Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
| भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान मण्डी | |
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| Type | Education and Research Institution |
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| Established | 2009 |
| Director | Timothy A. Gonsalves |
| Location |
Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India Coordinates: 31°46′26″N 76°59′42″E / 31.77389°N 76.99500°E |
| Campus | Spread over 520 acres (2.1 km2) along river Uhl in Kamand, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh |
| Acronym | IIT Mandi |
| Website | http://www.iitmandi.ac.in/ |
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi) is an autonomous premier engineering and technology university located in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. 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 declares these eight 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.
IIT Mandi was mentored by IIT Roorkee, which hosted the first batch of students. IIT Mandi's permanent campus (about 15 km from historic city of Mandi) is functional and under construction along Uhl River (a tributary of River Beas) at Kamand, Mandi. The institute admits students into various B.Tech., M.S, and Ph.D. programs (as of 2016). Timothy A. Gonsalves joined as the first Director of IIT Mandi on 15 January 2010 and R. C. Sawhney served as the first Registrar of IIT Mandi.
IIT Mandi ranked 6th among all IITs in Nature Index based on the number of publications in 2015-16 and 3rd after IIT Bombay and IIT Kanpur on the basis of publications per faculty.
The laying of the foundation stone at Kamand, the site for the permanent campus of IIT Mandi, took place on 24 February 2009. IIT Mandi was registered as a society in Uttarakhand on 20 June 2009. Admission of the first batch of students took place in July 2009, and classes started in IIT Roorkee, the mentoring IIT, on 27 July 2009. The transit campus at Government Post graduate College, Mandi was handed over by the Himachal Pradesh Government 16 November 2009.
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