Kharagpur IIT Area

Hi I want to know that what is the campus area of the Indian Institute of Technology IIT Kharagpur and also tell me some details about the campus so I can have an idea???

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

Well the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is a public engineering institution established by the government of India in 1951.

Among all IITs, IIT Kharagpur has the largest campus

The Campus area is about 2,100 acres (8.5 km2)

IIT Kharagpur is known for its festivals: Spring Fest (Social and Cultural Festival) and Kshitij (Asia's largest Techno-Management Festival).

he campus is located five kilometres away from Kharagpur's railway station.

The layout of the present campus and the design of the buildings were carried out by a group of engineers and architects under the guidance of Werner M. Moser, a Swiss architect

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

The campus has a total of 55 kilometres (34 miles) of roadways. The Institute plans to go Green by 2020

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