Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur was established in 2008. The Institute has established basic academic and infrastructure facilities needed for the Bachelor of Technology degree programs. Since August 2017, IIT Jodhpur has been fully operational from its Permanent Campus, from where both academic and residential activities are organized. IIT Jodhpur residential permanent campus on 852 acres of land is located about 20 km N-NE from the centre of the city of Jodhpur, on National Highway 62 towards Nagaur Town. This Permanent Campus of the Institute is the first fully-planned campus amongst the technical institutes in India.
The Institute is engaged in creating a vibrant technology institute that incubates and promotes learning, research, invention and eventually innovation; and preparing each primary stakeholder towards their dharma, while continuing to adhere to its core values; Prepare competent Technology Graduates ready to meet Grand Challenges of India; Train active functionaries of a process driven professional institute; Facilitate builders of an internationally competitive academic institute; and Provide technology innovation as a force to as many industries as possible for economic value creation.
IIT Jodhpur offers plenty of opportunities for the holistic development of Students. Apart from the usual academics with regular classes, assignments and quizzes, the students are encouraged to pursue co-curricular and extra-curricular activities of their choice throughout the year. Students also have plenty of chances to represent the Institute at various national and international level events. Thus, students can nurture their talents and prove their mettle. In addition, everyday life at the Institute has plenty of scope for learning and joy.
The Students Councils at IIT Jodhpur are student bodies to foster and develop all student activities in the Institute. Student Activity Council (SAC) and Academic and Co-curricular Activity Council (ACAC) aim at promoting and developing organizational abilities in students and cultivate qualities of leadership amongst students to foster a corporate life. It has been successful over the years in evolving a well-informed, articulate and participatory student community life. It has been instrumental in identifying student issues and promoting discussion on them.
Co-Curricular and Extra Curricular activities pertaining to Art and Cultural, Literary, Innovation and Entrepreneur, Science and Technology, Sports and Games are the major activities that students are having on campus. IIT Jodhpur organizes a number of distinct Inter and Intra-Institute level events, workshops and conferences throughout the year. The subdivisions include the following: IGNUS – Cultural-Social festival of IIT Jodhpur, Prometeo -Technical festival of IIT Jodhpur, Aaftaab-Literary festival of IIT Jodhpur, VARCHAS-Sports festival of IIT Jodhpur, VIRASAT- a SPIC MACAY festival is a cultural extravaganza to celebrate the variety and richness of Indian Cultural Heritage, NIMBLE-Nimble, the intra-college technical fest provides a platform to the techno buds of the Institute to show their hidden talent. Institute also organises the following Inter-Institute level events: SPANDAN-Spandan is the intra-institute cultural fest of IIT Jodhpur, Framed-Annual Art Exhibition of IIT Jodhpur.
Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB): is a pioneering initiative launched by the Government of India to enhance unity in diversity of our nation India.
Students are encouraged to participate in co-curricular activities (like the Student Chapter of IEEE on campus) to further their all-round personality development. Also, students engage in extracurricular activities at the Institute through the Students Council.
The IIT Jodhpur campus has a student accommodation capacity of 3040 spanning over 14 different hostels (11 boys and 3 girls). The Institute has planned to expand student accommodation capacity by another 1000 in the coming years. The hostels have air-conditioned rooms (80 sq. ft. each) for students and have basic furniture (table, chair, bed and almirah) provided by the Institute. Every hostel is fully connected via LAN and WIFI coverage. To know more details, click official Website:www.iitj.ac.in
