Indian Institute of Technology Madras (abbreviated IIT Madras or IITM) is a public technical and research university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. As one of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), it is recognized as an Institute of National Importance.
Founded in 1959 with technical and financial assistance from the former government of West Germany, it was the third IIT that was established by the Government of India.
IIT Madras has been ranked as the top engineering institute in India for four years in a row (2016–2019) by the National Institutional Ranking Framework of the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
IIT Madras is a residential institute that occupies a 2.5 km² (617 acre) campus that was formerly part of the adjoining Guindy National Park. The institute has nearly 600 faculty, 10,000 students and 1,250 administrative and supporting staff.
Growing ever since it obtained its charter from the Indian Parliament in 1961, much of the campus is a protected forest, carved out of the Guindy National Park, home to large numbers of chital (spotted deer), black buck, bonnet macaque, and other rare wildlife. A natural lake, deepened in 1988 and 2003, drains most of its rainwater.
Key Description:
Motto: सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा (Sanskrit)
Motto in English: Success is born out of action
Type: Public Technical university
Established 1959; 61 years ago
Chairman: Pawan Kumar Goenka
Director: Bhaskar Ramamurthi
Academic staff: 599
Students: 8,922
Undergraduates: 3,958
Postgraduates: 2,493
Doctoral Students: 2,471
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600036, India
Campus: Urban 620 acres (2.5 km2)
Nickname IITians, IITMians
Website www.iitm.ac.in
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