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The concept of IIT was first introduced by Sh. N.R. Sircar, then a Member of Education on the Viceroy's executive council. Following his recommendations, the first Indian Institute of Technology was established in the year 1950 in Kharagpur. In his report, Shri Sircar suggested that such Institutes should also be started in different parts of ...
The agency was established by the ministry in 2018 to manage the allocation of seats for admission to 100 Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), National Institutes of Technology (NIT), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT) and Government Funded Technical Institutes, starting with the 2018-19 academic year. It is made up of ...
The proposal also received strong opposition from the All India IIT Faculty Federation (AIFF) and the Indian Institutes of Technology Alumni Association, which stated concerns about the loss of the autonomy of IITs in their admission process. [7] [8]
The Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM) is a common admission test conducted every year for admission into Master of Science (M.Sc.) and other post-graduate science programs at Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs), organized by alternating institutes every ...
The IIT Roorkee Alumni Association was established and registered in 1940 as a society under the Society Registration Act. The association has 31 local chapters in the country and three chapters abroad. [61] The association encourages the alumni to take interest in the activities of the alma mater and promotes relations between alumni.
Other sources of funds include student fees and research funding from industry and contributions from the alumni. The faculty-to-student ratio in the IITs is between 1:6 and 1:8. [61] The Standing Committee of IIT Council (SCIC) prescribes the lower limit for faculty-to-student ratio as 1:9, applied department wise.
The Dean of Alumni Affairs at IIT Kharagpur is responsible for liaising with alumni. The US-based alumni of IIT Kharagpur have started the Vision 2020 fundraiser, to provide world-class infrastructure (laboratories and equipment), attract, and retain faculty and students. The objective of Vision 2020 is to raise a US$200 million endowment fund ...
IIT Madras was established in 1959. [1] The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Madras has offered management education as an M. Tech. (Industrial Engineering) since 1959. The department started the MBA in 2001. The Department of Management Studies came into existence in April 2004.