Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Established in 1847 under British India, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee or IITR) is a public technical and research university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. It has around 22 academic departments for Engineering, Applied Sciences, Humanities & Social Sciences and Management programs with a major focus on scientific and technological education and research. It offers 11 undergraduate (UG), one integrated dual degree, around 60 postgraduate and various doctoral programmes.
Location | Roorkee – Haridwar Highway, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667 |
Contact | 01332 285 311 |
Placement | ITC, HCL Technologies, Infosys, Bajaj Auto, IBM, Hero Honda, etc. |
Campus | 358.5 acres Approx |
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Notable Alumni
Naveen K. Jain
Naveen K. Jain is a business an entrepreneur and the founder of InfoSpace. It emerged as one of the largest internet companies in the American Northwest. In the year 2010 he co-founded Moon Express and was positioned as its Executive Chairman.
Amitabh Kumar Singhal
Amitabh Kumar Singhal is the former senior vice president of Google Inc. and also headed the Google’s Search team for 15 years. He served as the senior vice president of software engineering department of Uber as well.
Late Ajit Gupta
Late Ajit Gupta was a Silicon-Valley based entrepreneur and the founder of Aryaka and Speedera Networks. He holds 21 technology patents for Internet content delivery and global traffic management. Ajit Gupta is a graduate in the field of Electrical Engineering from the Batch of 1984.