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IITians never
forget their alma mater. This year, after IIT-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) wraps
up its year-long golden jubilee celebrations, India's oldest school for
higher technical education might finally get time to acknowledge its "gifts".
The one most likely to stand out comes from a group of IIT-KGP's former
students, now settled abroad.
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TOP 10 COLLEGES
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1 IIT, Kharagpur, 2001 (1), 2000 (5)
2 IIT, Kanpur, 2001 (2), 2000 (4)
3 BITS, Pilani, 2001 (3), 2000 (6)
4 IIT, Mumbai, 2001 (3), 2000 (1)
5 IIT, Chennai, 2001 (3), 2000 (2)
6 Karnataka Rec, Surathkal, 2001 (30), 2000 (-)
7 College of Engineering, Roorkee, 2001 (7), 2000 (8)
8 Institute of technology, BHU, Varanasi, 2001 (11), 2000 (-)
9 College of engineering, Guindy, 2001 (16), 2000 (-)
10 IIT, Delhi, 2001 (3), 2000 (3)
Figures in brackets denote previous years' ranking
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The newly formed IIT Foundation bequeathed a Rs 30-crore grant for an
ambitious networking project: to put all of its 2,700 students online.
Last year's expansion plan had installed pcs in every hostel room. This
academic year, thanks to NRI patrons like Purnendu Chatterjee and Suhas
Patil, students find they can surf the Net, log into the central library
to browse and borrow, and even read texts online from the comfort of their
rooms. The foundation has pledged to take care of the academic costs of
the first 100 students who qualify in the Joint Entrance Examination.
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IN SYNC WITH TIME: IIT-Kharagpur has made
good use of technology advances
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Educationists have always dreamt about a classroom sans walls. At IIT-KGP,
this is becoming a reality. Last year, professors teaching 24 of the 26
subjects put their lectures (approximately 200 hours of lessons) on CD.
"Advances in technology allow us to expose our students to a lot
of things not covered in the classroom," says director Amitabha Ghosh.
"If a student misses a lecture, he can always catch it on CD later."
This e-learning leap is especially helpful to students interested in subject
outside their chosen combinations. Since last year, the institute allows
students to mix and match their minor subjects. Students of mechanical
engineering, say, can enhance their skills by taking online computer science
courses.
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ENGINEERING - RANKING BY KEY FACTORS
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COLLEGE
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Academic Input
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Reputation
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Curriculum
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Infrastructure
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Student Care
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Admission Procedure
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Job / Placement
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Procedure Rank
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Factual Rank
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IIT, Kharagpur
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2
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4
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3
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2
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3
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1
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4
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4
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1
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IIT, Kanpuri
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3
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3
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4
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3
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2
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3
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2
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3
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2
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BITS, Pilani
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1
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2
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1
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4
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4
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5
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3
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2
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6
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IIT, Mumbai
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4
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1
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2
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1
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1
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4
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1
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1
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13
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IIT Chennai
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5
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5
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5
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5
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5
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1
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2
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5
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2
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Karnataka REC, Surathkal
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17
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16
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20
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20
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25
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23
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7
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11
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7
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College of Engineering, Roorkee
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7
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7
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7
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7
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8
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9
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6
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6
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-
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Institute of Tech, Varanasi
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13
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9
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6
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6
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7
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11
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12
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10
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20
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College of Engineering, Guindy
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8
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8
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9
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9
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10
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7
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10
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8
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17
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IIT, Delhi
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6
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6
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13
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8
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6
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10
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8
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7
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Ranks are only for individual parameters. The
final rank is based on differing weightage given to these factors
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The institute is also using its infrastructure grants to stay on the
cutting edge of technology. An advanced VLSI design laboratory helps budding
techies design chips as does the MIT-sponsored media laboratory. A Georgia
Tech tie-up will allow students to work summers in the US labs and explore
the pre-commercial advantage of inventions. "We believe in giving
our students the ambience to foster better and more innovative ideas,"
says C.S. Kumar of the Physics department. There's no doubt about it.
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