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Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the new Phase 1C Academic and Residential Complex (Super Academic Block) at IIT Ropar to the nation in February 2024, in the presence of Punjab Governor Shri Banwarilal Purohit. This expansion includes new…

Gazette notification for IIT Ropar

The first major “Bhoomi Pujan” event for IIT Ropar’s permanent campus appears to have happened on November 14, 2014.

A later specific ground-stone laying event for Phase 1-B of the campus was held on May 17, 2017, presided by Director Sarit K.…

IIT Ropar was involved in the G20 summit by hosting the 2nd Education Working Group meeting in Amritsar in March 2023. The event, themed "Strengthening Research and Innovation through Collaboration," brought together G20 member nations to discuss…

IIT Ropar has hosted the BAJA SAE India competition multiple times, with the 2018 and 2019 events being notable examples. The competition involves student teams designing, building, and testing single-seat, off-road vehicles, with events including…

Professor Rajeev Ahuja is a Professor of computational Materials science at Uppsala University, Sweden. Currently, he is the Director of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, India serving from April 2021. He was also holding the additional…

Prof. P. K. Raina served as the officiating director before Prof. Ahuja's appointment until April 2021. Prof. Raina is also a professor in the Department of Physics at IIT Ropar, who has previously served as the Dean (Academics) and Dean-in-charge of…

Prof. Sarit Kumar Das, Director and Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (served 2015-2021). He worked in Indian Institute of Technology Madras where he was a Professor with the Mechanical Engineering Department and served as Dean…

Professor M. K. Surappa, the first and former director of IIT Ropar (served 2009-2015). Prof. Surappa nurtured IIT Ropar as an Institution of Excellence in Research and Governance. In the 2016 National Ranking of Institutions, IIT Ropar stands…

Chief Guest: Shrikant Madhav Vaidya (former Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.) delivered the convocation address.

Presiding Officer: Rajeev Ahuja, Director of IIT Ropar.

During his address, Vaidya emphasized the importance of India…

The Thirteenth Convocation of IIT Ropar was held on July 15, 2024, not July 15, 2023.

Key details of the event include:

Chief Guest: Mr. Sanjiv Mehta, former Chairman/CEO and Managing Director of Hindustan Unilever Limited.
Presiding…

The Twelfth Annual Convocation of Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar) was held in the premises of IIT Ropar on Tuesday, April 9th, 2024. Prof. Rajeev Ahuja, Director, IIT Ropar presented his Annual Report and congratulated the faculty,…