Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2023

IIT Bhubaneswar was established in 2008 with a mission to bridge the gap between education, research and industries. It offers programmes like B.Tech, M.Tech, M.Sc and Ph.D in various disciplines. The Schools at IIT Bhubaneswar are equipped with state of the art equipment / facilities / laboratories and its faculty members are involved in a broad range of research areas and industrial consultancy. The Institute has collaborations with many reputed Universities, Research Organizations and Industries. 

Currently, the Institute has total 1149 students in various branches of Bachelor of Technology programme and Dual Degree Programme viz Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Metallurgical & Materials Engineering along with 178 - M. Sc., 388 - M. Tech., 344 - Ph. D. and 6 postdoctoral students, with an overall total of 2065 students.  In the Academic Year 2020-21, the Institute is offering following B. Tech. & Dual Degree Programmes.

The Institute promotes a border-less interdisciplinary academic environment to encourage the academic staff and students to work together through the concept of Schools. Currently, the Institute has School of Basic Sciences; School of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences; School of Electrical Sciences; School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management; School of Infrastructure; School of Mechanical Sciences and School of Mineral, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.

The Institute presently offers the following programmes:

·         4 year B. Tech. Degree programme

·         5 year Dual Degree programme

·         M. Tech. Programme

·         Joint M. Sc.-Ph. D. Programme

·         Ph. D. Programme

The credit based curriculum for B. Tech. programme is spread over 8-semesters and includes summer internship, as well as research projects. For evaluation in a subject, the Institute follows a seven-point grading system with letter grades and the corresponding grade points per credit. The Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is computed at the end of each semester. The CGPA obtained by a student reflects his/her performance up to and including that semester.

Curriculum and Pedagogy

IITBBS offers holistic education which is broad based. The pedagogy emphasizes strong technical education supported by intense laboratory practice and fosters creativity, innovations, human excellence amongst students. While imparting strong and vibrant education in technology, the courses provide significant amount of breadth through courses such as General Studies and Current Affairs, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management and Odissi Dance in addition to some latest courses like Bigdata Analytics, Cyber Security and Cloud Computing etc. The Institute permits students to register for select Video Courses (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) & Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and offers a variety of electives to the students to choose from. The Institute is equipped with facilities including e-Classrooms to support ICT based enhancements to the learning environment.

A student admitted to a particular branch of the B. Tech. Course will normally continue studying in that branch till completion. However the Institute may permit a limited number of students to change from one branch to another based on CGPA, not lower than 8.50, at the end of second semester after completion of prescribed credits in their first attempts without having had to pass any course requirement in the supplementary examination and/or summer quarter.

IIT Bhubaneswar has versatile group of faculty members both from India and abroad (as visiting Professors). At present, the faculty strength stands 144 comprising of 17 Professors, 1 MGM Chair Professor, 31 Associate Professors, 94 Assistant Professors apart from Adjunct faculty members. All faculty members hold Ph. D. degree from reputed national and international institutions and many of them have international postdoctoral research experiences. The basic focus of the faculty members are quality teaching, research and technology development. Several research and consultancy projects have been awarded to the faculty members from the sponsoring agencies such as CSIR, DST, DBT, DRDO, ISRO, DEIT etc. They are also actively involved in publishing papers, attending the international conferences/workshops/ symposium and chairing session of the conferences.

IIT Bhubaneswar is presently completely operating from its permanent campus at Arugul, Khurda. All B. Tech., M. Tech. and M. Sc. Classes are being held at the permanent campus.  In addition, the students are also able to access the facilities of Central Tool Room and Training Center, Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology and Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology for hands-on training. The academic campus is Wi-Fi enabled and equipped with class rooms having audio-visual aid, well- equipped laboratories, library, high bandwidth internet and video conferencing facility.

IIT Bhubaneswar, fully operating from its permanent campus at Argul, Jatni, provides the right ambience for personal and professional growth of the students. It brings out academic brilliance by providing holistic education through various activities. Accommodation with mess and other facilities are available for both girls and boys in the hostels provided by the Institute, in its permanent campus at Argul, Jatni, Khurda. The hostels have 24x7 internet facility, gymnasium, common room, and other recreational facilities. Medical facility is provided round the clock with emergency care to the students both in the campus and in the hostels. The students requiring tertiary health care are referred to the hospitals at Bhubaneswar city. A counseling cell with a psychologist-cum-counselor and student guides also assist the students.

