Friday, June 6, 2008

IIT Kharagpur

IIT Kharagpuris the 4th highest RANKING ENGINEERING INSTITUTE IN INDIA
After the country gained independence, the need for a technological institution of excellence was felt. It is in this regard that the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur was set up. The IIT Kharagpur is an autonomous institution of technological education excellence set up by the Government of India in 1951. IIT KGP, as it is popularly known, is the oldest IIT in the country. The Government of India has officially recognized it as an Institute of National Importance. In fact, IIT KGP has come to be known as one of the best engineering institutions in India. IIT KGP prides itself in the fact that it has highest number of departments, highest student enrollment, and the largest campus. The present name ‘Indian Institute of Technology’ was adopted before Maulana Abul Kalam Azad formally inaugurated the Institute in 1951. The IIT KGP’s organizational structure is somewhat different from other IITs in the country except for a common Visitor and the IIT Council. The Board of Governors of IIT KGP is under the IIT Council. IIT KGP has 19 academic departments, 8 multi-disciplinary centers and 13 schools that have been declared as centers of excellence. At present, IIT Kharagpur has nearly 470 faculty members, 1933 employees, and approximately 5500 students. In addition to its center at Kharagpur, the institute has extension centers at Bhubaneswar and Kolkata.
IIT Kharagpur offers programs and courses in the following fields:
• Aerospace Engineering
• Agricultural & Food Engineering
• Architecture & Regional Planning
• Biotechnology
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science & Engineering
• Cryogenic Engineering
• Center for Educational Technology
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering
• G S Sanyal School of Telecommunications
• Geology & Geophysics
• Humanities & Social Sciences
• Industrial Engineering & Management
• Information Technology
• Materials Science
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Medical Science & Technology
• Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture
• Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences
• Physics & Meteorology
• Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law
• Reliability Engineering Centre
• Rubber Technology Centre
• Rural Development Centre
• Vinod Gupta School of Management
IIT Kharagpur Admissions:
Admission to different programmes of the institute is through the entrance exams. Admission to M.S. and PhD courses is primarily through interview. The students are, however, also required to take written tests. The undergraduate programmes of the institute require applicants to sit for the Joint Entrance Examinations. Candidates qualifying through IIT-JEE can pursue B.Tech, Dual Degree programme, and Integrated M.Sc. course at the institute. 15 percent of the seats are reserved for scheduled caste students and another 7.5 percent for those belonging to scheduled tribes. The admission to post graduate programmes of the institute is through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. Other exams for admission to the postgraduate courses are JAM for M.Sc. and JMET for management studies. For results that are declared from time to time, students can visit the under mentioned link.

How to Contact IIT Kharagpur:
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur - 721302, INDIA
Telephone Number +91-3222-255221

IIT MADRAS

IIT Madras is the 3rd highest RANKING ENGINEERING INSTITUTE IN INDIA

Indian Institute of Technology Madras, is one among the foremost institutes of national importance in higher technological education, basic and applied research. In 1956, the German Government offered technical assistance for establishing an institute of higher education in engineering in India. The first Indo-German agreement in Bonn, West Germany for the establishment of the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras was signed in 1959.
The Institute was formally inaugurated in 1959 by Prof. Humayun Kabir, Union Minister for Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs. The IIT system has seven Institutes of Technology located at Kharagpur (estb. 1951), Mumbai (estb. 1958), Chennai (estb. 1959), Kanpur (estb. 1959), Delhi (estb. 1961), Guwahati (estb. 1994) and Roorkee (estb. 1847, joined IITs in 2001).
IIT Madras is a residential institute with nearly 460 faculty, 4500 students and 1250 administrative & supporting staff and is a self-contained campus located in a beautiful wooded land of about 250 hectares. It has established itself as a premier centre for teaching, research and industrial consultancy in the country.
The Institute has fifteen academic departments and a few advanced research centres in various disciplines of engineering and pure sciences, with nearly 100 laboratories organised in a unique pattern of functioning. A faculty of international repute, a brilliant student community, excellent technical & supporting staff and an effective administration have all contributed to the pre-eminent status of IIT Madras. The campus is located in the city of Chennai, previously known as Madras. Chennai is the state capital of Tamilnadu, a southern state in India.


IIT Chennai Admissions

Students who wish to apply for the B.Tech courses offered by the institute have to sit for the Joint Entrance Examination which is the common admission test for all IITs in the country. The joint entrance test is conducted in the month of April every year.
Those who wish to seek admission for the postgraduate programs in engineering, technology, architecture and pharmacy have to sit for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). GATE is an all India level test.
Students who wish to apply for the management programs in IIT Chennai have to sit for the Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET). JMET is the common exam that is conducted for admission to the management courses of all IIT's and IISc.
But students also have to apply separately to each institute for admission. For admission to various MSC postgraduate programs and and 3-year post B.Sc programs, prospective students need to sit for the Joint Admission Test (JAM).

IIT Chennai Programs and Courses
IIT Chennai offers a number of programs and courses in the field of engineering and pure science. To support its intense study schedule and research based teachings, IIT Chennai offers its students around a 100 hundred laboratories and many state of the art research centers. The teaching faculty of IIT Chennai includes the names of internationally reputed faculty as well as trained technical and support staff members. Top it with an extremely effective administration staff and you have one of the most smoothly and professionally run institutes in the country.
IIT Chennai offers various types of courses and programs such as B. Tech, engineering postgraduate programs, 3 year post B.Sc programs as well as M.Sc programs in physics, chemistry and mathematics and also MBA programs.
IIT Chennai offers programs and courses in the following fields:

Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Ocean Engineering
Physics
Biotechnology
Management Studies
Aerospace Engineering
Applied Mechanics
Civil Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Chemistry
Electrical Engineering
Humanities and Social Sciences

How to Contact IIT Chennai
Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
I.I.T Post Office
Chennai-600 036
India.

Email id: dracad@iitm.ac.in





Thursday, June 5, 2008

IIT BOMBAY

IIT BOMBAY IS the 2nd RANKING ENGINEERING INSTITUTE IN INDIA
IIT Bombay began in 1957 and the first batch of 100 students was admitted in 1958.IIT Bombay was established in the year 1958 by an Act of Parliament at Powai in Mumbai. The foundation ideas and ideals of the institute evolve and change with national perspectives, national aspirations, and worldwide trends. Over the last few decades, the institute has undergone dynamic progress in academic as well as research activities, along with improvement in infrastructure and facilities, in order to compete with the world’s best institutions. This institute has available facilities for research, higher education and training in different fields of Science and Technology.
IIT Bombay Infrastructure:
The institute has various engineering departments including Chemical, Aerospace, Civil, Earth Sciences, Chemical, Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical, Energy Science, and many more. Centre for Research in Nanotechnology and Science, Computer Science, Computer Aided Design Center, Centre for Formal Design & Verification of Software, and Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering are some of the learning centers in IITB. The institute also has schools for special studies, which are: Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, School of Biosciences & Bioengineering, and Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology.
Courses Offered at IIT Bombay : Undergraduate (UG) Courses Departments offering Bachelor of Technology (for 4 yrs) are:
1.Aerospace Engineering
2.Civil Engineering
3.Chemical Engineering
4.Mechanical Engineering
5.Electrical Engineering
6.Metallurgical Engineering & materials Science
7.Computer Science & Engineering Department
Dual Degree (B. Tech & M. Tech; for 5 years) Postgraduate (PG) CoursesDepartments offering M. Tech. (for 2 yrs) are:
1.Computer Science & Engineering Department
2.Aerospace Engineering
3.Chemical Engineering
4.Civil Engineering
5.Mechanical Engineering
6.Metallurgical Engineering & materials Science
7.Center of Studies in Resources Engineering
8.Electrical Engineering
Ph. D. Programmes (some programmes are as follows):
1.Systems & Control Engineering
2.Aerospace Engineering
3.Chemical Engineering
4.Mechanical Engineering
5.Mathematics
6.Physics
7.Management from SOM
8.Metallurgical Engineering & materials Science
9.Civil Engineering
10.Chemistry
How to Contact IIT Bombay
· Postal Address: Indian Institute of Technology BombayPowai, Mumbai – 400076,Maharashtra, India
· Telephone No.: +91-22-25722545
· Email id:mailto:webmaster@iitb.ac.in

IIT KANPUR


IIT KANPUR TODAY IS the 1st RANKING ENGINEERING INSTITUTE IN INDIA
The registration for IIT Kanpur was done in the year 1959 by Dr. P. K. Kelkar. To keep itself abreast with the fast and ever changing technological development throughout the world, IIT Kanpur got into the Kanpur Indo-American Program for the time period from 1962 to 1972. This agreement was a milestone in the history of IIT Kanpur as the institute was able to receive technical assistance from nine leading institutions of U.S.A. This assistance was vital for IIT Kanpur as it helped the university set up its first academic programs as well as laboratories for instruction and research.
Today, IIT Kanpur has almost achieved a legendary reputation and is also known world wide for its awe inspiring curriculum and research. Since the time it was set up, IIT Kanpur has been working relentlessly towards becoming a premier institute that would attract scholars and brilliant students from all corners of the country.
IIT Kanpur Courses and Programs
IIT Kanpur offers programs and course on 5 main fields that are:
1.Engineering
2.Humanities
3.Management
4.Sciences
5.Inter DisciplinaryHumanities and Management: If you wish to enter the humanities field then you can opt to take admission in the Humanities & Social Sciences program offered under the humanities department. IIT Kanpur also offers Industrial and Management engineering programs under its management department.