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    The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are autonomous public institutes of higher education, located in India.[1] They are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 which has declared them as institutions of national importance and lays down their powers, duties, and framework for governance etc.[2][3] The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 lists twenty-three institutes (after the last amendment in 2016).[4] Each IIT is an autonomous institution, linked to the others through a common IIT Council, which oversees their administration. The Minister of Human Resource Development is the ex-officio Chairperson of IIT Council.[5] As of 2017, the total number of seats for undergraduate programmes in all IITs is 11,032.[6] The first IIT was set up in Kharagpur in 1951, and soon later in Bombay (1958), Madras (1959), Kanpur (1959) and Delhi (1963). An IIT was then established in Guwahati in 1994. The University of Roorkee was converted to IIT Roorkee in 2001. Eight new IITs were set up in Gandhinagar, Jodhpur, Hyderabad, Indore,

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    The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are autonomous public institutes of higher education, located in India.[1] They are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 which has declared them as institutions of national importance and lays down their powers, duties, and framework for governance etc.[2][3] The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 lists twenty-three institutes (after the last amendment in 2016).[4] Each IIT is an autonomous institution, linked to the others through a common IIT Council, which oversees their administration. The Minister of Human Resource Development is the ex-officio Chairperson of IIT Council.[5] As of 2017, the total number of seats for undergraduate programmes in all IITs is 11,032.[6] The first IIT was set up in Kharagpur in 1951, and soon later in Bombay (1958), Madras (1959), Kanpur (1959) and Delhi (1963). An IIT was then established in Guwahati in 1994. The University of Roorkee was converted to IIT Roorkee in 2001. Eight new IITs were set up in Gandhinagar, Jodhpur, Hyderabad, Indore,

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    The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are autonomous public institutes of higher education, located in India.[1] They are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 which has declared them as institutions of national importance and lays down their powers, duties, and framework for governance etc.[2][3] The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 lists twenty-three institutes (after the last amendment in 2016).[4] Each IIT is an autonomous institution, linked to the others through a common IIT Council, which oversees their administration. The Minister of Human Resource Development is the ex-officio Chairperson of IIT Council.[5] As of 2017, the total number of seats for undergraduate programmes in all IITs is 11,032.[6] The first IIT was set up in Kharagpur in 1951, and soon later in Bombay (1958), Madras (1959), Kanpur (1959) and Delhi (1963). An IIT was then established in Guwahati in 1994. The University of Roorkee was converted to IIT Roorkee in 2001. Eight new IITs were set up in Gandhinagar, Jodhpur, Hyderabad, Indore,

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    The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are autonomous public institutes of

    higher education, located in India.[1] They are governed by the Institutes of


    Technology Act, 1961 which has declared them as institutions of national importance
    and lays down their powers, duties, and framework for governance etc.[2][3] The
    Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 lists twenty-three institutes (after the last
    amendment in 2016).[4] Each IIT is an autonomous institution, linked to the others
    through a common IIT Council, which oversees their administration. The Minister of
    Human Resource Development is the ex-officio Chairperson of IIT Council.[5] As of
    2017, the total number of seats for undergraduate programmes in all IITs is 11,032.
    [6]

    The first IIT was set up in Kharagpur in 1951, and soon later in Bombay (1958),
    Madras (1959), Kanpur (1959) and Delhi (1963). An IIT was then established in
    Guwahati in 1994. The University of Roorkee was converted to IIT Roorkee in 2001.
    Eight new IITs were set up in Gandhinagar, Jodhpur, Hyderabad, Indore,

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