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IIT
Madras,
IIT
Madras, is one among the foremost institutes of national
importance in higher technological education, basic and applied
research. In 1956, the German Government offered technical
assistance for establishing an institute of higher education in
engineering in India. The first Indo-German agreement in Bonn,
West Germany for the establishment of the Indian Institute of
Technology at Madras was signed in 1959.
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The Institute
was formally inaugurated in 1959 by Prof. Humayun Kabir, Union Minister
for Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs. IIT Madras is a
residential institute with nearly 460 faculty, 4500 students and 1250
administrative & supporting staff and is a self-contained campus
located in a beautiful wooded land of about 250 hectares. It has
established itself as a premier centre for teaching, research and
industrial consultancy in the country.
The Institute
has fifteen academic departments and a few advanced research centres in
various disciplines of engineering and pure sciences, with nearly 100
laboratories organised in a unique pattern of functioning. A faculty of
international repute, a brilliant student community, excellent technical
& supporting staff and an effective administration have all
contributed to the pre-eminent status of IIT Madras. The campus is
located in the city of Chennai, previously known as Madras. Chennai is
the state capital of Tamilnadu, a southern state in India.
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