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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee has its origins in a class started in the year 1845 to train local youth in engineering to assist in public works then beginning. In 1847 it was officially established.It was renamed as the Thomason College of Civil Engineering in the year 1854 in honour of its founder, James Thomason, lieutenant governor 1843–1853.
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Rai Bahadur Kanhaiya Lal was the first Indian to graduate from the Roorkee college in the year 1852.On September 21st 2001, an ordinance issued by the India of Government declared it as the nation's 7th Indian Institute of Technology, renaming it to the current name, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. The ordinance was converted into an act by the Parliament to make IIT Roorkee an "Institution of National Importance.

The Department of Civil Engineering was established in the year 1847 and is the oldest engineering department in India. The Electrical Engineering department of the Thomson College was established in the year 1897, and was one of the earliest such specializations in the world. The Architecture department is the first in India instituting a master's degree course in Architecture in the year 1969–1970.

In the year 1978 Institute of Paper Technology, Saharanpur was merged with the then University of Roorkee. The Institute of Paper Technology was established as School of Paper Technology by the Government of India in the year 1964, with an aid from the Royal Swedish Government. The school was renamed as the Institute of Paper Technology in July in the 1968 and subsequently Department of Paper Technology in July in the year 1992.



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All IITs follow the same organization structure which has President of India as visitor at the top of the hierarchy. Directly under the president is the IIT Council. Under the IIT Council is the board of governors of each IIT. Under the board of governors is the director, who is the chief academic and executive officer of the IIT. Under the director, in the organizational structure, comes the deputy director. Under the director and the deputy director, come the deans, heads of departments.



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Architecture and Planning
Applied Science and Engineering
Engineering and Applied Sciences
Academic Centres
Alternate Hydro Energy Centre
Biotechnology
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Chemistry
Earthquake Engineering
Earth Sciences
Electrical Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hydrology
Humanities and Social Sciences
Management Studies
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Packaging Technology
Paper Technology
Polymer and Process Engineering
Physics
Mathematics
Management Studies
Water Resources Development and Management
Centre of Excellence
Centre of Nanotechnology
Centre for Transportation Systems
Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation & Management
Center for Integrated Sciences
Center for Research & Innovation
Centre of Nanotechnology
Centre for Transportation Systems
Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation & Management
Continuing Education Centre
Educational Technology Cell
Mahatma Gandhi Central Library
Information Super Highway Centre
Institute Computer Centre
Institute Instrumentation Centre
Intellectual Property Rights Cell
Institute Hospital
TIFAC Core
Quality Improvement Programme

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