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{{short description|Public engineering institution in Dharwad, India}}
{{Distinguish|IIIT Dharwad}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}

{{Infobox university
| name = Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad
| image = Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad Logo.svg
| motto = {{lang|sa|सा विद्या या विमुक्तये}} {[[Devanagari]]}
| motto_lang = Sanskrit
| mottoeng = ''Knowledge is one that liberates''
| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|2016}}
| type = [[Public university|Public]] [[technical university]]
| chairman = Vinayak Chatterjee
| director = Prof Venkappayya R. Desai. <ref>{{Cite news |date=19 September 2022 |title=President Droupadi Murmu approves appointment of new directors at 8 IITs: Education ministry |work=[[The Telegraph (India)]] 10:54 PM |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/president-droupadi-murmu-approves-appointment-of-new-directors-at-8-iits-education-ministry/cid/1887612?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tt_daily_twit |access-date=19 September 2022}}</ref>
| head_label = Mentor institute
| head = [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay|IIT Bombay]]
| undergrad = 480<ref name=josaaIITD/>
| postgrad = 198
| city = [[Dharwad]]
| state = [[Karnataka]]
| country = [[India]]
| campus = Main campus – 470 acres <br />Temporary – Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI)
| free_label = Acronym
| free = IIT-Dharwad
| logo =
| website = {{URL|http://iitdh.ac.in}}
| coor = {{Coord|15|27|30|N|75|00|30|E|type:edu|display= title}}
| module = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}} }}
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'''Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad''' ('''IIT Dharwad''' or '''IIT DH''') is an autonomous engineering and technology institute in [[Dharwad]], [[Karnataka]], India. IIT Dharwad started functioning from July 2016 in a temporary campus, previously of the Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI) in [[Belur Industrial Area]], on the outskirts of Dharwad city.<ref name=IITDharwadWALMICampus>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/IIT-Dharwad-WALMI-Campus-Restoration-a-Mammoth-Task/2015/12/26/article3196594.ece|title=IIT-Dharwad WALMI Campus Restoration a Mammoth Task|last1= S |last2= Upadhye |first= Amit |access-date=26 December 2015|newspaper= The New Indian Express. |location=Karnataka, India}}</ref> It was formally inaugurated on 28 August 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/iit-dharwad-inaugurated-by-prakash-javadekar-1286647.html|title=IIT-Dharwad Inaugurated by Prakash Javadekar|access-date=25 January 2017}}</ref> For the academic year 2016–2017, the institute offered [[B.Tech]] courses in three branches, namely. [[Electrical engineering|Electrical Engineering]], [[Computer science|Computer Science]], and [[Mechanical engineering|Mechanical Engineering]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/IIT-Dharwad-to-admit-250-students-next-year/articleshow/49235184.cms|title=IIT-Dharwad to admit 250 students next year}}</ref> The year 2021 saw the introduction of an additional branch, [[Engineering physics]]. As of 2022, the institute expanded to provide four additional courses of study, namely [[Biochemical engineering|Chemical and Biochemical engineering]], [[Computational mathematics|Mathematics and Computing]], [[Civil engineering|Civil and Infrastructure engineering]], and [[Interdisciplinarity|Interdisciplinary Sciences.]]

As part of the mentorship plan, [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay|IIT Bombay]] is the mentor institute for IIT Dharwad. The [[Ministry of Human Resource Development|HRD Ministry]] has set up an IIT monitoring cell at IIT Bombay. The committee members were designated as officials on special duty to supervise the process of setting up IIT Dharwad.<ref>{{cite news|title=IIT-Dharwad to start functioning from July|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/iitdharwad-to-start-functioning-from-july/article8009563.ece|author=N. DINESH NAYAK|access-date=20 December 2015|newspaper=The Hindu|location=DHARWAD, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/Dharwad-IIT-renovation-in-full-swing-on-WALMI-campus/2016/05/27/article3453208.ece|title=Dharwad IIT: renovation done on WALMI campus|last1= S |last2= Upadhye |first= Amit |access-date=27 May 2016|newspaper= The New Indian Express. |location=Karnataka, India}}</ref>

