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Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Indian Institute of Technology Madras
இந்திய தொழில்நுட்ப கழகம் மெட்ராஸ்
भारतीय प्रौघोगिकी संस्थान मद्रास
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IIT Madras
Motto Sanskrit:सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा
(Tamil:முயற்சிகள் வெற்றி விளைவிக்கும்)
(English:Siddhirbhavati Karmaja)
Motto in English
"Success is born out of action"
Type Public
Established 1959
Chairman Dr. Pawan Goenka
Director Dr. Bhaskar Ramamurthi
Academic staff
550
Undergraduates 4,000
Postgraduates 4,000
Location Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600036, India
Campus Urban, 250 hectares (617.8 acres)
Newspaper The Fifth Estate
Colors      Maroon,      Gold
Website www.iitm.ac.in
University and college rankings
General – international
QS (World) 254
QS (Asian) 53
Times (BRICS) 44
Times (Asia) 76
Engineering – India
NIRF 1
India Today 4
Outlook India 5
Dataquest 2
Government colleges:
Mint 5
Business – India

Coordinates: 12°59′29″N 80°14′01″E / 12.99151°N 80.23362°E / 12.99151; 80.23362

Indian Institute of Technology Madras is a public engineering and research institute located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and is one of India's most prestigious universities. It is recognised as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India. Founded in 1959 with technical and financial assistance from the former government of West Germany, it was the third Indian Institute of Technology that was established by the Government of India through an Act of Parliament, to provide education and research facilities in engineering and technology.

IIT Madras is a residential institute that occupies a 2.5 km² campus that was formerly part of the adjoining Guindy National Park. The institute has nearly 550 faculty, 8,000 students and 1,250 administrative and supporting staff. Growing ever since it obtained its charter from the Indian Parliament in 1961, much of the campus is a protected forest, carved out of the Guindy National Park, home to large numbers of chital (spotted deer), black buck, monkeys, and other rare wildlife. A natural lake, deepened in 1988 and 2003, drains most of its rainwater.


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