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The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) is a public research university and technical institute in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. IIT Bombay was founded in 1958. [7] In 1961, the Parliament decreed IITs as Institutes of National Importance. [8]
Established in 1958, the second of its kind, IIT Bombay was the first to be set up with foreign assistance. The funds from UNESCO came as Roubles from the then Soviet Union. In 1961 Parliament decreed the IITs as ‘Institutes of National Importance'.
Established in 1950, they are under the purview of the Ministry of Education of the Indian Government and are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.
With the recommendations of the Sarkar committee in view and on the basis of blueprint made by L. S. Chandrakant, Biman Sen, and Sir J. C. Ghosh, the first Indian Institute of Technology was born in May, 1950 at the site of Hijli Detention Camp in Kharagpur, a town in eastern India.
Apr 21, 2024 · IIT Bombay was founded in 1958 with financial assistance and technical support from UNESCO and the former Soviet Union. The institute began its academic journey with 100 students enrolled in three undergraduate programs: Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.
Within a decade of the launch of the first IIT, four more were set up: IIT Bombay (1958), IIT Madras (1959), IIT Kanpur (1959), and IIT Delhi (1961). Decades later, the sixth IIT was established in Guwahati (1994).
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The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, also known as IIT Bombay, is a public institution that was founded in 1958. The university is located in Powai, a northern suburb of Mumbai, India,...
