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{{Short description|Public technology institution in Guwahati, Assam}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
| native_name =
| image = IIT Guwahati Logo.svg
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| established = {{start date and age|1994}}<ref name="About" />
| type = [[Public university|Public]] [[technical university]]
| city = [[Guwahati]]
| state = [[Assam]]
| country = [[India]]
| motto = {{lang|hi|ज्ञान ही शक्ति है}} {{small|([[Hindi]])}}
| motto_lang = Hindi
| mottoeng = Knowledge Is Power
| chairman = [[T. G. Sitharam]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Board of Governors (BoG) |url=http://www.iitg.ac.in/home/pagesin/7 |website=www.iitg.ac.in}}</ref>
| director = [[T. G. Sitharam]]<ref name="Prof. T. G. Siharam takes over as IIT-Guwahati director">{{cite web | url=http://www.iitg.ac.in/upload/TGS_brief_resume.pdf | title = Prof. T. G. Sitharam takes over as IIT-Guwahati director | publisher = IIT Guwahati | access-date = 4 July 2019}}</ref>
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]<br />{{convert|703.95|acre|m2|1|abbr=on}}<ref name="About" />
| academic_staff = 413<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| administrative_staff =
| students = 5,817<ref name=nirf_stud>{{cite web |title=NIRF 2019 |url=https://www.iitg.ac.in/cseweb/nirfviews/IR-O-U-0053/IR-O-U-0053.pdf |publisher=IIT Guwahati}}</ref>
| undergrad = 2,630<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| postgrad = 1,222<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| doctoral = 1,965<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| colors = {{color box|red}} Red (power)<br/>{{color box|blue}} Blue (peace)<br/>{{color box|yellow}} Yellow (perseverance)
| coor = {{Coord|26|11|14|N|91|41|30|E|display=inline, title}}
| free_label = Acronym
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| website = [http://www.iitg.ac.in/ www.iitg.ac.in]
}}

'''Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati''' ('''IIT Guwahati''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[technical university]] established by the [[Government of India]], located in Amingaon area, North [[Guwahati]] city, in the state of [[Assam]] in [[India]]. It is the sixth [[Indian Institute of Technology]] established in India. IIT Guwahati is officially recognised as an [[Institute of National Importance]] by the government of India.<ref name="Institutes of National Importance">{{cite web | url = http://isidev.nic.in/weblink/ini.html | title = Institutes of National Importance | publisher = The Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID) | access-date = 2009-01-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090309231747/http://isidev.nic.in/weblink/ini.html | archive-date = 9 March 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="The World Reporter1">{{cite web | url=http://www.theworldreporter.com/2013/06/impact-of-iit-guwahati-on-indias-north-east.html | title = Impact of IIT Guwahati on India's North East Region | publisher = The World Reporter | access-date = 2013-05-06}}</ref> IIT Guwahati has been ranked 7th in Engineering and 8th in Overall category in NIRF India Rankings 2021.

==History==
The history of IIT Guwahati traces its roots to the 1985 [[Assam Agitation|Assam Accord]]<ref name="DNB">{{cite web | url=http://gonitsora.com/an-interview-with-professor-dhirendra-nath-burhagohain-founder-director-of-iit-guwahati/ | title = An Interview with Professor Dhirendra Nath Burhagohain, Founder Director of IIIT Guwahati | publisher = [[Gonit Sora]] | access-date = 2015-12-11}}</ref> signed between the [[All Assam Students Union]] and the [[Government of India]], which mentions the general improvement in education facilities in Assam and specifically the setting up of an [[Indian Institutes of Technology|IIT]].

IIT Guwahati was established in 1994 by an act of parliament and its academic programme commenced in 1995.<ref name="About">{{cite web|url=http://www.iitg.ernet.in/aboutus|title=About – Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati|access-date=2011-01-05|date=2011-01-05|publisher=IIT Guwahati|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201013336/http://www.iitg.ernet.in/aboutus|archive-date=1 December 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> IIT Guwahati admitted its first batch of students into its Bachelor of Technology programme in 1995. The selection process was the same as that of the other IITs, i.e., through the [[Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination|Joint Entrance Examination]].<ref name="Joint Entrance Examination">{{cite web | url = http://jee.iitg.ernet.in/ | title = JEE 2009 | publisher = IIT Guwahati | access-date = 2009-01-20 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 1998, the first batch of students were accepted into the Master of Technology program through the [[Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering|GATE]].