==History==
The late Union Human Resources Development Minister [[S. R. Bommai]] had moved the proposal to the [[Government of India|Centre]] seeking an IIT in Dharwad in the 1990s. In 1998, a committee headed by former [[Indian Space Research Organisation|ISRO]] chairman and space scientist [[Udupi Ramachandra Rao]] submitted its report recommending an IIT in [[Hubballi]]-[[Dharwad]].<ref name=IITDharwadWALMICampus/><ref>{{cite news|title=Dharwad will host first IIT of Karnataka|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Dharwad-will-host-first-IIT-of-Karnataka/articleshow/48877460.cms|author=TNN|access-date=9 September 2015|newspaper=The Times of India|location=Bengaluru, India}}</ref> Union finance Minister [[Arun Jaitley]] in the 2015-16 union budget, sanctioned a budget for IIT for [[Karnataka]] state and the state government suggested three locations. The short-listed cities were [[Dharwad]], [[Mysuru]], and [[Raichur]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Karnataka: Protests against appointment of nodal officer for IIT Dharwad|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-karnataka-protests-against-appointment-of-nodal-officer-for-iit-dharwad-2147090|author=DNA WEB TEAM|access-date=20 November 2015|newspaper=DNA|location=India}}</ref>

==Campus==
[[File:Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad 01.jpg|thumb|IIT Dharwad signage]]
IIT Dharwad is initially functioning out of the campus of the Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI) in Dharwad near the Karnataka High Court Bench. A permanent building is coming up at Chikkamaligawad village.

[[File:Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad 02.jpg|thumb|IIT Dharwad (2016–2023)]]
[[File:IIT Dharwad, Mammigatti.jpg|thumb|IIT Dharwad permanent campus inaugurated in March 2023]]
Around 500 acres belonging to KIADB near Mummigatti on the [[Pune]]-[[Bangalore]] [[National Highway (India)|National Highway]] off Dharwad was identified for the IIT campus, but that deal was cancelled due to legal hurdles. The State Cabinet decided to allot 470 acres of land at Kelageri village adjunct to Mammigahtti Industrial Area in Dharwad district.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/470-acres-for-iit-dharwad-at-kelageri/article8846267.ece|title=470 acres for IIT Dharwad at Kelageri|author = The Hindu |access-date=14 July 2016|location=Karnataka, India}}</ref> The historic [[Kittur Fort]] is 20 kilometers from the campus.<ref name=josaaIITD>{{cite web|url=http://josaa.nic.in/SeatInfo/root/InstProfile.aspx?instcd=123|title=Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2016 - Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad}}</ref>

IIT Dharwad permanent campus was inaugurated on 12 March 2023 by the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]] to the public which is the first green and smart IIT in India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-13 |title=Karnataka: PM Modi inaugurates permanent campus of IIT-Dharwad |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/pm-modi-inaugurates-iit-dharwad-permanent-campus-jee-main-jee-advanced-8493842/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

The city also houses educational institutions like [[Karnatak University]], [[Karnatak College Dharwar|Karnatak College]], [[University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad|University of Agricultural Sciences]], [[SDMCET]] .<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kslu.ac.in/|title=Karnataka State Law University|website=www.kslu.ac.in|access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref> Also, new institutes like the [[Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad|IIIT Dharwad]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iiitdwd.ac.in/|title=IIIT-DWDharwad|website=iiitdwd.ac.in|access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref> are coming up in the twin cities of [[Hubballi]]-[[Dharwad]].<ref name=josaaIITD/> There is also the [[NTTF]] tool and die making educational institute at Dharwad.

There is an airport at Gokul Road, Hubballi, the twin city of Dharwad. The airport has air services connecting to [[Ahmedabad]], [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]], [[Chennai]], [[Hindan Air Force Station|Hindon-Delhi]], [[Goa]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Kannur]], [[Kochi]], [[Mumbai]] and [[Tirupati]]. There is a railway station at Dharwad through which trains from Bengaluru to Goa run. [[Hubli Junction railway station|Hubballi Junction]] is the major railway junction which has train connections to [[Kochuveli]], [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]], [[Mumbai]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Varanasi]], [[Howrah]], [[Chennai]], [[Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station|Hazrat Nizamuddin]], [[Kolhapur]], [[Solapur]], [[Vijayawada]] and [[Vasco da Gama, Goa|Vasco]] among others. Also, Hubballi city is the headquarters of [[South Western Railway zone]] of Indian Railways.

