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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Postgraduate Admission-2010
INFORMATION BROCHURE
(M.Tech./M.Arch./M.U.R.P.)
CONTENTS
Section Title Page
1. The Institute 3
2. Roorkee Town 3
3. Academic Departments/Centres 3
4. Academic Service Centres 9
5. Other Units 10
6. Postgraduate Programmes 11
7. Admission Procedure 13
8. Selection and Admission 22
9. Procedure for Up-gradation 23
10. Category Codes 24
11. Departments/Centre Codes 24
12. Instructions for filling the Application Form 24
13. Check List of Documents in the Application Envelope 25
Annexures
i. Certificate for appearing in the final semester/year examination 26
ii. Sponsorship Certificate for Full-time Candidates 26
iii. No Objection Certificate for Part-time Candidates 26
iv. Authorities who may issue Caste/Tribe Certificate 26
v. Certificate for non declaration of result 26
Important Dates
Start of issue / Downloading of Application Form & Information Brochure March 19, 2010 (Friday)
Last date of receipt of request at PG Admission Office for April 09, 2010 (Friday)
issue of Application Form
Last date for receipt of filled Application Form at PG Admission Office, IIT Roorkee April 19, 2010 (Monday)
Last date for dispatch of letters for Interview/Written Test May 10, 2010 (Monday)
Last date for dispatch of letters for Counselling based on Normalized GATE marks only May 11, 2010 (Tuesday)
Interview/Written Test May 31, 2010 (Monday)
Announcement of merit list based on Normalized GATE marks and Interview/Written Test June 01, 2010 (Tuesday)
Counselling for admission June 01-03, 2010
(Tuesday)-(Thursday)
Institute fee/Waitlisted amount is to be deposited at the time of Counselling
Last date for Withdrawal of Admission Offered June 25, 2010 (Friday)
Selection of Waitlisted Candidates and Dispatch of letters June 28, 2010 (Monday)
Last date for Deposit of fee by the Waitlisted Candidates July 15, 2010 (Thursday)
Date of Registration July 23, 2010 (Friday)
Classes Begin July 26, 2010 (Monday)
Further Selection of the Waitlisted Candidates for the vacant seats, if any, will be held on July 31, 2010
just before the date of closing of Admissions.
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2. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
1. The candidates are advised to read each and every instruction given in this Information Brochure
very carefully before filling-up the Application Form.
2. Application Form found incomplete or received after the last date i.e. April 19, 2010, will be
rejected without any intimation to the candidate and no correspondence will be entertained in
this regard.
3. Paste your photograph having good contrast, within the box only, on the Application Form.
Photograph must NOT be attested. Write your mailing address and put your signature using
BLACK (INK OR BALL POINT) PEN only within the blocks provided on the Application Form.
4. Candidates seeking admission to more than one department (maximum four departments and
14 programmes), must enclose with the Application Form a crossed demand draft drawn in favour
of “Chairman, PG Admission”, payable at Roorkee for a total amount (Rs. 400/- for General/
OBC Category and Rs. 200/- for SC/ST/PD category candidate plus Rs.100/- per additional
number of Departments applied for example GEN/OBC candidate applying for 3 departments
required to pay Rs. 600/- and SC/ST/PD Rs. 400/- depending on their category). Candidate must
write his/her name and Address at the back of the demand draft.
5. A candidate should submit one Application Form only.
6. Request for change of category/choices received after the last date, i.e. April 19, 2010 will not be
accepted under any circumstances.
7. After submitting Application Form all enquiries be made either to the Office of Chairman, PG
Admission, IIT Roorkee only.
8. Latest update about vacant seats, dates, etc. will be available on Institute
website: http://www.iitr.ernet.in
9. For further information, please contact:
Contact Person Telephone and Fax Nos.
Chairman, PG Admission-2010, (01332) 285875 (Tel.)
OR
PG Admissions Office (01332) 284010 (Tel.)
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee,
ROORKEE-247 667 (Uttarakhand)
e.mail: pgadm@iitr.ernet.in (01332) 285874/273560 (Fax)
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3. 1. THE INSTITUTE Institute, the National Institute of Hydrology, the Irrigation
Research Institute, the Irrigation Design Organization, the
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee is the latest member of headquarters of Bengal Engineering Group & Centre along with
the IIT family and has its roots in the Roorkee College an important Army base.
established in 1847 as the first engineering college in India,
which was soon rechristened as Thomason College of Civil The Institute campus is 2.5 km from the Roorkee Railway
Engineering in 1854 after its greatest mentor James Thomason. Station and is only 200 m from the Roadways Bus Stand.
After about 100 years of distinguished services, the college
was elevated to University of Roorkee as the first Engineering 3. ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS/CENTRES
University of independent India on November 25, 1949. It has 3.1 Alternate Hydro Energy Centre (AHEC)
now 22 academic departments/centres offering 11
undergraduate courses in engineering and architecture, 5 dual Alternate Hydro Energy Centre established in the year 1982 works
degree programmes and 6 Integrated Dual Degree courses in for small hydropower development (SHP), renewable energy
M.Sc./Engineering and over 51 postgraduate courses in development and conservation of water bodies. The centre offers
engineering, architecture, sciences, computer applications and two M Tech Programmes in “Alternate Hydro Energy Systems” for
business administration besides research programmes at candidates having civil / electrical / mechanical / electronics /
doctoral level. It has three campuses main campus at Roorkee chemical / agricultural / environmental engineering bachelor degree
and other two at Saharanpur & Noida and are suitable to take up responsibilities of investigation, surveys,
IIT Roorkee has a highly qualified and motivated faculty of about planning, designs, evaluation, installation of small hydropower
390 members who are engaged in research and consultancy and renewable energy projects covering civil engineering designs,
in addition to teaching. The faculty members offer their hydraulic and structural designs, equipments selection and design
expertise through consultancy services to private/public and other renewable energy projects.
sector industries as well as to Government agencies. The The second M Tech Programme in “Conservation of Rivers and
institute has about 3000 undergraduate students, 1700 Lakes” is offered as an interdisciplinary programme to create the
postgraduates and Over 900 research scholars. specialists for restoration, conservation and management of
There are a number of academic and research centres environmentally degraded rivers and lakes. Conservation of Rivers
engaged in interdisciplinary research, and many collaborative and Lakes involves planning, designing, preparing, executing and
programmes exist with institutions in India and abroad. Several monitoring the projects to deal with catchment treatment, pollution
central facilities exist such as Central Library having more than and abutment in a sustainable manner in catchment area, rural
3.20 lac volumes of books and periodicals, Information areas and urban areas.
Superhighway Centre with Internet connectivity, an Educational The centre provides expert support in all aspects of SHP and
Multi-Media Research Centre with full-fledged television studio, other renewable energy development to government and private
a modern Computer Centre and Institute Instrumentation Centre organization. International and national short-term training
with highly sophisticated analytical instruments. programme regularly are offered by AHEC to train professionals.
The Institute prepares students to meet ever-increasing Three institute elective courses for undergraduate classes each
technological and social challenges with its traditions of self- semester and Ph.D. programme are also offered by AHEC.
discipline, hard work, all-round personality development and 3.2 Architecture and Planning
innovative approach to problems.
The Bachelor’s degree course in Architecture was instituted
IIT Roorkee is fully residential, with well-designed hostels in the year 1956-57. The Indian Institute of Architects
(Bhawans) both for boys and girls, sprawling sports ground, recognized the B.Arch. course in December 1961. The
hobbies club, Hospital, a modern swimming pool, boat club and Department has the singular distinction of being the first in
a host of facilities for different games including Tennis, Squash India in instituting a Masters degree course in Architecture
and Billiards. Societies and Associations along with activities (M.Arch.) in the year 1969-70. An independent course of
like NCC, Rangering and Rovering, Mountaineering and Trekking Masters degree in Urban and Rural Planning (M.U.R.P.) was
provide excellent opportunities for self-development. added in the year 1973-74. It is also active in doctoral degree
programme.