IIT Bhubaneswar's Counselling Service Team (CST) is marching ahead in its mission to facilitate the personal, academic, professional and social growth of the students, and to equip them with the skills to meet up with the variety of challenges in life. The team creates a safe-space for students to discuss their issues & challenges in a secure, confidential and private environment. Since members of the team are students themselves, they understand the difficulties faced by the newbie. This mentoring by senior students of the CST headed by faculty members creates a culture that strengthens the inter-personal bonds between the students. There are 29 student guides and each is entrusted with the responsibility of 8-10 freshers. 

I.                    Scholarships / Financial Assistance (Provided by the Institute) / Interest-Free-Loans

·         Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship (MCM):  The Institute awards MCM Scholarship to eligible students (whose parental gross annual income does not exceed Rs.4.5 lakh per annum) not more than 25% of the students admitted to the Programme each year. It includes reimbursement of tuition fees and a scholarship of Rs.1000/- per month for 12 months. 

·         Free Studentship:  The Institute awards Free Studentship to eligible students.  Not more than 10% of the students admitted to the Programme each year. It includes reimbursement of tuition fee.

·         Financial Assistance: All SC and ST students are exempted from payment of tuition fees. The SC and ST students whose parental annual income is below Rs.4.5 lakh are eligible for Financial Assistantship. Details are available in the Institute website.

·         Other Scholarships (Provided by Govt. of India) : Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of “Top Class Education for Schedule Caste (SC) Students”, Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of “Top Class Education for Schedule Tribe (ST) Students”, Scholarship for Students with Physically disability 

·         Interest-Free-Loans : The Institute has tied up with State Bank of India in order to provide the students interest-free-loan under the Vidyalaxmi Scheme for payment of tuition fees subject to the conditions and meeting the eligibility criteria.

The Institute has collaborative activities with many universities abroad. The U.G. students do visit many foreign Universities for their internship. The P.G. students do their project work under joint guidance of faculty of IIT Bhubaneswar & foreign Universities. MoU has been signed with many Universities for research collaboration, faculty and student exchange. As a result of partnership understanding set by IIT Bhubaneswar, active academic interaction in research and teaching is going on between our students/faculty members and their counterparts in the following universities:

· University of Warwick, UK

· University of Southampton, UK

· University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA

· University of Western Ontario, CANADA

·  McGill University, CANADA

·  University of New York, Buffalo, USA

·  University of North Dakota, USA

IITBBS provides various opportunities for students to get involved in co-curricular and extra curricular activities such as robotics, idea pool, code marathon, athletics, sports, film making, photography, yoga, and odissi dance etc. Some of these are part of the Extra Academic Activity (EAA) which is a part of the B. Tech. curriculum. The Institute has also developed a well-equipped gymnasium, volleyball court, cricket pitch, basketball court, badminton court and football ground at the permanent campus. Every year, our students take part in the inter-IIT sports. Moreover, the Students' Gymkhana is a student body, fostering all student activities at IIT Bhubaneswar. There are three major events i.e. Wissenaire, Alma Fiesta and E-summit. Wissenaire, the annual tech fest of the Institute is one of the finest techno-management festivals in this part of the country instilling the students with a spirit of innovation, entrepreneurship and a thirst for discovery. With attendance from all over the nation, its workshops, events, competitions and performances are a big success. Alma Fiesta, the annual socio-cultural festival of the Institute, is one of the biggest student events of the state. It creates a space for social awareness, promotion of culture & tradition and channelizes the youth energy and enthusiasm in a positive and constructive direction. Alma Fiesta plays host to an array of events, competitions, performances and workshops and is widely attended by students from across the nation. E-summit, as a culture of IIT Bhubaneswar, has proved its worth in depleting the Chasm that exists between Entrepreneurship and management. It is the stage for future Industry leaders and Entrepreneurs to exercise their skills, putting forward the Theme,"Fostering a passel of innovators ". IIT Bhubaneswar made a remarkable attempt to take students into the Entrepreneurial world and encourage them to be Entrepreneurs.

IIT Bhubaneswar operates in its green and serene Permanent Campus at the foot hills of Barunei hills, Argul. The permanent campus is fully functional with state of the art academic, residential and administrative facilities. The campus is about 30 km from the Bhubaneswar City, 35 km from Bhubaneswar Biju Pattanaik International Airport and 8 km from Khurda Road Junction railway station.

More details of how to reach the campus are given at: http://www.iitbbs.ac.in/how-to-reach.php