New Delhi: The second-oldest institute of the Indian Institutes of Technology system, IIT Bombay was established in 1958, with the cooperation and participation of the erstwhile Government of USSR under UNESCO's technical assistance programme. Today the institute is recognized as one of the centre of academic excellence in the country, reputed for the outstanding caliber of the students graduating from it.It is a fully residential University located at Powai, which is an eastern suburb in the North-eastern part of the metropolitan city Mumbai. The Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology, Shailesh J Mehta School of Management and School of Bio-Sciences and Bio-engineering are initiatives, of the last decade. An Entrepreneurship Cell has been established to guide students and promote entrepreneurship. SINE, Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, hosted by Indian Institute of technology Bombay is an umbrella for promotion of entrepreneurship at IIT Bombay.Currently IIT Bombay has a total of 14 academic departments, six centers, one school, and three interdisciplinary programmes. Over the last 53 years, around 39,000 engineers and scientists have graduated from the institute.The first academic session of the Institute was opened on 25 July 1958, in its temporary home at the Synthetic and Art Silk Mills Research Association (SASMIRA) building in Worli with 100 students. These students were selected from over 3,400 applicants for admission to the first year undergraduate engineering programmes of Aerospace, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Engineering Physics, Energy, Mechanical, Metallurgical Engineering and MSc Chemistry. One of the main objectives of establishing the Institute was to develop facilities for studies in a variety of specialised engineering and technological sciences. The need for establishing adequate facilities for postgraduate studies and research was kept uppermost in mind in the founding years.While the Institute was functioning provisionally at Worli, an effort was made to expedite the progress of the building project at its permanent location and Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of the Institute at Powai on 10 March 1959.The campus is divided into clusters of buildings. The academic area chiefly comprises the main building, various departmental annexes and auditoria. All department annexes are connected by a corridor named Infinite Corridor. Beyond the Convocation Hall lie most of the hostels. There are a total of 15 hostels, of which two hostels (Hostels 10 and 11) and a part of the newly constructed hostel (Hostel 15) are for female students.Internationally, IIT Bombay is ranked overall #233 gobally and No. 39 among Asian institutes in the QS World University Rankings(Quacquarelli Symonds) for 2013.IIT Bombay failed to feature in top 400 in the ranking by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2013-14.It was In India, among engineering colleges, it ranked No. 3 by Outlook India in 2012 and No. 1 by Dataquest in 2011.Amongst government engineering colleges, it was ranked No. 1 by Mint in 2009.The international surveys conducted by Professor Jude Sommerfeld of Georgia Tech, USA since 1964 for every five-year period as well as every year and also during the 5-year period during 2004–2009 which included all IITs and IISc. IIT Bombay is always ranked among the topmost in this survey.Departments, centres, and schools• Aerospace Engineering• Applied Mechanics• Biosciences and Bioengineering• Chemical Engineering• Chemistry• Civil Engineering• Computer Science & Engineering• Earth Sciences• Electrical Engineering• Energy Science and Engineering• Urban Studies and Planning• Humanities & Social Science• Industrial Design Centre• Mathematics• Mechanical Engineering• Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science including Corrosion Science and Engineering• PhysicsThe following multi-disciplinary centres are located in IIT Bombay:• Industrial Design Center (IDC)• Computer Aided Design Center (CAD)• Centre for Research in Nano-Technology and Sciences (CRNTS)• Centre for Aerospace Systems Design and Engineering (CASDE)• Computer Centre• Centre for Distant Engineering Education Programme (C-DEEP)• Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE)• Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE). Established 1976, the center is involved in developing Remote Sensing technology and its application to natural resources management and Environmental monitoring.• Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA)• Centre for Formal Design and Verification of Software (CFDVS)• Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility (SAIF)• Centre of Excellence in Nanoelectronics (CEN)• National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE)The three schools of excellence in IIT Bombay are:• School of Biosciences and Bioengineering (Bioschool)• Shailesh J Mehta School of Management (SJMSOM)• Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology (KReSIT)In addition to above, IIT Bombay also offers three inter-disciplinary programs:• Educational Technology• Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR)• Systems and Control Engineering
