IIT Dharwad (Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad)

IIT DHARWAD is an autonomous premier Science and Technology Institute established by the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India in 2016 under the mentorship of IIT Bombay. IIT DHARWAD is presently situated in Water and Land Management Insti sently situated in Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI) Campus [135 acres in area] located on the National Highway (NH-4) connecting Pune and Bengaluru. All the major facilities in dhArwAD are within 10 km radius from the campus. WALMI has generously provided several buildings for the student hostels, class rooms, laboratories, etc. for IIT DHARWAD. Academic activities have begun from July 2016 session with B. Tech programs in three core branches namely Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering. In 2018, Ph.D. program was initiated in all the Departments. M.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) and Executive M. Tech. programmes in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) and Electric Vehicle Technology (EVT) were started in 2022. At present, the Institute offers 7 nos. of 4-year B. Tech programs in Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering and Mathematics & Computing. Additionally, the Institute also offers an inter-disciplinary BS- MS program. The institute hosts nearly 1080+ students with about 20% being women. The students are drawn from about 20 states of the country. About 20% of the students are pursuing Masters and Doctoral degrees. One international woman student (from Myanmar) is pursuing PhD under the Association for South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries fellowship scheme. The Institute also has 4 Pradhan Mantri Research Fellow (PMRF) students. The faculty members have secured about 28 cr worth of sponsored R&D projects, executed about 1.5cr worth industrial consultancy projects, and published ~300 scientific papers till now. To encourage interdisciplinary research, we have formed thematic thrust areas like Cyber- Physical Systems and loT, Energy and Environment, Green Mobility, Precision Agriculture and Healthcare. Established a Space Data Science Lab from CSR contributions from Antrix Corporation Limited. IIT DHARWAD has established Global Centre of Excellence for Affordable and Clean Energy (GCOE ACE) from the Corporate Social Responsibility contributions from Honeywell Foundation. The mission of the centre is to make Affordable and Clean Energy (ACE) a backbone of India's development. In December 2022, IIT DHARWAD was awarded 5-star Rating under Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA), Large Development (LD) Master Plan. The current campus of IIT DHARWAD has been established within the WALMI (Water and Land Management Institute) campus (135 acres), which is adjacent to dhArwAD bench of High Court Belur, on the National Highway (NH-4) that connects Mumbai-Bengaluru. With the availability of regular transport service, the campus is easy to reach from any point in dhArwAD and all the major facilities are within a 10 km radius from the campus. IIT DHARWAD is less than 30 km away from Hubbali, the second largest city in Karnataka. WALMI has been generous in providing the necessary infrastructure for the students' hostels, class rooms, laboratories etc. ...view more