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INTRODUCTION
IIT Mumbai or IIT Bombay is located in Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was declared the institute of national importance in 1961 by the parliament. It was founded in 1958.
Its motto is -knowledge is the supreme goal.
It is a technical and research university for building that college the budget was 1,227 crore.
The Chairman of this Institute is Dr Pawan Goenka. Its director is Subhas Chaudhuri .it has a total of 603 academic staff. It contains 10,079 students of which 4,137 are U.G and 2,859 P.G and apart from this 3,083 doctoral students in total.
Its exact address is Adi Shankaracharya Marg, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
The size of the campus of that area is 550 acres(2.2 km).
A committee of government was formed for the establishment of 4 higher institutes to set the direction for the development of technical education in the country in 1946.
Its planning was started in 1957 and the first batch was admitted in 1958 with 100 students. This university contains top rank holders in science and engineering disciplines. IIT Mumbai is highly known for its 4,5 and 2-year courses for which the entry is through a joint entrance exam, joint admission test for masters, graduate aptitude test in engineering and after doing this course the degree which is offered are -bachelor of technology, 4-year bachelor of science,2 year master of science, 5-year IDDP(interdisciplinary dual degree programme),2 or 3 year master of technology.
It has a total of 15 academic departments in which there are 20 centres of excellence and 4 interdisciplinary programs apart from that it has a management program. It has a department dedicated only for the study of public policy; it offers doctoral and postdoctoral level courses in public policy. It has five primary research areas, digital societies.
OUTLINE BRIEF
Campus – The campus is divided into clusters of buildings.
Cultural and non-academic buildings – the festival of annual science and technology.
Ranking –university and college ranking
Development activities – it undertakes industry-sponsored research and consultancy projects that are made available through the institute.
Programs- it offers a wide range of programs and courses of study.
Some of the notable alumni -of the arts stream.
Politics law and civil services
Humanities and social science.
Business
NOTABLE FACULTY –
- Kannan Moudgalya
- Tathagata Avatar Tulsi
- Amit Agarwal
- Cv Seshadri
- Dipan Ghosh
BRIEF
CAMPUS – It has an area of about 545 acres and is located at Powai in east Mumbai between Bihar and Powai lakes.
- It mainly comprises the main building, various departmental annexes, and auditoriums.
- All are connected by an infinite corridor. and beyond the convocation hall lies most of the hostels.
- In total there are 18 hostels of which 2 hostels and the newly constructed wing are for female students.
- Due to some sort of proximity to the Sanjay Gandhi national park the campus contains green cover.
- The most important of them is their computer center; it started functioning in 1986 and is continuously updated.
- There are many experimental activities being set up like laboratories, for robotics, biotechnology, microelectronics, microprocessor, telematics, and many more.
CULTURAL AND NON-ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES –
- It was started in 1998. It is held regularly in the month of December every year.
- It is known as Asia’s largest science and technology festival.
- These festivals are organized basically by students by themselves. All these organisations are sponsored by private enterprises.
- Apart from all these various other engineering streams based festivals are being carried out to motivate students towards science and technology.
- All these include zephyr, azeotropy, radiance, aavriti, and Dakar. The institute has music clubs.
- The dean provides necessary liaison with industry and sponsoring agencies. It helps the industry to identify faculty expertise and institutional facilities, and assists faculty in identifying industry problems.
- It consists of central facilities such as central facilities, a central library, a central workshop, and the printing press.
- There is an annual festival known as mood indigo, generally held in the month of December.
RANKING –
- QS -152 (2020)
- QS -172 (2021)-
- QS -34 (2020)
- QS-8(2019)
- TIMES 401 -500 (2020 )
- TIMES 69 (AISA ) (2020)
- TIMES 34 (EMERGING )(2020 )
- NIRF (2020)3
- OUTLOOK INDIA (2019) 3
- THE WEEK (2019)2
- NIRF (2020 ) 11
- DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES
These are funded by various national agencies like the department of science and technology.
Department of electronics, department of space, aeronautical development agency, department of atomic energy and oil and natural gas commission. It also has a club called Saathi.
There was a function called diamond jubilee, which was held in 2018 and in that function, the chief guest was P.M Narendra Modi as a chief guest of convocation function.
PROGRAMMES AT IIT MUMBAI
IIT offers a wide range of courses of study in engineering, pure sciences, design, management and humanities with a primary focus on engineering. IIT Mumbai is a member of links to Asia by organizing traineeship and student exchange (LAOTSE ), an international network of leading universities in Europe and Asia exchanging students and senior scholars.
It conducts programmes like educational programmes which lead to a degree of, bachelor of technology, bachelor of sciences, dual degree, masters of science, masters of technology, bachelor of design.
NOTABLE ALUMNI FROM IIT MUMBAI
Arts – Jag Mundhra
Class year – 1968
Degree-b.tech (electrical engineering )
Notability -film director
Mansoor khan
Notability – film director
Nitesh Tiwari –
Class year -1996
Degree – b.tech (metallurgical engineering )
Notability – film director and screenwriter
Rajnesh Domalpalli
Class year -1984
Degree- b.tech (electrical engineering )
Notability – film director.
Politics, law, and civil services
Manohar Parrikar
Class year -1978
Degree-b.tech (metallurgical engineering )
Notability -former chief minister of goa and minister of defence
Sanjiv Bhatt
The class year 1985
Notability -former Indian police service officer
Sharjeel Imam
Class year -2010
Degree- b.tech ,m.tech ,(computer science and engineering )
Nobility -active
Sheel Kant Sharma
Class year -1971
Degree- m.sc physics
PhD (physics )
Notability -former secretary-general of (SAARC)
NOTABLE FACULTY AT IIT MUMBAI
- Amit Agarwal
Affiliation – Institute Chair professor Department of Mechanical Engineering.
- C.V Seshadri
Notability -chemical engineer.
- Dipan Ghosh
Affiliation -deputy director from 2005 to 2006
Notability -theoretical physicist, originator of the Majumdar Ghosh model.
IIT Mumbai Admission
The majority of candidates get admitted to IIT Mumbai based on their performance in national entrance tests. Candidates for B.Tech and B.Arch programmes must pass all JEE exams, including JEE Mains and JEE Advanced, and attain a higher score or rank.
FAQ’s
What is the rank for getting IIT Mumbai college?
Students must secure 2,24,000 in their 1st for JEE main then he or they will be eligible for getting the college of IIT Mumbai.
Which branch is famous in IIT Mumbai?
Computer science and electrical engineering .
For what IIT Mumbai is famous for?
It is known as a leader in the field of engineering education and research.
What is the highest salary of a Mumbai topper?
INR 2.05 crore per annum from Uber.
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