IIT Kharagpur

Introduction

IIT Kharagpur also known as IIT KGP is the first institute of the IITs to be established in 1951 and recognised as the ‘Institute of National Importance’. The institute is now titled as an autonomous University. The institute is famous for its Engineering courses and is always spotted among top 5 institutes in the NIRF ranking. IIT Kharagpur was awarded the status of the ‘Institute of Eminence’ by the Government of India in 2019.

History

The history of the IIT system dates back to 1946 when a committee was set up by Hon'ble Sir Jogendra Singh, Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, Department of Education, Health and Agriculture to consider the setting up of Higher Technical Institutions for post war industrial development in India. The 22 member committee headed by Sri N.R.Sarkar, in its report, recommended the establishment of four Higher Technical Institutions in the Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern regions, possibly on the lines of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, with a number of secondary institutions affiliated to it. The report also urged the speedy establishment of all the four institutions with the ones in the East and the West to be started immediately. The committee also felt that such institutes would not only produce Undergraduates but they should be engaged in research, producing research workers and technical teachers as well. The standard of the graduates should be at par with those from first class institutions abroad. They felt that the proportion of undergraduates and postgraduate students should be 2:1.

With the above recommendations of the Sarkar committee in view, the first Indian Institute of Technology was born in May 1950 in Hijli, Kharagpur, in the eastern part of India. Initially the IIT started functioning from 5, Esplanade East, Calcutta and very soon shifted to Hijli in Sept. 1950. The present name 'Indian Institute of Technology' was adopted before the formal inauguration of the Institute on August 18, 1951, by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. IIT Kharagpur started its journey in the old Hijli Detention Camp where some of our great freedom fighters toiled and sacrificed their lives for the independence of our country. The history of IIT Kharagpur is thus intimately linked with the history of the Hijli Detention Camp. This is possibly one of the very few Institutions all over the world which started life in a prison house.

About the Detention Camp
The district of Midnapore along with rest of Bengal and India took part in a very significant way in the revolutionary struggle against the British Raj from the early 20th century.

The large number of youths who participated in the armed struggle or the non-cooperation movement could not be accommodated in ordinary jails. The then British Government decided to establish a few detention camps - the first one was located in Buxa Fort which was followed by the setting up of the Hijli Detention Camp in 1930. The Hijli Detention Camp bears a very significant mark in our freedom movement. Two unarmed detainees were shot dead here by the British Police on Sept. 16, 1931. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose came to Hijli for collecting the bodies of the two great sons of the freedom movement - Santosh Kumar Mitra and Tarakeswar Sengupta. All the national leaders including Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore voiced their strong protests against the British Raj over this incident. The Hijli Detention Camp was closed in 1937 and was reopened again in 1940 to detain the freedom fighters without trial. In 1942 the camp was again and the detainees were transferred elsewhere.

IIT in its Infancy
There were 224 freshers and 42 teachers in August 1951 when the first session started. The class rooms, laboratories and the administrative office were housed in the historic building of the Hijli Detention Camp. The Institute started its academic programme with only ten Departments. In March, 1952, Pandit Nehru laid the foundation stone of the New Building.

The layout of the present campus and the design of our buildings were carried out by a host of engineers and architects under the guidance of an eminent Swiss architect Dr. Werner M. Moser. A large amount of financial help was available for procuring a number of machine tools from the Ministry of industry and supply. The Institute Workshop was supposed to be one of the Best in the country. The Institute was fortunate enough to have Sir J.C.Ghosh, an eminent Scientist as its first Director under whose able stewardship the Institute grew in its formative years. The first Board of Governors was constituted with Dr. B.C. Roy, as the chairman and Mr. N.R.Sarkar, Sir Jehangir J. Gandhi, Dr. Tarachand, Mr. K.R.K. Menon, Mr. T. Sivasankar, Dr. S.S. Bhatnagar, Mr. H. Kabir and Dr. J.C. Ghosh as members. Some eminent scholars from Europe had joined this Institute in its formative years and the first two of them were Prof. R.A. Kraus and Prof.H. Tischner, who was incidentally the first Head of Electronics and ECE Department.

On Sept. 15, 1956, the Parliament of India passed an act known as the Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur) Act declaring this Institute as an Institute of national importance. The Institute was also given the status of an autonomous University. From this modest start in 1950, IIT Kharagpur has been engaged in a steady process of development with about 18 academic departments, 5 centres of excellence. The vast tree-laden campus, spreading over 2100 acres, has a self-contained township of over 15,000 inhabitants. Currently we have about 550 faculty, 1700 employees and 9000 students on the campus.

