Abstract:
The Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) owes its existence to Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, Bharat Ratna-the founder of the first residential university of modern India, the Banaras Hindu University, who could foresee the important role of technical education in strengthening independent India.The three of the erstwhile engineering colleges of BHU, namely BENCO, MINMETand TECHNO, were merged to form the Institute of Technology (IT-BHU) in 1968 to provide an integrated educational base. The IT-BHU has been admitting students through the JEE conducted by the IIT's since 1972, and has been consistently ranked amongst the top few engineering institutions of the country. IT-BHU became IIT (BHU) in June 29, 2012 by an
Act of Parliament.Following conversion to IIT, the Institute engaged itself in taking up the mammoth task of putting many of the procedures and practices similar to those of IITs. Recently the new statutes of IIT (BHU), passed in IIT Council have come into force.
The Institute has maintained high academic standard since its inception. It has turned out luminary engineers and administrators who served the nation with great distinction. The current student strength is 5722 with 4183 UGs, 675 M.Techs and 864 PhD students. The current faculty strength of the Institute is 273 (as against a sanctioned strength of about 502) while the number of technical & non-technical staff is 536. At present, the Institute comprises 14 Departments and 3 interdisciplinary schools. Central facilities in the Institute include Central Instrumentation Facility, Main Workshop, Centre for Computing and Information Services (CCIS), Centre for Energy Resource and Development (CERD), Institute Library and Industrial Consultancy & Testing Services.
