Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
| Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | |
|---|---|
| motto |
योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् Excellence in action is yoga |
| founding | 1951 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Kharagpur , West Bengal |
| Director | Partha Pratim Chakrabarti |
| Students | 2,700 (2009) |
| Employee | 2400 (2009) |
| including professors | 470 (2009) |
| Website | www.iitkgp.ac.in |
The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (also IIT Kharagpur or IITKGP ) is a technical university in Kharagpur in the Indian state of West Bengal . Founded in 1951, it is the oldest of the Indian Institutes of Technology and one of the most important technical colleges in India. In the academic rankings of Indian universities, the IIT Kharagpur ranks at the top. Around 2,700 students are currently studying here.
Well-known graduates
- Ajit Jain (* 1951), manager at Berkshire Hathaway
- K. Radhakrishnan (* 1949), head of India's national space organization ISRO
- Arun Sarin (* 1954), CEO of Vodafone
- Sundar Pichai (* 1972), CEO of Google
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Institute History , accessed May 30, 2009.
- ↑ India today: top 10 colleges - engineering. June 2, 2003 ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 30, 2009
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