Department

IIT Kharagpur provides science-based engineering education with a view to produce quality engineer-scientists. The curriculum provides broad based knowledge and simultaneously builds a temper for the life long process of learning and exploring. The activities of Departments include teaching at all levels and research.

Undergraduate Admissions

Admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses in IIT Kharagpur is conducted through written entrance examinations.
 
Admission to undergraduate programmes in all IITs is tied to the Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE). Candidates who qualify for admission through IIT-JEE can apply for admission in a four-year B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) degree, a five-year B.Arch degree, a five-year Dual Degree (Integrated Bachelor & Master of Technology) or a five-year integrated M.Sc (Master of Sciences) at IIT Kharagpur.
 
15% of the seats are reserved for students belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) and 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes (ST). In addition, 27% separate reservation exists for the Other Backward Classes.
 
Details of the JEE, registration and important dates and examination procedure can be found at the 
JEE Website

Aerospace Engineering
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING(B.TECH 4Y)
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING (M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
Agricultural and Food Engineering
AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD ENGG.(B.TECH 4Y)
AGR. FOOD ENGG.FOOD PROCESS ENGG. (M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
AGR. FOOD ENGG.FARM MACHINERY AND POWER(M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
AGR. FOOD ENGG.AQUACULTURAL ENGG.(M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
AGR. FOOD ENGG.AGRI SYSTEMS AND MGMT.(M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
AGR. FOOD ENGG. LAND AND WATER RESOURCES ENGG.(M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD ENGINEERING DUAL DEGREE IN AVAILABE SPECIALISATION. (M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
Architecture and Regional Planning
ARCHITECTURE (B.ARCH 5Y)
Bio Science
CHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY(2YR. M.SC.)
Biotechnology
BIOTECH. AND BIOCHEMICAL ENGG. (B.TECH 4Y)
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEM. ENGG. (M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
Chemical Engineering
CHEMICAL ENGG. (B.TECH 4Y)
CHEMICAL ENGG.(M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
Chemistry
CHEMISTRY (M.SC. 5Y)
CHEMISTRY (B.S.4Y)
CHEMISTRY (BS-MS 5Y)
CHEMISTRY (2YR. M.SC.)
Civil Engineering
CIVIL ENGG. (B.TECH 4Y)
CIVIL ENGG. STRUCTURAL ENGG. (M.TECH DUAL5Y)
CIVIL ENGG. TRANSPORTATION ENGG. (M.TECH DUAL5Y)
CIVIL ENGG. GEOTECHNICAL ENGG. (M.TECH DUAL5Y)
CIVIL ENGG. HYDRAULIC AND WATER RESOURCE ENGINEERING (M.TECH DUAL5Y)
CIVIL ENGG. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGG. AND MANAGEMENT (M.TECH DUAL5Y)
CIVIL ENGG. DUAL DEGREE IN AVAILABE SPL. (M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
Computer Science and Engineering
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGG. (B.TECH 4Y)
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGG. (M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
Electrical Engineering
ELECTRICAL ENGG. (B.TECH 4Y)
ELECT.ENGG. CONTROL SYSTEM ENGG.(M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
ELECT.ENGG. MACH. DRIVES AND POWER ELECT.(M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
ELECT.ENGG. POWER AND ENERGY SYSTEMS(M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
ELECT.ENGG. INSTRUMENTATION AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONICS(M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
ELECT.ENGG. SIGNAL PROCESSING AND MACHINE LEARNING(M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
ELECT.ENGG. DUAL DEGREE IN ANY SPL.(M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
INSTRUMENTATION ENGG. (B.TECH 4Y)
INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING/CONTROL SYSTEM ENGINEERING(M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING/INSTRUMENTATION AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONICS(M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING/SIGNAL PROCESSING AND MACHINE LEARNING(M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
Electronics and Electrical Communication Engg.
ELECTRONICS AND ELEC. COMM.ENGG. (B.TECH 4Y)
ELECT.ANDELEC.COM.ENGG.RF AND MICROWAVE ENGG. (M.TECH DUAL5Y)
ELECT.AND ELEC.COM.ENGG. MICROELECTRONICS AND VLSI CIRCUITS(M.TECH DUAL5Y)
ELECT.AND ELEC.COM.ENGG. COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING(M.TECH DUAL5Y)
ELECT.AND ELEC.COM.ENGG. VISION AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS(M.TECH DUAL5Y)
ELECT.ANDELEC.COM.ENGG.DUAL DEGREE IN ANY SPL.(M.TECH DUAL5Y)
Geology and Geophysics
EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS (M.SC. 5Y)
EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS (B.S.4Y)
EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS (BS-MS 5Y)
GEOPHYSICS(2YR. M.SC)
APPLIED GEOLOGY (M.SC. 5Y)
APPLIED GEOLOGY (B.S.4Y)
APPLIED GEOLOGY (BS-MS 5Y)
GEOLOGY(2YR. M.SC.)
Humanities and Social Sciences
ECONOMICS (M.SC. 5Y)
ECONOMICS (B.S.4Y)
ECONOMICS (BS-MS 5Y)
Industrial and Systems Engineering
INDUSTRIAL ENGG. (B.TECH 4Y)
INDU. ENGG. INDU. ENGG. AND MANG. (M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
QUALITY ENGINEERING DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING (M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
QUALITY ENGINEERING DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING (INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS VERTICAL) (M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
QUALITY ENGINEERING DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING VERTICAL)(M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
Mathematics
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING (M.SC. 5Y)
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING (B.S.4Y)
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING (BS-MS 5Y)
MATHEMATICS(2YR. M.SC.)
STATISTICS AND DATA SCIENCE (BS-MS 5Y)
Mechanical Engineering
MECHANICAL ENGG.(B.TECH 4Y)
MECH.ENGG. MANUF.SCIENCE AND ENGG. (M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
MECH.ENGG. MECH.SYSTEMS DESIGN (M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
MECH.ENGG. THERMAL AND FLUIDS ENGINEERING(M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
MECH.ENGG. DUAL DEGREE IN ANY SPL. (M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGG.(B.TECH 4Y)
MANUF. SCI AND ENGG.IND. ENGG.MAN. (M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
METALL. AND MATERIALS ENGG.(B.TECH 4Y)
METALL AND MAT.ENGG. METALL.ENGG. (M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
Mining Engineering
MINING ENGG.(B.TECH 4Y)
MINING.ENGG. (M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
MINING ENGINEERING SAFETY ENGG. (M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
Ocean Engg and Naval Architecture
OCEAN ENGG.AND NAVAL ARCH. (B.TECH 4Y)
OCEAN AND NAVAL ARCH / OCEAN ENGG. NAVAL ARCH. (M.TECH DUAL 5Y)
Physics
PHYSICS (M.SC. 5Y)
PHYSICS (B.S.4Y)
PHYSICS (BS-MS 5Y)
PHYSICS(2YR. M.SC.)
School of Medical Science and Technology
MEDICAL PHYSICS (3YR. M.SC.)
NUCLEAR MEDICINE (2YR. M.SC.)
MOLECULAR MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY (2YR. M.SC.)
Rajendra Mishra School of Engg Entrepreneurship (Coordinating Department)
BTECH IN PARENT DEPARTMENT/MTECH IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENGINEERING
Vinod Gupta School of Management (Coordinating Department)
BTECH IN PARENT DEPARTMENT/MTECH IN FINANCIAL ENGINEERING

