Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee is one of the leading Institutes of National Importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. Since its establishment, the Institute has played a vital role in providing technical manpower and know-how to the country. It’s contributions in cutting edge research in Science, Technology, Architecture, Management and Humanities & Social Sciences are globally revered. The Institute ranks amongst the best technological institutions in the world and has influenced all sectors of technological development. It has also been considered a trend-setter in the area of education and research in the fields mentioned above. The Institute has completed 175 years of glorious existence. The Government of India declared it as the seventh Indian Institute of Technology of the country on September 21, 2001.
The Institute offers Bachelor’s Degree courses in twelve disciplines of Engineering and Architecture, two Integrated Masters (IMT) programmes in Technology and four BS-MS 5-year (4+1) dual degree programmes in Sciences and Economics apart from 59 Postgraduate courses in various disciplines of Engineering, Applied Science, Architecture and Planning, Design, Management and Humanities & Social Sciences. The Institute offers doctoral degree in all Departments, Centres and School. The Institute also offers under graduate courses in Artificial Intelligence and Data Sciences under the Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.
The curriculum has been exclusively framed while keeping the NEP 2020 as reference with the purpose to reduce the lag between education and global industrial demands. The institute introduces innovative concepts which make its curriculum nation’s pride such as courses on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Data Science, Indian Knowledge System (IKS), Tinkering and Mentoring, Talent Enhancement Basket (TEB), Entrepreneurship, Environmental Science and Sustainability Course (ESSC), Community Outreach (CORE), Soft Skills, Theme bases Minor Specialization, Design thinking-based project and many more.
IIT Roorkee has 518 faculty members in various disciplines of Science, Technology, Architecture, Management and Humanities & Social Sciences. The basic responsibilities of the faculty are teaching, research, technology development, dissemination and outreach, and industrial interaction. IIT Roorkee faculty also help and mentor other institutes and engineering colleges in developing undergraduate and post graduate course curriculum. A large number of faculty members from engineering colleges across the country are trained every year under Quality Improvement Programme, an initiative of AICTE and other similar programmes of the Government of India. A large number of short-term training programmes for in-service engineers and engineering college teachers are also organized for upgradation and improvement of knowledge and skills.
IIT Roorkee has several multi-disciplinary Departments/Centres/School, some of which are unique in the country. These departments/centres/school provide opportunity for research collaboration between pure and applied sciences and different disciplines of engineering. IIT Roorkee faculty have been actively interacting with the industry through sponsored research and consultancy projects and have played an important role in several large projects of national importance.
IIT Roorkee is the only Institute in India which has seen the test of time before independence, after independence and during the global economic liberation. Spanning over an alumni history of more than 160 years, it has its presence in every aspect of life of global significance. The strength of our alumni is the pride of IIT Roorkee and together we shall endeavour at all times to serve the cause of humanity.To know more details, click official Website:www.iitr.ac.in
