New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the east and west academic complexes at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi’s Hauz Khas campus through videoconferencing on Tuesday.
Part of a large number of infrastructure projects initiated at centrally funded higher educational institutions under the higher education department, this is the biggest construction activity for research and academic purposes in the history of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi at one go.
The two multi-storey buildings, measuring over 60,000 square metres, are developed for Rs 260 crore.
“They will strengthen the existing academic and research facilities on the campus. The institute is known for the cutting-edge research done by the faculty and students. The new research facilities in these two academic blocks will help us reaching new heights,” said IIT-D director Rangan Banerjee.
The buildings, called Academic Complex East and Academic Complex West, will host more than 20 academic units, including School of Artificial Intelligence (AI), School of Public Policy, departments of design, textile and fibre, mechanical engineering, material science and engineering, mathematics, energy science and engineering, biological sciences, biotechnology, electrical engineering, physics, chemistry, and humanities and social sciences, Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Centre for Automative Research and Tribology, Centre of Excellence on Cyber Security, central workshop, School of Inter-disciplinary Research, and central research facilities.
More than 300 research-cum-teaching labs will be set up focusing on research and development in the areas of energy, environment and sustainability, artificial intelligence and data science, advanced materials and devices, med-tech & healthcare, 5G/Internet of Things (IoT) /communication, quantum technologies, electric mobility, biological sciences, healthcare and many other frontier areas of technological and scientific research.
The new structures will also have 200 faculty offices, 10 committee rooms, 13 conference rooms and other facilities like faculty lounges and departmental libraries.
The Union minister of state culture, Meenakshi Lekhi, and eminent scientists from various organisations were among the participants at the event.
Part of a large number of infrastructure projects initiated at centrally funded higher educational institutions under the higher education department, this is the biggest construction activity for research and academic purposes in the history of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi at one go.
The two multi-storey buildings, measuring over 60,000 square metres, are developed for Rs 260 crore.
“They will strengthen the existing academic and research facilities on the campus. The institute is known for the cutting-edge research done by the faculty and students. The new research facilities in these two academic blocks will help us reaching new heights,” said IIT-D director Rangan Banerjee.
The buildings, called Academic Complex East and Academic Complex West, will host more than 20 academic units, including School of Artificial Intelligence (AI), School of Public Policy, departments of design, textile and fibre, mechanical engineering, material science and engineering, mathematics, energy science and engineering, biological sciences, biotechnology, electrical engineering, physics, chemistry, and humanities and social sciences, Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Centre for Automative Research and Tribology, Centre of Excellence on Cyber Security, central workshop, School of Inter-disciplinary Research, and central research facilities.
More than 300 research-cum-teaching labs will be set up focusing on research and development in the areas of energy, environment and sustainability, artificial intelligence and data science, advanced materials and devices, med-tech & healthcare, 5G/Internet of Things (IoT) /communication, quantum technologies, electric mobility, biological sciences, healthcare and many other frontier areas of technological and scientific research.
The new structures will also have 200 faculty offices, 10 committee rooms, 13 conference rooms and other facilities like faculty lounges and departmental libraries.
The Union minister of state culture, Meenakshi Lekhi, and eminent scientists from various organisations were among the participants at the event.