The Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore) is an Institute of national importance located in

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. IIT Indore was founded in the year 2009. It was one of the eight new

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(IITs) started by the government of India in the year 2009. IIT Indore is officially recognized as an

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by the

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. IIT Indore is ranked as one of the prestigious engineering institutions in India.

History

Founded in 2009, it is one of the eight new

(IITs) established by the

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, Government of India under The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2011 which declares eight new IITs as well as the conversion of Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University as IIT. The Act was passed in the

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on 24 March 2011 and by the

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on 30 April 2012. Arjun Singh, the then HRD minister of

laid the foundation stone of IIT Indore on 17 February 2009 in its permanent campus located in Simrol,

. The institute worked from 2009 to 2010 in a temporary campus at

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under mentorship of

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with Dr. Pradeep Mathur as the founding director. The first batch of IIT Indore graduated in 2013, and the institute celebrated its first

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Day on 8 June 2013. Dr. Suhas Joshi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Dean of Alumni & Corporate relations at

has been appointed as the new director at IIT Indore who succeeds the officiating director, Dr. Neelesh Kumar Jain.

Campus

IIT Indore is located at Simrol, Khandwa Road. The campus sprawls across 501.42 acres. IIT Indore moved from the two rented campuses to its permanent campus in Simrol in October 2015.

Learning Resource Centre (LRC)

IIT Indore's Central Library, the Learning Resource Centre is equipped with Online Information Resources. The library provides its users access to nearly Books - 41,500+, Theses and Dissertations - 1320+, E-Books - 8050+, E-Journals Self Subscribed - 2510+, E-Journals through ONOS - 13,000+. Databases - 12 as well as access to databases such as

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digital library,

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, and

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. The library also provides air-conditioned and Wi-Fi enabled Reading Halls.

Halls of Residence

Most students at IIT Indore reside in the halls of residence. The campus has five halls of residence named A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Homi Jehangir Bhabha, Vikram Sarabhai, C.V. Raman, and Devi Ahilya. The Devi Ahilya Hall of Residence is exclusively for the accommodation of women. Students are provided 5 BHK units to accommodate 5 students with one student per bedroom.

Health Centre

IIT Indore’s Health Centre provides health services to the students, faculties, employees, guests and to the entire IIT Indore community. Some expert consultants or doctors visit the Health Centre for better treatment of the community once or twice a week.

Organisation and administration

Governance

IITs are administered centrally by the IITs' Council, an apex body established by the Government of India. The Minister of Human Resource & Development, Government of India, is the Chairman of the council. Each Institute has a Board of Governors responsible for its overall administration and control. Ex-ISRO chief, Dr K Sivan was appointed as chairman of IIT Indore’s board of governors in September 2023. The senate, which consists of the heads, deans, and full professors of the institute, is the Apex Academic Body that decides the academic policies of the institute. It controls and approves the overall curriculum, courses, examinations, and results. It appoints committees to look into specific academic matters arising from time to time. The teaching, training, and research activities of various departments of the Institute are periodically reviewed to improve facilities and maintain standards. The Director of the institute is the ex-officio chairman of senate.

Departments

IIT Indore has the following departments: Sodium Building

*Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Engineering (AASE) *Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering (BSBE) *Chemistry *Civil Engineering *Computer Science and Engineering *Electrical Engineering *Humanities and Social Sciences *Mathematics *Mechanical Engineering *Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science *Physics

Centers

IIT Indore has the following centers: *Centre for Advanced Electronics (CAE) *Computer and Information Technology Center (CITC) *Center of Futuristic Defense and Space Technology (CFDST) * Center for Indian Scientific Knowledge Systems (CISKS) * Center for Electric Vehicle and Intelligent Transport Systems (CEVITS) * Sophisticated Instrumentation Center (SIC) * Center of Innovation, Incubation, Entrepreneurship and Industry Relations (CIIEIR) *Centre for Rural Development and Technology (CRDT) *DST-FIST Center of Excellence in Gear Engineering *Sophisticated Instrument Centre (SIC) *Counselling Services *Training and Placement *Central Workshop

Technology Innovation Hubs

IITI DRISHTI CPS Foundation

DRISTI CPS (DRiving Innovation through Simulation Hub for Technologies in Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems) is a Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) at IIT Indore established under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS). The goal of DRISHTI CPS is to develop an eco-system of research and development in the system simulation, modeling, and visualization of Cyber-Physical Systems through joint efforts of the industry and academia.

