About the Institute:

Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad (IIT Dharwad) is an autonomous premier Science and Technology Institute established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India in 2016 under the mentorship of IIT Bombay. Academic activities at IIT Dharwad commenced in July 2016 with B.Tech. course being offered in three core branches, namely, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The current intake at the institute stands at 40 students in each of the specializations.

The current campus of IIT Dharwad has been established within the WALMI (Water and Land Management Institute) campus (135 acres), which is adjacent to Dharwad bench of High Court Belur, on the National Highway (NH-4) that connects Mumbai-Bengaluru. With the availability of regular transport service, the campus is easy to reach from any point in Dharwad and all the major facilities are within a 10 km radius from the campus. IIT Dharwad is less than 30 km away from Hubbali, the second largest city in Karnataka. WALMI has been generous in providing the necessary infrastructure for the students' hostels, class rooms, laboratories etc.

IIT Dharwad commenced its operations in 2016 from its interim campus (in WALMI) located near Dharwad bench of the High Court on the National Highway (NH-4) connecting Pune and Bengaluru. The WALMI (Water And Land Management Institute) campus of IIT Dharwad is fully equipped with classrooms, laboratories, modern hostel buildings. This campus is expected to serve the needs of IIT Dharwad for the first few years. The 470 acre new IIT Dharwad campus is expected to come up in a couple of years and is located two kilometers away from the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway (NH4).

Mentored by IIT Bombay, the academic activities of IIT Dharwad are well tuned to bring out the best in every student. The academics at IIT Dharwad is focused on bringing fun and joy into the learning process by a judicious mix of rigorous classroom course work backed up by exciting projects where students enjoy the experiential learning by hands-on design-build-operate type activities. The exciting journey commences with the first semester “introduction to hands-on-engineering” course where, unlike in the usual workshop course, faculty members from Mechanical, Electrical and CS branches train the students on “mechatronic systems” approach.

RULES FOR CHANGE OF BRANCH (2020-21)

 This relates to the modified rules for change of branch at IIT Dharwad during the academic year 2020-21. As an Institute policy, students are eligible to apply for a change of branch/Programme after completing the first two semesters and before the start of the third semester. All branch transfers can be effected only once at the beginning of the second academic year. No application for change of branch during the subsequent academic years will be entertained.

1.       The present Eligibility Criteria for applying for a change of branch / Programme are:

(a)     Completion of the prescribed course credits in the first two semesters.

(b)     No backlog at the end of the first year.

(c)     Secured SPI or CPI of at least 8 for General, EWS and OBC category students; and at least 7 for SC, ST and PwD category students.

As a consequence of (a)-(c), branch change facility will therefore be not available if a student has opted for ‘S’ Grade in any course in the previous semester. Further, in these unprecedented crisis times, to be favourable to the students, the Institute will consider the higher of SPI of the first semester and CPI of the first two semesters for branch change.

2.       (a)   Before beginning the allocation, additional seats are made available in each branch, limited to a maximum of 10% of its sanctioned strength.

(b)   While students are allotted seats of General/EWS and reserved type during admission, this data is not used during branch change. Each available seat may be occupied by students of any category. For students of SC/ST/PwD category, concession in eligibility criteria is given as per rule 1.

3.       An eligible student's request for a shift from branch A to branch B will be considered valid if any one of the following two sets of criteria are satisfied.

(a)          Set 1               (i)     The CPI of the student is at least 9

(ii)         There is a seat available in Branch B

Set 2               (i)     There is a seat available in Branch B

(b)    The strength in branch A, from which a change is being sought, does not fall below its sanctioned strength by more than 25%.

(c)     there is no student with higher CPI who is currently being denied a change of branch to “B” due to rule (b).

Procedure:

Among all valid requests, a student with the highest either SPI or CPI is chosen and a shift performed. If a student with SPI or CPI ‘x’ is shifted from branch A to branch B then every student with SPI or CPI greater than ‘x’ with a request for branch B will be shifted to branch B, even if their request violates 3-(b) above. If necessary, extra seats will be created to accommodate them. Shifts as above are performed as long as there are valid requests.

