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{{Short description| | {{Short description|Public technology institution in Guwahati, Assam}} | ||
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'''Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati''' ('''IIT Guwahati''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[technical | '''Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati''' ('''IIT Guwahati''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[technical university]] established by the [[Government of India]], located in Amingaon area, North [[Guwahati]] city, in the state of [[Assam]] in [[India]]. It is the sixth [[Indian Institute of Technology]] established in India. IIT Guwahati is officially recognised as an [[Institute of National Importance]] by the government of India.<ref name="Institutes of National Importance">{{cite web | url = http://isidev.nic.in/weblink/ini.html | title = Institutes of National Importance | publisher = The Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID) | access-date = 2009-01-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090309231747/http://isidev.nic.in/weblink/ini.html | archive-date = 9 March 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="The World Reporter1">{{cite web | url=http://www.theworldreporter.com/2013/06/impact-of-iit-guwahati-on-indias-north-east.html | title = Impact of IIT Guwahati on India's North East Region | publisher = The World Reporter | access-date = 2013-05-06}}</ref> IIT Guwahati has been ranked 7th in Engineering and 8th in Overall category in NIRF India Rankings 2021. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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[[File:Iitg hostels.JPG|thumb|IIT Guwahati Hostels|241x241px]] | [[File:Iitg hostels.JPG|thumb|IIT Guwahati Hostels|241x241px]] | ||
IIT Guwahati is a fully residential campus. All the students live in hostels on the campus. The hostels are named after rivers and tributaries of North-East India: Manas, Dihing, Kapili, Siang, Kameng, Barak, Subansiri (girls' hostel), Umiam, Dibang, Brahmaputra (largest hostel in all the IITs{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}), Dhansiri (new girls' hostel), Lohit and Disang( new boys' hostel). Apart from these, there is a married scholars' hostel for married postgraduates. Every student at IIT Guwahati is given a separate room. Each room comes equipped with requisite basic amenities.The toilets and bathrooms are shared (three of each for every ten rooms on average). Every hostel has a mess, a canteen, a juice centre, a stationery shop, a library, a TV room, a sports room (for indoor sports), and laundry facilities.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Hostels |url=http://www.iitg.ac.in/fresherportal/about_H.html |website=iitg.ac.in |access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref> The hostels are provided with 24-hour Internet facility. The boys hostels are single seated, i.e, every boarder gets a single room. | IIT Guwahati is a fully residential campus. All the students live in hostels on the campus. The hostels are named after rivers and tributaries of North-East India: Manas, Dihing, Kapili, Siang, Kameng, Barak, Subansiri (girls' hostel), Umiam, Dibang, Brahmaputra (largest hostel in all the IITs{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}), Dhansiri (new girls' hostel), Lohit and Disang (new boys' hostel). Apart from these, there is a married scholars' hostel for married postgraduates. Every student at IIT Guwahati is given a separate room. Each room comes equipped with requisite basic amenities.The toilets and bathrooms are shared (three of each for every ten rooms on average). Every hostel has a mess, a canteen, a juice centre, a stationery shop, a library, a TV room, a sports room (for indoor sports), and laundry facilities.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Hostels |url=http://www.iitg.ac.in/fresherportal/about_H.html |website=iitg.ac.in |access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref> The hostels are provided with 24-hour Internet facility. The boys hostels are single seated, i.e., every boarder gets a single room. | ||
== Organisation and administration == | == Organisation and administration == | ||
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IIT Guwahati houses the following departments: | IIT Guwahati houses the following departments: | ||
*Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering | *Department of [[Biosciences]] and [[Bioengineering]] | ||
*Department of Chemical Engineering | *Department of [[Chemical Engineering]] | ||
**Center of Excellence for Sustainable Polymers | **Center of Excellence for Sustainable Polymers | ||
*Department of Chemistry | *Department of [[Chemistry]] | ||
*Department of Civil Engineering | *Department of [[Civil Engineering]] | ||
*Department of Computer Science and Engineering | *Department of [[Computer Science and Engineering]] | ||
*Department of Design | *Department of [[Design]] | ||
*Department of Electronics & Electrical Engineering (previously known as the Department of Electronics and Communication) | *Department of [[Electronics engineering|Electronics]] & [[Electrical Engineering]] (previously known as the Department of Electronics and Communication) | ||
*Department of Humanities and Social Sciences | *Department of [[Humanities]] and [[Social Sciences]] | ||
*Department of Mathematics | *Department of [[Mathematics]] | ||
*Department of Mechanical Engineering | *Department of [[Mechanical Engineering]] | ||
*Department of Physics | *Department of [[Physics]] | ||
The aforementioned departments of the Institute offer [[B. Tech.]], [[B. Des.]], [[Master of Design|M. Des.]], [[Master of Technology|M. Tech.]], [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] ([[Development Studies]]), [[M.Sc.]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] programmes. | The aforementioned departments of the Institute offer [[B. Tech.]], [[B. Des.]], [[Master of Design|M. Des.]], [[Master of Technology|M. Tech.]], [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] ([[Development Studies]]), [[M.Sc.]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] programmes. | ||
===Academic centres=== | ===Academic centres=== | ||
IIT Guwahati is home to | IIT Guwahati is home to six academic centres. | ||
*Centre for Nanotechnology | *Centre for Nanotechnology | ||
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*Centre for Linguistic Science & Technology | *Centre for Linguistic Science & Technology | ||
*Centre for the Environment | *Centre for the Environment | ||
*Centre | *Centre For Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems | ||
===Academic schools=== | |||
*School of Agro and Rural Technology | |||
