Latest Developments

1. IOE Activities, Achievements etc.

  • PhD fellowship programs at IITs for ASEAN countries: This programme was formally launched to fund 1,000 scholars from south east Asian countries (ASEAN) to pursue PhD at the 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Total Students joined in the previous rounds- 2 (taking classes online) and 2 students selected in the 3rd round
  • In UQIDAR (Research council for the UQ-IITD Academy) 51 students currently in international joint PhD program.

  • Status of New Schools/CoE/Centers etc
    • A new School of Artificial Intelligence (ScAI) has been established. The Ph.D. students have already been admitted in this academic year. M.Tech Programme about to start. 11 joint faculty and 12 associate faculty currently joined
    • Interdisciplinary (M.Tech) in Cyber Security (Started)
    • New centers and departments created: 1. Optics and photonics Centre 2. Department of Energy Sciences and Engineering 3. TRIPP Centre

    New MSc, M.Tech, MS(R) Programs


    Programmes started at PG level (Current Status):
    • M.Tech. in Electric Transportation (E-Mobility) by CART (Started)
    • M.S. (R) programme in the Centre for Automotive Research and Tribology (CART) (Started)
    • Interdisciplinary M.Tech. Programme in Cyber Security (Started)
    • Joint PG Diploma in Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing (VLFM) between IIT Delhi and NITIE (Started)
    • M.Sc in cognitive science by Dept of HUSS (Started)
    • M.Sc in economics by Dept of HUSS (Started)
    • M.Tech in Materials Engineering by DMSE (Started)
    • M.Tech and M.S. (R) in AI by School of AI (About to Start)

    • Programmes started at UG level (Current Status):
      • B.Tech. in Engineering and Computational Mechanics Programme in Applied Mechanics Department (Status: Started)
      • B.Tech. in Materials Engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Status: Started)
      • B.Tech. in Energy Engineering by new department of Energy Science and Engineering (Status: Commence from Academic Session 2021-22)
      • B.Tech. in Design and B.Des by Department of Design (Status: About to Start)

      2. MOUs, collaborations, chairs established

      • MG Motor India has joined hands with IIT Delhi’s Centre for Automotive Research and Tribology (CART) for ground-breaking research in the field of electric and autonomous vehicles.
      • IIT Delhi and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (HUJI) have partnered to support collaborative and interdisciplinary education and research initiatives.
      • IIT Delhi and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF) have come together to bridge the increasing digital divide in education for students from economically weaker backgrounds and support them to complete their education amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
      • IIT Delhi, Regional Centre for Biotechnology Faridabad sign MoU for academic and research collaboration
      • IIT Delhi’s Centre for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a state-of-the-art Atmospheric Observatory on the Institute’s campus in Sonipat (Haryana)
      • IIT Delhi and IIIT-D signed an MoU on July 6th to come together for research in areas of mutual interest
      • IT Delhi and the National Law University, Delhi (NLU Delhi) held a virtual Joint Faculty Workshop on 25th May 2021 to explore research and academic partnerships in the field of technology and law
      • IT Delhi has established “Professors Narendra and Chandra Singhi Chair” endowed by its alumnus Mr Abheek Singhi in the honour of his academician parents.
      • IIT Delhi Launched Grassroots Innovation Programme (GRIP) for Students
      • IIT Delhi Established Jaswinder and Tarvinder Chadha Chair in Data Analytics
      • IIT Delhi Established Manish Singhal Chair to Promote Teaching and Research in the Area of Smart Textiles
      • IIT Delhi Alumni Endowed Indu Shrivastava & Serla Singh Chair Professor in Artificial Intelligence
      • IFFCO Signs MoU with IIT Delhi for Innovative & Collaborative Projects to Bring Labs to Farms
      • IIT Delhi Establishes Chairs to Support Research in Microelectronics & VLSI Design and Geotechnical & Geo-Environmental Engineering
      • Recognising the role of innovations to strengthen India’s response to the COVID-19 crisis and preparedness for emerging healthcare needs, National Health Authority (NHA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi)
      • Vipula and Mahesh Chaturvedi Foundation Signs MoU to Attract Outstanding Talent to IIT Delhi and setup of Vipula and Mahesh Chaturvedi Distinguished Fellowship”.

      3. Ranking status of IIT Delhi in various surveys


      QS World University Rankings 2022

      • In the recently released QS World University Rankings 2022 edition, IIT Delhi featured amongst the top-200 world institutions with an improved rank of 185 amongst 1300 globally ranked institutes.
      • IIT D improved by 50 ranks during the last 8 years




      QS World University Rankings by subject 2021

      • Four Academic Programmes Offered by IIT Delhi Achieve Top-100 Ranks Globally
      • 54th Rank in the QS world University Rankings by Subject 2021 – Consistently maintaining the rank at around 50 from the last two years which used to be near 70 previously
      • In the India Today's India’s Best Colleges Survey 2021 rankings the institute stood at the rank of 1.
      • In the Outlook-ICARE india ranking 2021 the institute stood at rank 2.

      Perception building through IIT Delhi’s Covid Related Initiatives

      • Researchers at IIT Delhi Kusuma School of Biological Sciences (KSBS) have developed a detection assay for COVID-19 which has now been approved by ICMR.
      • ETEX is an IIT Delhi start-up has launched an affordable and effective face mask, KAWACH, for protecting and safeguarding people from the risk of COVID-19.
      • IIT Delhi has invited proposals for supercomputer-based COVID-19 research; Offers Rs 1 crore worth of computational time for FREE
      • IIT Delhi Researchers have Develop Web-Based Covid-19 Dashboard ‘Pracriti’- Prediction and Assessment Of Corona Infections And Transmission In India
      • IIT Delhi researchers develop affordable ppe coverall that reaches adequate levels of breathability
      • IIT Delhi projects focused on covid-19 detection research receive financial support from microsoft india
      • Apart from these there are several other short term and long term covid related projects which can be found here

IPFP

IIT Delhi announces International Ph D Fellowship Program (IPFP).

PHD INCUBATOR PROGRAM

This is a platform for harnessing deep technologies. IoE would provide funding support to develop PoC and commercialize the technology

MOU WITH MICROSOFT ON AI RESEARCH

IIT Delhi signs an MoU with Microsoft to advance research in Artificial Intelligence a thrust area of research under IoE.

FACUTLY TRAVEL SUPPORT FOR RECRUITMENT

For faculty recruitment, IIT Delhi supports travel of faculty from foreign countries (and foreigners) for the interview process.

SUPPORTING INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH WITH SOCIETAL IMPACT

IIT Delhi has established a School of Public Policy (SOPP) for the purpose and under this school it recently partnered with Tata Trust to support research in this area, please see the following media link describing the nature of collaboration.

RECRUITMENT OF EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS

Through a rigorous selection process, 13 Executive Assistants recruited for implementing and advancing the IoE goals (Over 2000 applications were received of which around 400 were shortlisted for a written test. Those qualifying the written test appeared for a GD and interview and 13 were finally selected.

RESEARCH EQUIPMENT SUPPORT

: IoE is providing support for equipment for Central Research Facility (CRF).

WEB PORTAL TO MONITOR PROGRESS OF IoE GOALS

Accomplishment of IoE goals is being treated as a project with specific activities and goals. A web based portal has been developed to monitor the progress towards these goals. The portal is internal and can be accessed internally

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