Indian Institute of Technology - [IIT]

About College

The Indian Institute of Technology, Patna is the new establishment in the IIT system. The Institute was established on the 6th of August in the year of 2008 by the Act of Parliament as an Institute of National Importance. It is one of eight new IITs established by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, GOI. The campus of the institution is situated in the Patliputra Colony, Patna.

• IIT Patna’s permanent campus will be located at Bihta, 35 km from Patna at a 500 acres site. The foundation stone of the IIT Patna, Bihta Campus was laid by Sri Kapil Sibal in 2011
• The faculty members total 63 in number and the staff members are 41. This number will increase as time goes on and the institute grows
• IIT’s logo is very special. It is made up of Gear and Wheel. The meaning of this logo is technology
• Currently, there are 534 students enrolled for the B.Tech program, 125 for the Ph.D. program, and 88 M.Tech students
• The staff of 66 faculty members takes care of the students along with a group of 41 support staff
• The institute has several tie-ups with foreign universities such as Louisiana University, New South Wales University in Australia, etc
• IIT Patna has an active placement cell which engages in training the students in soft skills for appearing in interviews
• IIT Patna is part of the National Knowledge Network (NKN) which provides high-speed core networking for all the knowledge related institutions in India.

Academic Overview: The Indian Institute of Technology, Patna is made up of three different Schools. These schools are also made by different departments. These are as follows-

• School of Basic Sciences consisting of Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry Departments. All the departments were started in 2008 and the Ph.D. programs in 2009.
• School of Humanities consisting  Humanities & Social Science Department- Subjects such as English, Economics, and Sociology are offered to orient engineering graduates to focus on global issues with the skills that they achieve.
• School of Engineering consisting of departments like Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Electrical Engineering, etc.

Extracurricular: IITP has various students’ clubs and councils that organize many extracurricular and academic activities throughout the year. These clubs are the bodies under the control of Student Gymkhana. These clubs are the following-

Placement Description: The first batch of IIT Patna graduated in 2012. The strength of the batch was 91 while 83 were registered for the placement process and 77 0f them got placed

• Bank of India, DRDO, Infosys, Headstrong, Samsung Electronics, BPCL, Tata Motors were the top recruiters.

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Festivals: IITP organizes various technical and cultural events throughout the year. Some notable ones are the following-