Top 20 IIT Colleges of India

Topic We Cover: Top 20 IIT Colleges of India

1. IIT Eligibility Criteria
2. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay - IITB
3. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - IITKGP
4. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi IITD
5. Indian Institute of Technology Madras- IITM
6. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur - IITK
7. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee - IITR
8. Indian Institute of Technology Indore - IITI
9. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati - IITG
10. Indian Institute of Technology Ropar - IITRPR
11. Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad IIT (ISM)
12. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad - IITH
13. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi - IITMandi
14. Indian Institute of Technology Varanasi IIT (BHU)
15. Indian Institute of Technology Patna - IITP
16. Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar -IITBBS
17. Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar - IITGN
18. Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur - IITJ
19. Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad IITPKD
20. Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati - IITTP

Pioneered by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Institute of Technology is an autonomous public institution of Higher Education of India. And getting admission in any IIT is a dream come true for any engineering aspirants in India as it is considered as the top-notch technology institutions and has earn pride in creating engineers and scientists. It was declared as the national importance institution in 1961 under the Institutes of Technology Act.

Newly born independent India established its 1st IIT in Kharagpur from the temporary campus at the Hijli Detention Camp in May 1950. All IITs are linked to each other through a common IIT council that administers their operation. And in 2016, about 12.7 lakh candidates registered for the 1st round of test called JEE Main and nearly 2 Lakh were selected to take JEE Advance. And out of which only 36,566 managed to clear the final examination conducted in 132 cities across the country. And according to the report of Times of India, this year (2016) Indian Institute of Technology has a total of 10, 500 seats for candidates.

To get admission in Indian Institute of Technology you need to give Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), an all India Common engineering examination. JEE is conducted for admission in various engineering colleges all over the country and is considered one of the most challenging engineering admission tests internationally. JEE is divided into two section: JEE-Main and JEE-Advanced. Students who have cleared JEE Mains are only eligible for appearing in JEE Advanced.

Most of the IIT Colleges Ranking excel in their management courses in India. And www.reviewadda.com/ has conducted a survey and evaluated IIT Institutes on the basis of parameters like placement, education standard and quality, cut-off list, fees, alumni (passed-out students) and faculty to Prepare a List of the Top IITs Branches all over India as per their ranking:

1. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay - IITB

2. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - IITKGP

IIT Kharagpur (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur) was established by the Government of India in 1951 as a part of Jawaharlal Nehru dream of free self-sufficient India. It possibly one of the few institutions all over the world to start its operations from a prison house The Detention Camp, where some of our great freedom fighters sacrificed their lives for the country. Among all IITs, IIT Kharagpur has the largest campus of 2, 100 acres with highest enrollment and students and alumni of IIT Kharagpur are informally referred to as KGPians. This IIT college branch is known for its festivals Spring Fest and Kshitij

3. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi IITD

Indian Institute of Delhi is one the two Indian educational institutes to be listed in QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) list of 200 universities globally in 2015. The Delhi Technological University is the mother institution of IIT Delhi, as its Chemical Technology and Textile Technology departments were shifted here. It was originally registered as a society under the name of the College of Engineering and Technology on June 14, 1960. IIT Delhi Campus is of 325 Acres in the beautiful area of Hauz Khas. The whole campus is divided into 4 zone Student Residential, Faculty and Staff Residential, Student Recreational and Academic zone.

4. Indian Institute of Technology Madras- IITM

With the technical and financial assistance of the former government of West Germany, Indian Institute of Technology Madras was founded in 1959 in Chennai previously known as Madras. IIT Madras is situated close to the Raj Bhavan of Tamil Nadu on the beautiful wooded land of about 250 hectares with 550 faculties and 1, 250 administrative and supporting staff. Recently in 2009, IIT Madras celebrated its Golden Jubilee and has very strict grading rules as it is under control of the Government of India.

5. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur - IITK

With an aim to provide leadership in technological innovation, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur was established in 1959 in assistance of a consortium of nine US research universities as part of Kanpur Indo-American Programme (KIAP). IIT Kanpur was the first Indian institute to offer Computer Science under the guidance of Economist John Kenneth Galbraith. It is currently located on the 1, 000 acres of the Grand Trunk Road, 15 KM west of the Kanpur City. It has separate research and development centre with 452 externally funded R&D projects of INR 342 Crore, approx.

6. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee - IITR

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee is one the public university with National Importance in Roorkee, Uttarakhand. Earlier IIT Roorkee was known as University of Roorkee (1948-2001) then renamed as Thomason College of Civil Engineering (1853-1948). It was established by British India by Sir James Thomason, the lieutenant in 1847 and was converted into seventh IIT in 2001. It has two campuses Roorkee (main campus) and Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Nestled within heritage building, the main campus of Roorkee is over 356 acres.

