Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur
The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur or IIT KGP) is a public engineering, management and law institution established by the government of India in 1951. The first of the IITs to be established, it is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the government of India.
The institute was established to train scientists and engineers after India attained independence in 1947. It shares its organisational structure and undergraduate admission process with sister IITs. The students and alumni of IIT Kharagpur are informally referred to as KGPians. Among all IITs, IIT Kharagpur has the largest campus (2,100 acres), the most departments, and the highest student enrolment. IIT Kharagpur is known for its festivals: Spring Fest (Social and Cultural Festival), Kshitij (Techno-Management Festival) andShaurya (sports festival).
Academic Units
Departments
- Aerospace Engineering
- Agricultural & Food Engineering
- Architecture & Regional Planning
- Biotechnology
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science & Engineering
- Center for Educational Technology
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering
- Geology & Geophysics
- Humanities & Social Sciences
- Industrial Engineering & Management
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
- Mining Engineering
- Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture
- Physics & Meteorology Centres
- Cryogenic Engineering
- Materials Science
- Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences
- Reliability Engineering
- Rubber Technology
- Rural Development Schools
- G S Sanyal School of Telecommunications
- Information Technology
- Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship
- Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law
- Ranbir and Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management
- Medical Science & Technology
- School of Water Resources
- Vinod Gupta School of Management
National Institutional Ranking Framework
(MHRD - Government of India)
| Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (Kharagpur, West Bengal) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | TLR | RPC | GO | OI | PP | Score | Rank |
| Overall Ranking | |||||||
| 2017 | 55.07 | 70.46 | 85.11 | 72.85 | 64.72 | 68.43 | 4 |
| 2018 | 67.96 | 74.57 | 83.99 | 56.16 | 62.12 | 71.39 | 5 |
| 2019 | 67.36 | 76.65 | 86.17 | 60.63 | 78.11 | 74.31 | 5 |
| 2020 | 68.6 | 79.73 | 86.12 | 59.07 | 82.21 | 75.85 | 5 |
| Engineering Ranking | |||||||
| 2017 | 76.03 | 89.23 | 88.02 | 74.11 | 73.43 | 81.93 | 3 |
| 2018 | 73.73 | 84.26 | 85.65 | 53.99 | 78.51 | 77.78 | 4 |
| 2019 | 73.14 | 88.2 | 84.12 | 57.79 | 84.14 | 79.41 | 4 |
| 2020 | 77.32 | 87.11 | 83.21 | 56.62 | 89.31 | 80.56 | 5 |
| Management Ranking | |||||||
| 2017 | 54.56 | 70.62 | 82.38 | 71.74 | 19.15 | 63.12 | 7 |
| 2018 | 59.83 | 75.11 | 76.82 | 55.96 | 19.19 | 63.36 | 7 |
| 2019 | 57.85 | 67.03 | 87.58 | 71.1 | 45.52 | 66.64 | 6 |
| 2020 | 63.67 | 72.34 | 89.66 | 68.45 | 48.63 | 70.43 | 5 |
| Law Ranking | |||||||
| 2018 | 74.73 | 76.61 | 71.46 | 62.87 | 15.33 | 67.07 | 4 |
| 2019 | 78.37 | 73.22 | 65.42 | 64.6 | 46.57 | 69.81 | 4 |
| 2020 | 81 | 73.78 | 69.16 | 67.68 | 39.07 | 71.44 | 4 |
| Architecture Ranking | |||||||
| 2018 | 69.71 | 82.84 | 89.09 | 69.81 | 78.51 | 78.41 | 1 |
| 2019 | 73.85 | 89.49 | 86.98 | 75.54 | 95.66 | 81.96 | 1 |
| 2020 | 78.58 | 79.73 | 91.8 | 71.71 | 75.54 | 80.46 | 1 |
- TLR: Teaching, Learning & Resources
- RP: Research and Professional Practice
- GO: Graduation Outcomes
- OI: Outreach and Inclusivity
- PP: Peer Perception
- Note1: All above parameters are evaluated on a scale of 100
- Note2: For more details on parameters, visit nirfindia office website
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Year-long relief campaign for pandemic-affected temporary workers
IIT Kharagpur has reached the milestone of the first anniversary of the relief campaign which the Institute of Eminence has been running for people from the lowest rungs of the society who were economically affected due to COVID-19. Over this one...SARS-CoV-2 alters Lung Cell Metabolism - IIT Kharagpur model could help COVID-19 therapeutics...
Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have, for the first time, have reported a method to find an alteration in metabolic reaction rates inside lung cells when they are affected by virus/pathogens. As the method finds and reports critical aspects of...IIT Kharagpur's essential oil extractor to economize Betel Leaf Oil production in India
Prof. Proshanta Guha and his research group from IIT Kharagpur’s Agricultural and Food Engineering Department have addressed this challenge by developing a novel betel leaf oil extraction technology that can improve the overall process efficiency....IIT Kharagpur Law students to draft real-time patents for Institute's innovations
In the Spring semester, the School conducted project-based learning by enabling the law students to draft patent documents of actual innovations made by the researchers at IIT Kharagpur. The process involved studying the invention disclosure and...ERP software developed by IIT Kharagpur adopted by other IITs
The Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software developed and extensively used by IIT Kharagpur is now to be adopted by IIT Ropar and IIT Jodhpur for institutional use. IIT Kharagpur has signed MoU with both the IITs for customization, installation...Applications Invited for IIT Kharagpur - U of Manchester JDP
IIT Kharagpur is glad to announce a Joint Doctoral Program in partnership with the University of Manchester and welcomes applications for the same. The applicant must have a Btech or MSc/Mtech degree from any of the IITs or IISc, with a minimum CGPA...
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Campus News published a blog post Year-long relief campaign for pandemic-affected temporary workers
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IIT Kharagpur has reached the milestone of the first anniversary of the relief campaign which the Institute of Eminence has been running for people from the lowest rungs of the society who were economically affected due to COVID-19. Over this one...
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Campus News published a blog post SARS-CoV-2 alters Lung Cell Metabolism - IIT Kharagpur model could help COVID-19 therapeutics...
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Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have, for the first time, have reported a method to find an alteration in metabolic reaction rates inside lung cells when they are affected by virus/pathogens. As the method finds and reports critical aspects of...
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Campus News published a blog post IIT Kharagpur's essential oil extractor to economize Betel Leaf Oil production in India
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Prof. Proshanta Guha and his research group from IIT Kharagpur’s Agricultural and Food Engineering Department have addressed this challenge by developing a novel betel leaf oil extraction technology that can improve the overall process efficiency....
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Campus News published a blog post IIT Kharagpur Law students to draft real-time patents for Institute's innovations
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In the Spring semester, the School conducted project-based learning by enabling the law students to draft patent documents of actual innovations made by the researchers at IIT Kharagpur. The process involved studying the invention disclosure and...
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