IIT Bhubaneswar
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Official Seal of IIT BBS
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| Type | Public Institution |
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| Established | 2008 |
| Chairman | Shri Pankaj Ramanbhai Patel |
| Director | Prof. R V Raja Kumar |
| Undergraduates | 700 |
| Postgraduates | 250 |
| Location |
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India Coordinates: 20°18′10.9434″N 85°49′26.45″E / 20.303039833°N 85.8240139°E |
| Campus | Urban, spread over 936 acres (3.79 km2) Near Bhubaneswar |
| Acronym | IIT BBS |
| Website | http://www.iitbbs.ac.in |
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (IIT Bhubaneswar or IIT BBS)(Odia: )is a public engineering institution established by the government of India in 2008, located at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. It is one of the eight new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India under The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2011 which establishes the eight new IITs as well as declares IT-BHU as Indian Institute of Technology. The Act was passed in the Lok Sabha on 24 March 2011 and by the Rajya Sabha on 30 April 2012. It started functioning from the campus of IIT Kharagpur on 23 July 2008 and shifted its operation to the city of Bhubaneswar on 22 July 2009.
The institute admits students into B. Tech, M. Tech and Ph.D. programs. Institute has started operating from permanent campus at Arugul from academic session 2015-16. The classes are held in the permanent campus at argul. The academic session begins in July each year. Currently, Prof. R.V. Rajakumar is the director of the institute.
Establishing an IIT in Odisha was a long-standing demand for several decades. As the state ranked at the bottom in terms of centrally funded academic and research institutions, there were strong allegations of Congress led central government neglect. There were several incidents of protest, both locally in Odisha, the National Students Union of India (NSUI), and eminent nonresident Indian academics. An organization called Agamee Odisha was formed, that spearheaded mass agitation throughout the state. There also have been stray incidents of violence related to the issue of Odisha's neglect. Politicians including the Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik, cast this festering issue as a sign of severe neglect of the state by the UPA government in New Delhi. In May 2007, this became a major issue in the Indian parliament. The opposition NDA staged a walk-out in the Indian parliament, accusing the ruling UPA of neglecting the state's economic development. Sections of the media reported that the Congress party led UPA government had been embarrassed by this issue. Eventually, the HRD minister Mr. Arjun Singh relented, leading to the inception of IIT Bhubaneswar.
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