ABOUT IIT BOMBAY

 

The Indian Institutes of Technology were setup after independence, primarily to provide scientists and technologists of highest caliber who would engage in research, design and development to help build the nation towards self-reliance. IIT Bombay, is one of the five IITs, set up by an act of Parliament, was established in 1958, at Powai, a northern suburb of Mumbai. Today this institute is recognised as one of the centers of academic excellence.

 

At present, undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs are offered in Aerospace, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering, and Computer Science and Engineering. Postgraduate and doctoral programs are offered in many interdisciplinary areas including Environmental Science and Engineering and Energy Systems Engineering. Postgraduate and doctoral programs are also offered in Geology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics by the respective Science Departments. Industrial Design Center of the institute offers a two years masters program (M. Des.) in Industrial Design and Visual Communications.

 

All departments of the Institute have well equipped research laboratories. In addition, there are number of central facilities which include computer center, central library and photography sections. A lot of IIT research is funded by agencies like DST, MNES, DRDO, AEC, ARDB and DOE. Research activities in the area of Biomass Gasification Process and Technology started in 1984 under the sponsorship of then DNES now MNES. Activities have continued since then with increasing pace. Current activities at IITB are a part of a national co-ordinated project called as GARP (Gasifier Action Research Project). Accordingly, the activities at IITB are named as GARP-IITB.