IIT Jodhpur

Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan

Motto	त्वं ज्ञानमयो विज्ञानमयो असि (Tvam Gnyana Mayo Vignyana Mayo Asi)
Type	Education and Research Institution
Established	2008
Director	Prof. Prem Kumar Kalra
Location	Jodhpur , Rajasthan , India
Campus	Urban, Spread over 900 acres (3.6 km2)
Acronym	IIT J
Website	www.iitj.ac.in

The Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan (Template:Lang-hi) (commonly known as IIT Rajasthan or IITJ) is a Public Research University located in Jodhpur. The Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan, forms a part of the league along with eight new IITs proposed by the MHRD, Government of India.

The seven old IITs are located in Kharagpur, Bombay, Madras, Kanpur, Delhi, Guwahati, and Roorkee. With the plan to setup eight more IITs in the states of Rajasthan, Bihar (Patna), Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad), Himachal Pradesh (Mandi), Orissa (Bhubaneshwar), Madhya Pradesh (Indore), Gujarat (Gandhinagar) and Punjab (Rupnagar), the total number of IITs will be increased to 15.

History

This new institute was established by MHRD, Govt.of India in year 2008. The classes for first academic session held at IIT Kanpur, which had been designated as the mentor IIT for looking after the incubation activities of the new IIT in Rajasthan. The first academic session in IIT Jodhpur commenced in August 2008.

Following the recommendations of a high-power committee headed by Prof Vijay Shankar Vyas, both the Rajasthan state government and MHRD have approved Jodhpur as the city where IIT Jodhpur will be set up. The final approval came in the month of November 2009. Since then the state government and IIT Jodhpur administration have been working towards making a smooth shift of IIT Jodhpur from its temporary camp at Kanpur to its permanent establishment at Jodhpur. IIT Jodhpur will be located about 22 km from Jodhpur city on National Highway 65 which connects Jodhpur to Nagaur. The IIT site would be sprawling about 900 acres (3.6 km²) of land around Jhipasni and Gharao villages. The construction of the fully residential campus of IIT Jodhpur is expected to start in the later part of 2010.

For the next two years, IIT Jodhpur will have its academic and administrative block in the MBM Engineering College, Ratanada, Jodhpur. All the students and faculty will be having their new addresses in Jodhpur by July 2010. For IIT Jodhpur the "wait" in site selection has been the longest of all new IITs.

Time line
July 2007: IIT Jodhpur announced by Central Government. IIT Kanpur to mentor IIT Jodhpur.
July 2008: First session of IIT Jodhpur begins at IIT Kanpur with a batch of 112 students for B.Tech. in 3 branches: CSE, ME, EE.
July 2008: The BJP chief minister of Rajasthan Mrs. Vasundhara Raje pushes Kota as the location for IIT Jodhpur. MHRD was not impressed with Kota citing lack of airport and being a Mecca for JEE coaching. MHRD minister Arjun Singh asks for other alternative locations for housing IIT Jodhpur. The matter keeps pending as Raje did not propose any alternative.
December 2008: Assembly elections in Rajasthan. Congress comes to power under leadership of Mr. Ashok Gehlot. Rajasthan gets a new chief minister.
January 2009: Gehlot appoints a high-powered committee under chairmanship of Vijay Shankar Vyas (Ex-director IIM Ahmedabad) to suggest alternative locations for IIT Jodhpur. The committee was asked to submit the report in a month. The committee tours Bikaner, Ajmer, Kota, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur.
May 12, 2009: The committee submits its report to the State Government. The committee favours Jodhpur for IIT, Udaipur for IIM, Jaipur for Central University, Ajmer for World Class University.
June 2009: The state government forwards the report to the Central Government.
October 2009: MHRD sends experts to visit the suggested location for IIT at Jodhpur. MBM Engineering college, Jodhpur is identified as the temporary campus of IIT Jodhpur.
November 13, 2009: MHRD minister, Mr. Kapil Sibal, finally approves the site for IIT Jodhpur at Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
February 2010: Residential arrangements for IIT Jodhpur students and faculty are made at Kendranchal flats in Jodhpur.
February 27, 2010: An MoU is signed by IIT Jodhpur and JNV University Jodhpur, for providing a part of the college campus for conducting IIT Jodhpur classes for 2 years. The same day the foundation stone was laid at the MBM Engineering college for constructing new buildings.
May, 2010: IIT Jodhpur shifts from Kanpur to Jodhpur.     Location: IIT Jodhpur Permanent Campus     Location: IIT Jodhpur Temporary Campus

Academic programs

IIT Jodhpur currently offers undergraduate programs in three disciplines:

• Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering
• Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering
• Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering

Admission to these programmes is through the JEE and forty students in each branch are admitted after completing 10+2 schooling.

See also

• Indian Institutes of Technology
• IIT Kanpur
• New IITs

External links

• IIT Rajasthan, Jodhpur