IIT Bombay's foundation stone being laid byJawaharlal Nehru in 1959
IIT Bombay, established in 1958, was the secondIndian Institute of Technology to be founded. Its establishment was supported byUNESCO, with funding provided by theSoviet Union. The proposed site for the institute, allocated by the government ofBombay State, wasPowai in what is nowMumbai, then known as Bombay. The institute's first batch, composed of 100 male students, commenced their studies in a temporary facility inWorli during their first year due to the construction of the campus in Powai. They graduated in 1962.[7][8]
The 545-acre IIT Bombay campus is located betweenPowai lake andVihar lake, roughly 15 kilometres away from theChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.[14] The institute has a total of 21 hostels, of which three hostels (Hostels 10, 11, 15, and 21) and a wing of the newly constructed hostel (Hostel 16) are for female students.
Due to its proximity to theSanjay Gandhi National Park, the campus has enjoyed significant green cover. The proximity of the campus to the national park has also led to occasional sightings ofleopards andmugger crocodiles. On rare occasions, they have strayed into the campus.[15][16][17]
View of IIT Bombay's Hostels
The institute has two swimming pools;football,hockey, andcricket grounds; as well astennis,basketball,squash, andvolleyball courts. It also has a Students' Activity Center (SAC) for various cultural and extracurricular activities.[18]
At the institutional level, IIT Bombay is governed by aBoard of Governors. The chairman is nominated by thePresident of India, under the guidance of theIIT Council. TheDirector, appointed by theUnion Minister of Education, is also a member of the Board, while theRegistrar acts as its secretary. The Director, the executive head, chairs the institute's Senate, which comprises professors and nominated members. The Senate is IIT Bombay's highest academic body.[19]
The Director and two Deputy Directors are the principal figures responsible for executing the institute's activities. They are supported by sevenDeans as well as the heads of departments, centres, and schools.[19]
The Academic Office of the institute exists to facilitate, initiate and co-ordinate the academic work of the institute, particularly the teaching and assessment of students. It acts as a repository of grades and academic records of all students, both former and current. It provides administrative support to the Senate.
Every year, IIT Bombay awards degrees to more than a thousand students. The undergraduate students at IIT Bombay are selected through theJoint Entrance Examination (JEE). The graduate students are selected throughJoint Admission Test for Masters (JAM) andGraduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). The institute currently holds more than 13,000 students and employs over 700 faculty members.
Faculty members at IIT Bombay engage in industry-sponsored research and consultancy projects facilitated through the institute. These initiatives receive funding from avarious national agencies, such as theDepartment of Science and Technology,Department of Space,Department of Atomic Energy, among others. Several projects are of national significance, while some are supported by international funding bodies. On average, around 400 sponsored projects are active in a given year.[43]
IIT Bombay College's research is listed below, according to the IRINS website:
There are 696 faculty members in total: 313 professors, 163 associate professors, 204 assistant professors, three grade-I and two grade-II assistant professors, three chair professors, one adjunct faculty member, one assistant librarian, one post-doctoral research scientist, one professor (HAG), one project scientist, one research scientist, one senior project officer, and one teaching assistant.
Journal: 26,166 articles. 10,416 at the conference. 1,176 books and chapters. 1,936 others. References: 8,88,924.
Top Faculty Members
Dr. Basanta Kumar Nandi, Professor – 838 publications.
Dr. Sadhana Dash, Associate Professor – 635 publications.
Dr. Raghava Varma, Professor – 514 publications.
Top Ten Shernis (Women Faculty)
Dr. Sadhana Dash, Associate Professor – 635 publications.
Dr. Archana Pai, Associate Professor – 210 publications.
Prof. Shobha Shukla, Assistant Professor – 155 publications.
Patents: 885.Gold Open Access Articles: 1,861.Green Open Access Articles: 1,228.
IIT Bombay'sGymkhana serves as the overarching body for all student councils and institutional committees responsible for coordinating student activities and organising events and festivals throughout the year.[45] The institute hosts several notable student festivals, such asMood Indigo andTechfest.[46][47]
