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About Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati

The Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati (IIT Tirupati), established in 2015, is an autonomous Institute under the Ministry of Education, Government of India. It is declared as an Institute of National Importance under the Act of Parliament of India (Institutes of Technology Act, 1961). 

Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati is the first among the 3rd phase of IITs, announced in 2014, to have its foundation stone laid in March 2015. IIT Tirupati started functioning with the support of its mentoring institute, IIT Madras, in the academic year of 2015-16. The academic program was launched in August 2015 by admitting students in the B.Tech programme in the fields of Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. The research programmes namely, the MS and Ph.D. programmes started in the academic year 2017. Subsequently, the new BTech programme in Chemical Engineering started in August 2018. The M.Tech programs in Mechanical, Electrical, and Computer Science disciplines have also been launched since August 2018. The M.Sc programme in Mathematics was started in August 2019. The latest addition is the Master of Public Policy (MPP) programme, which was launched in 2022 to meet the growing demand for policy professionals in India. The curriculum for various programmes has an emphasis on theoretical knowledge and practice-oriented laboratories. Courses are well-planned to nurture innovation, creativity, quality, teamwork, communication skills, ethics, and societal interaction. 

Vision:  (i) To contribute to society through excellence in scientific and technical education and research. (ii)To serve as a valuable resource for industry and society.

Mission: (i)To generate new knowledge by engaging in cutting-edge research and to promote academic growth by offering state-of-the-art undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes. (ii)To identify, based on an informed perception of Indian, regional and global needs, areas of specialisation upon which the Institute can concentrate. (iii)To develop human potential to its fullest extent so that intellectually capable and imaginatively gifted leaders can emerge in a range of professions

Objectives: (i)To provide the best educational infrastructure for imparting high-class education in science and technology and a creative atmosphere for inter-disciplinary research both by the students and the faculty. (ii)To increase the student capacity to meet the growing demands of industry. (iii)To maintain global standards in student-faculty ratio, research output, publications in journals and placement of students. (iv)To participate in and contribute to nation-building through various flagship schemes of the Government of India/State Governments requiring technological interventions thereby spurring economic growth for the welfare of the masses. (v)To provide research and development consultancy, which will foster healthy industry-academia partnerships, thereby providing a competitive edge to indigenous manufacturing.