IIT BHUBANESWAR-An insight into its permanent location

IIT Bhubaneswar, the first among the 6 new IITs opened is gonna come up in Argul, roughly 20-30 kms from Bhubaneswar main city...Location is ultimate with the land being situated on the foothills of a hill on which the presiding deity of the area Barunei resides...

Here is a rough scale map of the land fixed for the IIT...approx. 935 acres..



And here are some first hand pictures of that area...



We students of IIT Bhubaneswar were lucky enough to take part in the first function of our institution,"The laying the Foundation Stone"....pics to follow in the next issue...till then good luck!!!

Cheers!!

IIT BBSR Latest News!!

Well guys catch on this latest piece of news...

Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh likely to lays foundation stone of IIT-Bhubaneswar on Feb. 11. A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh on Wednesday.
Prof Madusudan Chakrabarti will be appointed as the chief of the IIT, Bhubaneswar. Prof Chakrabarti is currently working as Deputy Director in IIT, Khargpur. He is a Professor in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering. He is also a Life Member of the Indian Institute of Metals and Materials Research Society of India
Earlier, a site selection committee, headed by an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Human Resource Development Ashok Thakur, had visted the State and selected Argul for location of the IIT. The State Government will immediately make available of 500 acres of the land for constructions of the IIT.

By:
Santosh Sabyasachi
Mechanical Engineering
IIT Bhubaneswar

IIT Bhubaneswar Site Finally Up!!

Hi guys... an official (presumably) website of IIT Bhubaneshwar is finally up now.

Visit it www.iitbbs.ac.in 

And friends, do add yourselves to this google group.

http://groups.google.co.in/group/iit-bhubaneshwar?hl=en

Have a great time!! 

Director Of Our Institution appointed!!

First of all pardon me for posting this news too late...was busy in the fests and all;-)


Better late than never...
We students of IIT Bhubaneswar welcome Prof. Madhusudan Chakrabarti as the founding director of our institution..

Welcome sir to the family!!

Well i must say our Director sir is a quite highly qualified academician and administrator!!

You can check out his complete profile here

Well guys then get into the tempo we are gonna be part of history!!

Cheers!!