
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is the premier institute of engineering, science and technology in the north-eastern region of the country with a growing list of accolades earned nationally and internationally. At present the Institute has eleven departments and three inter-disciplinary academic centres covering all the major engineering, science and humanities disciplines, offering BTech, BDes, MA, MDes, MTech, MSc and PhD programmes. Within a short period of time, IIT Guwahati has been able to build up world class infrastructure for carrying out advanced research and has been equipped with state-of-the-art scientific and engineering instruments.
Infrastructure Overview: The Institute has most of the basic infrastructure in place. The 74,000 square meter academic complex houses the academic departments, their laboratories, classrooms, etc. An administrative building has the offices of the Institute.
Hostel Details: All the students of the Institute have been provided with hostel rooms in the campus. The accommodation is single-seater. These hostels are equipped with all modern amenities. There are facilities for sports and recreation such as satellite TV, indoor games and a gymnasium. Facilities for outdoor games like volleyball, basketball and football are also there. Every room in the the hostels are provided with network connectivity. Separate accommodation is provided to the girl students. A round-the-clock canteen is in operation to cater to the needs of the students.
Laboratory Details:Computer lab faculty and staff members of the institute are provided with PCs. All these computers are hooked on to the campus network. Most of the office work is automated with a view to improve efficiency and reduce the use of papers. Internet and e-mail facility are provided through two leased lines. Both these facilities are provided to the faculty members, officers and students.
Library Details:The Central Library, one of the important central facilities of the Institute, currently has 72,000 volumes, including textbooks, reference books, conference proceedings, back volumes, standards, and non-book material such as CD-ROMs, audio tapes, video tapes and more.
Extra Curricular Details:Other facilities include a campus computer network on a Gigabit Ethernet backbone with access points in every hostel room, an internal EPABX, high capacity internet connections (including access from residences), two banks with ATM facilities, a post office, a pre-primary school-cum-creche, a Kendriya Vidyalaya and a bus service to the city.