2. ROORKEE TOWN
3.3 Biotechnology
Roorkee, a quiet town of moderate size in the district of
Hardwar (Uttarakhand), is located on the banks of the Upper Department of Biotechnology, established in 1981, offers a
Ganga Canal, which takes off at Hardwar. It is about 30 km B.Tech. in Biotechnology programme, a 2 years duration M.Sc.
south of the Shivalik range of the mighty Himalayas, about 170 Biotechnology programme, (sponsored by Department of
km to the north of Delhi and is situated on the Amritsar-Howrah Biotechnology, Government of India) and Ph.D. programme.
main railway line. Roorkee is linked by rail to many important Research is carried out in identified thrust areas in the field
mega cities such as Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai. of Molecular Biophysics, Genetics, Microbiology, Animal and
Roorkee is also well connected by road, being located on the Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Several
Delhi-Hardwar National Highway (NH 58), and on the Roorkee sponsored research projects have been undertaken in the
– Panch Kula Highway (NH 73). Roorkee (Latitude 29o 52’ N specialized areas of protein—DNA Interaction, 3D Molecular
and Longitude 77o 53’52" E) is 268 m above mean sea level Modeling, Genetic Engg. of Nitrogen Fixation, Mechanisms of
and has a cold winter. The summer months, though hot, are Male Fertility Control, Microbial Biosynthesis of Organic Acids
moderated by the proximity of the Shivaliks. The rainy season and Industrially Significant Enzymes, Cellulose Degradation,
is mainly between July and September with an average rainfall Plasma Membranes based Enzymes, Cell Surface Antigens.
of 1050 mm. Research collaboration has been initiated/exists with
institutions such as Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Roorkee town is an important centre of engineering activity. (TIFR) Bombay, CSIR Centre for Biochemical Technology, Delhi,
Apart from the IIT Roorkee, which is situated in a 150-hectare Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, National
campus, Roorkee also has the Central Building Research
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4. Environmental Engg. Research Institute and International Centre cum-Classifier, Trimble IR 5600 Robotic Total Station, Electrodymic
for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB). Vibration System, Falcon Handheld Stationary Radar with Data
3.4 Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Management Logger and measurement of vehicular speeds, Integrating-
averaging noise level meter, 50" Plasma TV for Traffic Analysis
The Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management study, Portable Falling Weight Deflectometer, Diamond Core Drilling
was established at IIT Roorkee in March 2006 to initiate System, Portable Reference Measurement System etc. The Centre
multidisciplinary studies & national capacity building in Disaster has Sound Plan, HEADS & TRANSCAD softwares for a variety of
Mitigation Engineering. Initially focus is on four natural disasters transportation system problem analysis. The Centre has a good
earthquake, landslide, cyclone and flood. The Core faculty group
computing facility for modelling and simulation of transportation
and facilities are drawn from four participating departments Civil,
systems. A multi-Institutional Nationally Co-ordinated Project entitled
Earthquake, Earth Sciences and Hydrology.
“Integrated Development of Public Transport System” Sponsored
The CENTRE is devoted to human resource development; R & D by AICTE is currently being executed at this Centre. The DST, GOI
activities leading to Ph.D. degree; disseminates technical know sanctioned a R&D Project on “Design and Analysis of Urban
how; provides extension services; evolves strategies for mitigation Multimodal Mass Transportation System” CTRANS is also offering
and management of disasters and establish a national database advice and Consultancy Services. It has been engaged as a Third
for rapid dissemination of information and knowledge. Party for Quality Control of State Highways constructed under
RSVY project in the State of Bihar. A number of research scholars
3.5 Centre for Nanotechnology are pursuing Ph.D. on the identified research areas at CTRANS.
Centre of Nanotechnology was established in December 2005 One of the research scholars has been awarded National Doctoral
as one of the Centres of Excellence. The faculty of the centre, Fellowship by AICTE.
drawn from different departments is involved in developing The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Govt. of India and
state-of-the-art facilities at the institute and is vigorously Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), New Delhi
pursuing interdisciplinary research on various current aspects have established TWO Professorial Chairs at CTRANS.
of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. For this purpose the
Institute has granted four MHRD assistantships to the centre. A 3.7 Chemical Engineering
wide range of sophisticated equipment related to nanotechnology
has been made operational at IIC involving the multidisciplinary The Department of Chemical Engineering imparts instructions to
faculty of the centre. students at the undergraduate and postgraduate level leading to
In view of the major impact of ‘Nanoscience’ in vast disciplines B.Tech. and M.Tech. degrees in Chemical Engineering. M.Tech.
of Science and Technology, a new M.Tech. program on programmes are offered in three specialized areas, namely.
‘Nanotechnology’ has been initiated by the centre. This course Computer Aided Process Plant Design, Industrial Pollution Abatement
is aimed t providing the basic know how to B.Tech./M.Sc. and Industrial Safety and Hazards Management. The Department
students about various concepts of nanoscale materials, their also runs an Integrated Dual Degree Programme {B.Tech. (Chemical
synthesis, characterization, novel properties, applications and Engg) plus M.Tech. (Hydrocarbon Engg.)}. The Department also
future perspectives. This being a multidisciplinary area, a admits students for Ph.D. programme.
number of electives have been designed to impart-knowledge The M.Tech. programme of the Department has the highest number
on modeling and simulation, physics, chemistry, biological and of seats in the country. The programmes in Industrial Safety and
technological aspects of nanomaterials. Besides, it will provide Hazards Management and Hydrocarbon Engineering are unique in
students a practical training of advanced methods being the IIT system and fulfill the crucial needs of the industry. The
employed for the characterization and elucidation of different Department has well equipped laboratory facilities with state-of-
nanostructures. This expertise could be utilized to fabricate art equipment and instruments. New Research laboratories are
new materials and nanodevices. This programme is also being established in Air Pollution Abatement, Fire Engineering,
coordinated by the Department of Met. & Mat. Engg. Industrial Safety and Hydrocarbon Testing and Analysis. The
Department is well recognized for its industrial academic
3.6 Centre for Transportation Systems programmes and fundamental and applied research. The research
CTRANS is a Centre of Excellence of I IT Roorkee in the area of output in terms of published articles in peer reviewed research
journals and industrial consultancy projects is formidable and
Transportation Systems with an aim to promote multidisciplinary
noteworthy. The Department conducts a large number of continuing
and high quality research and education in Transportation Systems
education programmes for sponsored candidates from industries
with collective participation of Engineers, Scientists and
in the emerging areas of Chemical Engineering.
Researchers from Science & Technology, Humanities and Social
Sciences of the Centre, Architecture & Planning and Management 3.8 Chemistry
background. The research areas are Public Transport System The Department of Chemistry came into existence in 1960 with
Highway & Airfield Pavement Management System, Intelligent an initial strength of 10 M.Sc students and 7 faculty members.
