Indian Institute of Technology Patna is one of the new IITs established by an Act of the Indian Parliament on August 06, 2008.
Patna which was known as Patliputra has been a center of knowledge for a long has been attracting visitors and scholars from many parts of the world such as China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, and Sri Lanka, among others. This has been a land of visionaries. Some of the legends from this region include Lord Gautam Buddha, Lord Mahavir, Guru Gobind Singh, the famous astronomer Aryabhatta, and the first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
IIT Patna has ten departments: These are Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical, and Biochemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, and Humanities & Social Science departments.
IIT Patna campus is located at Bihta which is approximately 40 km from Patna
As of April 2016, IIT Patna has six hundred seventy students enrolled in its B Tech programs, one hundred sixty-one M.Tech students, and two hundred fifty-nine Ph.D. students. Since its inception in 2008 and till April 2016, more than four hundred students have been awarded B.Tech. degree, more than seventy-five students have been awarded M.Tech. degree and more than 20 research scholars have been awarded Ph.D. degrees.
As of April 2016, the faculty strength of IIT Patna is one hundred one (which includes one DST Ramanujan Faculty Fellow, one Adjunct Faculty, one DST INSPIRE Faculty, and one Visiting Professor). Faculty members are supported by more than seventy efficient staff (non-teaching) members. These numbers are anticipated to increase as the Institute is growing at a steady pace. The faculty members of IIT Patna have a wide range of academic and research experience. They have been trained in the top-ranked Institutes within the country and abroad.
Research activity at IIT Patna has been published in high-quality and peer-reviewed national and international journals. Please browse the individual faculty member web page for more information. Faculty members of IIT Patna have been also participating in national and international conferences of repute.