Academics

IIT Indore offers a four-year

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programs in several engineering fields. The postgraduate and graduate programs at IIT Indore includes Ph.D,

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, M.S.(research) programs in engineering and M.S.(Data Science and Management); Ph.D and

M.Sc. A Master of Science (; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree. In contrast to the Master of Arts degree, the Master of Science degree is typically granted for studies in sciences, engineering and medicine ...

programs in basic sciences and humanities. IIT Indore offers numerous scholarships for students under different qualification criteria.

Admissions

Students are admitted into the various B.Tech. programs through the

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(JEE(Adv)), which is typically taken by engineering aspirants after completion of their 10+2 schooling. Admission to the M.Tech/MS/Ph.D programs is done through

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(GATE), and the Joint Admission Test (JAM) is conducted for taking MSc students.

Rankings

Internationally, the IIT Indore was ranked 396 in the ''

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'' of 2023 and 185 in Asia. It was ranked 601–800 in the world by the ''

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'' of 2023, 87 in Asia in 2022 and 84 among emerging economies. The

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(NIRF) by the MoE ranked IIT Indore 33rd overall in India in 2024, 27th in research and 16th among Engineering institutes.

Research

The primary engineering research areas of IIT Indore are as follows: *Department of Computer Science and Engineering - Algorithms and Theoretical Computer Science,

Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of re ...

Software Engineering Software engineering is a branch of both computer science and engineering focused on designing, developing, testing, and maintaining Application software, software applications. It involves applying engineering design process, engineering principl ...

Cyber Security Computer security (also cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology (IT) security) is a subdiscipline within the field of information security. It consists of the protection of computer software, systems and networks from thr ...

, Soft Computing, CAD-VLSI, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI),

Computer Vision Computer vision tasks include methods for image sensor, acquiring, Image processing, processing, Image analysis, analyzing, and understanding digital images, and extraction of high-dimensional data from the real world in order to produce numerical ...

Embedded Systems An embedded system is a specialized computer system—a combination of a computer processor, computer memory, and input/output peripheral devices—that has a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electronic system. It is em ...

Internet of Things Internet of things (IoT) describes devices with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other communication networks. The IoT encompasse ...

(IoT) *Department of Electrical Engineering -

Semiconductor Devices A semiconductor device is an electronic component that relies on the electronics, electronic properties of a semiconductor material (primarily silicon, germanium, and gallium arsenide, as well as organic semiconductors) for its function. Its co ...

Physics and Technology, Bio-medical Signal Processing, Organic electronic/photonic devices, VLSI, ULSI Circuit, and System Design,

Power Electronics Power electronics is the application of electronics to the control and conversion of electric power. The first high-power electronic devices were made using mercury-arc valves. In modern systems, the conversion is performed with semiconduct ...

and Power Systems *Department of Mechanical Engineering -

Additive Manufacturing 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. It can be done in a variety of processes in which material is deposited, joined or solidified under computer ...

Mechatronics Mechatronics engineering, also called mechatronics, is the synergistic integration of mechanical, electrical, and computer systems employing mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering and computer engineering, and also ...

Internal Combustion Engines An internal combustion engine (ICE or IC engine) is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit. In an internal comb ...

, Thermal and Fluid Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Energy Storage,

Surface Engineering Surface engineering is the sub-discipline of materials science which deals with the surface of solid matter. It has applications to chemistry, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering (particularly in relation to semiconductor manufacturi ...

