Institution

Indian Institutes of Technology

1951 · 20th century · Also known as IITs

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are a group of public engineering and technology universities in India, the first founded at Kharagpur in 1951 as part of Jawaharlal Nehru's programme of building scientific and industrial capacity. Entry is through a highly competitive national examination, and their graduates have become prominent in Indian industry and in the global technology sector, especially in the United States.

Indian Institutes of Technology
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Indian Institutes of Technology. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/indian-institutes-of-technology
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