Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
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The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT Delhi), is a major college of engineering in Delhi, India. It forms a part of the league along with other IITs in India.
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Overview
Established as College of Engineering in 1961, IIT Delhi was given the current name and declared an Institution of National Importance under the "Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 1963" It was then accorded the status of a deemed university with powers to decide its own academic policies, to conduct its examinations, and to award its degrees. Today the name of IIT Delhi is synonymous with excellence in the field of technical education and research. Its alumni have won accolades and have achieved tremendous success in a diverse set of areas across the globe.
The picturesque Institute campus extends over an area of 320 acres (1.3 km²). With clean and wide roads, the campus presents a spectacle of harmony in architectural and natural beauty. Most of the students, faculty and staff reside on the campus. The main academic building houses various teaching and research facilities. Although each department is a separate entity, all the departments together constitute an integrated complex.
Academic structure
Each academic year consists of two semesters and a summer term. The education system is organised around a credit system, which ensures continuous evaluation of a student's performance and provides flexibility to choose courses so as to facilitate progress at an optimum pace suited to one's ability or convenience. Each course is assigned certain number of credits depending upon the class contact hours. A minimum number of credits (around 190 for four-year B. Tech programmes and around 224 for five-year Integrated M. Tech programmes) are to be completed in order to qualify for the award of degree.
Other facilites
The Students Activity Centre provides a number of facilities for students' extracurricular and physical development. The central two-storied block with a swimming pool and a gymnasium hall has amenities such as squash courts, hobbies workshop, seminar rooms, music rooms and other multipurpose rooms for reading and indoor games. The amphitheatre constructed in modern style is an added amenity to the Centre. The campus also provides such amenities as staff club, hospital, shopping centre, bank, post office, community centre, stadium and playing fields. The emphasis on self-learning, project activity and laboratory work leaves sufficient time for students to take part in other activities like sports and recreation, and encourages them to be creative and innovative.
Some major festivals at IIT Delhi
Rendezvous: Cultural festival of IIT Delhi, organised during the third weekend of September every year.
Tryst: Technical Festival of IIT Delhi, attracts the best brains from over 250 professional colleges. It is organised during the third weekend of February.
Alumni
Prominent alumni include Kiran Bedi, Rajat Gupta, Vinod Khosla and Madhu Sudan.
External links
- Official website of the Institute (http://www.iitd.ac.in)
- IIT Delhi Excellence Foundation (http://www.iitdef.org/)
- IIT Delhi Cultural Festival (http://www.iitd.ac.in/~rendezvous)
- IIT Delhi Technical Festival (http://www.iitd.ac.in/~tryst)