, Vibration, Noise Control and Applied Optics and Laser Technology. *Department of Civil Engineering -

Structural Engineering Structural engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering in which structural engineers are trained to design the 'bones and joints' that create the form and shape of human-made Structure#Load-bearing, structures. Structural engineers also ...

Geotechnical Engineering Geotechnical engineering, also known as geotechnics, is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials. It uses the principles of soil mechanics and rock mechanics to solve its engineering problems. I ...

, Water Resource Engineering,

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, Glaciohydrology *Department of Metallurgy and Material Science - Smart Materials, Nano Materials, MEMS/NEMS, Computational Materials, and

Condensed Matter Physics Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic and microscopic physical properties of matter, especially the solid and liquid State of matter, phases, that arise from electromagnetic forces between atoms and elec ...

IIT Indore leads all the new IITs in terms of total citations as well as

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as of 2015. Abstracting and indexing database

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has rated IIT Indore as the top among the new IITs, followed by seven IITs of Ropar, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Gandhinagar and Jodhpur. IIT Indore's formal undergraduate research scheme is entitled, "Promotion of Research and Innovation for Undergraduate Students (PRIUS)". IIT Indore actively participates in international projects and joint collaborations with research organizations in Japan, South Korea, the Russian Federation, Portugal, France, Germany, and USA. It started the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) to encourage entrepreneurship.

Research facilities

The institute provides instruments/facilities such as Nuclear Magnetic resonance spectrometer, CAD Tools for

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(VLSI) Design, Single crystal X-ray diffractometer, Time-correlated single photon counting ( TCSPC), Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy, Dual ion beam sputtering deposition (DIBSD) system, Spin Coater, Optical Surface Metrology System Profiler, The Sophisticated Instrumentation Center (SIC) is a national facility hosted at IIT Indore's School of Basic Science. SIC at IIT Indore is equipped with Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction,

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a physical phenomenon in which nuclei in a strong constant magnetic field are disturbed by a weak oscillating magnetic field (in the near field) and respond by producing an electromagnetic signal with a ...

Mass Spectrometry Mass spectrometry (MS) is an analytical technique that is used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions. The results are presented as a ''mass spectrum'', a plot of intensity as a function of the mass-to-charge ratio. Mass spectrometry is used ...

, Elemental Analysis and Single Molecule Imaging and

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Student life

Students' Gymkhana

The Students’ Gymkhana is a body of elected student representatives responsible for the efficient execution of all the club activities, festivals & activities within IIT Indore, and the organization of the annual techno-cultural event Fluxus, among any other duties assigned by the institute.

Cultural and Non-Academic Activities

Fluxus

Fluxus is the signature annual social and cultural festival of IIT Indore, held in February. It consists of several competitions, informal events, workshops and showcases professional performances. It was started in 2011. Fluxus 2019 included ‘Kavyanjali’ dedicated to Hindi and Urdu poetry and shayris with poet

Rahat Indori Rahat Indori, born as Rahat Qureshi, (1 January 1950 – 11 August 2020) was an Indian Bollywood lyricist and Urdu poet. He was also a former professor of Urdu language and a painter. Prior to this he was a pedagogist of Urdu literature at DA ...

. Other guests including Kavi Sandeep Dwivedi, Surya Prakash Upadhyay, Rishi Dixit, Nitesh Kushwaha shared the stage with Dr. Rahat Indori. It also included the concerts of the rock band

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, the singer

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and the Canadian EDM performer, Miss Tara. The decade anniversary hosted an alumni meet Magnum Opus for all the IITI graduates. Fluxus 2020 included musical performances of the singer duo

Salim–Sulaiman Salim–Sulaiman are an Indian music composer duo consisting of siblings Salim Merchant and Sulaiman Merchant. The duo has composed music predominantly for Hindi films. Life and early career Salim–Sulaiman's ancestral town is Mundra, Kutch, ...

, DJ Shaan, The Yellow Diary and the stand-up comedy performance of Zakir Khan.

References

External links

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