Introduction centre, stadium and playing fields etc. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi is one of the seven Institutes of STATUS excellence for higher education, research and development in science, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi is an autonomous statutory engineering and technology and in management in India; the others organisation of the Government of India functioning within the “Institutes are at Chennai, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Mumbai and Roorkee. of Technology Act, 1961” as amended by the “Institutes of Technology Established as a College of Engineering in 1961, the Institute was later (Amendment) Act, 1963”. It is accorded the status of a deemed declared an Institute of National Importance under the “Institutes of university with powers to frame its own academic policy, to conduct its Technology (Amendment) Act, 1963”, re-named as “Indian Institute of own examinations, and to award its own degrees. The seven Institutes Technology Delhi”, and accorded the status of a deemed university. of Technology are coordinated by an apex body known as I.I.T. Council with the Minister for Human Resource Development of the Government LOCATION of India as its Chairman. (Appendix-I) Indian Institute of Technology Delhi is situated at Hauz Khas in South Delhi. Its sprawling complex is bounded by the Sri Aurobindo OBJECTIVES Marg on the east, the Jawaharlal Nehru University complex on the The objectives of the Institute include : west, the National Council of Educational Research & Training on the (a) offering instruction in applied sciences, engineering and south and the outer ring road on the north. The Institute campus is technology, and management at a level comparable to the situated at a distance of about 19 km. from the Delhi Main Railway very best anywhere in the world; Station, 14 km. from the New Delhi Railway Station, 21 km. from the (b) providing adequate facilities for postgraduate studies and Interstate Bus Terminal, 10 km. from the Delhi Airport and 17 km. from research to meet the needs of specialised research workers the I.G. International Airport. The famous Qutub Minar and the Hauz and teachers in the country; Khas Monuments lie in its close vicinity. (c) providing leadership in curriculum planning, laboratory CAMPUS development and examination system; The Institute campus extends over an area of 320 acres. Tastefully (d) developing programmes for faculty development both for its laid out with the picturesque landscape and with numerous buildings of own staff and for teachers of other engineering institutions; various types and, with clean and wide roads, the campus presents a (e) developing close collaboration with industry through spectacle of harmony in architecture and natural beauty. The campus exchange of personnel and undertaking consultancy projects; area has been divided into four functional zones: (f) developing strong collaboration links with other academic (a) Residential zone for students; and research institutions in the country and abroad; (b) Residential zone for the faculty and other supporting staff; (g) anticipating the technological needs for India and to plan and prepare to cater to them; (c) Academic zone for academic buildings and workshops; and (h) developing a continuing education programme for employed (d) Cultural-cum-social and recreational zone for students. engineers and making it available both on campus and by distance learning techniques at off campus locations; The site being longitudinal in shape, the academic and social-cum- cultural zones have been located mid-way between the two residential (i) preparing instructional resource material in the conventional zones in order to reduce walking distance. The campus provides several as well as the audio-visual, the video and the computer essential amenities for community living like hospital, shopping centre, based modes; banks, post office, community centre, staff club, students activities (j) interacting with the community at large to inculcate in our 1 countrymen and women a feel for scientific thought and programmes is made through a Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) endeavour; which is common for all the Indian Institutes of Technology. Institute of (k) catering to the development of a culture for maintenance Technology, BHU, Varanasi, and School of Mines, Dhanbad, also and conservation; and admit students through JEE. (l) organising study programmes to prepare manpower for the Teaching programmes at the undergraduate level are supervised unorganised sector and for self-employment. by the Board of Undergraduate Studies on behalf of the Senate. An Academic Interaction Council comprising of both students and faculty EDUCATION SYSTEM provides feedback to the Board of Undergraduate Studies in all academic matters pertaining to the undergraduate students. The academic year consists of two semesters and a summer term. The education system is organised around a credit system which M.Tech. Programmes ensures continuous evaluation of student’s performance and provides flexibility to choose courses of interest and to progress at an optimum At the postgraduate level, the Institute offers thirty-eight programmes pace suited to student’s ability or convenience. Each course is assigned each of 4 semesters (24 months), leading to the degree of Master of certain number of credits depending upon the class contact hours. A Technology in various specialisations in engineering, science and minimum number of credits and CGPA are to be completed satisfactorily management. These also include nine interdisciplinary M.Tech. in order to qualify for the award of a degree. programmes in Computer Applications, Instrument Technology, VLSI The medium of instruction is English. Design Tools and Technology, Industrial Tribology & Maintenance Engineering, Polymer Science & Technology, Energy Studies, Opto- PROGRAMMES OFFERED Electronics & Optical-Communication, Power Generation Technology and Telecommunication Technology and Management. The admission In pursuit of these objectives, I.I.T. Delhi offers a wide range of to M. Tech. programmes is made on the basis of performance in the academic programmes both at the undergraduate and postgraduate Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) — an All India entrance levels. test–and interview at the Institute. A limited number of students are also admitted on part-time basis from amongst working professionals B.Tech., Integrated M.Tech. and Dual Degree Programmes alongwith the regular full-time students, subject to their satisfying At the undergraduate level, it offers 9 four-year programmes leading certain academic and experience requirements. The Institute also to the degree of Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering, Civil offers a special M.Tech. programme (evening) in the field of Energy Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Environmental Management on a part-time basis catering to the Electrical Engineering (Power), Engineering Physics, Mechanical needs of working professionals from R&D organisations, public sector Engineering, Production and Industrial Engineering and Textile undertakings, government departments and private industries. Technology. It also offers a five-year integrated programme leading to the degree of M.Tech. in Mathematics & Computing and 5-year dual M.S. (Research) Programmes degree programmes leading to B.Tech. and M.Tech. in Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology; B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering and The Institute also offers seven postgraduate programmes leading to M.Tech. in Computer Applications in Chemical Engineering; B.Tech. in the degree of M.S. (Research) in Computer Science & Engineering, Chemical Engineering and M.Tech. in Process Engineering and Design; Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering B.Tech. and M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering; and & Biotechnology, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Amar B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering and M.Tech. in Information and Nath and Shashi Khosla School of Information Technology. Communication Technology. Admission to the first year of the four year The admission to these programmes is made both on full-time as B.Tech., the five-year integrated M.Tech. and 5-year dual degree well as part-time basis. The maximum period within which the full-time 2 programme should be completed is six semesters and the minimum In addition, the Institute carries out sponsored R&D projects and period for the purpose is four semesters. The degree of M.S. (Research) consultancy assignments funded by various funding agencies and the is equivalent to M.Tech. degree. industry. It also conducts specialised manpower training programmes and continuing education programmes in various thrust areas for M.Des. Programme practising professionals and teachers of other institutes. The The Institute offers a two-year programme leading to the degree of postgraduate teaching and research programmes are supervised by Master of Design (M.Des.) in Industrial Design. Admission to this the Board of Postgraduate Studies & Research on behalf of the Senate. programme is made by taking into consideration the Common Entrance ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS AND CENTRES Examination in Design (CEED) score and performance in interview. All the teaching and research programmes at the Institute are M.Sc. Programme conducted through 13 statutory departments and 11 Centres/ Schools. The departments of Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics offer 2- The departments include the Departments of Applied Mechanics,