2. ROAD MAP
INTRODUCTION
IIT COUNCIL
KEY PERSONS
FIRST FOUR IITs
VARIOUS IITs
ADMISSIONS
COURSES OFFERED
CASTE SYSTEM IN INDIA
SUICIDES IN IITs
DOCUMENTARY
AURA OF IIT
3. INTRODUCTION
Autonomous Public Institutes for higher education
Governed by the Institute of Technology Act, 1961
“Institutes of National Importance”
Lays down their powers, duties, framework for governance,
etc.
4. IIT COUNCIL
Linked through a common IIT Council
The Union HRD minister is the ex-officio chair person of IIT
Council
5. KEY PERSONS
FOR ESTABLISHMENT
OF IITs
SIR ARDESHIR DALAL (ADMINISTRATOR AND BUSINESSMAN ASSOCIATED WITH TATA
GROUP)
HUMAYUN KABIR (THE MINISTER FOR CIVIL AVIATION, EDUCATION MINISTER OF INDIA
TWICE)
DR B. C. ROY (THE CHIEF MINISTER OF WEST BENGAL)
SRI JOGENDRA SING (VICEROY'S EXECUTIVE COUNCIL)
SIR NALINI RANJAN SARKAR (CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE)
L. S. CHANDRAKANT (EDUCATION MINISTRY)
BIMAN SEN (EDUCATION MINISTRY)
6. FIRST FOUR IITs
IIT Year of
Establishme
nt
First
Director
Current
Director
Campus
Area
(Acres)
Number of
Hostels
Kharagpur 1951 Prof. J. C.
Ghosh
Partha
Chakraborty
2100 22
Bombay 1958 Prof. Kumar
Bose
Prof. Devang
V. Khakar
550 16
Madras 1959 Dr. B.
Sengupto
Dr. Bhaskar
Ramamurthi
620 18
Kanpur 1959 Dr. P. K.
Kelkar
Dr. Indranil
Manna
1055 12
9. DEGREES OFFERED
B. Tech
MS & M. Tech
Other graduate degrees
M. Sc in Math's , Physics & Chemistry, MBA, PhD, etc.
Through CAT, JAM (Joint Admission Test for Masters) and CEED (Common
Entrance Examination for Design)
10. LIST OF CULTURAL &
TECHNICAL FESTIVALS
IIT CULTUAL FESTIVAL TECHNICAL
FESTIVAL
IIT Bhubaneswar Alma Fiesta Wissenaire
IIT Bombay Mood Indigo Techfest
IIT Delhi Rendezvous Tryst
IIT Gandhinagar Blithchron Amalthea
IIT Guwahati Alcheringa Techniche
IIT Hyderabad Elan Nvision
IIT Indore Fluxus Fluxus
IIT Kanpur Antaragni Techkriti
IIT Kharagpur Spring Fest Kshitij
11. CASTE SYSTEM IN INDIA
Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (SC & ST)
Depressed Classes
Sometimes referred to as Dalits
SC & ST comprise about 16.6% & 8.6% respectively of India’s
population (2011 census)
15. CATEGORY WISE CUT-
OFF FOR
JEE MAIN 2015 & 2014
YEAR GENERAL OBC SC/ST ST
2015 105 70 50 44
2014 115 74 53 47
16.
17.
18. REASONS FOR SUICIDE
UNABLE TO COPE WITH THE STUDIES
PARENTAL PRESSURE
FINANCIAL PROBLEM
PLACEMENT
CASTEIST REMARKS & DIFFERENTIATION BY
COLLEAGUES & FACULTY
19. SUICIDE COUNT FROM
1981 TO 2014IIT Count
Kanpur 20
Kharagpur 13
Madras 11
Bombay 9
Delhi 6
Roorkee 5
Guwahati 3
Gandhi Nagar 1
Total 68
20. YEAR WISE COUNT
Year Count Year
1981 1 2008 5
1987 1 2009 8
1999 1 2010 6
2003 1 2011 10
2004 1 2012 3
2005 4 2013 5
2006 5 2014 14
2007 3 Total 68