The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Tirupati, the latest one to be sanctioned by the Centre after the State bifurcation, will be mentored by the IIT Madras
The new IIT which is ready to receive the first batch of 120 students in the present academic year will offer B.Tech courses in Civil, Computer Science, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering with 30 seats in each branch.
Director of IIT Madras Bhaskar Ramamurthi will be the Mentor Director while Prof. K. N. Satyanarayana has been appointed Professor-in-charge. “We have planned and worked extensively over the past 10 months to ensure first batch students get an educational and living experience comparable to that at any existing IIT,” said Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi.
“The infrastructure, faculty and staff are set to get started and we see a bright future as it is strategically located in the Knowledge and Industrial Hub that Andhra Pradesh government is developing around Tirupati,” said Prof. Satyanarayana.
The site for the permanent campus has been identified and the State government is in the process of handing over the land. The new IIT will start functioning on temporary premises of sufficient size with adequate hostel capacity. Students can avail IIT Tirupati as an option while filling their online choices.
The Mentor Director says students will experience in the temporary campus academic and living facilities similar to those in any of the IITs. The new IIT will have its own academic building, hostels and residential premises for faculty and staff. Reputed senior faculty members have been identified to teach.
Prof. Ramamurti said classrooms and laboratories are as good as any IIT and the hostels are as comfortable. Most importantly, students will experience personalised education due to the smaller batch size. IIT Madras had earlier mentored IIT Hyderabad when it was set up in the combined State.