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7. Indian Institute of Technology Indore - IITI

To usher new revolution in Science and Technology, under The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, Indian Institute of Technology Indore was established by the Government of India in 2009 in Madhya Pradesh. Under the guidance of IIT Bombay, it started operating from its temporary transit at Institute of Engineering and Technology of Indore University with 2009-1- batch.
IITI started functioning from its permanent campus at Simrol, a location on Khandwa Road about 25 KM from Indore city in February 2016. IIT Indore has even signed an MOU (memorandum of understanding) with IBM India for research purpose.

Programs offered by IIT Indore

• B.Tech programs:
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• M.Tech program for Science and Engineering subject

8. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati - IITG

6th IIT fraternity, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati was established in 1994. With the majestic Brahmaputra on one side and hills and open space on the other side, its campus is spread on 700 acres of northern Guwahati. It is considered one of the most beautiful campus in India. It is a fully residential campus with students living on the hostels of campus.

9. Indian Institute of Technology Ropar - IITRPR

It is one of the eight newer establishments of IITs, founded in 2008. 1st session 2008-09 of Indian Institute of Technology Ropar was held in IIT Delhi. It currently operates from its transit campus at former Women Polytechnic that is about 1 KM walk from Rupnagar railway station. And according to the IIT Ropar director Mr Sarit Kumar, they are expected to move to their permanent campus by the end of 2016 or the summer of 2017. With the approval of Punjab Government, about 525 acres of land was taken at Birla seed Farms on February 24, 2009, in Rupnagar for the permanent campus.

Programs offered by IIT Ropar

• PhD programs:
• Chemistry
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Physics
• Mechanical Engineering
• B.E/B.Tech programs:
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• B.Tech + M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering
• M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering
• Arts programs:
• Ph.D in Humanities and Social Sciences
• Ph.D in Mathematics

10. Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad IIT (ISM)

Institute of national importance Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad is located in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, a mineral-rich region of India. Before converting into IIT Dhanbad under the Institute of technology act 1961 it was formerly known as the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad (ISM Dhanbad).
It has currently 18 academic departments for students. And the campus is surrounded by many mining offices like Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, DGMS and Bharat Coking Coal Limited.

Programs offered by IIT Dhanbad

• B.Tech and M.Tech programs for Science & Engineering subjects
• PhD programs for Science & Engineering subjects
• B.Sc and M.Sc in Applied Geology and Geophysics
• MBA and Executive MBA

Notable alumni

• GulshanLalTandon - Pioneer in the Indian Mining Industry
• Harsh Gupta - Earth scientist and seismologist, known for his pioneering work on estimation of reservoir-induced earthquakes
• R.K. Khandal - Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

11. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad - IITH

Bases on innovations and invention keywords, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad was established in 2008 at the temporary campus in the Ordnance Factory, Medak, Eddumailaram. Most of the institute including academic and administration department, shifted to permanent campus at Kandi near Sangareddy and is close to the Outer Ring Road of Hyderabad in July 2015. IIT Hyderabad is in active collaboration with Japan in terms of joint research projects, exchange of faculty and students, and in future some infrastructure development on the main campus. It is mentored by one of the top premier institute IIT Madras. Many research papers of the institute were published in national and international journals.

Programs offered by IIT Hyderabad

• PhD in ten subjects
• B.Tech on eight subjects
• M.Tech
• Ph.Din Humanities & Social Sciences (Arts)

12. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi - IITMandi

Located in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, Indian Institute was established in 2009 under the mentorship of IIT Roorkee. The main permanent campus of IIT Mandi on the eco-friendly land of 538 acres with 338 acres on the mountain in Kamand. Earlier it was operating from its temporary base at Vallabh Government College in Mandi. And except for a few labs, guest house, postgraduate hostel, a conference room (with NKN facility), student common room and few faculty offices, the whole campus has shifted to the new one.
For good exposure to the field, IIT Mandi has collaborated with many reputed Indian as well as foreign institutions and has signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with TCS (Tata Consultancy Services).

Programs offered by IIT Mandi

• B.Tech programs:
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• M.Tech in Energy Material

13. Indian Institute of Technology Varanasi IIT (BHU)

Indian Institute of Technology BHU was founded as the Banaras Engineering College in 1919 and became Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University in 1968. It was the 1st university to introduce Pharmaceutical Chemistry study. IIT BHU is on 1, 300 acres of the southern end of Varanasi near the banks of River Ganges with 400 acres of the residential and co-educational area within the campus with 17 academic units.
They organize various conferences and workshops at the campus to provide an opportunity to students to interact with internationally renowned faculty and researchers.

