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IIT
Rajasthan is one among the new set of IITs announced by the Ministry
of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. The location of
the IIT in Rajasthan will be announced by the Govt. of India after
completion of the formalities of land acquisition for setting
up the new IIT in Rajasthan. However, in the meantime, IIT Kanpur
has been designated as the mentor IIT for looking after the incubation
activities of the new IIT in Rajasthan. The academic session in
IIT Rajasthan will commence from August 2008. To start with, a
4-year B.Tech. programme will be offered in three branches, viz.,
Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical
Engineering with a strength of 40 students in each branch. The
curriculum, course structure and syllabus for the first year courses
and the fee structure and other rules will be broadly same as
in the mentor IIT i.e IIT Kanpur. The first year classes are proposed
to be held at the IIT Kanpur campus and the students admitted
will be relocated to the place in Rajasthan where the new IIT
will be established. The students and the parents taking admission
in the new IIT Rajasthan will be required to give an undertaking
to this effect.
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