IIT Kharagpur – The Oldest IIT Is The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

The Oldest IIT Is The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

IIT Kharagpur – The Oldest IIT Is The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

IIT Kharagpur – The Oldest IIT Is The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) is a public university established by the government of India in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.

Established in 1951, the institute is the first IIT to be founded. It is recognized as an Institute of National Importance . in 2019 it was awarded the status of Institute of Eminence by the Government of India. 

The Oldest IIT Is The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Moreover, it is an excellent place to acquire higher education even for a Master’s, or Ph.D. It has plenty of land so there are ample amount of parks and natural spaces to sit relax and study and many sports activities you can learn on the campus too like swimming, dancing, skating, etc.

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Inside the campus, there is a market known as the technology market. where you can get all the necessary products. There are 23 IITs in India. The IIT Roorkee College is also the oldest IIT but there are some confusing facts. 

In 1847 AD IIT Roorkee was the first engineering college in the British empire. The college was renamed the Thomason college of civil engineering in 1854. It was given university status in 1949 and was converted into an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in 2001.

23 IITs and their established year:

  1. IIT Kharagpur (IITKGP) – 1951
  2. IIT Bombay (IITB) – 1958
  3. IIT Madras (IITM) – 1959
  4. IIT Kanpur (IITK) – 1959
  5. IIT Delhi (IITD) – 1961
  6. IIT Guwahati (IITG) – 1995
  7. IIT Roorkee (IITR) – 2001
  8. IIT Ropar (IITRPR) – 2008
  9. IIT Bhubaneswar (IITBBS) – 2008
  10. IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN) – 2008
  11. IIT Hyderabad (IITH) – 2008
  12. IIT Jodhpur (IITJ) – 2008
  13. IIT Patna (IITP) – 2008
  14. IIT Indore (IITI) – 2009
  15. IIT Mandi (IITMD) – 2009
  16. IIT Varanasi (IITBHU) – 2012
  17. IIT Palakkad (IITPKD) – 2015
  18. IIT Tirupati (IITTP) – 2015
  19. IIT Dhanbad (IITISM) – 2016
  20. IIT Bhilai (IITBH) – 2016
  21. IIT Dharwad (IITDH) – 2016
  22. IIT Jammu (IITJMU) – 2016
  23. IIT Goa (IITGOA) – 2016

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