Programs offered by IIT Varanasi

• B.Tech programs:
• M.Techprograms

Notable alumni

• Thomas Anantharaman - one of the 3-member team at IBM who developed IBM Deep Blue supercomputer
• Nikesh Arora - Ex-Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer at Google
• Krishan Kant - former Vice-President of India

14. Indian Institute of Technology Patna - IITP

Indian Institute of Technology established its new institute at the centre of knowledge in Patna in 2008. IIT Patna is a part of National Knowledge Network (NKN) that provides a high-speed core networking for all the knowledge related institutions in India. It was shifted to its permanent campus in July 2015 to commence its new session at Amhara, Bihta. It is 35 KM from Patna on 501 acres land.

Programs offered by IIT Patna

• B.Tech programs:
• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
• Chemical Science and Technology
• PhD in Science & Engineering
• M.Tech in Science & Engineering
• PhD in Arts

15. Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar -IITBBS

Indian Institute of technology Bhubaneswar is a public engineering institute founded in 2008 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. It started operating from its permanent campus at Arugul of about 936 acres near Bhubaneswar from academic session 2015-16. They even collaborate with famous international universities for exchange and research students like the University of Massachusetts, University of North Texas.

Programs offered by IIT Bhubaneswar

• B.E/B.Tech programs:
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
• Electronics and Communication Engineering
• B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering + M.Tech. In Mechanical System Design
• B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering + M.Tech. in Thermal Science and Engineering
• B.Tech in Civil Engineering + M.Tech. in Structural Engineering
• B.Tech in Civil Engineering + M.Tech. in Transportation Engineering
• M.Tech 2 Years

Notable alumni:

• Gaurav Sandhu - International Business Associate, Marketing at Allan Lloyds

16. Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar - IITGN

Mentored by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, IIT Gandhinagar began operating from a temporary base Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Chandkheda. It currently operates from the permanent campus in Palaj, Gandhinagar, Gujarat on the banks of river Sabarmati. The campus will run on solar power as an initiative towards pollution-free, green zone. IITGN was ranked 8th by the National Institutional Ranking Framework. IIT Gandhinagar student team conducts weekend sessions called Sakar to promote interest in Maths and Science subjects among school girls of 6th to 9th classes.

Programs offered by IIT Gandhinagar

• PhD programs
• B.E/B.tech programs:
• Chemical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Materials Science and Engineering
• M.Tech 2 Years
• Arts Programs:
• PhD in English
• PhD in Sociology

17. Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur - IITJ

Under the guidance of IIT Kanpur, Indian Institute of technology Jodhpur was established in 2008 in Rajasthan with 109 undergraduate students in Computer Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Currently, IIT Jodhpur operates from 2 temporary bases (1) Temporary Academic Campus at the premises of MBM Engineering College in Jodhpur and (2) Temporary Residential Campus at GPRA Residential Campus, Pali Road Jodhpur and BSNL Residential Campus, Subhash Nagar, Jodhpur.
Permanent campus is currently under construction on 852 acres of land located 24 KM away from the centre of the city of Jodhpur on NH 65 towards Nagaur, N-NE from the centre of Jodhpur. And the first migration of IIT Jodhpur students is expected in October 2016.

Programs offered by IIT Jodhpur

• B.Tech programs:
• Mechanical Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• M.Tech 2 Years

1. Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad IITPKD

Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad started functioning from August 3, 2015, from the temporary base inside the Ahalia Integrated campus in Kerala. Currently, it is being mentored by the Director of IIT Madras, Dr BhaskarRamamurthi till MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development) appoints its director. IIT Palakkad has acquired land of 500 acres for the permanent campus at the Pudussery West, just a few meters away from the Coimbatore- Kanyakumari NH and a few kilometres from the Palakkad railway junction.

Programs offered by IIT Palakkad

• B.Tech programs:
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science & Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

2. Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati - IITTP

Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati started functioning on August 5, 2015, from a temporary base at Krishna Theja Educational Institutions in Chadalawada Nagar on the outskirts of the temple city. The Government of A.P. is providing over 500 acres to IIT Tirupati for its permanent campus at atMerlapaka on Yerpedu-Venkatagiri road, 22 kilometres from Tirupati and 14 KM from the airport.

Programs offered by IIT Tirupati

• B.Tech programs:
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Four more IITs are set to commence its operations this year

(1) IIT Chhattisgarh, Bhilai/Raipur IITC, (2) IIT GoaIIT Goa, (3) IIT Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir and (4) IIT Dharwad, Karnataka IITDH.