Transport System, Design of Comfort (Rail Transport), Now the department has M.Sc. intake of 36 students and
Environmental Management, Biofuels for Automobiles, Traffic sanctioned faculty strength of 23. The department has been
Emission Modelling, Air Quality Modeling, Mathematical Modelling, offering specialization in Analytical, Inorganic, Organic and
Supply Chain Management, Electric Trolley System, Traction Physical Chemistry. Each M.Sc. (Final) student is required to
Technology, Remote Sensing, GPS & GIS Applications, Health carry out a laboratory scale Project work, submit a dissertation
Hazard in Transportation System, Inland Water Transport, Polymer and present his/her work in a seminar. These have bearings
Applications in Transportation Systems, Accident Modelling and on the employment opportunities of the students. A five year
Road Safety, Urban Transportation Policy, Management of Transport integrated M.Sc. (Chemistry) programme has been started in
Systems, Environmental Impact Assessment, Visual Communication the session 2007-08 with admission through JEE. Recently,
Design System, Aesthetics, etc. The Centre is equipped with a the laboratories have been renovated and several new
number of modern equipments i.e., Road Measuring Data modern equipments have been acquired. The students also
Acquisition System (ROMDAS), Portable Automatic Traffic Counter- get an opportunity to use the sophisticated instruments located
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5. at Institute Instrumentation Centre as part of their curricular engineering colleges also carry out research at the Department,
activity. The department pursues interdisciplinary research on leading to Ph.D. degree under the Quality Improvement Programme.
contemporary problems of chemical science relating to Besides teaching and research, the faculty of the Department
industrial, rural and agricultural development. More than 350 offers consultancy services to various public and private
students have been awarded Ph.D. degrees and more than organizations throughout the country . The consultancy fees
1500 research papers have been published. The Department earned by the faculty of the Department in the year 2008-09 was
was also supported by DST through FIST during 1999-2002. of the order of Rs. 80 million. The faculty and alumni of this
Department have earned several honours and awards for their
3.9 Civil Engineering
achievements.
The Department of Civil Engineering of the Indian Institute of The Department has several collaborative research programs with
Technology Roorkee (formerly University of Roorkee) has an European and American Institutes. Under these programmes, there
illustrious history and a glorious past and is the oldest and the is regular exchange of faculty as well as students between the
largest Civil Engineering Department in the country. It has its Department and these institutes.
foundation in the Roorkee College that was established on October The faculty of the Department continues to strive to achieve
19, 1847 as the first Engineering College, not only in India but also excellence by exploring new frontiers of knowledge and providing
in the British Empire at the time, to train Civil Engineers for managing the latest technical knowledge to the students and rendering
the construction and operation of the Upper Ganga Canal. This technical advice on live engineering problems.
was later renamed as the Thomason College of Civil Engineering in
3.10 Earthquake Engineering
1854. The College laid the foundation for modern technical education
and the use of Civil Engineering practices in the infrastructure Earthquake Engineering Education in India started at the Indian
development of the country. With the addition of teaching in Institute of Technology Roorkee (erstwhile University of Roorkee)
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering in 1946, the College was in 1960, through the establishment of School of Research and
renamed as Thomason College of Engineering. In 1949, the college Training in Earthquake Engineering. The School was renamed as
was elevated to the first engineering university of independent Department of Earthquake Engineering and became an integral
India. Impressed by its phenomenal growth, the Government of part of the University of Roorkee in 1979. Four major areas of
India converted the University of Roorkee into Indian Institute of earthquake engineering namely, Structural Dynamics, Soil Dynamics,
Technology Roorkee on Sept. 21, 2001. The department has, in the Engineering Seismology and Seismotectonics, and Instrumentation
past, produced several eminent engineers who have made notable
have been nurtured for the past about fifty years. The major
contributions in the planning and execution of Civil Engineering
functions of the Department include teaching & research, and
projects in many parts of India and as well as in other countries.
rendering expert advice to various organizations in the area of
Major civil works in the country like dams, canals, roads, highways,
railways, bridges, etc., are the outcome of the technical education earthquake resistant design of structures and systems, such as
imparted in this department. The department offers a four-year dams, bridges, power plants, etc. The Department has played a
course leading to the Bachelor’s Degree (B. Tech.) in Civil key role at the national level in formulating Indian Standard Codes
Engineering. In addition to its high quality undergraduate program, of Practice for earthquake resistant design of structures.
the Department also realized quite early the importance of keeping Several major facilities exist in the Department for conducting
pace with the latest developments in engineering education. experiments related to earthquake engineering. Some of the major
Hence, the postgraduate courses in Structural Engineering and facilities include: A low cost railway wagon Shock Table for dynamic
Hydraulic Engineering were started in 1953 followed by the testing of structural models up to 20 tonnes weight, a 3.5 m x 3.5
postgraduate courses in Soil Mechanics and Foundation m computer controlled Shake Table with a maximum pay-load
Engineering (now Geotechnical Engineering) in 1954, Highway capacity of 20 tonnes to stimulate Strong Ground Motion, a Quasi
Engineering (now Transportation Engineering) and Public Health Static Testing Laboratory having servo-controlled dynamic actuator
Engineering (now Environmental Engineering) in 1957, Advanced systems and servo-controlled compression testing machine of
Survey and Photogrammetry (now Geomatics Engineering) in 1958 300 tonnes capacity, a Soil Dynamics Laboratory equipped with
and Building Science and Technology in 1974. The department liquefaction table, geotechnical centrifuge and cyclic triaxial testing
also has another postgraduate course in Computer Aided Design system, and a Seismological Observatory having state of the art
(CAD). Thus, at present, the Department offers two-year courses 3-component broadband seismograph to record local, regional
leading to the Master’s Degree (M. Tech.) in eight different and tele-seismic earthquakes. Department has deployed a Strong
specializations. In addition, postgraduate courses are offered
Motion Network of 300 digital accelerographs in the Himalayan
under diversification in three areas viz., Bridge Engineering, Rock
region covering seismic zones V, IV and parts of zone III for the
Mechanics and Traffic Engineering. Every year, 112 students are
purpose of measuring strong ground motion in the event of major
admitted to the B. Tech. course in Civil Engineering and around 120
students to the M. Tech. courses in different streams of Civil earthquakes and a state-of-the-art 12-station telemetered network
Engineering. The Department has also provided education to a deployed in the Garhwal Himalaya to continuously monitor the
large number of sponsored foreign students through arrangements local earthquakes around Tehri Dam.
between the Government of India and the Governments of the 3.11 Earth Sciences
concerned nations. A number of specialist and refresher courses
are regularly organized by the faculty for practicing engineers The Department of Earth Sciences is one of the leading departments
and the faculty of other engineering colleges. The Department in the country engaged in teaching and research in the field of
offers Ph.D. programmes in all the disciplines mentioned earlier. Earth Sciences. The main strength of the department is
So far, over three hundred Ph.D. degrees have been awarded amalgamation of two major divisions of Earth Sciences: Geology
and about 85 research scholars are presently pursuing their and Geophysics under one umbrella. In more than last four and
research. The research programs of the Department are being half decades, department has produced large number of trained
funded by various agencies such as CSIR, DST, MoSRT&H, ISRO, Earth Scientists who are the backbone of the Country’s Mineral,
BARC, AICTE, etc. Research Fellows working under these Oil and Exploration Industry. The pioneer research contributions in
programs are allowed to register for Ph.D. degree provided they different disciplines of Geology and Geophysics have been
fulfill the qualifications set for the purpose. Teachers of other recognized through the awards and laurels conferred on many
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6. faculty members, and through the generous funding received from students in the latest technological advancements in the field of
various funding agencies. The Department of Earth Sciences, Applied Geophysics. The training will focus on developing the
formerly the Department of Geology and Geophysics, was capability to acquire, process and interpret geophysical data. The
established in 1960. During the span of more than four and a half course will aim at training the students in seismology, petroleum
decades the department has become one of the foremost centres geophysics, mineral exploration, groundwater exploration,
of post graduate teaching, research and consultancy in the field geotechnical investigation, environmental geophysics and borehole
of Earth Sciences. The department has been recipient of financial geophysics. A special feature of the course will be the training of
aid under the prestigious Special Assistance and COSIST the students in Geophysical Inversion, and Geophysical Data
programmes of UGC (Ministry of Human Resources and Processing and Interpretation.
