Founder Of IIT Roorkee

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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, formerly University of Roorkee and Thomason College of Civil Engineering, is a public engineering university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India.

Foundation of the IIT Roorkee

The institution has its origins in a class started in 1845 to train local youth in engineering to assist in public works then beginning. In 1847 it was officially established.

It was renamed as the Thomason College of Civil Engineering in 1854 in honour of its founder, Sir James Thomason, lieutenant governor 1843 53.

On 21 September 2001, an ordinance issued by the Government of India declared it as the nation's seventh Indian Institute of Technology, renaming it to the current name, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.

The ordinance was converted into an act by the Parliament to make IIT Roorkee an Institution of National Importance


Board of Directors

Prof. Ajit K. Chaturvedi
Director
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee- 247 667

Additional Chief Secretary/
Principal Secretary to Govt. of Haryana
Technical Education Department
Chandigarh

Additional Secretary/ Joint Secretary (TE)
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Department of Higher Education
Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi- 110 115


Prof. Rentala Madhubala
Professor, School of Life Science
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi - 110 067

Dr. Jaya Sivaswami Tyagi
Professor, Biotechnology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
New Delhi-110 029

Mrs. J. Manjula
Director General
(Electronics & Communication Systesm)
O/o DG (ECS), DARE Campus
CV Raman Nagar PO
Bangaluru-560 093

Shri Sameer Dhingra
15-A, New Road,
Dehradun-248 Prof. S.K. Nath
Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee 247 667

Prof. (Mrs.) Pushplata
Departemnt of Architecture & Planning
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee 247 667

For more Information you may Contact to the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee the contact details are given below

Contact Detials :
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Address: Roorkee - Haridwar Highway, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667
Phone: 01332 285 311