(Info) Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Indian
Institute of Technology , Madras
The Indian
Institute of Technology, Madras , is among the foremost of institutes of
national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied
research.
The Institute,
with a self-contained campus of nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250
administrative and supporting staff, is located in a beautiful, wooded land of
about 250 hectares in South Madras . It has been growing from strength to
strength ever since it obtained its charter from the Indian Parliament in 1961
and has established itself as a premier center for teaching, research and
industrial consultancy in the country.
The Institute
has several departments and advanced research centres in various disciplines of
engineering and the pure sciences, with nearly 100 laboratories organized on a
unique pattern of functioning.
A faculty of
international repute, a brilliant student community, excellent technical and
supporting staff and an effective administration have all contributed to the
pre-eminent status of IIT Madras.
The Indian
Institute of Technology, Madras is an autonomous statutory organization
functioning within the Institute of Technology Act . The six IITs (others being
at Bombay , Guwahati, Kanpur , Kharagpur and New Delhi ) are administered
centrally by the IITs’ Council, an apex body established by the Government of
India. The Minister of Human Resource & Development, Government of India, is
the Chairman of the Council. Each Institute has a Board of Governors responsible
for its overall administration and control.
The Senate
comprising all professors of the Institute decides the academic policy of the
Institute. It controls and approves the curriculum, courses, examinations and
results. It appoints committees to look into specific academic matters arising
from time to time. The teaching, training and reseach activities of various
departments of the Institute are periodically reviewed to improve faciliites and
maintain standards. The Director of the Institute is the ex-officio Chairman of
the Senate.
There are
three Senate Sub-Committees, namely, Board of Academic Research, Board of
Academic Courses and Board of Students to help academic administration and
efficient functioning of the Institute.
The Finance
Committee advises on all financial policy matters while the builiding and Works
Committee advises on matters relating to buildings and works activities.
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