*School of Business | |||
*Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | |||
*School of Energy Sciences and Engineering | |||
*School of Health Science & Technology. | |||
===Extramural centres=== | ===Extramural centres=== | ||
IIT Guwahati is home to five academic centres. | IIT Guwahati is home to five academic centres. | ||
*Central Instruments Facility | *Central Instruments Facility | ||
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===Admission=== | ===Admission=== | ||
Admission in IIT Guwahati for UG Courses is done through [[JEE Advanced]]. | Admission in IIT Guwahati for UG Courses is done through [[JEE Advanced]] for Engineering. Until 2015, admissions in UG Design Course was happening through JEE Advanced. It now happens through [[Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design|UCEED]]. | ||
Admission in PG is done through [[Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering|GATE]] score, while through Ph.D-NET examination or Ph.D. entrance examination and/or interview one can get admission into Ph.D. Courses. | Admission in PG is done through [[Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering|GATE]] score, and through [[Common Entrance Exam for Design|CEED]] for Designing, while through Ph.D-NET examination or Ph.D. entrance examination and/or interview one can get admission into Ph.D. Courses. | ||
===Rankings=== | ===Rankings=== | ||
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Alcheringa has hosted famous Indian and international artists. The list includes world's fastest guitar shredder Michael Angelo Batio, Swiss folk metal band [[Eluveitie]], Israeli progressive metal band – [[Orphaned Land]], Portuguese beat boxer [http://www.rizumik.com/ Rizumik], Irish metal band – [[Frantic Jack]], Pakistani pop rock band – [[Strings (band)|Strings]], [[Villalobos Brothers]] – the Mexican trio and an alternative rock group from New York City – [[Betty (band)|Betty]] in the international section. | Alcheringa has hosted famous Indian and international artists. The list includes world's fastest guitar shredder Michael Angelo Batio, Swiss folk metal band [[Eluveitie]], Israeli progressive metal band – [[Orphaned Land]], Portuguese beat boxer [http://www.rizumik.com/ Rizumik], Irish metal band – [[Frantic Jack]], Pakistani pop rock band – [[Strings (band)|Strings]], [[Villalobos Brothers]] – the Mexican trio and an alternative rock group from New York City – [[Betty (band)|Betty]] in the international section. | ||
Indian artists like [[Vishal–Shekhar | Indian artists like [[Vishal–Shekhar]], [[Mohit Chauhan]], [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Javed Ali]], [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[KK (singer)|K.K]], [[Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy]], [[Shilpa Rao]], [[RDB (band)|RDB]], [[Anoushka Shankar]], [[Vishwa Mohan Bhatt|Pt.Vishwa Mohan Bhatt]], rock band [[Euphoria (Indian band)|Euphoria]], [[Vir Das]] and [[Kalki Koechlin]] add stature to the list. | ||
Alcheringa 2018, titled "Echoes of Innocence", the twenty-second edition of the festival starred Bollywood dynamic duo, [[ | Alcheringa 2018, titled "Echoes of Innocence", the twenty-second edition of the festival starred Bollywood dynamic duo, [[Vishal–Shekhar]], Portuguese House producer, Diego Miranda<nowiki/>and Australian House producers, [[Mashd N Kutcher]], alternative rock band from Chennai, The F16's and classical music maestros and brothers, [[Ganesh and Kumaresh]] and legendary Padma Shri Awardee [[Shahid Parvez]]. | ||
Alcheringa 2020 starred Bollywood Singer [[Jubin Nautiyal]] it was sponsored by [[The Red Chief]]. | Alcheringa 2020 starred Bollywood Singer [[Jubin Nautiyal]] it was sponsored by [[The Red Chief]]. | ||
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Research Conclave is organized under the banner of Students' Academic Board (SAB) of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG). It is a staunch platform to nurture the young minds towards research, innovation and entrepreneurship, which intends to bring the undivided attention of the students towards both industries and academia to redress the academic research challenges, concerns of the entire student community and upcoming entrepreneurs around the globe. | Research Conclave is organized under the banner of Students' Academic Board (SAB) of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG). It is a staunch platform to nurture the young minds towards research, innovation and entrepreneurship, which intends to bring the undivided attention of the students towards both industries and academia to redress the academic research challenges, concerns of the entire student community and upcoming entrepreneurs around the globe. | ||
Research Conclave has gone from strength to strength since its inception and now boasts of being one of the largest of its kind in India with the 2019 edition witnessing participants from over 30 states and union territories of India. It has been attended by [[H. C. Verma]], Dr. Raksh Vir Jasra, [[M. S. Ananth]], Padma Shri Awardee [[A. S. Kiran Kumar]] and others.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} | Research Conclave has gone from strength to strength since its inception and now boasts of being one of the largest of its kind in India with the 2019 edition witnessing participants from over 30 states and union territories of India. It has been attended by [[H. C. Verma]], Dr. Raksh Vir Jasra, [[M. S. Ananth]], Padma Shri Awardee [[A. S. Kiran Kumar]] and others.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} | ||
= Collaborations = | |||
IIT Guwahati has partnered with [[NTPC Limited|National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)]] to design and develop a highly energy-efficient plant for capturing CO2 from power plants. This plant was developed by a research team led by Prof. Bishnupada Mandal, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati. This project is stands to benefit the petroleum industry, as well as strengthen the [[United Nations|United Nations']] [[Sustainable Development Goals|Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Bikash |date=April 13, 2022 |title=IIT Guwahati partners with NTPC for development of plant to capture CO2 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/iit-guwahati-partners-with-ntpc-for-development-of-plant-to-capture-co2/articleshow/90812872.cms}}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:IIT Guwahati|Guwahati]] | ||
[[Category:Engineering colleges in Assam]] | [[Category:Engineering colleges in Assam]] | ||
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1994]] | [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1994]] | ||
[[Category:1994 establishments in Assam]] | [[Category:1994 establishments in Assam]] | ||