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From 1955 to 1960, admissions for the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur were conducted via a national examination. Academic disciplines were allotted to the students via interviews and counselling sessions held at Kharagpur. The IIT-JEE was first conducted in 1961 as Common Entrance Exam (CEE), coinciding with the 1961 IIT Act. [11]
The Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM) is a common admission test conducted every year for admission into Master of Science (M.Sc.) and other post-graduate science programs at Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs), organized by alternating institutes every ...
This transparency was achieved after a long legal battle led by IIT Kharagpur professor Rajeev Kumar, [12] and who was nominated for the National RTI Award 2010 for his work. [13] Since 2013–14, JEE has changed significantly, recently adopting new online admissions and application selection procedures which were not available in recent years.
IIT Kanpur is located on the Grand Trunk Road, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of Kanpur City and measures close to 420 hectares (1,000 acres).This land was donated by the Government of Uttar Pradesh in 1960 and by March 1963 the institute had moved to its current location.
The GATE is used as a requirement for financial assistance (e.g. scholarships) for a number of programs, though criteria differ by admitting institution. [2] In December 2015, the University Grants Commission and MHRD announced that the scholarship for GATE-qualified master's degree students is increased by 56% from ₹ 8,000 (US$94) per month to ₹ 12,400 (US$150) per month.
On his return to India in 2004, he joined the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT) as an assistant professor; he became an associate professor in 2009. He continues his service at IIT Kanpur as a professor in the department of chemical engineering. [8] He was the C . V. Seshadri Chair position in the department during 2015–2018.
The present name 'Indian Institute of Technology' was adopted before the formal inauguration of the institute on 18 August 1951, by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. On 15 September 1956, the Parliament of India passed an act known as the Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur) Act declaring it as an Institute of National Importance.
According to data obtained through Right to Information (RTI) applications, approximately 38% of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) graduates from the class of 2024 have not secured job placements. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] This is the highest percentage in the past three years, with a steady increase from 19% in 2021 and 21% in 2022.