Indian Institute of Technology Goa

This article is about a technology institute in Goa, India. For the similarly named institutes, see Indian Institute of Technology (disambiguation).
Indian Institute of Technology
Goa
भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, गोवा
Type Public
Established 2016
Undergraduates 90[1]
Location Farmagudi, Goa, India
Campus Temporary - Goa Engineering College

Indian Institute of Technology Goa (IIT Goa) is an autonomous premier engineering and technology university located in Goa. The new Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Goa would start functioning from July, 2016 in a temporary campus housed at Goa Engineering College (GEC) Campus located at Farmagudi, Goa.[2][3] For the academic year 2016-2017, it will offer B.Tech courses in three core branches namely Electrical, Computer Science and Mechanical.

As part of the mentorship plan, IIT-Bombay would be the mentor for IIT-Goa. The HRD Ministry had set up an IIT monitoring cell at IIT-Bombay and the committee members had been designated as officials on special duty to supervise the process of setting up IIT-Goa.[4]

Campus & Location

The campus is located at Farmagudi, Ponda approximately 29 km southeast of Panaji, the capital of Goa and it is a temporary campus. The state of Goa is well connected by road ways, rail ways and air ways with various parts of the country. At present IIT Goa is temporarily accommodated and functioning in the Goa Engineering College (GEC) Campus located at Farmagudi, Goa. Goa Government had identified land for permanent campus in Loliem village measures approximately 280 acres, has been approved by Union ministry of human resources development (HRD).The MHRD expects that the IIT Goa will function from the temporary campus for just the initial three years and is expected to move to its permanent facility by the fourth year.[2][5][6]

Departments, centres, and schools

Thirty seats each in the streams of computers , electrical and mechanical engineering are being made available at the institute and classes are slated to begin after July 15, 2016, along with the other IITs across the country.[7][1]

Academics

Programmes

The Institute conducts educational programmes leading to the degree of Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) in the following areas:

Degree Specialization
Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Notable faculty


See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2016 - Indian Institute of Technology Goa".
  2. 1 2 TNN. "Finally, an IIT in Goa; to be operational in 2016-17". The Times of India. Goa, India. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ NT NETWORK. "Goa Engineering College ready to welcome IIT". THE NAVHIND TIMES. PANAJI, India. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  4. ↑ nt. "IIT-Bombay is mentor for IIT-Goa". THE NAVHIND TIMES. Goa, India. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ TNN. "State offers more facilities to IIT Goa at GEC". The Times of India. Goa, India. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  6. ↑ Gauree Malkarnekar. "Goa satisfies Union HRD team with Loliem IIT site". The Times of India. Goa, India. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  7. ↑ TNN. "Seat allocation for IIT Goa begins". The Times of India. Goa, India. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
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