Note that even though a student may have been allotted a seat of lower preference earlier due to unavailability of a seat of higher preference, his/her request for the higher preference seat may become valid later because of availability of seats.

Infrastructural Facilities

Temporary campus of IIT Dharwad (WALMI campus) has all the facilities including class rooms, auditorium, seminar room, library, computer centre, several laboratories, faculty offices and cafeteria. All class rooms and laboratories are network connected and the institute is well linked to the mentoring institute, IIT Bombay. Wi-fi facility is provided throughout the campus.

Hostel and sports facilities: About ten Hostel buildings are presently available and the rooms are spacious with attached toilets. A separate hostel is earmarked for first year students ie fresh admissions in 2018. With a separate dining hall and access to internet and recreational facilities, the hostel at IIT Dharwad is on par with the best available in any other IIT. The first-year hostel block is just 200 meters away from the academic building. A football field and access to indoor games is available.

Medical facilities: The IIT campus is served by local hospitals and a visiting doctor. The students, faculty and staff of IIT Dharwad will have access to the general medical facilities available in the assigned local hospitals. Qualified and experienced doctors visit the campus regularly and are also available on call. Institute is also equipped with round the clock ambulance with "ICU on wheels" facility under the supervision of skilled paramedic staff.

Library: The library has more than 1500 books and will soon be adding several hundred more books. We aim to ensure the students are provided with not just text/reference books for various courses but also for their overall personality development. To cater to advanced studies, our library now has access to more than 3,000 research journals of international repute. The library is open on all days (except the national holidays) from 7AM - 11PM.

Student Life at Institute

The proximity of first year hostel and academic building provides for easy access to various activities. The quiet and picturesque location is conducive for study and other activities. City climate is moderate and healthy and average rainfall during the season.

The twin city of Hubballi-Dharwad has a special status at both state and national level. It is culturally very rich and offers opportunities to enjoy classical music (Savai Gandharva, Mallikarjun Mansoor, Gangubai Hangal and Bhimsen Joshi hail from this region), Fine arts and Theatre. The city also houses many renowned educational institutions like Karnataka University and University of Agricultural Sciences and many medical and Engineering colleges. New Institutes like IIIT are coming up in the twin city.

Culture and Sports

At IIT Dharwad, Culture is perceived as a path to individual enrichment, as well as a way of life. The IIT Dharwad campus boasts of a vibrant cultural landscape. The new institution already has a number of student-driven clubs, from Music Club, to Photography Club, to Electronics Club, Curiosity Club and Astronomy Club. Apart from academic engagements, students also participate in a number of extra-curricular activities- such as learning Clay Modelling (through sessions conducted weekly) and making short films. A Short Film Project on the IIT Dharwad campus is currently being undertaken by students. The campus also witnesses a number of competitions in essay-writing, speech, dance and sketching. The diverse demography of the campus ensures that students celebrate different Indian festivals.

Sports is another major component of life at IIT Dharwad. The campus has a well-equipped Gym and a number of sports activities all through the year- from cross-country marathons to cricket matches, for students, staff and faculty. We have dedicated full time sports officers. Grounds for cricket, football, hockey and facilities for indoor games such as Table Tennis are available and other facilities are being established.

Examples of our Students’ Achievements

Our students are very active in various co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. Our Table Tennis team reached quarter finals in the recent inter-IIT sports meet. Our students team stood overall 5th in the recent inter-IIT Tech meet.

1. SC/ST/PwD students are exempted from payment of Tuition fees (B 1). Most Economically Backward students (whose family income is less than Rs. 1 Lakh per annum shall get full remission of tuition fee. Other Economically backward students (whose family income is Rs. 1 Lakh to Rs. 5 Lakh per annum) shall get remission of 2/3rd of the fee.

* - All students shall have access to interest free loan under the Vidyalaxmi scheme for the total portion of the tuition fee payable.

2. IIT Dharwad reserves the right to revise fee structure in subsequent semesters.

3. In addition to the above, every student has to pay per Semester Mess advance of Rs. 20000.00 (every semester) and Refundable Mess Advance of Rs. 1000.