Tidbits about IIT-Bombay

IIT-Bombay was established in 1958, and was the second IIT.

It is situated in the Powai locality in Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra. It is also the largest university in the state, and has an area of 550 acres.

The first academic session of the institute opened on July 25, 1958 with an initial strength of 100 students. IIT-Bombay moved to its permanent campus in 1959.

There are a total of 24 departments, centres and schools. IIT-Bombay has 13 student hostels and a total of 2000 students each in undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Due to its proximity to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, the campus is extremely clean, green and mostly untouched by the pollution of the rest of the city. The proximity of the campus to the national park has also led to occasional sightings of panthers. A popular weekly newspaper Planet Powai reports events and happenings of this campus regularly.

The institute has a well-maintained swimming pool, lush green football, hockey and cricket grounds, tennis courts, basketball, squash and volleyball courts. It also has a Students' Activity Center (SAC) for various cultural and other extra-curricular activities.

Cultural activities like dramatics also mark an important feature in the life of a student of IIT-Bombay. Many students are very passionate about the annual inter-hostel Performing Arts Festival (PAF).

IIT-Bombay offers a wide variety of courses of study in engineering, pure sciences, design, management and humanities with a primary focus on engineering. The university is a member of LAOTSE, an international network of leading universities in Europe and Asia exchanging students and senior scholars.

Avenues is the annual business festival of IIT-Bombay. Eureka! is the biggest Business Plan Competition in India and one of the Top Five in the Asia-Oceanic region in terms of participation, prizes and resources.

Apart from these, Generations, Mood Indigo, Techfest and TechGC are also organsed by IIT-B.