Development, Govt. of India). The geological studies in the Institute Due to increase in the exploration activity in oil sector, a number of
(formerly University of Roorkee) date back to the middle of the last companies in the public and private sector have been actively
century when Colonel Sir Proby Cautley (who was responsible engaged in oil exploration, both onshore and offshore. The activity
for establishing the Thomason College of Engineering) was elected in exploration is expected to intensify further resulting in increased
as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London, for his pioneering work demand of trained personnel. A number of other companies in the
on the vertebrate fossils of the nearby Shivalik Ranges. Later IT sector are also taking up work related to processing and
Henry Benedict Medlicot, who was also admitted as the Fellow of interpretation of Geophysical data, related mainly to oil sector. All
the Royal Society in 1877, occupied the Chair in Geology and this requires a large resources of trained manpower. The five-
Experimental Sciences at Thomason College. Presently, the year integrated M.Tech. programme in Applied Geophysics, with
department is running two Five Year Integrated M.Tech. programmes its high level of quality training, will go a long way in meeting the
on Geological Technology and Geophysical Technology. These needs of trained geophysicists in the future.
two programmes started from 2007 through JEE. One more
3.12 Electrical Engineering
courses viz. M.Sc. (Applied Geology) of two years duration is
also being run by the department. Research work leading to Ph.D. The Electrical Engineering Department was a part of the
degree in several interdisciplinary areas and research and Thomason College of Engineering from the year 1897, one of
consultancy programmes constitute an integral part of the the earliest such specialisations in the world when the
departmental activities. The faculty is engaged in a number of discipline itself was in its infancy. The first batch of Electrical
research projects sponsored by the Govt. of India agencies like Engineers passed out of the College in the year 1900. This
UGC, CSIR, DST, ONGC, AICTE etc. and the consultancy projects department was, however, closed down in the year 1923
sponsored by various industries, and government agencies. The following the recommendation of a special committee that the
department has Hamrock Society in which all faculty and students college may be converted to a purely Civil Engineering
are members. Institution. This decision was not to be reversed until on the
Five Years M.Tech Integrated Course (Geological eve of being converted into a University. The Fortescu
Technology) Committee advised the resumption of instructions in Electrical
This course is intended to train the students in different aspects Engineering and thus, the present Department of Electrical
of Geological Technology in an integrated manner. The main Engineering came into being in 1946, the first graduates of
objective is to impart the latest technological advancements in the the new department emerging in 1949. Initially, the department
field of Applied Geology and geoexploration. The training will focus offered courses with options in both Electrical and
on developing the capability to apply the knowledge in the Telecommunication Engineering. Subsequently, in 1964, the
exploration of natural resources. Following branches of Applied department was bifurcated to form the two Departments of
Geology will be given special attention: Petroleum Exploration, Electrical Engineering and Electronics and Telecommunication
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, Ground Engineering. In 1954, this department was one of the first few
Water Exploration, Mineral Exploration, Engineering Gology, Natural ones in India, to start the postgraduate program. Ever since
disaster Mitigation and Environmental Geology. A special feature then, the department has never looked back and since 1964,
of this course will be the training of the students in Geophysical over 125 Ph.D. degrees have been awarded. Presently the
Exploration and Well Logging. Some new courses being introduced department is running the courses at both the undergraduate
for the first time are: Brittle Tectonics, Fluid Inclusion, Petroleum and the postgraduate levels and providing excellent facilities
Prospect Evaluation, Environmental Geochemistry, Instrumentation to carry out research work for Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
in Geochemical Analysis and Cross Section Balancing. There has degree, R&D work for sponsored and consultancy projects
been a spurt of activity in the country in Petroleum Exploration. A and testing and consultancy work for industrial problems. This
number of companies in the private sector as well as in public is, of course, in addition to the regular courses in Bachelor of
sector have been actively engaged in oil exploration, both onshore Technology (B.Tech.) and Master of Technology (M.Tech.) that
and offshore. Besides, in the next decade it seems there will be a are a part of the curriculum.
tremendous growth in IT related geosciences sector. India is well
A new five year IDD programme has been started in July, 2007
poised to become an international hub for global geological
with B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering + M.Tech. degree
database generation, Processing and interpretation, and a centre
in Power Electronics, with an intake of 10 students.
for geoscientific manpower outsourcing. This M.Tech. course aims
to focus on all these aspects and gear up to the challenges to The department has specialization in research areas such as
provide adequate training to the students. All this requires a large : ANN and fuzzy logic applications, Distribution system planning
resource of trained manpower. The five-year integrated M.Tech. and operation, Telemedicine, ECG signal analysis and
programme, with its high level of quality training, will go a long classification, System analysis and optimization, Computer
way in meeting the needs of trained geologists in the future. controlled system including process control, Computer
Five Years M.Tech Integrated Course (Geophysical controlled multi-quadrant solid-state converers, Condition
Technology) monitoring of electrical machines/drives, Digital signal and
The Five Year Integrated M.Tech. Programme in Geophysical image processing, Data base management, Economic dispatch
Technology is aimed at training the students in different aspects and planning, Flexible AC transmission system, FPGA based
of Geophysical Technology in an integrated manner. The emphasis control, High performance computer controlled DC and AC
of the course will be on Applied Geophysics. The aim is to train the drives, Intelligent instrumentation, Industrial instrumentation,
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7. Medical system modeling, instrumentation and bio-informatics, Economics , Philosophy and Sociology. Till date, seventy five
Modeling and simulation of electric machines, Optimal system scholars have been awarded Ph.D. degree in different
operation, Power system protection, monitoring, control and disciplines of the Department, and about eighteen students are
simulation, Power quality, System automation and monitoring, currently registered for the Ph.D. programme. The faculty
Relay coordination, Reliability engineering, Robotics, System members have been actively engaged in sponsored research
modeling, Process instrumentation and control, Power system projects and consultancy. Besides more than 350 research
automation, Artificial intelligence applications and Voltage papers, 25 books have also been published so far by the
stability of power system, Embedded Systems, Sensors & teachers, whose scholarship has been recognized through
Sensor Networks. various national and international awards. The department has
earlier organized several seminars, conferences and symposia,
In recognition of excellent R&D activities in the area of notable among them being Literary Translation and Cultural
Embedded Systems, Power Quality Conditioning and Biomedical Integration. Integrating Humanistic Values and Social Concerns
& Image Processing, DST has given financial assistance of with Technical Education. International Conference on Buddhistic
Rs. 2.67 crore under the FIST programme, in 2008. Philosophy. International Conference on Commonwealth
3.13 Electronics & Computer Engineering Literature National Symposium on Ethnicity and Identity in
contemporary literature etc. As a part of recently restructured
The history of telecommunication education at this
syllabi, the courses on Technical Communications, Behavioral
Institute dates back to 1957 when a B.E. programme in
Sciences and Economics are being taught to all U.G. students
Telecommunication was started in the Department of Electrical
studying in various branches of Engineering, Technology and
Engineering of the then University of Roorkee. In view of the
Sciences . In addition to the core programmes, the department
increasing importance of the Electronics Engineering discipline,
offers pool elective subjects. The courses of Technical
a separate Department of Electronics and Telecommunication
Communication and Intellectual Property Rights & Practices are
Engineering was established in 1964 to offer Bachelor of
also taught at P.G. level to the students of Engineering &
Engineering degree in Electronics & Communication and Master
Sciences. There are, then, Pre- Ph.D. Courses and evening
of Engineering degrees in Advanced Electronics and Applied
courses in German Language.
