IIT Dharwad
Public engineering institution in Dharwad, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad (IIT Dharwad or IIT DH) is an autonomous engineering and technology institute in Dharwad, Karnataka, India. IIT Dharwad started functioning from July 2016 in a temporary campus, previously of the Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI) in Belur Industrial Area, on the outskirts of Dharwad city.[3] It was formally inaugurated on 28 August 2016.[4] For the academic year 2016–2017, the institute offered B.Tech courses in three branches, namely. Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Mechanical Engineering.[5] The year 2021 saw the introduction of an additional branch, Engineering physics. As of 2022, the institute expanded to provide four additional courses of study, namely Chemical and Biochemical engineering, Mathematics and Computing, Civil and Infrastructure engineering, and Interdisciplinary Sciences.
Motto | सा विद्या या विमुक्तये (Sanskrit) |
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Motto in English | Knowledge is one that liberates |
Type | Public technical university |
Established | 2016 (8 years ago) (2016) |
Director | Venkappayya R. Desai[1] |
Undergraduates | 480[2] |
Postgraduates | 198 |
Location | , , 15°27′30″N 75°00′30″E |
Campus | Main campus – 470 acres Temporary – Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI) |
Acronym | IIT-Dharwad |
Website | iitdh |
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As part of the mentorship plan, IIT Bombay is the mentor institute for IIT Dharwad. The MoE has set up an IIT monitoring cell at IIT Bombay. The committee members were designated as officials on special duty to supervise the process of setting up IIT Dharwad.[6][7]