Title
IIT Ropar functioning from Transit Campus I, 2008-2009
Description
The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar) is one of the eight new IITs set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India under the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2011 to expand and enhance the quality of technical education in the country. This institute is committed to providing state-of-the-art technical education in a variety of fields and also for facilitating transmission of knowledge in keeping with latest developments in pedagogy.
The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar was established by MHRD in 2008 and started functioning from the academic year 2008-09 from the campus of IIT Delhi, the mentor institute. The Institute currently operates from the premises of Government Polytechnic College for Women (Ropar). The academic and administration buildings of the Women's Polytechnic, Ropar were renovated to accommodate all the requirements of the Institute. The Institute offered Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) programme in the following disciplines: Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. This programme is spread over a period of eight semesters and the Institute admitted forty students in each branch. These students were selected through IIT Joint Entrance Examination conducted every year. In addition, the Institute offered doctoral programme in several disciplines.
This campus houses four hostels: three for boys (Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune Houses) and one for girls (Venus House). The day-to-day management of hostels is taken care of by a committee consisting of student representatives, faculty members (as Wardens) and administrative staff (caretakers, office-heads). This campus houses the central library of the institute. It also an independent post office and a branch of State Bank of India.
Departments 2009
i) Department of Chemistry
1. Prof. B. D. Gupta Professor
2. Dr. Narinder Singh Assistant Professor
3. Dr. Avijit Goswami Assistant Professor
4. Rajendra Srivastava Assistant Professor
ii) Department of Computer Science & Engineering
1. Dr. Daya Ram Gaur Associate Professor
2. Dr. Apurva Mudgal Associate Professor
3. Sh. Ashish Ahuja Visiting Scientist
iii) Department of Electrical Engineering
1. Dr. Parthapratim De Associate Professor
iv) Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
1. Dr. Varadarajan Narayanan Assistant Professor
v) Department of Mathematics
1. Dr. M. Prabhakar Assistant Professor
2. Dr. Manoranjan Mishra Assistant Professor
vi) Department of Mechanical Engineering
1. Prof. B. K. Dhindaw Visiting Professor
2. Dr. Harpreet Singh Assistant Professor
3. Dr. Himanshu Tyagi Assistant Professor
4. Dr. Navin Kumar Assistant Professor
vii) Department of Physics
1. Dr. Subhendu Sarkar Assistant Professor
2. Dr. Subrangshu Dasgupta Assistant Professor
The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar was established by MHRD in 2008 and started functioning from the academic year 2008-09 from the campus of IIT Delhi, the mentor institute. The Institute currently operates from the premises of Government Polytechnic College for Women (Ropar). The academic and administration buildings of the Women's Polytechnic, Ropar were renovated to accommodate all the requirements of the Institute. The Institute offered Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) programme in the following disciplines: Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. This programme is spread over a period of eight semesters and the Institute admitted forty students in each branch. These students were selected through IIT Joint Entrance Examination conducted every year. In addition, the Institute offered doctoral programme in several disciplines.
This campus houses four hostels: three for boys (Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune Houses) and one for girls (Venus House). The day-to-day management of hostels is taken care of by a committee consisting of student representatives, faculty members (as Wardens) and administrative staff (caretakers, office-heads). This campus houses the central library of the institute. It also an independent post office and a branch of State Bank of India.
Departments 2009
i) Department of Chemistry
1. Prof. B. D. Gupta Professor
2. Dr. Narinder Singh Assistant Professor
3. Dr. Avijit Goswami Assistant Professor
4. Rajendra Srivastava Assistant Professor
ii) Department of Computer Science & Engineering
1. Dr. Daya Ram Gaur Associate Professor
2. Dr. Apurva Mudgal Associate Professor
3. Sh. Ashish Ahuja Visiting Scientist
iii) Department of Electrical Engineering
1. Dr. Parthapratim De Associate Professor
iv) Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
1. Dr. Varadarajan Narayanan Assistant Professor
v) Department of Mathematics
1. Dr. M. Prabhakar Assistant Professor
2. Dr. Manoranjan Mishra Assistant Professor
vi) Department of Mechanical Engineering
1. Prof. B. K. Dhindaw Visiting Professor
2. Dr. Harpreet Singh Assistant Professor
3. Dr. Himanshu Tyagi Assistant Professor
4. Dr. Navin Kumar Assistant Professor
vii) Department of Physics
1. Dr. Subhendu Sarkar Assistant Professor
2. Dr. Subrangshu Dasgupta Assistant Professor