Electronics & Servomechanisms. In 1968, the postgraduate
programme was restructured with specializations in the areas 3.15 Hydrology
of Communication Systems, Control and Guidance, Microwaves
The Department of Hydrology came into existence with the inception
and Radar, and Solid State Electronics. Two new
of International PG Course in Hydrology in 1972 with the assistance
undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Computer
from UNESCO, Govt. of India and IDRC Canada. The course aims
Science and Technology were started in the year 1982.
to impart training to engineers and scientists from Asia, Africa and
Keeping in view the activities of the Department, the name was
other developing countries. The courses offered by the Department
changed to Department of Electronics and Computer
of Hydrology are presently sponsored by Government of India,
Engineering in 1987. The Department has always been on a
UNESCO and WMO. So far, 752 trainee officers including 287
high growth path and has an experienced and dedicated
foreign trainee officers from 35 countries have participated in the
faculty with a strong commitment to engineering education. To
Post Graduate Programme. Since 2003, GATE qualified fresh
keep pace with the current technology trends, all the
engineering and science graduates from India have also been
undergraduate and postgraduate curricula have been modified
admitted in this programme. A candidate can opt for pursuing any
and the postgraduate programmes in Microwave and Radar
of the three specializations viz. Surfacewater Hydrology,
and Solid State Electronics have been renamed RF and
Groundwater Hydrology and Watershed Management. The
Microwave Engineering and Semiconductor Devices & VLSI
department has excellent laboratories in the field of
Technology, respectively. Moreover, the Department has
Hydrometeorology, Hydrological Information Systems, Water Quality,
introduced two Dual Degree programmes leading to B.Tech. in
and Ground Water. The department has made significant
Computer Science and Engineering and M.Tech. in Information
contributions in the field of flood estimation, flood routing,
Technology, and B.Tech. in Electronics & Communication &
watershed management and environmental hydrology; and handled
M.Tech. in Wireless Communication since 2003-04. Besides, a
more than 100 major research and consultancy projects in different
new M.Tech. programme in Information Technology has also
fields of hydrology. Some important investigations include
been started. Recently, the Ministry of Information Technology
hydrological estimates on the failure of Macchu Dam II in Gujarat,
has established a Center for Manpower Development in VLSI
design floods of 21 sub-basins of the Sone river, studies on ground
in the Department. The Department has a strong research
water modeling and subsurface drainage studies in command
programme leading to Ph.D. degrees in the broad areas of
areas of Sardar Sarover and Narmada Sagar projects respectively
Communication Systems, RF and Microwaves, Computer
and water availability/ design flood estimations for various basins
Science and Engineering, Semiconductor Devices and VLSI,
and hydropower projects of India.
and Control and Guidance. Many state-of-the-art Laboratories
have been set up with support from Industry/Govt. agencies to 3.16 Management Studies
facilitate cutting-edge research in these areas. The Department The MBA programme was launched by the Institute to reflect
has successfully completed a large number of sponsored the needs of present-day dynamic business and economic
research projects funded by DRDO, DST, UGC, ISRO, DOE, scenario and to enable its students to face the challenges of
AICTE, MIT etc. The Department also provides R&D and corporate world. The purpose behind this is to give the
consultancy services to various industries. student a sustainable competitive advantage. It takes the onus
3.14 Humanities & Social Sciences to prepare a breed of managers who have the courage, skills
and resilience to excel in the corporate world.
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences was originally
established for teaching English and Social Sciences to 3.17 Mathematics
Undergraduate Engineering students. Over the years, it has The Department of Mathematics attained its present status of an
grown into a full-fledged Department with teaching and independent department in 1960. Growing steadily today the
research programmes in the areas of English, Psychology, department not only teaches various topics in mathematics to
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8. undergraduate and post-graduate students of different engineering Our programmes have special features, which are present
and science department, but also run its own 2 Years M.Sc courses only in a few institutions. The department offers M.Sc., M.Tech.
in Applied Mathematics and Industrial Mathematics and Informatics (SSEM) and Ph.D. programmes to the students. A five year
and 5-Year Integrated M.Sc Course in Applied Mathematics. The integrated M.Sc. (Physics) programme has been started in the
department also conducts an interdisciplinary MCA course. Besides session 2007-08 with admission through JEE. Besides teaching
the central computing facilities of the Institute, the department has the undergraduate engineering students, the faculty of the
its own state of the art Computational Laboratory, a Mathematical department provides active leadership in training the
Modeling Laboratory, Parallel Computing Lab, and Image Processing postgraduate students, which is evidenced by their
Lab. The department also offers the facilitries for research work performance in GATE and NET. In fact even up to 75% of the
leading to Ph.D. degree in different branches of Pure and Applied total strength of the students has been qualifying in GATE often
Mathematics. The department has so far produced over 180 Ph.Ds holding a few top ranking positions. Our achievements in
including some foreign students. Department has collaborations research have been well recognized by U.G.C. in selecting
with different national and international organizations and has our department under Special Assistance Programme in 1979
expertise in various fields of mathematics and others consultancies in the thrust areas of Condensed Matter Physics and Atomic
in mathematical modeling and solution of various industrial and and Molecular Collision Physics. The Programme was further
real life problems. The faculty also joins different industrial extended in 1985 and 1992, respectively. The department also
research and consultancy teams to mutually solve problems of has research activities in the areas of Atmospheric Physics,
higher mathematical contents. Photonics, Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics and High Energy
Physics. The U.P. Council of Science and Technology has also
selected this department as a Centre of Excellence in Physics.
3.18 Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
3.21 Paper Technology, Saharanpur Campus
The Department of Mechanical Engineering came into being in
the year 1946 and the first batch of Mechanical Engineers The Department of Paper Technology at Saharanpur Campus,
graduated in the year 1949. In November 1973, the department is an Industry Oriented academic department of the Indian
was renamed as Department of Mechanical and Industrial Institute of Technology, Roorkee. This department (erstwhile
Engineering. At present it offers both undergraduate and Institute of Paper Technology) originally started in 1964, with
postgraduate teaching in various facets of Mechanical and the assistance from Royal Swedish Government on the pattern
Industrial Engineering. The department offers Master of of their Paper Technology School in Markryd, Sweden, with
Technology courses in Thermal Engineering, Machine Design the aim of fulfilling the need of technically trained manpower
Engineering, Production and Industrial System Engineering, for the paper industry. It has been offering various academic
Welding Engineering and CAD, CAM and Robotics. Besides programmes in Pulp & Paper at UG and PG level. A new 5 years
doctorate level research facilities, the department has Integrated M.Tech. (Polymer Science and Technology)
laboratory and workshop facilities with modern sophisticated programme has already been started from July 2006. Another
equipment to carry out research in all areas related to 5 years IDD B.Tech. (Process Engineering) with MBA has been
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. The faculty actively started from July 2007. The department has well developed
participates in sponsored research and consultancy work, laboratories and its faculty is engaged in teaching, research
conducts seminars/conferences and short term courses. The and industrial consultancy covering many facets of Pulp and
excellence of the department in Research and Development Paper Technology, Polymer Technology and Process
has been well recognized. The department has received Engineering. The Paper Industry has traditionally been an
funding from various agencies including the grant under FIST intensive industry in-terms of raw materials usage, energy use,
scheme of DST. man-power deployment and in discharge of effluents. With
liberalization of economy, global competitiveness and high
3.19 Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
environmental pressures, coupled with growing demands for
The Department of Metallurgical Engineering was founded in paper products of high quality and at competitive prices, the
1963 primarily to train students at the undergraduate level. It process industries have come under enormous pressure for
was renamed as the Department of Metallurgical and Materials change. This in-turn calls for a new vision in redesigning the
Engineering in 1997. Postgraduate programs including doctor academic program and in restructuring the research activities.
of philosophy in Physical and Extractive Metallurgy were Accordingly, the faculty keeps itself abreast about the latest
initiated in 1969. Industrial Metallurgy at the postgraduate level development through research, consultancy and Industry
was started in 1979. Research and Development activities Oriented Human Resources Development (HRD) programmes.
including sponsored research were initiated in the early The departmental faculty has executed successfully many
1970’s. In recognition of excellent academic record, DST has research projects, sponsored and consultancy projects and
given financial assistance under the FIST programs for Rs. many such programmes are currently in progress.
