Indian Institute of Technology Madras is one among the foremost institutes of national importance in higher technological education, basic and applied research. In 1956, the German Government offered technical assistance for establishing an institute of higher education in engineering in India. The first Indo-German agreement in Bonn, West Germany for the establishment of the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras was signed in 1959.
The Institute was formally inaugurated in 1959 by Prof. Humayun Kabir, Union Minister for Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs. The IIT system has sixteen Institutes of Technology. The first of these to be instituted are at Kharagpur (estb. 1951), Mumbai (estb. 1958), Chennai (estb. 1959), Kanpur (estb. 1959), Delhi (estb. 1961), Guwahati (estb. 1994) and Roorkee (estb. 1847, joined IITs in 2001).
IIT Madras is a residential institute with nearly 550 faculty, 8000 students and 1250 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. A faculty of international repute, a brilliant student community, excellent technical & supporting staff and an effective administration have all contributed to the pre-eminent status of IIT Madras. The campus is located in the city of Chennai, previously known as Madras. Chennai is the state capital of Tamilnadu, a southern state in India.
Amity University is India's top ranked non-profit private University where more emphasis is given on not only making you academically brilliant, but true leaders and team players, thus preparing you for the real life corporate world. Amity is the leading education group of India with Most Hi-tech Campus.
Amity Education Group has come to be recognized for pioneering a global culture in education in India with over two decades of academic excellence. It has received the highest 'A+' Grade Accreditation by the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC). Amity has campuses in New Delhi NCR Noida, Gurgaon, Lucknow, Jaipur, Gwalior as well as in Dubai and London. Group campuses are also in Singapore, New York, California, China, Romania, and across India. Amity University offers various career focused programs at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels in diverse disciplines of higher education. Besides the conventional programs like Engineering, Management, Commerce, Hospitality, Architecture, Interior Design etc.
Our focus is on combining knowledge from practice and research with quality teaching and learning. Amity is committed to excellence in the courses it offers, in the experience of our students as part of our community and in the depth and breadth of our research. At Amity we are passionate about grooming leaders who are not only thorough professionals but also good human beings with Values and Sanskars. This is just one of the many reasons why we are consistently ranked Number 1 Non-profit Private University.
Today, we are proud that Amity is synonymous with practical; industry focused education, and attracts the best students. The fact that our alumni are working in the best companies across the world is a testament to our extremely talented faculty who inculcate, by example, in each student the spirit of dedication, sincerity and loyalty, and to all the corporates who support our mission with so much enthusiasm.
VIT University was established with the aim of providing quality higher education on par with international standards. It persistently seeks and adopts innovative methods to improve the quality of higher education on a consistent basis.
The campus has a cosmopolitan atmosphere with students from all corners of the globe. Experienced and learned teachers are strongly encouraged to nurture the students. The global standards set at VIT in the field of teaching and research spur us on in our relentless pursuit of excellence. In fact, it has become a way of life for us. The highly motivated youngsters on the campus are a constant source of pride.
Our Memoranda of Understanding with various international universities are our major strength. They provide for an exchange of students and faculty and encourage joint research projects for the mutual benefit of these universities. Many of our students, who pursue their research projects in foreign universities, bring high quality to their work and esteem to India and have done us proud. With steady steps, we continue our march forward. We look forward to meeting you here at VIT.