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13 Facts About IIT Bombay

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Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is an internationally acclaimed autonomous public research university and technical institute in Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

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IIT Bombay is considered as one of the foremost engineering universities in Asia, and as the most reputed and the most competitive institute in India to get into and has been the first-preferred destination of top rank holders in the science and engineering disciplines.

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IIT Bombay was the second Indian Institute of Technology to be established in 1958 with assistance from UNESCO and with funds contributed by the Soviet Union.

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IIT Bombay campus, having an area of about 545 acres, is located at Powai, in East Mumbai, between the Vihar and Powai lakes.

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At the institutional level, IIT Bombay is governed by a Board of Governors with its Chairman nominated by the Visitor guided by the IIT Council; the Director as a member; the Registrar as secretary.

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6.

IIT Bombay has 15 departments, 36 multi-disciplinary centres, 3 school of excellence and 4 interdisciplinary programs.

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IIT Bombay offers a wide range of educational programmes include Physical sciences, Engineering, Designs, Humanities and Social sciences such as Economics, English, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology and Management studies with a primary focus on engineering.

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The undergraduate students at IIT Bombay are selected through the Joint Entrance Examination of the IITs.

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From July 2016, IIT Bombay is planning to offer a four-year undergraduate programme in economics.

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IIT Bombay has been consistently ranked as the number 1 University in India by the Quacquarelli Symonds world university ranking.

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Faculty members from IIT Bombay undertake industry-sponsored research and consultancy projects that are made available through the institute.

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12.

The director of IIT Bombay thanked the alumni members for their constant support towards their college.

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13.

Entrepreneurship Cell of IIT Bombay, started in 1998, organizes several activities throughout the year in order to promote entrepreneurship.

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