Placement

All-round Career Development Programme -The Institute organizes various programmes to improve soft skills, professional communication and personality through career counselling by professional agencies/experts. Students are also assisted in preparing professional resumes by conducting resume writing workshops. Management development programs are conducted by experts. The Career Development Centre also assists the departments in organizing Industry oriented workshops, leadership talks, lectures, competitionsCurriculum Oriented Career Prospects (COCP) Workshops including specialized niche areas.
 
Choice of Companies - IIT Kharagpur invites the best recruiters in the market during the internship and placement season covering various sectors such as Core Engineering, IT, Finance, Consulting, Automobiles, PSUs, etc. The sheer diversity of recruiters across all domains and the extensive participation of overseas companies is an epitome of the global stature of the brand IIT Kharagpur.
 
Flexible Curriculum - The internship and placement trend at IIT Kharagpur has shown that the flexibility in curriculum makes our students fit into any sector such as Core Engineering, IT, Finance, Analytics, Consulting et al. It does not matter which discipline you study, you may make a successful in-road to placement.
 
Universally Compatible - More than 1500 students placed every year in 250+ top brands with best compensation packages. KGP students are universally compatible to take up challenges in any of the sector because of the flexibility in our curriculum. The entrepreneurial frame of mind of the students of IIT Kharagpur has also received appreciation from the recruiters. The corporate preparedness of the students is indicated by the significantly large number of students hired by the recruiters as compared to other institutes.

Fee Structure

Particulars (Per semester)

Amount

Tuition Fee

100000

Total Onetime Fee

5700

Total Refundable Fee

6000

Total Semester Fee

105750

Total Hall Fee

28855

Grand Total

149005