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IIT Bombay
IIT Bombay, set up by an Act of Parliament, was established in 1958, at Powai, a
northern suburb of Mumbai. Today the Institute is recognised as one of the centres
of academic excellence in the country. Over the years, there has been dynamic progress
at IIT Bombay in all academic and research activities, and a parallel improvement
in facilities and infrastructure, to keep it on par with the best institutions in
the world. Institutes in positions of excellence grow with time. The ideas and ideals
on which such institutes are built evolve and change with national aspirations,
national perspectives, and trends world - wide. IIT Bombay, too, is one such institution.
IIT Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi is one of the seven Institutes of Technology
created as centres of excellence for higher training, research and development in
science, engineering and technology in India, the others being at Kanpur, Kharagpur,
Madras, Bombay, Guwahati and Roorkee. Established as College of Engineering in 1961,
the Institute was later declared an Institution of National Importance under the
"Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 1963" and was renamed "Indian
Institute of Technology Delhi". HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, laid
the foundation stone of the Institute on January 27, 1959. The Institute was inaugurated
by Prof. Humayun Kabir, the then Union Minister for Scientific Research and Cultural
Affairs on August 21, 1961. The Institute buildings were formally opened by Dr. Zakir
Hussain, the then President of India, on March 2, 1968.
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