The Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai (IIT Bhilai) is a public institute in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India. It is one of the six new IITs established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, located in Chhattisgarh state. The institute formally came into existence in July 2016 with the influx of the first batch of students on 25 July 2016.
Until the infrastructure and permanent campus is ready, the institute will function temporarily at the campus of the Government Engineering College Raipur.
This temporary campus of IIT Bhilai is located in Sejbahar area on Old Dhamtari Road in Raipur. Four storied Block-B of the GEC building has been fully renovated and furnished for IIT Bhilai.
The temporary campus is about 10 km from the main city of Raipur and is well-connected through public transport facilities to the railway station, airport and the city.
The Chhattisgarh Government has allotted 445 acres of land around Kutelabhata and Sirsa Khurd villages of Durg district for the new IIT campus. The location is about 6 km from the Durg Junction Railway station and about 54 km from Raipur Airport at Mana, Raipur.
Key Description:
Type: Public
Established: 2016 (4 years ago)
Chairman: R Subrahmanyam
Director: Rajat Moona
Undergraduates: 450
Location: Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
Website: www.iitbhilai.ac.in
Social Networking: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
IIT Bhilai Courses Eligibility & Detailed Fees
COURSE | ELIGIBILITY | TOTAL FEES/ YEAR |
M.Tech | Pass in Graduation + GATE | ₹2.26 Lakhs |
M.Sc | Graduation with 55% + IIT JAM | ₹37,650 |
B.Tech | 10+2 with 75% + JEE Advanced | ₹2.24 Lakhs |
Ph.D | Post Graduation | ₹30,100 |
Courses of IIT Bhilai
Program | Specialization | Eligibility | Tuition Fee (per annum) |
B.Tech | Computer Science and Engineering | 10+2 examination with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as compulsory subject with an aggregate of 75% marks | INR 2,33,000 |
Electrical Engineering | |||
Mechanical Engineering | |||
M.Tech | Computer Science and Engineering | Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology or Master’s degree in Science or equivalent degree with first-class or minimum 60% marks (55% in the case of SC/ST candidates) and a valid GATE score. | INR 2,33,000 |
Mechanical Engineering | |||
Electrical Engineering | |||
Ph.D | Civil Engineering | Candidate must have a Master’s degree/Bachelor’s degree in Science/Engineering/Technology or equivalent degree with first-class or 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST) with valid GATE score/or JRF score/or 2 years of professional experience | INR 38,000 |
Computer Science and Engineering | |||
Applied Mechanics | |||
Chemical Engineering |
IIT Bhilai Cutoff
The JEE Mains cutoff for admission to B.Tech program at IIT Bhilai is as follows:
Course | Male (Opening-Closing) | Female (Opening-Closing) |
Computer Science and Engineering | 3046-4546 | 5700-8444 |
Electrical Engineering | 5684-7131 | 8796-11750 |
Mechanical Engineering | 6902-8185 | 13749-15293 |
IIT Bhilai Scholarships
Mentioned below are the provisions for scholarships offered to eligible students at IIT Bhilai:
- Merit-cum-Means (MCM) Scholarship: This scholarship is available to undergraduate students in UR and OBC categories will be eligible for 1/3rd reimbursement of tuition fee per semester and pocket money of INR 1000 pm.
- Institute SC/ST Scholarship: This can be availed by all undergraduate students in SC and ST categories. The eligible students will be able to avail free messing and boarding as well as pocket money of INR 250 pm.
- Institute Free Studentship Scholarship: 10% of the students in undergraduate programs can avail the grant of free studentship. Students will conditionally be able to avail 1/3rd reimbursement of the tuition fee for the semester.
- Institute Fellowship to Postgraduate Students: Non sponsored M.Tech students with a valid GATE score are paid fellowship for a maximum of 21 months by the Institute.
Departments
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Liberal Arts
Academics
IIT Bhilai offers regular and research-based program in various fields of science, engineering and humanities department. IIT Bhilai offers four-year B.Tech., two-year M.Sc., two-year M.Tech and PhD degree programs. BTech and MTech programs are offered in the following disciplines.
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
MSc program is offered in the following disciplines.
- Chemistry
- Mathematics and Computing
- Physics
PhD program is offered in the following disciplines.
- Chemistry
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Liberal Arts (Economics, English, Psychology)
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Physics
Campus of IIT Bhilai
Transit Campus
Presently, IIT Bhilai is functioning from its transit campus at Government Engineering College (GEC) Raipur. The transit campus of Bhilai situated on Old Dhamtari Road in Raipur has been successfully operational since 2016.
