| About College |
A new Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) [official home page, project report, circular, press note, counseling brochure, annexure] was recently (2008) established in Bhubaneswar (FAQ), the vibrant, modern, capital city of Orissa. It is among the six new IITs that started classes in 2008. (The others are: IIT Hyderabad, IIT Patna, IIT Rajasthan, IIT Punjab and IIT Gandhinagar. Two other new IITs are being established in Indore and Himachal Pradesh. But classes will start there in 2009.) Bhubaneswar IIT is uniquely placed to become one of India�s top IITs within a decade.
This fledgling institution will be the heart of Bhubaneswar, a burgeoning, modern city in eastern India with a population of 19 lakhs. It has all the amenities of a world-class metropolis: wide roads, luxury hotels, malls, restaurants, clubs, bookshops, museums, gardens, water parks and fountains. A picturesque city with boulevards, gardens and beautifully painted walls, Bhubaneswar seems to have it all, minus the traffic, water problems, power cuts and the mega slums that dot most cities of India. It is well connected to the rest of the country by air, rail, and road. The IIT Bhubaneswar will be located close to the Khurda Rd station, and very close to the NISER location. Having the science institute NISER (that aims to become an IISc) and IIT Bhubaneswar close to each other would bring in a unique synergy.
However, for the next few years, while the new campus gets established, and after the first batch have spent their first year at the mentor institute IIT Kharagpur, classes of IIT Bhubaneswar will be temporarily held in the Bhubaneswar extension center of IIT Kharagpur. This place is located in one of the prime spots of Bhubaneswar, next to many top hotels (Trident Oberoi, Mayfair Lagoon, Swosti Plaza, Ginger and Pal Heights) with their nice restaurants, very close to the Pal Heights mall with a Spencers and an Oxford book store, next to the Mahatma Gandhi Park, about 1500 meters from the Kalinga stadium and its amenities (such as pools), close to the ESI and Kalinga Hospitals, and also very close to several top institutes such as IMMT (Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology), Institute of Physics (also the temporary location of NISER), Institute of Life Sciences, and Xaviers Institute of Business Management. |
