Indian Institute of Technology Madras India

Indian Institute of Technology Madras, is one among the foremost institutes of national importance in higher technological education, basic and applied research. IITM was established in 1959, with technical assistance of West Germany. IITM is a residential institute with nearly 540 faculty, 8400 students and 700 administrative & supporting staff and is a self-contained campus located in a beautiful wooded land of about 250 hectares. It has established itself as a premier centre for teaching, research and industrial consultancy in the country. The Institute has sixteen academic departments and a few advanced research centres in various disciplines of engineering and pure sciences, with nearly 100 laboratories organised in a unique pattern of functioning.