4.5 crore to the Deptt. The department has research activities
3.22 Water Resources Development & Management
in the areas of development of alloys, metal matrix composites,
modelling and simulation, materials joining, surface engineering, This Department was established by Government of India in the
tribology of materials and corrosion engineering. The research year 1955 as Water Resources Development and Training Centre
efforts have been both nationally and internationally in fulfillment of commitment made at the Bandung (Indonesia)
recognized. A key feature of the R&D efforts is their applied Conference. It was established to provide Postgraduate education
bias. Centre for Nanotechnology is being also cordinated by and training to in service engineers from countries of Asia and
the Department. Africa on new techniques in Water Resources and Hydropower
Development and their utilization best suited to the needs and
3.20 Physics
conditions of the region. Since its creation, it has provided
From a modest beginning in 1960, the Department has now postgraduate education and training to 2444 engineers from 47
grown into an active center of quality teaching and research. countries. The Department offers postgraduate diploma (one year)
Today it stands as one of the leading departments in the and degree (two years) programme, namely: (1) P.G./M. Tech. in
country well known for its high quality teaching & research.
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9. Water Resources Development with specialization in : Irrigation fifteen specialized and sophisticated equipment for analysis and
Engineering, River Engineering, Dam Engineering, Ground Water, solution of intricate scientific and industrial problems. These include,
Hydropower Engineering, Hydroelectric System Engineering and among others, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Thermal lonization
Management, Hydro mechanical Equipment and (2) P.G./M. Tech. in Mass Spectrometer, Electron Probe Micro Analyzer, Macromolecular
Irrigation Water Management. With global emphasis on water Crystallographic Unit (to be installed shortly), X-Ray Fluorescence
management and hydropower development, the specializations Spectrometer, Powder X-Ray Diffractometer, Single Crystal X-Ray
offered at this Department adequately meet the job specifications Diffractometer, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope, 200
of engineers and scientists in the growing Water and Power Sector. KV Transmission Electron Microscope, Atomic Force Microscope,
It is worthwhile to mention here that this Department is unique being Scanning Electron Microscope, Superconducting Quantum
only one of its kind in India in offering a post graduate degree Interference Device, Vibrating Sample Magnetometer, Atomic
programme of international standard with emphasis on technology Absorption Spectrophotometer, Fluorescence Life Time System,
application. Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer, Laser Ablation
Micro Analyzer, Differential Thermal and Thermal Gravimetric
4. ACADEMIC SERVICE CENTRES
Analyzer, Sputtering and Pulse Laser Deposition Facility for Nano-
4.1 Centre for Continuing Education material studies. Besides these, the Centre includes a training
laboratory for summer training of the engineering students. There
It is a pioneering centre in the area of continuing education in the
are three faculty members each having several sponsored projects
country and has completed more than 50 years of service. This and research programmes in the areas of Earth Sciences and
Centre acts as a window to disseminate information and technology Nano-material sciences. Each laboratory generally has an operator
on latest technological developments. In the face of rapid working under the supervision of a faculty member or a scientific
technological advancements taking place around the globe,
officer.
continuing education and upgradation of knowledge of in-service
professionals to new technologies is the need of the day. Courses 4.4 Institute Computer Centre
are being organised through the technical expertise available in the
The Centre works towards the common goal of implementing the
departments and centres of the Institute and are innovative,
academic agenda of the Institute by constantly interacting,
accessible and stimulating addressing to the current needs of the
evaluating and updating the resources to meet the international
professionals. Experts from industries and R&D organisations are
standards.
also invited to deliver lectures wherever necessary. Centre
Computing Resources:
organizes the courses in the Institute and also outside the Institute
• ICC, a central computing facility, is equipped for High Performance
in consultancy as well as in sponsored mode that respond to client’s
Computing, which includes infrastructure for Cluster Computing
continuing professional development needs. The Centre conducts
and Grid Computing, besides high-end Servers and Workstations
about 70 short term training programmes in Continuing Education
on heterogeneous platforms.
every year in various disciplines of management, engineering,
• Centre has a wide range of servers from Intel processor based
science and technology in which the professionals are trained
ones to high-end RISC servers from SUN, IBM, SGI and NAS
from all parts of the country as well as from the neighbouring
(Network Attached Storage) servers of 2x1.6 TB (terabytes)
countries.
capacity.
The Centre has five lecture halls fully equipped with modem teaching
• ICC has state-of-the-art facilities for applications such as: CAD/
aids and in-house boarding and lodging facilities. The Trainee Officers
MCAD, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), FEM & FEA, Image
Hostel has thirty six rooms with modem facilities like colour T.V.,wi-
Processing / Scientific Visualization, 3DAnimation/Visual Simulation/
fi internet connection and telephone. An in-house mess and round
Geospatial imaging and analysis.
the clock canteen cares for the need of the participants.
• It has mid-range to high-end configured graphics workstations
4.2 Quality Improvement Programme Centre with MIPS R16000 64 bit RISC based (SGI)/ 64 bit Quad-core Intel
Xeon (dual cpu) with 4/16 GB 667 quad-channel DDR2 fully buffered
The Quality Improvement Programme (QIP) formulated by the
MHRD was initiated at the Institute in 1971 for improving the DIMM memory and 512/768MB VRAM / AMD Opteron /Xeon EM64T
standard of technical education and for enhancing the academic with 2 GB RAM /PIV EM64T CPUs.
competence of faculty members of various engineering colleges • Linux based HPC Cluster and all the other servers can be
in the country. Major activities include Faculty Development, accessed within the campus including DPT Saharanpur Campus
Resource Development, Institutional Development, Education through campus LAN.
Research and Continuing Education. The QIP Centre also Major Engineering and Scientific software resources:
prepares teaching aid material to help the teachers of ICC’s software licensing facilities provide the following major
engineering institutions. Teachers are also provided with an engineering and scientific softwares available throughout the
opportunity to undertake ME and Ph.D. Programmes. The scheme campus over the LAN with network floating licenses:
is open to sponsored faculty members of various Engineering • MATLAB 7.7 R2008b with various Tool Boxes;
Colleges. • ArcGIS 9.3.1: ERDAS Imagine 9.3.2 with Leica Photogrammetry
4.3 Institute Instrumentation Centre Suite & Imagine Developer’s Toolkit and ER Mapper 7.2;
• SPSS 16.0; Mathematica 5.0; NAG Libraries and Compilers; Intel
The Institute Instrumentation Centre is the shared analytical facility Visual Fortran 9.0;
for the academic community of IIT Roorkee. Ever since its inception • MagNet64 bit v 6.22.1;
in 1978 as the University Science Instrumentation Centre of the • LabVIEW 2009 academic site license with Campus Teaching;
erstwhile University of Roorkee, it has provided excellent facilities
• Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0; Solid Edge 18.0; Mechanical Autodesk
of sophisticated analytical instruments to the students and
Inventor
researchers of not only IIT, Roorkee but also to the users of other
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organizations of the country. The centre is currently running two
Abaqus/Standard & Abaqus/CAE 6.8; STAR-CD 4.08 for
national facilities for, (i) Isotope Geology and Geochronology and
(ii) Electron Probe Micro Analyzer. It is equipped with more than Computational Fluid Dynamics;
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10. SAP2000 v 11 for structural analysis and design of 3D structures needs and provides an avenue for the exchange of Information with
& ETABS v 9 for analysis, design and drafting of building systems; other libraries and the centres of research and education
Microstation and Bentley suite of products for Civil under academic The ISC also has an Information Management Group(IMG) which is
subscription; managed and run solely by B.Tech. students for developing website
AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2010 & Educational Solution and intranet applications.
