IIT KHARAGPUR GIVING ADMISSION TO STAFF CHILDREN ILLEGALLY

The best engineering institute in our country has a dirty secret. The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur was secretly and illegally keeping aside a discretionary admission quota for children of its professors and staff members for over four decades, admitting dozens of students even though they had not fared well in the IIT-Joint Entrance.This discovery was made by Hindustan Times after accessing certain documents using the RTI Act which showed that the countrys oldest IIT " started in 1951"  blocked...

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ILLUMINATION

Illumination, popularly known as Illu, is a festival unique to IIT Kharagpur. It is inspired from the day of Diwali (the festival of lights) and is usually held on the day of Diwali itself. It is held as a competition among student halls. As part of the Illumination festival, all halls build vertical panels of bamboo (called Chatais) on which thousands...

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IIT KHARAGPUR

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KGP MAIN BUILDING  INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY , KHARAGPUR (Kgp) is the oldest IIT established in 1959.It has its huge campus of 2100 acres and offers one of the best engineering courses in the country. IIT KGP being the oldest iit is designated as" DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF NATION".It is believed to have...

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