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The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-Delhi), is a major college of engineering in Delhi, India. It forms a part of the league along with other IITs in India.
Overview
Established as a College of Engineering in 1961, this
Institute was declared as Institution of National
Importance under the "Institutes of Technology"
It was then accorded the status of a university
with powers to decide its own academic policies,
to conduct its examinations, and to award its degrees.
Today name of IIT Delhi is synonymous with the
excellence in the field of technical education
and research. Its alumus has won accolades
and achieved tremendous success in a diverse
set of areas accros the globe.
The Institute campus extends over an area of 320
acres (1.3 km²) with many topographical features, imaginatively
laid out with picturesque landscape. With clean and
wide roads, the campus presents a spectacle of
harmony in architectural and natural beauty. Most of
the students, faculty and staff reside on the campus.
The main academic building houses various teaching
and research facilities. Although each department is a
separate entity, all the departments together
constitute an integrated complex.
Academic structure
Each academic year consists of two semesters and a
summer term. The education system is organized
around a credit system, which ensures continuous
evaluation of a student's performance and provides
flexibility to choose courses so as to facilitate progress
at an optimum pace suited to one's ability or
convenience. Each course is assigned certain number
of credits depending upon the class contact hours. A
minimum number of credits are to be completed in
order to qualify for the award of degree.
Other facilites
The Students Activity Centre provides a number of
facilities for students' extracurricular and physical
development. The central two-storied block with a
swimming pool and a gymnasium hall has amenities
such as squash courts, hobbies workshop, seminar
rooms, music rooms and other multipurpose rooms for
reading and indoor games. The amphitheatre
constructed in modern style is an added amenity to
the Centre. The campus also provides such amenities
as staff club, hospital, shopping centre, bank, post
office, community centre, stadium and playing fields.
It emphasizes on self-learning, project activity and
laboratory work and leaves sufficient time for students
to take part in other activities like sports and
recreation, and encourages them to be creative and
innovative.
Some major festivals at IIT Delhi
Rendezvous: It is the cultural Festival of IIT Delhi, organised during third weekend of september every year.
[1] (http://www.iitd.ernet.in/~rendezvous)
Tryst: Technical Festival of IIT Delhi, attracts best brains from over 250 professional colleges and top corporate names. It is organized during third weekend of February.
[2] (http://www.iitd.ernet.in/~tryst)
Several prominent alumni include Rajat Gupta, Vinod Khosla, and other corporate figures well known in India.
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