The history of the IIT system dates back to 1946 when a committee was set up by Hon'ble Sir Jogendra Singh, Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, Department of Education, Health and Agriculture to consider the setting up of Higher Technical Institutions for post war industrial development in India. The 22 member committee headed by Sri N.R.Sarkar, in its report, recommended the establishment of four Higher Technical Institutions in the Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern regions, possibly on the lines of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, with a number of secondary institutions affiliated to it. The report also urged the speedy establishment of all the four institutions with the ones in the East and the West to be started immediately. The committee also felt that such institutes would not only produce undergraduates but they should be engaged in research, producing research workers and technical teachers as well. The standard of the graduates should be at par with those from first class institutions abroad. They felt that the proportion of undergraduates and postgraduate students should be 2:1.
With the above recommendations of the Sarkar committee in view, the first Indian Institute of Technology was born in May 1950 in Hijli, Kharagpur, in the eastern part of India.
Initially the IIT started functioning from 5, Esplanade East, Calcutta and very soon shifted to Hijli in Sept. 1950. The present name 'Indian Institute of Technology' was adopted before the formal inauguration of the Institute on August 18, 1951, by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
IIT Kharagpur started its journey in the old Hijli Detention Camp where some of our great freedom fighters toiled and sacrificed their lives for the independence of our country.
The history of IIT Kharagpur is thus intimately linked with the history of the Hijli Detention Camp. This is possibly one of the very few Institutions all over the world which started life in a prison house.
Pandit Nehru in his first convocation address in 1956 said "Here in the place of that Hijli Detention Camp stands the fine monument of India, representing India's urges,India's future in the making. this picture seems to me symbolical of the changes that are coming to India."
Greetings from IIT Kharagpur. We cordially invite your esteemed company to participate in our campus placement programme to consider students graduating in June 2010.
IIT Kharagpur, the first, the largest and the most diversified among the IITs, has always been the pacesetter. This year IIT Kharagpur has been rated as the best engineering college in the country by many leading periodicals. The alumni of this Institute occupy top positions in business, industry, R&D and academia in India and abroad. Over and above a rigorous academic schedule, we place a great emphasis on all round development of our students. The beautiful campus, far removed from the city, provides an excellent environment for learning. Quick on the up-take, with good communication and human relations skills and aware of modern developments, the typical IIT KGPian is expected to play a very important role in organizations like yours wanting to be internationally competitive in terms of products, services and technology. At IIT Kharagpur you would find candidates meeting your requirements in practically every field of interest to your organization. It will be my pleasure to assist in your recruitment efforts to meet the challenges ahead.
The final placements of students graduating in June, 2010 will commence from December 1, 2009 and continue till April 15, 2010. Kindly note that by December 1, 2009 all our students seeking placements in 2010 should have completed their pre-final semester.
A link to our Job Notification Form with list of degrees / specializations in which students are graduating in June, 2010 is on the left panel. Kindly fill in the JNF and check / tick the boxes before the programmes you wish to consider our students and return the document to us.
If interested in making an early Pre-Placement Talk, please let us know the preferred date. PPTs are held after class hours, i.e. 5 PM onwards on all working days up to mid-November.
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