IIT Madras
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Indian Institute of Technology Madras (popularly known as IITM or IIT Madras) is a public technical university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the eight public Institutes of Eminence of India. As one of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), IIT Madras is also recognized as an Institute of National Importance.[6]
Motto | सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा siddhirbhavati karmajā |
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Motto in English | Success is born out of action[1] |
Type | Public technical university |
Established | 1959; 65 years ago (1959) |
Endowment | ₹700 crore (2021) (US$ 93.26 million)[2] |
Budget | ₹996 crore (US$120 million) (2021–2022)[3] |
Chairman | Pawan Kumar Goenka |
Dean | Pratap Haridoss, R G Robinson, R Sarathi, Mahesh Panchagnula, Shanthi Pavan, Manu Santhanam, K Murali, Sathyanarayana N Gummadi, Raghunathan Rengaswamy[4] |
Director | Prof. V. Kamakoti |
Academic staff | 684 (2023)[5] |
Students | 10,180 (2023)[5] |
Undergraduates | 4,722 (2023)[5] |
Postgraduates | 2,738 (2023)[5] |
3,337 (2023)[5] | |
Location | , , 600036 , India 12.99151°N 80.23362°E / 12.99151; 80.23362 |
Campus | Urban 620 acres (2.5 km2) |
Colors | Maroon Gold |
Nickname | IITians, IITMians |
Website | www |
Founded in 1959 with technical and financial assistance from the former government of West Germany, it was the third Indian Institute of Technology established by the Government of India.[7][8] IIT Madras is consistently ranked as the #1 ranked university in both overall as well as engineering institute in India by the Ministry of Education's National Institutional Ranking Framework since the inception of the NIRF ranking system in 2016.[9][10][11]