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IIT, KHAAGPUR
- a.k.a. IIT(KGP) |
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Date-wise Events |
- August 18, 1951 - Name of Indian
Institute of Technology adopted on this day.
- September 15, 1951 - the Parliament of
India passed the IIT (Kharagpur) Act, 1951, to establish an
autonomous engineering, technology and management oriented
institute of higher education.
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Description |
- The first of the IITs to be established, it is
recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the
government of India.
- The institute was established to train scientists and
engineers after India attained independence in 1947.
- It shares its organisational structure and undergraduate
admission process with sister IITs.
- The students and alumni of IIT Kharagpur are
informally referred to as KGPians.
- Among all IITs, IIT Kharagpur has the largest campus
(2,100 acres), the most departments, and the highest student
enrolment. IIT Kharagpur is known for its festivals: Spring
Fest (Social and Cultural Festival) and Kshitij
(Techno-Management Festival).
- The oldest and biggest of all Indian Institutes of
technology (IIT) was established on this day.
- IIT Kharagpur has been ranked amongst the top
engineering colleges in India by education surveys such as
India Today, Hindustan Times, OutLook and DataQuest.
- It shares its organisational structure and undergraduate
admission process with sister IITs.
- The motto of IIT Kharagpur is "Yoga Karmashu Kaushalam"
(योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् in Sanskrit); it means "Excellence in
action is Yoga", implying that doing your work well is the
true yoga.
- Internationally, IIT Kharagpur is ranked in the 226-250
range and the best in India by the Times Higher Education
World University Rankings of 2012-2013.
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