The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is a public engineering and research institution located in Powai, Mumbai, India. IIT Bombay was founded in 1958. In 1961, the Parliament decreed IIT as an Institute of National Importance. A high-power committee of the Government of India recommended in 1946 the establishment of four higher institutes of technology to set the direction for the development of technical education in the country. Planning for the Institute at Mumbai began in 1957 and the first batch of 100 students was admitted in 1958.
Over the last 53 years, around 39,000 engineers and scientists have graduated from the institute. Educational programs extend beyond the physical sciences and engineering into humanities and social sciences such as Economics, English, Philosophy, Psychology, and Sociology and into management studies. Over the years, the institute has created a niche for its innovative short-term courses through continuing education and distance education.
Ambassador
Rajan Chakrabarty
Ambassador to Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Associate Professor of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering
Scholars
Sukrant Dhawan
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Bayer Crop Science/Dr. Norman Borlaug Corporate Fellow
Israt Jahan
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- Physical Address: Swimming Pool Rd, IIT Area, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076, India
Priya Rathi
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- Physical Address: Main Gate Rd, IIT Area, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076, India
