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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.
The Indian subcontinent has a long history of education and learning from the era of Indus Valley civilization.Important ancient institutions of learning in ancient India are the Buddhist Mahaviharas of Takshashila, Kashmir Smast, Nalanda, Valabhi, Pushpagiri, Odantapuri, Vikramashila, Somapura, Bikrampur, Jagaddala.
The Institute of Technology Act (parliamentary legislation) gives legal status, including degree-granting powers, to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). It was notified in the gazette as Act Number 59 of 1961 on 20 December 1961 and came into effect on 1 April 1962. The Act also declares these institutes as Institutes of National ...
Education in the Indian subcontinent began with the teaching of traditional subjects, including Indian religions, mathematics, and logic.Early Hindu and Buddhist centers of learning, such as the ancient Takshashila (in modern-day Pakistan), Nalanda (in India), Mithila (in India and Nepal), Vikramshila, Telhara, and Shaunaka Mahashala in the Naimisharanya forest, served as key sites for education.
List of autonomous higher education institutes in India; List of institutions of higher education in India; List of Institutes of National Importance; List of central universities in India; List of deemed universities in India; List of private universities in India; List of state universities in India
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal started functioning from the ITI Gas Rahat Building, Govindpura, Bhopal. [9] The institute was moved to a main campus in Bhauri in August 2012. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram is situated at Vithura, which is 40 km from Thiruvananthapuram city.
The school was renamed as the Institute of Paper Technology in July 1968 and subsequently Department of Paper Technology in July 1992. [10] The first edition of Thomso, the institute's annual cultural festival was held in 1982. In 1997 the government of India released a stamp dedicated to 150th anniversary of university of Roorkee.
As of 14 November 2023, the UGC lists 124 institutes which were granted the deemed to be university status. [8] According to this list, the first institute to be granted deemed university status was Indian Institute of Science, which was granted this status on 12 May 1958. In many cases, the same listing by the UGC covers several institutes.