The document provides an overview of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) system in India. It discusses the establishment of the first four IITs in India and the expansion of the IIT system to include multiple campuses across India. It also summarizes the admission criteria, degree programs offered, cultural and technical festivals held at different IITs, issues of caste discrimination and suicides that have occurred at some IITs over the years.

1. IIT
INDIAN INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLGY
PRESENTED BY
AADIL QURESHI
GAURI SANKHE
HATIM DAHODWALA
MAZHAR KHAN
ABHISHEK SAKHARKAR

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

7. VARIOUS IITS IN INDIA

8. ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
Undergraduate
Till 2013 : IIT-JEE
Replaced by JEE (Main)
Postgraduate
GATE

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)

12. DISTRIBUTION MAP

13. RESERVATION
PERCENTAGE IN INDIA
SCHEDULED CASTES (SC): 15.0%
SCHEDULED TRIBES (ST): 7.5%
OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES (OBC): 27.0%

14. STREAM & CATEGORY
WISE CUT-OFF FOR
GATE-2015
GATE PAPER GENERAL OBC SC/ST
ELECTRONICS 25 22.5 16.67
COMPUTER SCIENCE 25 22.5 16.67
MECHANICAL ENGG 32.73 29.46 21.82
ELECTRICAL ENGG 25 22.5 16.67
INSTRUMENTATION ENGG 25.45 22.9 16.96
CIVIL ENGG 25 22.5 16.67
CHEMICAL ENGG 27.52 24.77 18.34
BIOTECHNOLOGY 26.8 23.47 17.39

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

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

21. DOCUMENTARY

22. AURA OF IIT