Set 2010(Architecture);
4.6 Central Library
ChemOffice Ultra 10.0;
Felix for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectral data off- The library serves as a central organ of the academic activities of
line processing; the Institute. To this end, it continues to fulfill its obligations in providing
Oracle 9i & 10g and MS Visual Studio.Net 2008 necessary infrastructure facilities in the form of books, advanced
Microsoft Campus Agreement under academic pricing for treatises, works of reference and bibliographical nature, current
major and latest software ranging from High Performance and back volumes of journals, theses, CD-ROMS, e-journals, e-
Computing(HPC) to latest versions of OSs (32/64 bit - Standard databases, e-books and other kinds of monographs to its members.
and Enterprise) for Server, Workstation and Desktop along with It has well bound collection of more than 3.59 lakh volumes to meet
RDBMS, .NET development environment and Office Applications the growing and varied requirements of its clientele consisting of
suites , have been licensed for the year 2010 under School and undergraduate and postgraduate students, research scholars,
Campus Agreement. faculty members. The library strives to provide physical facilities
Computing Environment and Access Timings: with calm and cozy atmosphere conductive to study for long hours.
• The Centre maintains a comfortable environment, conducive for It subscribes to over 900 current journals in all branches of
research & training for both students and faculty. Engineering, Physical Sciences, Bio-Sciences and Humanities &
• It provides dedicated high-end systems with specialized Social Sciences. Besides this the library provides access to e-
software required by M. Tech and Ph.D. scholars during resources including more than 12,000 e-journals and 20,000 e-books
their dissertation/thesis period in Research Scholars Lab. published by major science and technology publishers of the world.
• Short term training programmes /workshop/seminar for students, All the e-resources of the library are available throughout the campus
faculty members and office staff are also being organized by the on Institute network. Library also maintains 5 LCDs, 7 servers and
centre. more than 100 Desktop PCs on its Local Area Network. Forty two
• It has eight job-specific labs with about 250 desktops/thin clients CCTV cameras have been recently installed at various places of the
of latest configuration in 100/1000 mbps CAT 6 based structured library.
network having gigabit managed switches with internet Mahatma Gandhi Central Library building is one of the most beautiful
connectivity at every system. buildings in the country. It is a state-of-the-art facility fully air-
• Computer Centre runs in two shifts from Monday to Friday from conditioned which provides the best possible environment to the
8:00 AM to 11:00 PM and on Saturday and Sunday 8:45 AM to students and faculty. It occupies an area of over 90,000 sq.ft. A
11:00 PM. small cafeteria, ample sunlight through dome and skylight provision,
• It is rendering services all 7 days/week. Computing and software state-of-the-art cabling for internet and light, fire services, cyber
license serving facilities are available on 24x7 basis within the rooms, open terminal, wi-fi environment are some of the main
campus including DPT Saharanpur. features. A separate reading room with 80 seating capacity for
round the clock opening is a unique feature. The Central Library is
4.5 Information Superhighway Centre on its way to provide library services in such a way that Saakaar
The Information Superhighway Centre(ISC) was established in becomes Niraakaar and believe in becoming pro-active rather than
March 1996. It is the nodal centre for outside/inside connectivity providing services on demand.
to the campus and serves as an Information Technology Center
for promoting the effective use of IT, IT Systems, resource
management and facilities for modernization/automation of the IP 5. OTHER UNITS
Infrastructure of the Campus. The Institute has a star topology 5.1 Educational Technology Cell
Gigabit Ethernet Switch based, state-of-the-art Enterprise class
network with data, voice and video communication capabilities. Educational Technology Cell a part and parcel of IIT Roorkee is situated
All department and Centres are connected to the Information near the building of Centre for Continuing Education. This cell was
Superhighway through Optical Fiber. The network covers 365 primarily intended to produce high quality Video/web/multimedia
acres of area through 35 Km of OFC and 65 km of CAT6/E CAT 5 based instructional material, Syllabus based content development
UTP, connecting all Departments/Centres, Hostels and Saharanpur for the National Programme for Technology Enhanced Learning
Campus. The Intranet has 2700+ wired-line l/Os and 3000+ points (NPTEL) project, short courses/training programmes for faculty for
through Wireless access, providing internet/intranet, and e-mail development of video/web based course. Over the period of time its
facility to all faculty, students, staff, library, and laboratories. role has expanded to absorb new paradigms of e-learning, training
Institute has 50 Mbps internet leased line link from TATA of faculty to develop their own e-content and use of e-content
Communication, New Delhi, 50 Mbps internet leased line link from developed by NPTEL, training of faculty about streaming of video &
BSNL Hardwar and 1 Mbps SCPC VSAT based link from ERNET web based lectures in their respective institutes, streaming of round
India, New Delhi. All research scholar Hostels have wired line the clock video lectures on demand, at IIT Roorkee, creation of
internet connectivity in each room. All Under Graduate/Graduate question banks, quality control of e-content generation through
hostels have 802.11g based Wi-Fi network providing wireless feedback mechanism, conduct of research related to pedagogies in
internet connectivity, besides that hostels are also provided with e-learning, creation of innovative virtual experiments, support to
Cyber cafe equipped with 20 desktop for internet connectivity. “National Mission Challenges” undertaken by the Department of
Residences of faculty and other staff in the campus has been Higher Education, MHRD. The cell has state-of-art digital video
provided with ADSL and Dial-In Internet connectivity. camera, non-linear editing systems, audio and video systems,
Above Facilities through the Centre are being used extensively teaching aids, substantial number of computers, servers and
by the faculty and the students for their educational and research
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11. softwares required to produce high quality Web based and Video fundamental principles, concepts and practices in the chosen
based course. The cell has already produced 6 web based courses area of specialisation and to develop abilities for undertaking
and 9 video based courses under NPTEL Project. These courses research and development through dissertation. To achieve
are accessible to anyone in India and abroad through the web site the above goals, the curriculum is designed to motivate the
http://nptel.iitm.ac.in. This centre is also connected to satellite through students for self-study, train them for independent work and
EDUSAT (a facility provided by ISRO) to provided facility for the create environment conducive for innovation. The programme
functioning of country-wide class room. also offers design courses aimed at translating theoretical
knowledge to practical application. It also provides
5.2 Intellectual Property Rights Cell opportunities to develop strong linkages with research
The intellectual Property Rights Cell of IIT Roorkee primarily functions institutions and industrial R&D units. The postgraduate
programmes offer considerable flexibility to students in
to create awareness and to provide guidance to ‘he academic and
choosing the electives in pursuance of their academic goals.
non-academic staff, students and research scholars on the
practices and the rules and regulations of the Institute regarding Upon admission, the student is attached to a faculty advisor who
Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and obligations within the frame guides the student in choosing the electives depending upon his/
work of the IPR policy of the Institute. It works to safeguard the her area of specialisation. Each course shall have certain number
interest of inventors regarding IP with legal support which is of credits assigned to it depending upon the academic load and
necessary. During last five years of January 2005- January 2010 weekly contact hours of lecture, tutorial and practical classes.
IPR Cell has processed 33 Disclosures/applications for patent filing. Students shall be evaluated for their academic performance
The IPR Cell is also having a Technopreneur Promotion Programm through tutorials, home work assignments, term papers, field
(TePP) outreach centre (TUC). This is a programme of DSIR to support work, surprise quizzes, mid-term examinations and the end-term
examination on a 10-point grade system.
innovative ideas towards commercialization. Since 2007 this centre
has received 23 proposals for financial support out of them 4 6.2 Postgraduate Academic Programmes leading to
proposals have been considered for financial support from DSIR M.Tech./M.Arch./M.U.R.P.
and 4 proposal are in active consideration for the same.
