Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad
Motto
सा विद्या या विमुक्तये {Devanagari}
Motto in English
Knowledge is one that liberates
TypePublic technical university
Established2016 (8 years ago) (2016)
ChairmanVinayak Chatterjee
DirectorProf Ankit Kumar Yadav.[1]
Mentor instituteIIT Bombay
Undergraduates480[2]
Postgraduates198
Location
Dharwad
,
Karnataka
,
India

15°27′30″N 75°00′30″E / 15.45833°N 75.00833°E / 15.45833; 75.00833
CampusMain campus – 470 acres
Temporary – Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI)
AcronymIIT-Dharwad
Websiteiitdh.ac.in
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Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad (IIT Dharwad or IIT DH) is an autonomous engineering and technology institute in Dharwad, Karnataka, India. IIT Dharwad started functioning from July 2016 in a temporary campus, previously of the Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI) in Belur Industrial Area, on the outskirts of Dharwad city.[3] It was formally inaugurated on 28 August 2016.[4] For the academic year 2016–2017, the institute offered B.Tech courses in three branches, namely. Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Mechanical Engineering.[5] The year 2021 saw the introduction of an additional branch, Engineering physics. As of 2022, the institute expanded to provide four additional courses of study, namely Chemical and Biochemical engineering, Mathematics and Computing, Civil and Infrastructure engineering, and Interdisciplinary Sciences.

As part of the mentorship plan, IIT Bombay is the mentor institute for IIT Dharwad. The HRD Ministry has set up an IIT monitoring cell at IIT Bombay. The committee members were designated as officials on special duty to supervise the process of setting up IIT Dharwad.[6][7]

History

The late Union Human Resources Development Minister S. R. Bommai had moved the proposal to the Centre seeking an IIT in Dharwad in the 1990s. In 1998, a committee headed by former ISRO chairman and space scientist Udupi Ramachandra Rao submitted its report recommending an IIT in Hubballi-Dharwad.[3][8] Union finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the 2015-16 union budget, sanctioned a budget for IIT for Karnataka state and the state government suggested three locations. The short-listed cities were Dharwad, Mysuru, and Raichur.[9]

Campus

IIT Dharwad signage

IIT Dharwad is initially functioning out of the campus of the Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI) in Dharwad near the Karnataka High Court Bench. A permanent building is coming up at Chikkamaligawad village.

IIT Dharwad (2016–2023)
IIT Dharwad permanent campus inaugurated in March 2023

Around 500 acres belonging to KIADB near Mummigatti on the Pune-Bangalore National Highway off Dharwad was identified for the IIT campus, but that deal was cancelled due to legal hurdles. The State Cabinet decided to allot 470 acres of land at Kelageri village adjunct to Mammigahtti Industrial Area in Dharwad district.[10] The historic Kittur Fort is 20 kilometers from the campus.[2]

IIT Dharwad permanent campus was inaugurated on 12 March 2023 by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the public which is the first green and smart IIT in India.[11]

The city also houses educational institutions like Karnatak University, Karnatak College, University of Agricultural Sciences, SDMCET .[12] Also, new institutes like the IIIT Dharwad[13] are coming up in the twin cities of Hubballi-Dharwad.[2] There is also the NTTF tool and die making educational institute at Dharwad.

There is an airport at Gokul Road, Hubballi, the twin city of Dharwad. The airport has air services connecting to Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hindon-Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Kannur, Kochi, Mumbai and Tirupati. There is a railway station at Dharwad through which trains from Bengaluru to Goa run. Hubballi Junction is the major railway junction which has train connections to Kochuveli, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Varanasi, Howrah, Chennai, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Kolhapur, Solapur, Vijayawada and Vasco among others. Also, Hubballi city is the headquarters of South Western Railway zone of Indian Railways.

Organisation and administration

Departments, centers, and schools

Nearly 60[14] seats each in the streams of BTech in:

are available at the institute. Classes began on 15 July 2016, along with the other IITs across the country.[15]

The student intake as of 2022 has increased to 310 including supernumerary.

In January 2022, IIT Dharwad established the Global Center of Excellence in Affordable and Clean Energy (GCoE-ACE) in partnership with Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation (HHSIF), the philanthropic arm of Honeywell.[18][19][20]

Academics

Programmes

The institute conducts educational programs leading to the degrees of:

Degree Specialization
Bachelor of Technology (BTech) * Computer Science and Engineering, * Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Chemical and Biochemical engineering, Mathematics and Computing, Civil and Infrastructure engineering, and Interdisciplinary Sciences.
Master of Science (MS) Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Bio Sciences and Bio Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics
Master of Technology (MTech) Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering

Ranking

University rankings
Engineering – India
NIRF (2023)[21]93

IIT Dharwad is ranked 93 among the engineering colleges of India by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2023.[21]

Student life

Cultural and non-academic activities

IIT Dharwad has many student clubs like:

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ "President Droupadi Murmu approves appointment of new directors at 8 IITs: Education ministry". The Telegraph (India) 10:54 PM. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2016 - Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad".
  3. ^ a b S, Amit; Upadhye. "IIT-Dharwad WALMI Campus Restoration a Mammoth Task". The New Indian Express. Karnataka, India. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  4. ^ "IIT-Dharwad Inaugurated by Prakash Javadekar". Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  5. ^ "IIT-Dharwad to admit 250 students next year".
  6. ^ N. DINESH NAYAK. "IIT-Dharwad to start functioning from July". The Hindu. DHARWAD, India. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  7. ^ S, Amit; Upadhye. "Dharwad IIT: renovation done on WALMI campus". The New Indian Express. Karnataka, India. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  8. ^ TNN. "Dharwad will host first IIT of Karnataka". The Times of India. Bengaluru, India. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  9. ^ DNA WEB TEAM. "Karnataka: Protests against appointment of nodal officer for IIT Dharwad". DNA. India. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  10. ^ The Hindu. "470 acres for IIT Dharwad at Kelageri". Karnataka, India. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Karnataka: PM Modi inaugurates permanent campus of IIT-Dharwad". The Indian Express. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Karnataka State Law University". www.kslu.ac.in. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  13. ^ "IIIT-DWDharwad". iiitdwd.ac.in. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  14. ^ "IIT Dharwad". www.iitdh.ac.in. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  15. ^ TNN. "Seat allocation for IIT Goa begins". The Times of India. Goa, India. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  16. ^ "B. Tech. in Engineering Physics (Interdisciplinary Programme)" (PDF). iitdh.ac.in. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  17. ^ "B.Tech Engineering Physics at IIT Dharwad: Fees, Admission, Seats, Reviews". Careers360. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Launch of the Global Center of Excellence in Affordable and Clean Energy (GCoE-ACE) at IIT Dharwad". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  19. ^ "Honeywell, IIT Dharwad to establish Centre of Excellence for affordable, clean energy". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  20. ^ "Global Center of Excellence in Affordable and Clean Energy". www.iitdh.ac.in. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  21. ^ a b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 5 June 2023.
  22. ^ "Student Life". www.iitdh.ac.in. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  23. ^ PTI. "Teachers' Day: President Murmu to confer 75 educators with National Awards". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

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