthan begins at IIT Kanpur with a batch of 112 students for B.Tech. in three branches: CSE, ME, EE. |
| July 2008: The BJP Chief Minister of Rajasthan Mrs. Vasundhara Raje Vasundhara Raje Vasundhara Raje was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan state of India from December 2003 till December 2008. She is the first woman Chief Minister of Rajasthan.- Early life :... pushes Kota Kota Kota or KOTA may refer to:* Kota brahmin, a sub-caste of Brahmins in Karnataka*The Kota tribe whose members live in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu, South India*The Kota language, a Dravidian language spoken in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu... as the location for IIT Rajasthan. MHRD was not impressed with Kota citing lack of an airport and being a mecca for JEE coaching. MHRD minister Arjun Singh Arjun Singh Arjun Singh was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party. He was the Union Minister of Human Resource Development in the Manmohan Singh cabinet from 2004 to 2009.... asks for other locations for housing IIT Rajasthan. The matter stays pending as Raje did not propose any alternative. |
| December 2008: Assembly elections in Rajasthan. Congress comes to power under leadership of Mr. Ashok Gehlot Ashok Gehlot Ashok Gehlot is the 21st & 23rd Chief Minister of the state of Rajasthan, India.-Personal:Shri Ashok Gehlot, son of Late Shri Laxman Singh Gehlot, was born on 3 May 1951 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. A Science and Law Graduate, Shri Gehlot holds an M.A. in Economics. Married to Smt. Sunita Gehlot on 27... . Rajasthan gets a new chief minister. |
| January 2009: Gehlot appoints a committee under the chairmanship of Vijay Shankar Vyas Vijay Shankar Vyas Vijay Shankar Vyas is a noted agricultural economist of India. He received Padma Bhushan award in 2006 from the Government of India. He hails from Pushkarna brahmin community in Bikaner. He has been the Director of IIM, Ahemdabad; IDS, Jaipur and Senior Advisor, Agriculture and Rural Development... (ex-director IIM Ahmedabad) to suggest alternative locations for IIT Rajasthan. The committee was asked to submit the report in a month. The committee tours Bikaner, Ajmer Ajmer Ajmer , formerly written as Ajmere, is a city in Ajmer District in Rajasthan state in India. Ajmer has a population of around 800,000 , and is located west of the Rajasthan state capital Jaipur, 200 km from Jodhpur, 274 km from Udaipur, 439 km from Jaisalmer, and 391 km from... , Kota Kota Kota or KOTA may refer to:* Kota brahmin, a sub-caste of Brahmins in Karnataka*The Kota tribe whose members live in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu, South India*The Kota language, a Dravidian language spoken in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu... , Jaipur Jaipur Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million.... , Jodhpur Jodhpur Jodhpur , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital, Jaipur and from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar... , Udaipur Udaipur Udaipur , also known as the City of Lakes, is a city, a Municipal Council and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan in western India. It is located southwest of the state capital, Jaipur, west of Kota, and northeast from Ahmedabad... . |
| May 12, 2009: The committee submits its report to the State Government. The committee favours Jodhpur for IIT, Udaipur for IIM, Jaipur for Central University, Ajmer for World Class University. |
| June 2009: The state government forwards the report to the Central Government. |
| October 2009: MHRD sends experts to visit the suggested location for IIT at Jodhpur. MBM Engineering college, Jodhpur is identified as the temporary campus of IIT Rajasthan. |
| November 13, 2009: MHRD minister, Mr. Kapil Sibal Kapil Sibal Kapil Sibal is an Indian politician and lawyer. He is currently the Minister of Communications and Information Technology. He also held the two ministries Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences in the First Manmohan Singh Cabinet... , finally approves the site for IIT Rajasthan at Jodhpur, Rajasthan. |
| February 2010: Residential arrangements for IIT Rajasthan students and faculty are made at Kendranchal flats in Jodhpur. |
| February 27, 2010: An MoU is signed by IIT Rajasthan and JNV University Jodhpur, to provide a part of the college campus for conducting IIT Rajasthan classes for two years. The same day the foundation stone was laid at the MBM Engineering College for constructing new buildings. |
| May, 2010: IIT Rajasthan shifts from Kanpur to Jodhpur. Location: IIT Rajasthan Permanent Campus Location: IIT Jodhpur Temporary Campus |
Undergraduate
IITJ offers a B.Tech programme in the following disciplines:- Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering
- Bachelor of Technology in Electrical EngineeringElectrical engineeringElectrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
- Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical EngineeringMechanical engineeringMechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
- Bachelor of Technology in Systems ScienceSystems scienceSystems science is an interdisciplinary field of science that studies the nature of complex systems in nature, society, and science. It aims to develop interdisciplinary foundations, which are applicable in a variety of areas, such as engineering, biology, medicine and social sciences.Systems...
Admission to these programmes is through the JEE and forty students in each branch are admitted after completing 10+2 schooling.
Postgraduate
Teaching and research activities of the institute especially for postgraduate and Ph.D programmes are structured around Centres of Excellence (CoE) of the institute.A Ph.D.Programme is offered in the following three centres of excellence in IIT Rajasthan:
- Centre of Excellence in Energy
- Centre of Excellence in Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
- Centre of Excellence in Systems ScienceSystems scienceSystems science is an interdisciplinary field of science that studies the nature of complex systems in nature, society, and science. It aims to develop interdisciplinary foundations, which are applicable in a variety of areas, such as engineering, biology, medicine and social sciences.Systems...
(SS)
Research
At IIT Rajasthan sponsored research and development programs will be carried out in Centers of Excellence in the areas of information, communication, energy sectors, systems scienceSystems science
Systems science is an interdisciplinary field of science that studies the nature of complex systems in nature, society, and science. It aims to develop interdisciplinary foundations, which are applicable in a variety of areas, such as engineering, biology, medicine and social sciences.Systems...
technology for health care, economics of policy reforms, and liberal arts and social sciences. The French Government has shown an interest in helping IIT Rajasthan to develop its research and academic institute. Accordingly, IIT Rajasthan is forging strategic alliances with leading French Universities that will result in student and faculty exchange, internship in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and participation in strategic joint research programs.
Infrastructure
IIT Rajasthan is located in a temporary campus on the premises of MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur. It has WiFi connectivity.Library facilities
The Central Library is functional in the camp office located in MBM Engineering College campus. It has around 5000 books and also subscribes to magazines. The library has access to e-journals from Elsevier's Science Direct and Springer Link. The library will shortly have a Library Management Software, so that an Online Public Access Catalogue is made available to users on their computer terminals via a campus-wide network.Computer Centre
The institute has a Computer Centre, running on a gigabit LAN with 100 Mbps internet bandwidth. It is the nucleus of all computing facilities for students and staff. There are several terminals running on Windows and GNU/Linux operating systems. The Computer Centre provides access to softwares like Matlab and Mathematica. The academic area is Wi-Fi enabled.Laboratory equipment
Equipment includes CNC milling and turning training centers, programmable welding equipment, rapid prototyping of multilayer PCBs, advanced gait motion analysis system, 40KW amorphous silicon solar power plant, 40 KW crystalline silicon solar power plant, FT-IR spectrometer, UV-VIS spectrophotometer, universal testing machines, microscopes, data acquisition systems from National InstrumentsNational Instruments
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