IIT Hyderabad

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

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Type	Public
Established	2008
Parent institution	Indian Institute of Technology
Chairman	B.V.R.Mohan Reddy
Director	Uday B Desai
Location	Sangareddi, Telangana, India 17°29′N 78°08′E / 17.49°N 78.13°E / 17.49; 78.13
Campus	Urban
Acronym	IITH
Website	www.iith.ac.in

The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT Hyderabad, IITH) is a public engineering and research institution located in Sangareddy district, Telangana, India. IIT Hyderabad began functioning on 18 August 2008 and is one of the eight young Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India under the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2011. The Act was passed in the Lok Sabha on 24 March 2011 and by the Rajya Sabha on 30 April 2012. IIT Hyderabad has 826 Undergraduate, 395 Masters and 474 Ph.D. students. IITH has 172 full-time faculty. All the academic and administrative operations were shifted to the permanent campus at Kandi, Sangareddy in July 2015, although a small fraction of the students stay at the temporary campus in the Ordnance Factory, Medak. All students are expected to shift to the permanent campus by the start of academic year 2017-2018.

IIT Hyderabad began functioning on 18 August 2008 from a temporary campus at Ordnance Factory Medak, Eddumailaram. IIT Hyderabad's permanent campus is located at Kandi near Sangareddy and is close to the Outer Ring Road (Hyderabad). The campus is located on NH-65. The institute shifted most of its operations to the permanent campus in July 2015.

The institute is currently in Phase 1 of construction; 3 academic blocks and 10 functioning hostel buildings (each with a capacity of 200) will be ready by July 2017. The hostels are well connected to Institute main gate through internal transportation. The new campus's location on the national highway gives it easy access to the city of Hyderabad.