==Campus and geography==
The campus of IIT Guwahati is on the northern banks of [[Brahmaputra River|Brahmaputra]] and abuts the [[North Guwahati]] town of [[Amingaon]]. It is often considered as the most beautiful campus in India. The campus is on a {{convert|700|acre|km2}} plot of land around 20 km from the heart of the city. It has the Brahmaputra on one side and hills and vast open spaces on others.<ref name="About" />
[[File:Vikramjit Kakati 2011.jpg|thumb|IIT Guwahati]]

[[File:Iitg hostels.JPG|thumb|IIT Guwahati Hostels|241x241px]]
IIT Guwahati is a fully residential campus. All the students live in hostels on the campus. The hostels are named after rivers and tributaries of North-East India: Manas, Dihing, Kapili, Siang, Kameng, Barak, Subansiri (girls' hostel), Umiam, Dibang, Brahmaputra (largest hostel in all the IITs{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}), Dhansiri (new girls' hostel), Lohit and Disang (new boys' hostel). Apart from these, there is a married scholars' hostel for married postgraduates. Every student at IIT Guwahati is given a separate room. Each room comes equipped with requisite basic amenities.The toilets and bathrooms are shared (three of each for every ten rooms on average). Every hostel has a mess, a canteen, a juice centre, a stationery shop, a library, a TV room, a sports room (for indoor sports), and laundry facilities.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Hostels |url=http://www.iitg.ac.in/fresherportal/about_H.html |website=iitg.ac.in |access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref> The hostels are provided with 24-hour Internet facility. The boys hostels are single seated, i.e., every boarder gets a single room.

== Organisation and administration ==
===Governance===
{{see also|Indian Institutes of Technology#Organisational structure}}
All IITs follow the same organization structure which has [[President of India]] as visitor at the top of the hierarchy. Directly under the president is the IIT Council. Under the IIT Council is the board of governors of each IIT.
Under the board of governors is the director, who is the chief academic and executive officer of the IIT. Under the director, in the organizational structure, comes the deputy director. Under the director and the deputy director, come the [[Dean (education)|deans]], heads of departments, registrar.

===Departments===
[[File:IITG acad complex.jpg|thumb|Academic Complex on the bank of River Brahmaputra]]
IIT Guwahati houses the following departments:

*Department of [[Biosciences]] and [[Bioengineering]]
*Department of [[Chemical Engineering]]
**Center of Excellence for Sustainable Polymers
*Department of [[Chemistry]]
*Department of [[Civil Engineering]]
*Department of [[Computer Science and Engineering]]
*Department of [[Design]]
*Department of [[Electronics engineering|Electronics]] & [[Electrical Engineering]] (previously known as the Department of Electronics and Communication)
*Department of [[Humanities]] and [[Social Sciences]]
*Department of [[Mathematics]]
*Department of [[Mechanical Engineering]]
*Department of [[Physics]]

The aforementioned departments of the Institute offer [[B. Tech.]], [[B. Des.]], [[Master of Design|M. Des.]], [[Master of Technology|M. Tech.]], [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] ([[Development Studies]]), [[M.Sc.]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] programmes.

===Academic centres===
IIT Guwahati is home to six academic centres.

*Centre for Nanotechnology
*Centre for Rural Technology
*Centre for Linguistic Science & Technology
*Centre for the Environment
*Centre For Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems

===Academic schools===

*School of Agro and Rural Technology
*School of Business
*Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
*School of Energy Sciences and Engineering
*School of Health Science & Technology.

===Extramural centres===
IIT Guwahati is home to five academic centres.
*Central Instruments Facility
*Centre for Computer & Communication Centre
*Centre for Career Development.
*Centre for Creativity
*Centre for Educational Technology

==Academics==
Presently there are about 7047 students on rolls,<ref>{{cite web|title=Total student strength of IIT Guwahati for the session 2020–21|url=https://www.iitsystem.ac.in/?q=studentstatistics/userview&campus_id=6|url-status=live|access-date=1 July 2021|website=IIT systems}}</ref> 406 faculty members and 510 support staff.<ref name="FAQ about IIT Guwahati Faculty Positions">{{cite web|url=http://www.iitg.ernet.in/recruitment/misc/why/why_fac.html |title=FAQs regarding Faculty Positions |publisher=IIT Guwahati |access-date=2009-01-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809130004/http://www.iitg.ernet.in/recruitment/misc/why/why_fac.html |archive-date=9 August 2009 }}</ref>

===Admission===
Admission in IIT Guwahati for UG Courses is done through [[JEE Advanced]] for Engineering. Until 2015, admissions in UG Design Course was happening through JEE Advanced. It now happens through [[Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design|UCEED]].
Admission in PG is done through [[Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering|GATE]] score, and through [[Common Entrance Exam for Design|CEED]] for Designing, while through Ph.D-NET examination or Ph.D. entrance examination and/or interview one can get admission into Ph.D. Courses.

