Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Indian Institute of Technology
Indore

भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान इंदौर
Motto	ज्ञानम् सर्वजनहिताय (Sanskrit)
Motto in English	Knowledge is for the well-being of everyone
Type	Public Research Institution
Established	2009
Director	Pradeep Mathur
Undergraduates	465
Postgraduates	452
Location	Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Campus	525 acres (2.1 km2)
Website	http://www.iiti.ac.in

Indian Institute of Technology, Indore (IIT Indore or IITI [1]), located in Madhya Pradesh, is an institute of national importance established by the Government of India in 2009. It is one of the eight new Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India under The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2011 which declares eight new IITs as well as the conversion of Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University to IIT. The Act was passed in the Lok Sabha on 24 March 2011 and by the Rajya Sabha on 30 April 2012.

Mr.Arjun Singh, then the HRD minister of India laid the foundation stone of IIT Indore on 17 February 2009 in its permanent campus located in Simrol, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The institution started functioning from 2009-10 in a temporary campus at Institute of Engineering and Technology of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya under mentorship of IIT Bombay.The first batch of IIT Indore graduated in the year 2013, and the institute celebrated its first Convocation Day on 8 June 2013. IIT Indore's permanent campus is at Simrol, which is approximately 25 km from downtown Indore. From January 2016 onwards, the institute is functioning only at the permanent campus at Simrol.