Indian Institute of Technology - [IIT]
Overview Information
About College
The Indian Institute of Technology in Guwahati was established in 1994 as the 6th member in the esteemed list of IITs in the country. Presently, the IIT-G has 11 departments and also 6 academic centers that are inter-disciplinary in nature.
Guwahati's campus is on a sprawling 285 hectares plot of land. The 74,000 square metre Academic Complex holds centres, academic departments, laboratories, classrooms, etc.
The institute has proven to be dreams come true for the people of Assam and especially the student community who no longer have to travel far distances to avail quality IT education.
It has brought cheers & made proud to Indian institutions by occupying a place amongst the best 100 universities of the world by Times Higher Education Magazine.
IIT Guwahati has been placed 87th in the ranking that analyzed 800 new-breed universities from 29 countries, including the US and the UK.
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is located just on the outskirts of the city of Guwahati and is well connected to other parts of the country by road, rail or air. There are direct air services from/to Mumbai, New Delhi, and Kolkata with connectivity to all major cities in the country and direct train services from/to all the metropolis and other major cities.
The institute is located around 20 km from the heart of the city and around 40 min. drive from the airport. To reach the institute from the city, there is an Institute bus service that runs regularly to and from the city.
Research Centres
IT-Guwahati is home to six centers of research.
- Centre for Nanotechnology
- Centre for Energy
- Centre for Edu. Technology
- Centre for the Environment
R & D Cell
More than 350 sponsored projects being undertaken at present.
Placement Statistics 2013 :
|
Discipline |
No. of Students Reg. |
No. of Students Placed |
% of Student Placed |
Avg. Salary (Rs in LPA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CSE |
62 |
57 |
92 |
18.4 |
|
ECE |
55 |
42 |
76 |
10.8 |
|
EEE |
28 |
23 |
79 |
9.0 |
|
ME |
63 |
53 |
84 |
8.0 |
|
CE |
46 |
26 |
57 |
6.9 |
|
CL |
45 |
28 |
62 |
8.3 |
|
BT |
29 |
11 |
38 |
7.1 |
|
M&C |
31 |
24 |
77 |
14.6 |
|
CST |
28 |
16 |
57 |
7.7 |
|
EP |
21 |
8 |
38 |
5.6 |
|
DE |
23 |
23 |
100 |
7.5 |
Package Details:
Highest Package Offered: $119,000
Average Package Offered: ₹1070000
Festivals
Here, students organize a number of intra & inter-university festivals all through the year.
- Alcheringa – Cultural festival
- Techniche – The techno-management festival
Facilities
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Sports
|
Private nursing homes and diagnostic labs are also present Stadium having arrangements for badminton, table tennis, squash courts, etc. Among the outdoor sports, the facilities are huge fields with floodlights, a swimming pool of 50m in length and 8 lanes |
|
Hostel |
There is 8 men’s &1 women’s hostel. Outdoor and indoor games facility, recreation, and other services Internet access in each room of the hostels Girls & boys have been allotted different hostels |
|
Library |
Central Library has around 1, 17, 000 volumes of books A huge collection of CD-ROMs, audio and video tapes, slides etc. Subscribed to 2605 journals OPAC system enabled throughout the campus via web |
|
Health facility
|
Institute Hospital is present inside the campus having 30 beds that provides medical facilities to all concerned 3 specialist medical officers |
Rankings :
|
Rank |
Organization |
Year |
|
ranked in between 551–600 |
QS World University Rankings |
2011 |
|
89th |
QS Asian University Rankings |
2012 |
|
10th engineering colleges |
India Today |
2012 |
|
8th engineering colleges |
Outlook India |
2012 |
|
7th engineering colleges |
Dataquest |
2011 |
|
6th engineering colleges |
Mint Government Colleges survey |
2009 |
|
87 in '100 Top Global Universities |
Times Higher Education World University Rankings |
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