Indian Institute of Technology, Indore (IIT, Indore) Foundation Stone

On 17th Feb, 2009 (HRD) Minister, Arjun Singh laid the foundation stone of the IIT at Indore.

500 acres of land have been allocated for the institution by the State Government. This new IIT will be mentored by the IIT,Mumbai and will start classes from coming academic session 2009-10.

In the first year there will be three branches of Engineering viz Computer Science, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering having the intake of 40 seats in each branch.

Till the new building at the proposed land will take shape, the IIT, Indore will run in the Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV), Indore premises.

All the resources of DAVV, Indore khandwa road campus will be shared according to the MoU signed between IIT Mumbai and DAVV, Indore.

After the operation of IIT, Indore, Indore will be the only city in the country having IIM (Indian Institute of Management) and (Indian Institute of Technology) IIT both.

If we talk about states then Madhya Pradesh is the only state in the country which has all types of institutions of Higher Education including IIT, IIM, IIIT, NIT, IISER and S.P.A. It also has one Central University and a national level Tribal University.

This new IIT at Indore is part of the 8 new IITs that have been established in the country by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development.

The Government of India in its Eleventh Plan has given a major thrust to education. The Central Government has taken several initiatives in respect of new institution building. These include setting up of 30 new Central Universities, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, eight new IITs, seven new Indian Institute of Management (IIMs), five new Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), two new Schools of Planning & Architecture (SPAs), 10 new National Institutes of TEchnology (NITs) and 20 new IIITs. A very high priority has been accorded to the education sector and a ten fold increase has been provided in the budgetary outlays for the higher education during the XIth Plan as compared to Xth Plan.