IIT Delhi - Indian Institute of Technology

Previously known as College of Engineering in 1961, the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi was declared later an Institution of National Importance under the 'Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, in 1963. And in the same year, they were granted the status of Deemed University. IIT Delhi holds a position in the 23 IITs Centre of Excellence for research, development and teaching in engineering, science, and technology in India.

IIT Delhi has a campus of 320 acres and includes amenities like a shopping centre, hospital, stadiums, bank, post offices, etc. Currently, the Institute has 17 Centers of Excellence in which four are built by IIT Delhi, five are backed by sponsored projects, and eight are industry-sponsored. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi offers courses in B.Tech, M.Tech, M.Sc, M.SC, PhD, and M.Des. IIT, Delhi has a provision of Dual Degree and an Integrated course (B.Tech and M.Tech) for the undergraduate programme.

IIT, Delhi is recognized as the No. 1 institute of India. The institute provides a vast exposure to its students through its course programmes and extra-curricular programmes. The course curriculum at IIT, Delhi is wide knowledge-based and designed to train the students in the process of learning and training.

Highlights

Location

The IIT Delhi campus is situated in Hauz Khas, New Delhi. The nearest railway station is Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station at a distance of 12.4 km. The  Hauz Khas Metro Station is 3.6 km away and the airport, Indira Gandhi International Airport is 10kms away. The Vasant Vihar Bus Depot is 4km away from the campus.

IIT, Delhi Latest news and updates

• IIT Delhi has announced an Endowment Fund, which is launched by the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind.

• IIT Delhi, DRDO and CRPF sign an MoU

• Celebration of 'Constitution Day' at IIT Delhi

• SPIC MACAY Celebrated the Diamond Jubilee Year of IIT Delhi

• IIT Delhi Faculty and Students attended a conversational session with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Intuition and Innovation Through Inner Peace

IIT, Delhi Awards, Recognitions Accreditations and Collaborations

• The NAAC committee has accredited the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Awards received by students representing IIT, Delhi

• Department of Civil Engineering: 1) Student received an award for Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Internship (4 months) (2018-19).

• Department of Chemical Engineering: 1) Student received an award for Omar, R. and Shaik, M.A. Integrated Scheduling of Maintenance and Inventory Control for Continuous Plants based on Conditional Sequencing, PSE ASIA, 13-16 Jan 2019, Bangkok, Thailand.

• Also received an award for An Alternative Technology to Produce Biomass-Based Food Grade Flavors, Fuels and Value-Added Chemicals.

• Department of Textile Technology: 1) Best poster paper entitled "Ballistic Performance STF Treated Soft Body Armour: Effect of Panel Configuration".

• Best student oral presentation award for the paper entitled "Chemical modification of additives for tuning the shear thickening behaviour of silica-based STF" (Association of Universities for Textiles (AUTEX))

The University has the following collaborations

• University of Newcastle, Australia

• Curtin University, Australia

• The University of Queensland 

• Macquarie University

• The ARC Center of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Australia

• Belarusian State University of informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR)

• Skolvo Institute of Science and Technology

• The Royal University of Bhutan

• Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD)

• Simon Fraser University

• University of Alberta

• Concordia University, Canada 

• University of Toronto

• University of Victoria

• Nanyang Normal University

• Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

• Technical University of Liberec

• Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport

• The American University in Cairo

• University of Essex

• Addis Ababa University (AAU)

• German Institute of Technology

• Aachen University

• University of Munich

• University of Kashan

• Khajeh Nasir Toosi University

• Tarbiat Modares University

• Moscow Aviation Institute

• Sharif University of Technology

• Islamic World Science Citation Centre (ISC)

• Industrial Bank of Korea

• Hiroshima University

• Osaka University

• Clemson University, USA

• The University of Westminister

• University of Mauritius

• Amsterdam University of Applied Science

• University of Gothenburg, Sweden

• University of Taipei, Japan

• National Formosa University

• Alzahra University

• KOC University

• University of Tokyo

• Swansea University

• The University of Manchester, UK

• Texas Tech University, US

• Michigan State University

• International University of Grand-Bassam

• Royal University of Bhutan

• IBM Limited

• Lemon Tree Hotels Private Limited

• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited

• Delhi Library Network

• Hummingbird Inc

• Hespera Realty Private Limited

• Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhi Nagar

• Northern India Textile Research Association

• National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

IIT, Delhi Notable Alumni

IIT, Delhi has started two awards, DASA (Distinguished Alumni Service Awards) and DAA (Distinguished Alumni Awards) which is awarded to 3-4 Alumni for their notable contribution to the field of Technology, Science, Public and Social Service, and Corporate Governance.

