The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar started functioning from the academic year 2008-09 from the campus of IIT Delhi, the mentor institute. The foundation stone laying ceremony was held on 24 February 2009. The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar was initially registered under the Societies’ Registration Act 1860 on 29 July 2009. Subsequently, the Institute has been established by Act of Parliament namely, the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act 2012 (No. 34 of 2012). The Institute has shifted to its permanent campus in 2018 and currently operates from its permanent campus. The permanent campus of IIT Ropar is spread across 501 acres of land located in Rupnagar in the lap of nature at the banks of river Sutlej. The Institute has been awarded the 5 Star GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) rating, one of the highest national ratings for Green Buildings.
While the master plan is supposed to accommodate 10,000 students, the academic block is already set up for 2,500 students in the first phase. A total of 2,15,739 square meters of area is dedicated for academic and administration blocks along with accommodation for staff and faculty along with sports and hostel facilities. All hostels are well furnished along with common rooms for recreational activities for each hostel. The campus also has an expansive and airy common dining area. Naturally, there is no compromise with facilities regarding academics and laboratories for undertaking practical or doing some research. New state-of-the-art equipment’s are available for the students to use in labs. Apart from these academic facilities, other perks of being at IIT ROPAR include excellent sports facilities (different play fields for each sport such as cricket, football, tennis, badminton, basketball, volleyball, etc. ), utility block, student activity center (equipment and rooms for the various club activities and other student interest group activities), gymkhana, air-conditioned libraries with plethora of books, cafeterias, gymnasium, medical center with top notch 24×7 medical facilities.
The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar is ranked 22nd in the engineering category in NIRF 2023 (National Institutional Ranking Framework) and overall ranked 33rd. IIT Ropar is committed to provide state-of-the-art technical education in a variety of fields. The Institute is facilitating transmission of knowledge in keeping with the latest developments in pedagogy. The Institute has held 11 convocations so far. The 2019 entry batch of UG students is about to receive their degrees in the 12th convocation. IIT Ropar has also awarded several PhD degrees. Presently the Institute has 1430 UG students, 422 PG students, 11 Dual Degree students and 779 PhD students.
The overall academic system of IIT Ropar is designed to provide science-based engineering education that will produce quality engineers and scientists. IIT Ropar has implemented a new curriculum from 2017. The curriculum provides broad based knowledge and simultaneously builds a temper for lifelong learning and exploration. A set of science and general engineering courses forms part of the syllabus of the first-year undergraduate students. These courses provide a foundation for further discipline specific topics. In addition to overhauling its UG programs, IIT Ropar has introduced new PG streams.
Career Development and Placement Cell, is actively involved in organizing practical training for the undergraduate students and has been playing a catalytic role in finding placements for its final year students. IIT Ropar has undertaken the task of redefining its vision and mission and of putting a strategic plan to achieve them into action.
IIT Ropar aims to promote research in interdisciplinary areas. The Institute also undertakes a number of research and consultancy projects that are sponsored by various funding agencies, including the Government and Industry. The Institute has taken major research activities in the fields of national importance such as nonconventional energy, sensors, drug delivery, materials synthesis and their modification, image processing, cloud networks, robotics, pattern recognition, renewable energy systems, microelectronics and nanodevices, mathematical biology, fluid dynamics, Pure Mathematics, quantum optics and quantum matter physics, ion beam physics, renewable energy, nano-photonics and metamaterials, surface patterning, sustainable energy, biomechanics, nano fluids, complex fluids, nano composites, Neurocognition, financial mathematics and markets, phonetics, etc. The Institute provides ample funds to the departments and faculty members for the upgradation of laboratories and creation of research facilities. This has enabled our faculty members to take up research projects in frontier and emerging areas of science and technology.
Institute has a counseling cell to monitor the mental well-being of the students. Its mission is to promote well-being, aiding to develop better understanding of the self, to grow both intellectually and emotionally, to be more satisfied and productive and improve the depth and quality of your life. To hike sound mental health, we provide help in dealing with emotional and behavioral problems such as guilt, anxiety, stress, lack of confidence, low self-esteem, depression and internet addiction of any sort, dependency, personal problems in relationships such as codependency, rejection, separation homesickness etc. Counseling Cell fosters and inculcates life skills in students to make better adjustments and enrich healthy relationships.
The campuses of IIT Ropar are well equipped with all required facilities. Classrooms fitted with multimedia, faculty offices and administrative wings are all in place. There are separate hostels for boys and girls. These hostels are equipped with modern mess units. Faculty recruitment, setting up of laboratories and other support facilities are done on a continuous basis to keep up with the progress.
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