Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

History

The institute was established as College of Engineering & Technology, Delhi on August 21, 1961. Its foundation stone was laid by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and was inaugurated by Prof. Humayun Kabir, then Union Minister for Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs.

After less than two years of existence, Parliament of India amended Institutes of Technology Act, and upgraded the institute as Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. The IIT Delhi main building was formally opened by Dr. Zakir Hussain, the then President of India, on March 2, 1968.

Campus

IIT Delhi is located in Hauz Khas South Delhi. The longitudinal campus of 320 acres is surrounded by the beautiful Hauz Khas area and monuments such as the Qutub Minar. The campus is also close to other educational institutions such as the Jawaharlal Nehru University. The inside of the campus resembles a well planned city with gardens, lawns, residential complexes and wide clean roads. The campus has its own water supply and backup electricity supply along with shopping complexes to cater to the daily needs of residents.

The overall IIT-D campus is divided into four main zones:

Student Residential Zone
Faculty and Staff Residential Zone
Student Recreational Area, that includes the Student Activity Center (SAC), football stadium, cricket ground, basketball courts, hockey field, lawn tennis courts.
Academic Zone that includes department offices, lecture theaters, libraries and workshops.

Academic Programmes

IIT Delhi, like all other IIT, is best known for its undergraduate program that include the Bachelor of Technology program , the Dual Degree Bachelor-cum-Master of Technology program and an Integrated Master of Technology Program. It also offers postgraduate level programs like Master of Technology, Master of Science, Master of Science (Research), Master of Business Administration, Master of Design (Industrial Design). Finally it also offers a Ph.D. program. The admission criteria for all these programs is different at the entry level. Throughout its history IIT Delhi has produced outstanding engineers and scientists through these programs.

Undergraduate Programs

IIT Delhi offers a Bachelor of Technology in 9 different major areas that include Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering (Power), Engineering Physics, Industrial and Production Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Textile Technology. The dual degree B.Tech-cum-M.Tech program is offered in Biochemical and Bio-Technology, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering. The integrated M.Tech program is only offered in Mathematics and Computing. The admission to these programs is done through Join Entrance Examination (JEE) which is organized by all the seven Indian Institutes of Technology jointly.ddd

Post-Graduate Programs

The institute offers post graduate level programs in every department of Engineering that exists in the institute with varied areas of specialization. There are a number of inter-disciplinary programs also available. The list grows so huge that it would be unwise to enumerate it here. The admission criteria for the post graduation programs vary from one program to other and are the subject matter of the concerned department(s).

Inter-disciplinary centers

An inter-disciplinary center defers from a department in the fact that it deals with an overlap of two or more disciplines of engineering or science. Similar to the departments the centers also offer programs though they offer these courses only at the post-graduation level. The following multi-disciplinary centers are located in IIT Delhi: