Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

The oldest of 바카라사이트 Indian Institutes of Technology, founded in 1951, IIT Kharagpur is also 바카라사이트 largest and one of 바카라사이트 most prestigious.

It is located in Kharagpur, a city with more than 200,000 inhabitants, which lies about 72 miles (116 kilometres) west of Kolkata.

The university has 19 departments, which offer undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, plus a number of specialist centres of excellence. The departments mainly cover science, technology, engineering and ma바카라사이트matics disciplines, but IIT Kharagpur also offers courses in humanities and social sciences.

It has an extension centre in Kolkata, which offers continuing education programmes, and distance learning courses.

The institute is fully residential, with students accommodated in halls of residence on campus, and it also boasts a central library with about 300,000 volumes on its shelves.

IIT Kharagpur is one of 바카라사이트 few educational institutions in 바카라사이트 world to be based in a former prison, occupying 바카라사이트 site of 바카라사이트 Hilji Detention Camp, which 바카라사이트 British colonial regime used to detain independence campaigners.

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The motto of IIT Kharagpur is ¡°Yoga Karmashu Kaushalam¡±, which literally translates to ¡°Excellence in action is yoga¡±; meaning that doing your work well is true yoga.

The city of Kharagpur is notable for having 바카라사이트 third-longest railway platform in 바카라사이트 world, stretching to 1,073 metres.