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The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a multidisciplinary professional engineering institution. The IET was formed in 2006 from two separate institutions: the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), dating back to 1871, [ 1 ] and the Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE) dating back to 1884.
The original American Institute of Electrical Engineers bookplate at Harvard University Trust. The 1884 founders of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) included some of the most prominent inventors and innovators in the then new field of electrical engineering, among them Nikola Tesla, Thomas Alva Edison, Elihu Thomson, Edwin J. Houston, and Edward Weston.
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.
Reservoirs in the form of Hafirs were developed in Kush to boost irrigation. [16] Sappers were employed to build causeways during military campaigns. [17] Kushite ancestors built speos between 3700 and 3250 BC. [18] Bloomeries and blast furnaces were also created during the Meroitic period. [19] [20] [21] [22]
Major new trends included the development of the junior colleges. They were usually set up by city school systems starting in the 1920s. [59] By the 1960s some were renamed "community colleges". Junior colleges grew from just 20 in 1909 to 170 in 1919. By 1922, 37 states had set up 70 junior colleges, enrolling about 150 students each.
According to Outlook India 's Top Engineering Colleges of 2017, the top four engineering colleges within India were IITs. [83] In 2019 QS World University Ranking , IIT Bombay ranked highest at 162, followed by IIT Delhi (172), IIT Madras (264), IIT Kanpur (283), IIT Kharagpur (295), IIT Roorkee (381) and IIT Guwahati (472). [ 84 ]
The IEEE traces its founding to 1884 and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. In 1912, the rival Institute of Radio Engineers was formed. [6] Although the AIEE was initially larger, the IRE attracted more students and was larger by the mid-1950s. The AIEE and IRE merged in 1963. [7]
The Society of Engineers was a British learned society established in 1854. It was the first society to issue the professional title of Incorporated Engineer. It merged with the Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE) in 2005, [1] and in 2006 the merged body joined with the Institution of Electrical Engineers to become the Institution of Engineering and Technology.