35 Facts About IIT Kharagpur

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is a public research university established by the Government of India in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.

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On 18 May 1956 a Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha to declare the institution known as the Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Kharagpur to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its incorporation and matters connected therewith.

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In 2015, IIT Kharagpur had about 605 faculty members, 1,933 employees and approximately 10,010 students living on the campus.

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IIT Kharagpur is located just outside the town of Kharagpur, in the Hijli village.

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The civic amenities provided to the campus of IIT Kharagpur make it nearly self-sufficient with regards to the basic needs of the residents.

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IIT Kharagpur provides much of its benefits to the local community through the Rural Development Centre located in the campus.

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In 2005, IIT Kharagpur started construction of a boundary wall for the security of the campus, which is complete.

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IIT Kharagpur provides on-campus residential facilities to its students, research scholars, faculty members and many of its staff.

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IIT Kharagpur has common sports grounds for cricket, football, hockey, one court for volleyball, two for lawn tennis, four indoor badminton court, tracks for athletics; and swimming pools for aquatic events.

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The Board of Governors of IIT Kharagpur is under the IIT Council, and has 13 members that include representatives of the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha, in addition to other members appointed by the IIT Council and the institute's senate.

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IIT Kharagpur is the custodian of records, funds, and other properties of the institute.

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12.

IIT Kharagpur receives comparatively more funding than other engineering colleges in India.

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IIT Kharagpur provide scholarships to all MTech students and research scholars to encourage them to pursue higher studies.

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The Director of IIT Kharagpur is the ex officio chairman of the Institute Senate.

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IIT Kharagpur is a member of LAOTSE, a network of universities in Europe and Asia exchanging students and senior scholars.

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IIT Kharagpur offers degrees as part of its undergraduate programmes.

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IIT Kharagpur offers postgraduate programmes including Master of Technology, Master of Business Administration, and Master of Sciences.

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Some specialised post graduate programmes offered by IIT Kharagpur include Master of Human Resource Management, Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology, Master in Medical Science and Technology, Master of City Planning, LL.

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IIT Kharagpur offers Dual Degree programs that integrate undergraduate and postgraduate studies in selected pairs of branches and specialisations.

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IIT Kharagpur has a management school, an entrepreneurship school and a law school on its premises.

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IIT Kharagpur offers a unique, tri-institute programme, Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics, in association with IIM Calcutta and ISI Kolkata, which is ranked 14th globally as per QS World University Ranking 2019.

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Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research has entered into a collaboration with IIT Kharagpur to carry out research for the design and development of Fast Breeder Reactors.

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IIT Kharagpur follows the credit-based system of performance evaluation, with proportional weighting of courses based on their importance.

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Internationally, IIT Kharagpur was ranked 281 in the QS World University Rankings of 2020,56 in Asia in 2020 and 23 among BRICS nations in 2019.

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In India, IIT Kharagpur ranked 3rd among government engineering colleges by India Today in 2020,4th among engineering colleges by Outlook India in 2019 and fifth among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2020, which ranked it fifth overall.

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Students of IIT Kharagpur compete among themselves in various events held under the purview of open-IIT and inter-hall events, and the results of the latter contribute to the points that determine the winner of General Championship.

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IIT Kharagpur participates in the Inter IIT Sports Meet, held annually in one of the IITs by policy of rotation.

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IIT Kharagpur has strict provisions dealing with physical and mental harassment of junior students.

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Spring Fest, the annual socio-cultural fest of IIT Kharagpur is the largest student managed socio-cultural fest of Asia.

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IIT Kharagpur Automobile Racing Team, better known as "Team KART" is a group of students who like to explore the practical side of automotive engineering.

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Technology Filmmaking and Photography Society is the students' interest club of IIT Kharagpur which aims to provide a platform to students interested in filmmaking and photography to work together and pursue their interests.

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The IIT Kharagpur Foundation, started by Vinod Gupta in 1992, is the alumni association of the institute with chapters in cities in India and abroad.

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IIT Kharagpur has a dean for alumni affairs to manage liaisons with alumni.

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The US-based alumni of IIT Kharagpur have started the Vision 2020 fundraiser, to provide infrastructure and attract and retain faculty and students.

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On 20 April 2013 ex-graduates from IIT Kharagpur formed a group Kharagpur-in-Mumbai group and held a meeting in Bandra, Mumbai to chalk out "the easiest and pragmatic ways" on how they can given back to society.

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