Some of the notable Alumni are:
Mr Pankaj Chaddah-  Co-founder, Zomato

Prof. Sanjam Garg- Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley

Mr Vikram Gupta- Mr. Vikram Gupta, Founder and Managing Partner of IvyCap Ventures 

Prof. Nemkumar Banthia- Senior Canada Research Chair and Distinguished Professor at the University of British Columbia

Mr Deepinder Goyal- Founder, Zomato 

IIT, Delhi Clubs, Committees and Societies

IIT Delhi has a number of students club that helps the students to excel in extracurricular activities and showcase their talent. IIT Delhi students' club has been broadly classified into three categories. They are listed below:

Cultural Clubs:

• Robotics Club

• Literacy Club

• Fine Arts Club

• Quizzing Club

• Board for Student's welfare (BSW)

• Photography and Films Club

• Spic Macay

• Dance Club

• Debating Club

• Dramatics Club

• Music Club

• Hindi Samiti

Technical Clubs:

• Devclub

• Robotics Club

• Axlr8r

• Aeromodelling Club

• Physics and Astronomy Club

• Economics club

• iGEM

• ACES ACM

• Mathematics Society

• Electrical Engineering Society

• Physics Society

• Mechanical Engineering Society

• Chemical Engineering Society

• Civil Engineering Forum

• Textile Engineering Society

Others:

• The Entrepreneurship Development Cell

• Alumni Affairs and International Programmes

IIT, Delhi Infrastructure and Facilities

The campus has amenities like Staff Clubs, Shopping Centre, Playing Fields Banks, Post Office, Hospital, Community Centre Telecom Centre, and Stadium. There is also a Students Activities Centre which provides facilities for students to encourage extra-curricular activities and physical development.

In addition to focusing on the academic part, the institution also gives importance to non-academic parts such as hobbies, personality development and sports. There are clubs and committees to ensure overall development of students.

There is one double-storied recreational block which comprises a gymnasium hall, squash courts, workshop and seminar rooms, amphitheatre, and swimming pool. The campus has phone booth and stationary shops. 

IIT Delhi hostel has AC and non-AC rooms for the students. The accommodation is secure and safe for both girls and boys. The hostel has a canteen that serves meals and snacks to students at fixed time. There’s also another canteen in IIT Delhi campus that operates during the working hours of the institute.

Facilities:

• Central Research Facility

• Central Workshop

• DAILAB

• High Performance Computing

• Nanoscale Research Facility

• SCFBIO@IITD

IIT, Delhi also has well-equipped Laboratories wherein the students can implement their theoretical knowledge for the practical application. 

IIT, Delhi Courses, Fees and Eligibility

IIT, Delhi provides courses at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level. The institute also provides Dual Degree and Integrated M.Tech course programmes. The admission to these courses at IIT, Delhi is based on certain eligibility criteria according to the courses the students take up. The institute offers both part-time and full-time courses for post-graduate and doctoral level courses.

The IIT, Delhi courses are listed below

• B.Tech

• M.Tech

• MSc

• M.Des

• MBA

• M.S (Research)

• PhD

IIT, Delhi Fee

The IIT, Delhi fee structure ranges from Rs 85.80k to Rs 12.45 Lakhs. The SC/ST/PD students of IIT, Delhi get 100% tuition fee exemption.

IIT, Delhi Fee

IIT, Delhi Admissions

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi offers courses at three levels namely Graduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral. The eligibility is decided upon qualification in exams like Joint Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED), Entrance Examination (JEE), Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), Joint Admission Test in M.Sc. (JAM), and Common Admission Test (CAT) depending upon the courses the students apply for.

IIT, Delhi Admission for undergraduate courses

• Appear for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main and Advanced.

