Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
Motto dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt
Motto in English
 Guide in the Right Direction
Type Public
Established 2008
Director Sarit Kumar Das[1]
Location Rupnagar, Punjab, India
30°58′32″N 76°32′22″E / 30.9755°N 76.5395°E / 30.9755; 76.5395Coordinates: 30°58′32″N 76°32′22″E / 30.9755°N 76.5395°E / 30.9755; 76.5395
Colours      Yellow
     Green
Website www.iitrpr.ac.in

The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar) or IIT-RPR, is an engineering, science and technology higher education institute located in Rupnagar, Punjab, India. It is one of the eight newer Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)[2] established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India under The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2011.[3] The Act was passed in the Lok Sabha on 24 March 2011[4] and by the Rajya Sabha on 30 April 2012.[5]

History

IIT Ropar was established by MHRD in 2008. The classes for academic session 2008–2009 were held at IIT Delhi. The Institute started functioning from its transit campus in Rupnagar in August 2009.[6][7]

Campus and location

IIT Ropar is located at Rupnagar (formerly known as Ropar) at the Rupnagar district, 42 km. from Chandigarh, the state capital. It is connected by road on National Highway NH-21. The Delhi-Ambala-Una railway line passes through Rupnagar and provides rail connectivity. The nearest airport is at Chandigarh at a distance of about 60 km. The Satluj river passes close to Rupnagar.

Temporary campus

IIT Ropar transit campus

The temporary campus of IIT Ropar is former Women's Polytechnic, Rupnagar. The academic and administration buildings of the Women's Polytechnic, Ropar were renovated to accommodate all the requirements of the Institute.

The temporary campus houses four hostels: three for boys (Mercury Wings A, B & C, Jupiter and Neptune Houses) and one for girls (Venus House). The day-to-day management of hostels is taken care of by a committee consisting of student representatives, faculty members (as Wardens) and administrative staff (caretakers, office-heads). The institute has an independent post office and a branch of State Bank of India (SBI). There is also a central library in the campus, offering about 4,000 books.[8]

Sport facilities include a cricket field, three tennis courts, a football field, a gymnasium, a basketball court, two volleyball court and also a number of facilities for several athletics. The Students Activity Center (SAC) has a gymnasium and rooms for different activity clubs.

Owing to the Center's order for increasing seats in IITs, another Transit Campus (Transit Campus 2) is also actively functional. It's called the NIELIT campus (National Institute for Electrical And Information Technology). It's located next to where the permanent campus is being built. This campus has 2 boys' hostels, 1 girls' hostel and the main academic arena. Since the campus is new, it has trees in the budding phase, so it's hot here during the day. IIT Ropar buses ply between both the campuses many times a day. This campus has a short life under IIT Ropar and once some departments are made in the Permanent Campus, IIT Ropar will lose it's hold from here.

Football Ground

Permanent campus

The location for permanent campus of IIT Ropar is Birla Seed Farms, Rupnagar. The campus has started operations from July 2018 currently housing 500+ students. The Government of Punjab has approved about 525 acres (2.12 km2) land for the permanent campus in Rupnagar. Foundation stone for the permanent campus of IIT Ropar was laid down on 24 February 2009 by Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh. The contract is given to CPWD and a Bangkok-based construction company is assigned the task of finishing the first phase.[9] The computer science department of IIT Ropar has been shifted in July 2018. A part of the administration office was shifted on 17th June 2018. Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Mechanical Department is expected to shift this year.

Departments and Centres

The institute currently has 10 departments and 1 multi-disciplinary center.[10] The departments are:

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physics

The Center for Biomedical Engineering is the multi-disciplinary center.

Academics

Programmes

The institute offers undergraduate programmes awarding Bachelor of Technology in various engineering areas. Admission to these programmes is through JEE Advanced.[11] The institute also offers postgraduate degrees awarding M.Tech. and M.Sc. (Research) in various engineering fields, as well as M.Sc. in basic sciences.[12] Ph.D. courses in various fields are also offered.[13]

Rankings

University rankings
Engineering – India
NIRF (2018)[14] 22
India Today (2017)[15] 25

Among engineering colleges, IIT Ropar ranked 25 by India Today in 2017[15] and 22 by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2018.[14]

Research

The institute stresses in inter-disciplinary research areas including Renewable and Clean Energy, Bio-imaging and Bio-instrumentation, and Agriculture and Rural Development.[16] A Central Research Facility has been established encompassing equipment from various departments.[17]

In the academic year 2017-18, the institute organized its first Research Conclave.[18][19]

Extra curricular activities

Zeitgeist is the annual cultural festival of Indian Institute of Technology Ropar and is held annually as a three-day festival in late Feb - early March.[20] It was conceived in September 2010. Advitiya, with its maiden edition in 2017, is the annual technical festival, which is held for three days in March. An annual sports festival, Aarohan is also held annually during February. It is currently in its second edition.[21] These college fests are managed financially and conducted entirely by the students. An annual Indian classical music and dance event SPIC MACAY[20] is also organized by the students and the faculty.

Events such as Inter Batch Cultural Championship (IBCC) and Inter Year Sports Championship are the intra-college events that are organized annually for the students of the institute.[20][21]

The management of student activities is done by many boards functioning under the Student Affairs Department. These boards have elected student representatives known as General Secretaries, and an overall elected President of the Student Council. They have various societies and clubs to promote extra curricular and co-curricular activities.

Alumni Association

The IIT Ropar Alumni Association was founded on 1 February 2013. The association aims to encourage the alumni to take abiding interest in the progress and development of the institute. Since its establishment, the association has grown from strength to strength, regularly undertaking several initiatives to promote and foster mutually beneficial interaction between the alumni and the alma mater.[22]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Director | Indian Institute of Technology Ropar". www.iitrpr.ac.in. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "IIT Ropar is now independent of IIT Delhi's mentoring and administration".
  3. ↑ "The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2010" (PDF). 23 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "LS passes bill to provide IIT status to 8 institutes, BHU". Deccan Herald. New Delhi. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Parliament passes IIT bill". The Times of India. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  6. ↑ IANS/Indo-Asian News Service (7 August 2009). "IIT Punjab to start working from its new campus Aug 20". New Delhi: TwoCircles.net. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  7. ↑ "Big milestone: IIT-Punjab classes from August 20". The Times of India. 21 July 2009.
  8. ↑ "Central Library". Indian Institute of Technology Ropar. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  9. ↑ "Permanent Campus – Indian Institute of Technology Ropar". www.iitrpr.ac.in. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  10. ↑ "Departments & Centers | Indian Institute of Technology Ropar". www.iitrpr.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  11. ↑ "JEE Advanced 2017: Registration Ends; Know Details Here". NDTV.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  12. ↑ "Admissions | Indian Institute of Technology Ropar". www.iitrpr.ac.in. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "PhD Admissions". Indian Institute of Technology Ropar. January 2012. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  14. 1 2 "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2018 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2018.
  15. 1 2 "India's Best Colleges 2017: Engineering". India Today. 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "Our interdisciplinary thrust areas | Indian Institute of Technology Ropar". www.iitrpr.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  17. ↑ "Central Research Facilities – Indian Institute of Technology Ropar". www.iitrpr.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  18. ↑ "Research Conclave IIT Ropar". www.iitrpr.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  19. ↑ "Top scholars seek to prioritize innovative research as one-day conclave concluded at IIT Ropar - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  20. 1 2 3 Agarwal, Rohan. "Board of Cultural Activities". www.iitrpr.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  21. 1 2 "Board of Sports Activities". www.iitrpr.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  22. ↑ "IIT Ropar Alumni Association".
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