Four storied Block-B of GEC Raipur building has been furnished for academic activities at IIT Bhilai.
Apart from this, IIT has its own hostels for boys and girls provided by GEC Raipur in the campus. The transit campus is about 10 km from the main city of Raipur and is well-connected through public transport to the Railway station, Airport and Raipur City.
- Airport: Swami Vivekananda Airport in Mana is about 15 km from the transit campus.
- Train: Raipur Junction railway station is about 13 km from the transit campus.
- Bus: Inter-state and inter-city bus terminal at Pandri in Raipur is about 12 km from the transit campus.
Permanent Campus
The permanent campus is expected to come up in Bhilai, Durg district of Chhattisgarh.
IIT Bhilai will be situated in the village of Kutelabatta and Sirsa Khurd, Bhilai in approximately 447 acres of land near the Shivnath river, adjoining the steel city of Bhilai.
The proposed campus is expected to be equipped with infrastructure to accommodate 2500 students in the first phase.
Facilities
The transit campus has facilities and amenities for sustaining the research needs of the academia as well as nurturing the extra-curricular activities undertaken by the students.
The Institute has two high-speed Internet links provided by National Knowledge Network and BSNL respectively. IIT Bhilai is a part of National Knowledge Network (NKN) under which all the national level institutes are connected via the high-speed fibre network.
The hostels are connected through campus-wide LAN and provide Wi-Fi links to students to use. Entire campus of IIT Bhilai is Wi-Fi enabled and students can use the network seamlessly across various facilities.
The academic building houses the central library, various laboratories and workshops which are equipped with state-of-the-art apparatus
Laboratories
There are four laboratories – Computer Centre, Electrical Lab, Physics lab and a Chemistry lab.
The Institute has two computer laboratories. The labs have a total of 64 Dell OptiPlex 9020 MT Desktops with 4 GB RAM and 500 GB hard disks, and six Dell Power Edge R 630 servers.
IIT Bhilai has its computer centre ITIS that stands for – Information Technologies Infrastructure and Services to support the academics affairs and administration at the institute.
It is known as the "NUCLEUS" of IIT Bhilai. ITIS provides gigabit network connectivity to the entire campus. ITIS ensures seamless functioning of all the IT related functions like Network Connectivity and Internet, computer labs, LDAP, conferencing, email services, Technical support, Smart ID Card bio-metric services, and VoIP.
Chemistry lab apparatus includes a vortex mixer, rotary evaporator, UV ozone cleaner and so on.
The lab also supports fume extractors which restore the air purity and hence limit the exposure to hazardous or toxic fumes, vapours or dust.
Workshops
Workshops have been set up in the main building which support prototyping and building of various projects undertaken by both undergraduate as well as post-graduate students. The workshops play an integral role in the curriculum by providing hands-on training to the students.
These workshops have served as incubation centres for the first automobile car developed by the students of the mechanical engineering department.
- Digital Fabrication Lab: Equipped with 3D printers and 3D scanners, the Digital fabrication lab caters to the needs of rapid prototyping of plastic parts for various projects. The students learn the basics of designing in the freshman year by courtesy of a course on 3D printing which introduces CAD modelling and gradually builds up to having the students make their own 3D printed projects.
- Do It Yourself (DIY) Lab: The lab provides hands on training of various manufacturing processes. Prioritizing the safety of the students, the training is carried out using table-top machinery and cold-casting in lieu of the traditional methods. The students are introduced to various machinery including Laser cutters, CNCs and Lathes.
Partnerships and Collaborations of IIT Bhilai
- MoU signed between IIT Bhilai and 36Inc - Startup Chhattisgarh for Academic and Research Cooperation on 5 January 2019
- In 2018 the Institute's Innovation Council (IIC) was established under the MHRD’s Innovation Cell (MIC) scheme. The IIC of IIT Bhilai was recognised by MIC on 21 November 2018
- MoU signed between IIT Bhilai and Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) for Academic and Research Cooperation on 23 July 2018
- MoU signed between IIT Bhilai and CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India for Academic and Research Cooperation on 7 June 2018
- MoU was signed between IIT Bhilai and National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taiwan to partner student/faculty exchange and to foster R&D projects on 02/05/2018
- IIT Bhilai had signed an MoU with Central Public Works Department, Government of India for construction of various components of building and allied service in the permanent campus for IIT Bhilai on 03/14/2018
- MoU signed between IIT Bhilai and IIT Kanpur for sharing of Web-based software on 21 April 2017