The postgraduate programmes in Engineering and Architecture
The IPR Cell also takes initiatives in developing syllabus on education include 42 full-time programmes in different specialisations
of IPR for the UG and PG students, which are successfully running leading to M.Tech./M.Arch./M.U.R.P. degree. In addition, the
in this institute, institute has also planed to start a two years Masters departments of Hydrology and Water Resources Development
Programme in IP Management (MIPM). & Management, also offer PG Diploma programmes. Details of
The institute IPR Cell organizes hands on training session for different academic programmes leading to M.Tech./M.Arch./
students, research scholars and faculty members twice in a M.U.R.P. degree available in different departments along with
academic year with the primary objective to brief them in (1) their codes, number of seats and the minimum educational
organizing the research work and innovation identification, (2) qualifications for admission are given in Table-1. GATE
record keeping of the work and (3) filing of disclosure for patent discipline(s) to be considered for preparing merit list for
filing.. admission to different programmes are given in Table-2. The
IPR Cell has initiated a programme to meet the investigators and curriculum structure of these programmes is given on the
scholars of various ongoing research projects of every department/ Institute website: http://www.iitr.ernet.in
centre of the institute to discuss about the state of the art and The ordinances and regulations in force determine the general
objective of their studies. This is in order to explore the possibility to academic requirements for the above programmes for full-time
organize their work towards creation of IP in which IPR Cell can and part-time students.
extend its relevant support appropriately. The discussions can be
Admission is open to full time sponsored and part time
taken as a step towards confidence building, counseling and
sponsored candidates also.
analyzing the merits of the project work with respect to IPR.
6.3 Postgraduate Academic Programmes leading to
M.Sc./M.Tech. (post B.Sc.)/MCA and MBA
5.3 Training & Placement Cell
These programmes include 6 courses of study leading to
The Training & Placement Cell of the Indian Institute of Technology
Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Geology, Applied
Roorkee, is committed to provide best placement opportunities to
Mathematics, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Industrial Mathematics
the professionals of high caliber passing out of this institute. Under & Informatics and Physics; one post B.Sc. programme leading
the Campus Recruitment Programme, companies are invited to make to Master of Technology (M.Tech.) degree in Applied
their Pre-Placement Talk and conduct their selection procedure by Geophysics, one interdisciplinary programme leading to Master
holding written test/group discussions and interviewing the short- of Computer Applications (MCA) and another programme
listed candidates and making their final selection. Every year, there leading to Master of Business Administration (MBA). Admission
is an increase in the number of companies visiting the campus with to these postgraduate academic programmes except MBA,
more new companies preferring to hold their selection process in offered by the science departments are based on the results
our Institute. Ninety new companies were added in last three years. of JAM, the details of which can
Maximum and average annual salary package of last three years be obtained from the office of GATE, IIT Roorkee.
are 36.00 lac and Rs. 6.50 lac respectively.
The curriculum structure of these programmes is given on the
Institute website: http://www.iitr.ernet.in
6. POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
Admission to Master of Business Administration (MBA) offered
6.1 The Objective by the Department of Management Studies is based on JMET,
The main aim of the postgraduate education at this Institute is Group Discussion, Experience and Interview.
to inculcate in the students a deep understanding of the
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12. 6.4 Eligibility Requirements for admission to M.Tech./ who possess B.Sc. or Diploma in engineering and have at
M.Arch./MURP least three years research, teaching or other professional
experience in relevant field, are also eligible to apply for
Essential Requirements admission to M.Tech. courses.
Candidates who possess the minimum educational B. Full-Time Sponsored Candidates
qualifications as given in Table-1 are eligible to seek
admission to these postgraduate programmes. In addition, (a) The candidates must have a minimum of two years of full-
candidates of General and OBC category must have secured time work experience (subject to provision A.[d] as for
at least 60% marks or CGPA of 6.00 on a 10 point scale at regular candidates) in responsible capacity in a Registered
the qualifying degree level; but for SC/ST/PD category Firm/Company/Industry/Educational and Research Institution/
candidates, this percentage is 55% or 5.50 CGPA on a 10 Govt./Quasi Govt./Autonomous Organisation in the relevant
point scale. The aggregate marks awarded for the qualifying field in which admission is being sought. The Firm/Company/
degree will be considered for eligibility. Industry shall either be a public sector undertaking or a public
limited undertaking registered in a stock exchange or a
In case of CGPA awarded on different point scale, Table-3 private concern whose annual turnover during the past
as approved by the Senate will be considered for eligibility. years exceeds Rs. 5.0 crores. For the candidates employed
These essential eligibility requirements are applicable to all in an educational Institution, it should be recognized by AICTE.
the categories of candidates, viz: regular, full-time sponsored (b) The candidates seeking admission to programmes leading
and part-time sponsored candidates. Other conditions for to M.Tech./M.Arch./M.U.R.P. including post M.Sc./M.Phil. but
these three categories are as follows: not qualified in GATE, may also be considered for admission
A. Regular Candidates to different academic programmes but their admission will
be based on performance in an Interview/Written Test to be
(a) Admission to postgraduate programmes leading to held at IIT Roorkee. Preference in admission will be given to
M.Tech./M.Arch./M.U.R.P. as given in Table-1, will be those candidates who are GATE qualified. The candidates
opened to the candidates qualified in GATE on the basis will be called for Interview on the basis of their results of
of either valid Normalized GATE marks only in the the qualifying degree.
disciplines as given in Table-2 or valid Normalized GATE
marks in the disciplines as given in the Table-2 (c) Candidates should submit the sponsorship certificate along with
alongwith Interview/Written Test to be conducted at IIT the application, duly signed by the Head of the Institution/
Roorkee. The normalized GATE marks of different Organisation on the proforma as per Annexure-2.
papers will be used to prepare the merit list for (d) A few candidates are also admitted under QIP, Early Faculty
programmes of a department. The Normalized Induction Programme of AICTE and Defence Research &
GATE marks will be calculated as follows: Development Organization Schemes, for which the admission
procedure is separate. For further details, please contact
N o r m a l i z e d Marks Out of 100 of the candidate Assistant Registrar (Academic), Indian Institute of
GATE Marks = X 100 Technology Roorkee, ROORKEE-247667.
in the Paper Maximum Marks Awarded in that
Paper The sponsored candidates who meet the above mentioned
eligibility conditions, along with the minimum educational
Example: Assume marks scored by the candidate is 64
qualifications given in Table-1 should apply on the prescribed
out of 100 in EE Paper, where maximum marks in EE paper
Application Form.
of that year is, say, 92. Then normalized GATE marks of
the candidate in EE paper will be as follows:- C. Part-Time Sponsored Candidates
(a) The candidates must satisfy condition B (a) as for full-time
64
Normalized Gate Marks in sponsored candidates, with the additional requirement that
EE Paper of the candidate = X 100 = 69.57 such organisations must be located either at Roorkee or
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within a 20 km radius from Roorkee.
There will be cutoff Normalized GATE marks for (b) The candidates seeking admission to programmes leading
calling the candidates for Interview/Written Test to M.Tech./M.Arch./M.U.R.P. including post M.Sc./M.Phil. but
and for preparing merit list for different not qualified in GATE, may also be considered for admission
programmes for different categories of to different academic programmes but their admission will
candidates. be based on performance in an Interview/Written Test to be
held at IIT Roorkee. Preference in admission will be given to
(b) Final year students who will be completing all the those candidates who are GATE qualified. The candidates
requirements of their qualifying examination before the will be called for Interview/Written Test on the basis of their
date of registration may also apply. Such candidates will results of the qualifying degree. However, no self sponsored
be required to submit a certificate as per the proforma candidate will be admitted for part time study.
given in Annexure-1 along with the application. Such
candidates may be admitted provisionally but they will (c) There will not be any age restriction. However, preference
be required to produce the proof of having passed will be given to those who are below 45 years of age.
the qualifying degree with the required percentage or (d) For admission to a postgraduate programme as a
CGPA latest by September 30, 2010, failing which part-time student, a certificate from the Head of the
their admission shall be cancelled. Institution/Organisation as per Annexure-3 must be
(c) Direct admission will be offered to IIT graduates with submitted along with the application.
minimum CGPA of 8.00 on a 10 point scale without GATE (e) For part-time students, the concerned academic department
upto 10% of Intake. will draw up the detailed academic programme on an individual
(d) Candidates having AMIE/AMIS/AMIIChE/AMIIM/Grad IETE, basis.
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