==Organisation and administration==
=== Departments, centers, and schools ===
Nearly 60<ref>{{Cite web|title=IIT Dharwad|url=https://www.iitdh.ac.in/academics_ug.php|access-date=2021-08-24|website=www.iitdh.ac.in}}</ref> seats each in the streams of [[BTech]] in [[Computer Science]], [[Electrical Engineering|Electrical]], and [[Mechanical Engineering|Mechanical]] engineering are available at the institute. Classes began on 15 July 2016, along with the other [[Indian Institutes of Technology|IIT]]s across the country.<ref name="SeatAllocationForIITGoaBegins in jss shri manjunatheshware central school iit foundation" >{{cite news|title=Seat allocation for IIT Goa begins|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Seat-allocation-for-IIT-Goa-begins/articleshow/52737423.cms|author=TNN|access-date=14 June 2016| newspaper=The Times of India|location=Goa, India}}</ref>

A new B.Tech programme in [[Engineering physics|Engineering Physics]] with ~15 seats has been started in the Autumn 2021 Semester.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iitdh.ac.in/pdf/EnggPhysics.pdf|title=B. Tech. in Engineering Physics (Interdisciplinary Programme)|access-date=18 February 2022|website=iitdh.ac.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=B.Tech Engineering Physics at IIT Dharwad: Fees, Admission, Seats, Reviews|url=https://www.careers360.com/university/indian-institute-of-technology-dharwad/btech-engineering-physics-course|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Careers360|language=en}}</ref> As of 2022, the institute expanded to provide four additional courses of study, namely [[Biochemical engineering|Chemical and Biochemical engineering]], [[Computational mathematics|Mathematics and Computing]], [[Civil engineering|Civil and Infrastructure engineering]], and [[Interdisciplinarity|Interdisciplinary Sciences.]] The student intake as of 2022 has increased to 310 including supernumerary.

In January 2022, IIT Dharwad established the Global Center of Excellence in Affordable and Clean Energy (GCoE-ACE) in partnership with Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation (HHSIF), the philanthropic arm of [[Honeywell]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Launch of the Global Center of Excellence in Affordable and Clean Energy (GCoE-ACE) at IIT Dharwad.|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1793788|access-date=2022-02-18|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Honeywell, IIT Dharwad to establish Centre of Excellence for affordable, clean energy|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/honeywell-iit-dharwad-to-establish-centre-of-excellence-for-affordable-clean-energy|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Free Press Journal|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Global Center of Excellence in Affordable and Clean Energy|url=https://www.iitdh.ac.in/GCoE-ACE.php|access-date=2022-02-18|website=www.iitdh.ac.in}}</ref>

==Academics==

===Programmes===

The institute conducts educational programs leading to the degrees of [[Bachelor of Technology]] (B. Tech.), [[Master of Technology]] (MTech), [[Master of Science]] (MS) and [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in the following areas:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="width:25%;"| '''Degree''' || '''Specialization'''
|-
| style="width:25%;"| [[Bachelor of Technology]] (BTech) || [[Computer science|Computer Science and Engineering]], [[Electrical Engineering]], [[Mechanical Engineering]], [[Engineering Physics]], [[Biochemical engineering|Chemical and Biochemical engineering]], [[Computational mathematics|Mathematics and Computing]], [[Civil engineering|Civil and Infrastructure engineering]], and [[Interdisciplinarity|Interdisciplinary Sciences.]]
|-
| style="width:25%;"| [[Master of Science]] (MS) || [[Computer science|Computer Science and Engineering]], [[Electrical Engineering]], [[Mechanical Engineering]]
|-
| style="width:25%;"| [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] || Bio Sciences and Bio Engineering, [[Chemistry]], [[Computer science|Computer Science and Engineering]], [[Electrical Engineering]], [[Humanities|Humanities and Social Sciences]], [[Mathematics]], [[Mechanical Engineering]], [[Physics]]
|-
|[[Master of Technology]] (MTech)
|Mechanical Engineering, [[Electrical Engineering]]
|}

=== Ranking ===
{{Infobox India university ranking
|NIRF_E_2023=93}}
IIT Dharwad is ranked 93 among the engineering colleges of India by [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) in 2023.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_E_2023 />

==Student life==
===Cultural and non-academic activities===
IIT Dharwad has many student clubs like Open Student Society (OSS), Astronomy club, Photography club, Robotics Club, Music Club. [[CodeChef]] has a campus community called 'AvadaCodavra'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Student Life|url=https://www.iitdh.ac.in/students.php|access-date=2022-02-18|website=www.iitdh.ac.in}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Indian Institutes of Technology]]
* [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]]
* [[List of universities in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==


{{Indian Institutes of Technology}}
{{Universities in Karnataka}}

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