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Thursday, February 5, 2009

IIT-Bhubaneswar,Odisha

IIT-Bhubaneswar : Empowering High-tech Education in Odisha
An historical event took place in 2008 in the country. Six new IITs started functioning from the academic year 2008-09. IIT Bhubaneswar admitted 120 students through IIT JEE, distributed over three disciplines: Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

The history is in the making as IIT Bhubaneswar a brilliant and flashing Star in the sky of education in Odisha and India also , is being mentored by IIT Kharagpur, the best engineering institute of the country. In their first year, the first batch of students is taking their education along with students of IIT Kharagpur. Their over all development is at par with that of Kharagur students. They share common hostels, library, all classes, gymkhana and a mature academic ambiance.

Bhubaneswar has air and rail linkages with most major cities in India. Bhubaneswar is connected to New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore by daily flights. In addition to air transport, Bhubaneswar is well-connected to other major Indian cities by a good networks of highways. Thereby it deserves as a right place to home this historical milestone. Along with Institute of Physics, Utkal University, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology as well as some private universities geared towards engineering, biotechnology and management, Iinstitute XIMB etc.

Know More about IIT –Bhubaneswar at it’s own website:
www.iitbbs.ac.in

The classes of IIT Bhubaneswar, which are now being held at IIT Kharagpur, will be conducted at the latter's extension centre here from July 2009.

IIT Kharagpur is facilitating establishment of IIT Bhubaneswar as the mentor IIT appointed by the Central government.

The process of appointment of teachers and other staff for IIT Bhubaneswar has also started. The process of selecting 30 faculty members was nearing completion.
On the other hand, efforts were on to start construction of IIT Bhubaneswar's own campus in 2009. A total of Rs 1,000 crore will be utilised for the establishment of the IIT.

Odisha government has already offered land at several locations around the city for the proposed campus for IIT Bhubaneswar.

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has finally approved Jatni an ideal location to establish the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar.

An area of 935 acres near Jatni in Khurda district of Odisha has been approved by the MHRD to establish the IIT.
The IIT-Bhubaneswar has already started functioning at IIT-Kharagpur. The first batch of students has taken admission and their classes are held at IIT- Kharagpur. After the new infrastructure is created at the newly selected site, the institute will start functioning from its own campus. The State Government has been asked to transfer the land to the IIT Society of IIT Bhubaneswar immediately so that the construction of the building and other facilities can be started.

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