IIT Palakkad
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Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad (IIT Palakkad or IIT PKD) is a public autonomous engineering and research institute located in Palakkad, Kerala. It is one of India's 23 IITs. Proposed in the 2014 Union budget of India,[2] IIT Palakkad was established in 2015 as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India.
भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान पालक्काड | |
Motto | Nurturing minds for a better world. |
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Type | Public engineering school |
Established | 2015 (9 years ago) (2015) |
Director | Seshadri Sekhar[1] |
Academic staff | 100+ |
Students | 1000+ |
Location | , , India 10°47′38″N 76°49′36″E |
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Website | iitpkd |
The institute started functioning in August 2015 from a temporary site located inside the Ahalia Integrated Campus, Palakkad.[3][4] In February 2019, academic activities commenced on the Nila Campus, sometimes referred to as the transit campus.[5] The Nila Campus is nestled in the corner of the under-construction 500-acre permanent campus at Kanjikode.[6]