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YB WEB DESK. Dated: 11/21/2019 9:42:44 AM

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) is a public engineering institution located in Hauz Khas, New Delhi. Established in 1961, was formally inaugurated August 1961 by Prof. Humayun Kabir, Minister of Scientific Research & Cultural Affairs. First admissions were made in 1961. The current campus has an area of 320 acres. The institute was later decreed in Institutes of National Importance under the Institutes of Technology Amendment Act, 1963 and accorded the status of a full University with powers to decide its own academic policy, to conduct its own examinations and to award its own degrees. IIT Delhi offers Bachelor of Technology programs in various fields as well as dual degree B. Tech cum M. Tech programs. The admission to these programs is done through Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced). IIT Delhi also offers postgraduate programs awarding M. Tech, M.S., M.Sc., M. Des., M.B.A under various departments and centre’s. The admission to M. Tech and M. Des programs are carried out mainly based on Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). M.Sc. admissions are through Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM) and MBA admissions are through Common Admission Test (CAT). In 2018 IIT Delhi was given the status of Institution of Eminence by Government of India which granted almost full autonomy, leaving this institute to make its own decisions. According to a government statement issued earlier.