===Rankings===
{{Infobox India university ranking
| type = University and college

| QS_W_2022 = 395
| QS_A_2021 = 117
| QS_BRICS_2019 = 48
| THE_W_2020 = 601–800
| THES_A_2020 = 160
| THES_E_2020 = 152

| NIRF_O_2020 = 7

| IT_E_2020 = 6
| WEEK_E_2019 = 6
| NIRF_E_2020 = 7
}}
Internationally, IIT Guwahati was ranked 395 in the [[QS World University Rankings]] of 2022.<ref name="Rankings_QS_W_2022" /> The same rankings ranked it 117 in Asia in 2021
<ref name="Rankings_QS_A_2021" /> and 48 among [[BRICS]] nations in 2019.<ref name="Rankings_QS_BRICS_2019" /> It was ranked 601–800 in the world by the ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' of 2020,<ref name="Rankings_THE_W_2020" /> 160 in Asia<ref name="Rankings_THES_A_2020" /> and 152 among Emerging Economies in 2020.
<ref name="Rankings_THES_E_2020" />

In India, among engineering colleges, it ranked 6th by ''[[India Today]]'' in 2020<ref name="Rankings_IT_E_2020" /> and 6th by ''[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]]'' overall in 2019 .<ref name="Rankings_WEEK_E_2019" /> It was ranked 7th among engineering colleges in India by the ''[[National Institutional Ranking Framework]]'' in 2020<ref name="Rankings_NIRF_E_2020" /> and 7th overall.<ref name="Rankings_NIRF_O_2020" />

===Param Ishan===
IIT Guwahati hosts Param-Ishan which is the fastest and most powerful super computer in northeastern, eastern and southern regions of the country.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/iit-guwahati-gets-param-ishan-supercomputer-fastest-in-neighborhood-1460622|title=Super Computer in IIT Guwahati|work=NDTV}}</ref>

== Student life ==
===Annual festivals===
Every year the students and administration of IIT Guwahati come together to organize a number of festivals and competitions. The major festivals include [[Alcheringa (festival)|Alcheringa]], the annual cultural festival, [[Techniche(festival)|Techniche]], the annual techno-management festival, Udgam, the annual entrepreneurship summit and Research Conclave. Apart from these the Students of IIT Guwahati participate in the annual [[Inter IIT Sports Meet]]. Apart from these the General Championship (GC) is widely celebrated across the hostel communities in the institute, the combined score in the inter hostel meets Kriti (Tech), Manthan (Cultural) and Spardha (Sports) is used to decide the winning hostel.

====Alcheringa====
[[File:Ouzobazookaatalcher2016.jpg|thumb|Israeli psychedelic rock band Ouzo Bazooka perform at the World Carnival, Alcheringa 2016]]
{{main article|Alcheringa (Festival)}}

Alcheringa, popularly known as "Alcher", is the annual cultural extravaganza of the IIT Guwahati. It started in 1996 as a student-run nonprofit organisation catering primarily to the youth of the nation.<ref>{{cite news|last=Article|first=The Hindu|title=Alcheringa 2014 draws huge participation of cultural enthusiasts|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/alcheringa-2014-draws-huge-participation-of-cultural-enthusiasts/article5647565.ece|access-date=17 May 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=3 February 2014}}</ref> Held for three days and four nights, Alcheringa's 2018 edition witnessed an estimated footfall of 1,00,000 people.

Alcheringa has hosted famous Indian and international artists. The list includes world's fastest guitar shredder Michael Angelo Batio, Swiss folk metal band [[Eluveitie]], Israeli progressive metal band – [[Orphaned Land]], Portuguese beat boxer [http://www.rizumik.com/ Rizumik], Irish metal band – [[Frantic Jack]], Pakistani pop rock band – [[Strings (band)|Strings]], [[Villalobos Brothers]] – the Mexican trio and an alternative rock group from New York City – [[Betty (band)|Betty]] in the international section.

Indian artists like [[Vishal–Shekhar]], [[Mohit Chauhan]], [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Javed Ali]], [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[KK (singer)|K.K]], [[Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy]], [[Shilpa Rao]], [[RDB (band)|RDB]], [[Anoushka Shankar]], [[Vishwa Mohan Bhatt|Pt.Vishwa Mohan Bhatt]], rock band [[Euphoria (Indian band)|Euphoria]], [[Vir Das]] and [[Kalki Koechlin]] add stature to the list.

