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19th March 2016, 10:16 AM
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IIT Mumbai History
Hello sir, here I came to get admission in IIT Mumbai. For admission I want to know about the IIT Bombay? Can any one show me history detail of IIT Bombay?
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19th March 2016, 10:17 AM
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Re: IIT Mumbai History
IIT Bombay was headed by Sir Nalini Ranjan Sarkar. He is a businessman, educationist, industrialist and public figure, recommended in 1946. IIT Bombay was the second IIT to be established in 1958 with assistance from UNESCO and with funds contributed by the Soviet Union. IIT Bombay was established in 1958, followed by those at Madras (1959), Kanpur (1959) and Delhi (1961). IIT has equipments that are provided by UNESCO. And also has technical experts mainly from the Soviet Union, while the Government of India accepted the responsibility for all other expenses including the cost of the building project and recurring expenses. The site chosen for the institute was Powai, eighteen miles (29 km) from the city of Mumbai (then Bombay), with an area of 550 acres (2.2 km2) which was given by the then Bombay State Government. Vision: To be the fountainhead of new ideas and of innovators in technology and science Mission: To create an ambience in which new ideas, research and scholarship flourish and from which the leaders and innovators of tomorrow emerge IIT Bombay has four campuses: The IIT Bombay campus is located at Powai, a suburb in north eastern Mumbai, between the Vihar and Powai lakes. While the Institute was functioning provisionally at Worli, an effort was made to expedite the progress of the building project at its permanent location and Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of the Institute at Powai on 10 March 1959. Course offered by IIT Bombay: Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Dual Degree (BTech, MTech) Master of Technology (MTech) Master of Science (MSc) Master of Design (M Des) Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Master of Management (M Mgmt.) PhD Address: IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, Maharashtra, India Phone: +91 (22) 2572 2545 Fax: +91 (22) 2572 3480 |