IIT Bombay

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay or IIT-B), was the second IIT to be established in 1958 with assistance from UNESCO and with funds contributed by the Soviet Union. it is an autonomous university located in Powai, in north central Mumbai (formerly Bombay). It is the second-oldest campus of the Indian Institutes of Technology system and the largest university in the state of Maharashtra.

campus

The IIT Bombay campus is located at Powai, a suburb in north western Mumbai, between the Vihar and Powai lakes. The closest railway stops to IIT Mumbai on the Mumbai Suburban Railway are Kanjurmarg and Vikhroli, on the Central line. It has four main entrances to the campus. These are: main gate, the middle gate, y-point gate, and lack side gate.
The campus is divided into clusters of buildings. The academic area mainly comprises the Main Building, various Departmental annexures and auditoria. All department annexures are connected by a corridor named Infinite Corridor.. The hostels, in side the campus, are numbered from to 13, with Hostel 10 (under-graduate and post-graduate) and Hostel 11 (post-graduate) specially reserved for women. Tansa House there is is a housing complex named tansa house exclusively for the single male project staff. It is the smallest hostel in IIT Bombay with 128 rooms. The Tulsi House is meant for married research scholars. Apart from these, few students also reside in Type -1 quarters, Vihar House, QIP quarters and DRDO building which are situated in the campus.
The camous is almost untouched by the pollution of the rest of the city.here u can occasionaly see panthers and Gharial crocodilians along the banks of Lake Powai. A popular weekly newspaper Planet Powai reports events and happenings of this campus regularly.
To make students sporty, The institute has a swimming pool; football, hockey and cricket grounds; and tennis, basketball, squash and volleyball courts
Various Cultural activities in IIT Bombay mark an important feature in the life of the students. Here students participqate in the annual inter-hostel Performing Arts Festival (PAF), which is organised in a splendorous manner.
Likewise, The annual science and technology festival Techfest(3 day event) is usually held in the month of January and is the largest of its kind in Asia.The most attractive feature of this event are the exhibitions,impressive display of technology developed from all parts of India and from all over world.
The festivals in IIT Bombay, are organised,financially managed and conducted entirely by the students of this Institute.and these are sponsored by various companies and even some of the public banks.

Departments, Centres and Schools

IIT Bombay has 12 departments, 11 multi-disciplinary centres, and 3 schools of excellence. The academic departments in IIT Bombay include the following:

1. Aerospace Engineering
2. Chemical Engineering
3. Chemistry
4. Civil Engineering
5. Computer Science & Engineering
6. Earth Sciences
7. Electrical Engineering
8. Humanities & Social Science
9. Industrial Design Centre (IDC)
10. Mathematics
11. Mechanical Engineering
12. Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science
13. Physics

The following multi-disciplinary centres are located in IIT Bombay:

1. Advance Center for Research in Electronics (ACRE)
2. Computer Aided Design Center (CAD)
3. Centre for Aerospace Systems Design and Engineering (CASDE)
4. Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship (CARE)
5. Centre for Distant Engineering Education Programme (cDEEP)
6. Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE)
7. Centre for Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE)]
8. Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA)
9. Centre for Formal Design and Verification of Software (CFDVS)
10. Regional Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre (RSIC)

The three schools of excellence in IIT Bombay are:

1. School of Biosciences and Bioengineering (Bioschool)]
2. Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology (KReSIT)
3. Shailesh J Mehta School of Management (SJMSOM)
In addition to above, IIT Bombay also offers inter-disciplinary programs in six fields that include:
1. Biomedical Engineering
2. Corrosion Science & Engineering
3. Energy Systems Engineering
4. Industrial Engineering and Operations Research(IEOR)
5. Reliability Engineering
6. Systems and Control Engineering (SysCon)

Academic Programmes

IIT Bombay offers a wide variety of courses of study in engineering, pure sciences, design, management and humanities. The university is a member of LAOTSE, an international network of leading universities in Europe and Asia exchanging students and senior scholars.
The Institute provides educational programmes leading to the degree of Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.),Dual Degree(B.tech. and M.Tech. in 5 years), Master of Science (MSc.), Master of Technology (MTech.), Master of Design (MDes.), Master of Management (MMgmt.), Master of Philosophy (MPhil.) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) in the following areas:

Every year, IIT Bombay awards degrees, B.Tech, M.Tech, Dual Degree (B.Tech and M.Tech), M.Mgmt and Ph.D to more than 1,000 students.
The Departments and Centres have well equipped research labs and workshop facilities. There are facilities like Central Library, Central Workshop, and Printing Press. Many new research facilities have been acquired or developed in the last few years. One of the most important of them is the Computer Centre which started functioning in 1986 with facilities which have been continuously updated. The Computer Aided Design Centre with its own mini computers and work stations, supplemented by additional computing facilities, caters to CAD activity in Chemical Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering. Research groups like VLSI Design, CAD/CAM also have computing facilities which are accessible to other departments for development activities. Important experimental facilities set up by various departments include laboratories for robotics, biotechnology, microelectronics, microprocessor applications, telematics, remote sensing, low temperature physics and aerodynamics.

R & D Activities

IIT Bombay faculty members undertake industry sponsored research and consultancy projects that are made available through the institute. 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. A few projects are also being funded by international agencies. in one year, there are about 400 on-going sponsored projects. The sponsored research has ushered in intense research activity leading to the formation of active research groups and has helped in the creation of modern research facilities in key areas.
Consultancy sets interaction between faculty and industry. Consultancy work provides an opportunity to tackle live industrial problems and enhance professional expertise. There are collaborative and consultancy projects with many industries, some abroad. About 700 to 800 projects are executed every year.
The office of the Dean (R&D) provides the necessary liaison with industry and sponsoring agencies. The office helps industry to identify faculty expertise and institutional facilities, and assists faculty in identifying industry problems.

Admission procedure

Students take admission in the college on the basis of their score in IIT-JEE or just JEE (the Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination). Candidates who successfully pass the IIT-JEE can apply for admission to the BTech (Bachelor of Technology), Dual Degree (Integrated Bachelor of Technology and Masters of Technology) and Integrated MSc (Master of Sciences) courses in the various institutes. Achieving entrance into an IIT is often considered the pinnacle of achievement for a student of the sciences, and the IITs, along with the ISI, attract most of the brightest students of the nation.

Contact us

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Powai, Mumbai - 400076, INDIA TEL: +91-22-2572-2545
FAX: +91-22-2572-3480

For more information visit: http://www.iitb.ac.in