• The candidate will be selected on the qualification in the JEE exam.

• Payment of fees

IIT, Delhi Admission Process for M.Tech programmes

• Apply for the GATE examination.

• The cutoff will be declared by IIT, Delhi.

• Accordingly, the students will be selected.

• Based on the candidate’s previous academic score and the entrance examination score final admission is granted.

IIT, Delhi Admission Process for M.Des programmes

• Appear for the Common Entrance Exam for Design (CEED).

• Fill and submit an online application form.

• The candidates must appear for a counselling process

• On the basis of seat allotment, document verification and payment of fees the final admission is granted.

IIT, Delhi Admission Process for M.Sc Maths/Physics/Chemistry programmes 

• Appear for Joint Admission Test for M.Sc programmes (JAM).

• Register for the JAM counselling.

• The admission is granted based on the seat allotment, document verification and payment of fees. 

IIT, Delhi Admission Process for M.Sc Economics programmes

• Appear for the All India Entrance Test.

• Shortlisted candidates will be called for the personal interview.

• Provisional admission is given till the admission process is completed.

• Depending on the candidate’s performance in PI round, entrance exam score, document verification and fee payment final admission is confirmed. 

IIT, Delhi Admission Process for M.Sc Cognitive Science programmes

• Apply for COGJET/GATE/JAM/NET. 

• Shortlisted candidates must apply on the PG portal on IIT, Delhi website.

•  Attend the personal interview round.

• COGJET /GATE/JAM/NET score, performance in PI round, document verification and payment of fees are the considered factors for the final admission.

IIT, Delhi Admission for MBA/MBA (Telecommunication Systems and Management) programme

• Students must appear for the CAT entrance examination.

• The students with a valid CAT score will be called for the Personal Interview round (PI).

• Shortlisted candidates must verify the documents and pay the fees for finalising their admission.

IIT, Delhi Admission for Executive MBA programme

• Fulfill the basic eligibility criteria

• Appear for the computer-based written test.

• Appear for the Personal Interview round.

• Final selection is done based on the performance in the written test, PI round and fulfillment of the eligibility criteria as mentioned. 

IIT, Delhi Admission for part-time MBA programme

• Submit the SOP

• Selected students will have to appear for the personal interview round.

• Final admission is confirmed depending upon the SOP, PI performance, seat allotment, document verification and fee payment.

IIT, Delhi Admission for PhD

• Meet the basic eligibility criteria

• Appear for GATE/CEED entrance examination.

• Selected students will be called for the personal interview and written test round

• Payment of fees.

IIT, Delhi Scholarships

IIT, Delhi supports underprivileged students with financial aids. They offer scholarships to the Undergraduate students and for a few courses under Post-graduation. IIT, Delhi gives 100% fee concession to the SC/ST/PD students. 

The eligibility criteria for IIT, Delhi Scholarship depends on the family income of the students.

IIT, Delhi Cutoff

The IIT, Delhi cutoff includes certain criteria. The student must obtain a minimum of percentile in their previous examination. The applicant must qualify in the entrance examination like GATE/CEED/CAT/JAM/JEE. The performance in the written test and personal interview is also considered wherever needed. 

IIT, Delhi Placement

IIT, Delhi Placement Cell provides the students with the training for the placement. The University invites the companies to the campus for recruitment. The students are shortlisted based on their CV’s or performance in test/GD which is conducted by the company.

IIT, Delhi Placement provides assistance to its students through the Office of Career Services (OCS). The institute offers internship opportunities to the B.Tech and Dual Degree programme students.

  IIT Delhi Placement Companies:

• Aditya Birla Groups

• Adobe Systems

• Accenture

• Apple

• Axis Bank

• Bajaj Auto Limited

• BARC India

• Bharti Airtel

• Daikin

• Dell

• Coal India Limited

• FCS

• Fitso

• One Plus

• Oracle US

• Reliance Jio

• Saavn Media

• Rubrik

• Rocket Fuel

• Samsung R&D Institute, Delhi

• Siemens Ltd.

• Swiggy

• Sterlite

• TCS

• Times Internet Limited

• Toppr

• Udaan

• Visa

• Wipro Ltd.