Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad

This article is about a technology institute in Palakkad, India. For the similarly named institutes, see Indian Institute of Technology (disambiguation).
Indian Institute of Technology
Palakkad
ഭാരത സാങ്കേതിക സ്ഥാപനം, പാലക്കാട്
भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान पालक्काड
Type Public Education and Research
Established 2015
Director Dr. Bhaskar Ramamurthi (Mentor Director)
Undergraduates 230
Location Palakkad, Kerala, India
Coordinates: 10°47′38″N 76°49′36″E / 10.79389°N 76.82667°E / 10.79389; 76.82667
Campus

Main – Spread over 500 acres (2.0 km2) in Pudussery West, Palakkad, Kerala

Temporary - Ahalia integrated campus [1]
Acronym IIT Palakkad, IIT Pkd
Website www.iitpkd.ac.in

Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad (IIT Palakkad) is a public autonomous engineering and research institute located in Palakkad, Kerala. It is one of the five new IITs proposed in the 2014 Union budget of India. [2] The campus was inaugurated on 3rd August 2015 at the temporary campus site located inside the Ahalia Integrated Campus, Palakkad.[1][3]

Till a Director is appointed by MHRD for IIT Palakkad, the Director of IIT Madras, Dr. Bhaskar Ramamurthi will be the Mentor Director. IIT Madras has deputed a batch of experienced professors including the ones recently retired, former deans and heads of various departments to the new campus as both permanent and visiting professors.[4]

Campus and location

IIT Palakkad is initially functioning out of the campus of Ahalia Integrated campus, while the permanent campus would be coming up at Pudussery West in 500 acres of land. The land acquisition for the permanent campus of the IIT was expected to be complete by mid-February 2016. [5] However, the acquisition has been further delayed.

Temporary Campus has a 55,000 sq. ft. academic building, which houses six class rooms, a seminar room, an auditorium, library, cafeteria, and faculty offices. It also provides hostel and sports and recreational facilities with access to high speed internet. Students have facilities at par with other IIT's.[3]

The construction of the IIT Palakkad permanent campus had been delayed due the slow progress of land acquisition at the 500 acre Pudussery West site by the State Government of Kerala.[6] The construction is to begin by mid-December 2016[7]

Academics

IIT Palakkad currently offers four-year Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) programmes in different engineering disciplines. Similar to the other IITs, admission to undergraduate programmes based on qualification through the Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE).

IIT Palakkad started its operation with the following 4 departments [8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Palakkad IIT to start functioning from August". The Hindu. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  2. ↑ http://indiabudget.nic.in/budget2014-2015/ub2014-15/bh/bh1.pdf. Retrieved on 28 June 2015, 13:17 IST.
  3. 1 2 "Temporary Campus". IIT Palakkad.
  4. ↑ "IITs in Tirupati, Palakkad now Open for Intake". The New Indian Express. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Land acquisition for IIT to be over by mid-Feb". The Hindu. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Shaji, K.A. "IIT Palakkad campus facing land acquisition hurdles". The Hindu. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  7. ↑ Shaji, K.A. "Work at IIT Palakkad campus to begin soon". The Hindu. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  8. ↑ "IIT temporary campus to open on August 3". The Hindu. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
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