IIT Roorkee Size

Can you tell me about the size of the Campus of IIT or Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee? Also tell me about the facilities offered by IIT or Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee?

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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee or IITR) is a public university which was established in 1847 in British India by the then lieutenant governor, Sir James Thomason.

It was given university status in 1949 and was converted into an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in 2001, thus becoming the seventh IIT to be declared.

Campus
The main campus in Roorkee has an area of 365 acres (1,480,000 m2).

It has a campus of 25 acres (100,000 m2) in Saharanpur which offers courses in Polymer Science, Process Engineering, Paper Technology & Packaging Technology.

In addition to this, a new ten-acre campus has been established in Greater Noida, Knowledge Park II, which was inaugurated on 4 April 2011. The Noida extension centre has 16 lecture rooms, software laboratories, faculty offices, a library and a computer centre.

Facilities

These places form a very essential part of IIT Roorkee.
 Hangout Places
 Banks
 Post Office
 Institute Child care Centre
 Railway Reservation Counter
 Institute Hospital
 Places of Worship
 Hindi Kaksh
 Security
 Institute Dairy

 Hostels
Boys' Hostels,
Azad Bhawan
Cautley Bhawan
Ganga Bhawan
Govind Bhawan
Jawahar Bhawan
Radhakrishnan Bhawan
Rajendra Bhawan
Rajiv Bhawan
Ravindra Bhawan
Malviya Bhawan

Girls' Hostels
Sarojini Bhawan
Kasturba Bhawan
Indira Bhawan

Married Hostels
G.P.Hostel
M.R.Chopra
Azad Wingh
D.S.Barrack
A.N.Khosla House
K.I.H.

 Clubs
Hobbies Club
Photography
Electronics
Fine Arts
Gardening
Model Section
Philately
Star Gazing
Software Development Section

U.G. Club
PG Club
Alaknanda Club

 Sports
Badminton
Athletics
Rowing
Tennis
Swimming
Hockey
Cricket
Squash
Gymnastic
Football
Basketball
Yogic Exercise
Volleyball
Kho Kho
Table Tennis
Weight Lifting

 Guest Houses
Khosla International House (KIH)
N.C. Nigam Visitors' Hostel
Faculty Home
Jai Krishna House

• Groups And Societies
NCC
NSS
HEC
IMG
Geek Gazette
SAC
ShARE
Sanskrit Club

Cultural Council
Dramatics Section
Choreography Section
Programme Management Section
Audio Section
Light Section
Music Section
Literary Section
Watch Out
Kshitij
Cinematic Section

Spic Macay

Technical Societies
ChESS
CEC
EDC
IEEE
EESS
MIESS
SAE
ASME
ACM