The Srinivasa Ramanujan Complex was incorporated as another academic complex of the institute with Takshashila starting operation in 2002, Vikramshila in 2003 and Nalanda in 2012.
The motto of IIT Kharagpur is "Yoga Karmashu Kaushalam", meaning "Excellence in action is Yoga" essentially implying that doing your work well is (true) yoga. It is part of Lord Krishna's discourse in Bhagavad Gita.
IIT Kharagpur is also known for its festivals: Spring Fest (Social and Cultural Festival), Kshitij (Techno-Management Festival) and Shaurya (sports festival).
Internationally, IIT Kharagpur is ranked 346 in the QS World University Rankings (Quacquarelli Symonds) of 2013 and 58 in the QS Asian University Rankings of 2013.
IIT Kharagapur is ranked in the 351-400 range by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2013-14.
Recently, it was declared the top educational hub in India as per the Times Higher Education, Asia Rankings.
It was ranked 439 in the University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP).
In India, among engineering colleges, it ranked 3 by India Today in 2013, 2 by Outlook India in 2013 and 4 by Dataquest in 2011.
In the Mint Government Colleges survey of 2009 it is ranked 4.
Following are the departments of the Institute:
Aerospace Engineering
Agricultural & Food Engineering
Architecture & Regional Planning
Biotechnology
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Center for Educational Technology
Electrical Engineering
Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering
Geology & Geophysics
Humanities & Social Sciences
Industrial Engineering & Management
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Mining Engineering
Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture
Physics & Meteorology Centres
Cryogenic Engineering
Materials Science
Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences
Reliability Engineering
Rubber Technology
Rural Development Schools
G S Sanyal School of Telecommunications
Information Technology
Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship
Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law
Ranbir and Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management
Medical Science & Technology
School of Water Resources
Vinod Gupta School of Management