Alcheringa 2018, titled "Echoes of Innocence", the twenty-second edition of the festival starred Bollywood dynamic duo, [[Vishal–Shekhar]], Portuguese House producer, Diego Miranda<nowiki/>and Australian House producers, [[Mashd N Kutcher]], alternative rock band from Chennai, The F16's and classical music maestros and brothers, [[Ganesh and Kumaresh]] and legendary Padma Shri Awardee [[Shahid Parvez]].
Alcheringa 2020 starred Bollywood Singer [[Jubin Nautiyal]] it was sponsored by [[The Red Chief]].

====Techniche====
{{main article|Techniche}}
Techniche is the techno-management festival of IIT Guwahati. Techniche is held in September every year over three days. Techniche hosts various events, competitions, exhibitions and workshops.

Techniche conducts [[Technothlon]] and provides students from schools and colleges across India a platform to interact with many experts in subject areas through its lecture series. It has been attended by [[Rajagopala Chidambaram|R. Chidambaram]], [[Kiran Bedi]], H. C. Verma, Mike Fincke, John C. Mather and others.

Guwahati Half Marathon is hosted<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/techniche-is-hosting-the-2019-edition-of-guwahati-half-marathon/articleshow/70767111.cms|title=Techniche is hosting the 2019 edition of Guwahati Half Marathon|last=Kalita|first=Kangkan|date=21 August 2019|work=Times Of India|access-date=26 August 2019}}</ref> by Techniche a week before the event.

====Udgam====
Udgam, is the annual Entrepreneurship Summit of IIT Guwahati. Organized by the institute's Entrepreneurial Cell, it aims to inspire young students and graduates of North-East India to embrace entrepreneurship .<ref>[http://www.theworldreporter.com/2013/06/impact-of-iit-guwahati-on-indias-north-east.html Impact of IIT Guwahati on India's North East Region | The World Reporter: News Opinion and Analysis]. The World Reporter (2013-06-05). Retrieved on 2013-10-09.</ref> Apart from a series of talks by eminent entrepreneurs there are plethora of workshops & networking sessions which happen during the festival.<ref>[http://nen360.nenonline.org/events/event_details/5530 NEN 360] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907024934/http://nen360.nenonline.org/events/event_details/5530 |date=7 September 2013 }}. Nen360.nenonline.org (2011-02-05). Retrieved on 2013-10-09.</ref> It is usually held as an annual three-day summit in January.
It is the flagship event of the Entrepreneurial Development Cell, IIT Guwahati. It was conceptualized to develop and spread the spirit of entrepreneurship among the youth of the North-East, and India in general thus earning itself the reputation of being the largest E-Summit in the north-east. E-Cell, IIT Guwahati, is a special interest group under Technical Board of the Students Gymkhana Council, IIT Guwahati and is responsible for activities and initiatives which would instil and promote the spirit of entrepreneurship amongst the student community. To foster an environment which is conducive to entrepreneurship, we at E-Cell organize lectures, events and workshops to create a platform for them to realize their potential and showcase their bright ideas in front of public and industry.

==== Research Conclave ====
Research Conclave is organized under the banner of Students' Academic Board (SAB) of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG). It is a staunch platform to nurture the young minds towards research, innovation and entrepreneurship, which intends to bring the undivided attention of the students towards both industries and academia to redress the academic research challenges, concerns of the entire student community and upcoming entrepreneurs around the globe.
Research Conclave has gone from strength to strength since its inception and now boasts of being one of the largest of its kind in India with the 2019 edition witnessing participants from over 30 states and union territories of India. It has been attended by [[H. C. Verma]], Dr. Raksh Vir Jasra, [[M. S. Ananth]], Padma Shri Awardee [[A. S. Kiran Kumar]] and others.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

= Collaborations =
IIT Guwahati has partnered with [[NTPC Limited|National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)]] to design and develop a highly energy-efficient plant for capturing CO2 from power plants. This plant was developed by a research team led by Prof. Bishnupada Mandal, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati. This project is stands to benefit the petroleum industry, as well as strengthen the [[United Nations|United Nations']] [[Sustainable Development Goals|Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Bikash |date=April 13, 2022 |title=IIT Guwahati partners with NTPC for development of plant to capture CO2 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/iit-guwahati-partners-with-ntpc-for-development-of-plant-to-capture-co2/articleshow/90812872.cms}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Sukumar Nandi]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.iitg.ernet.in/ IITG Main Site]

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