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Indian
Institute
of
Technology
Ropar (IIT
Ropar)
is
a public technical
university located
in Rupnagar, Punjab, India.
It
is
one
of
the
eight
newer Indian
Institutes
of
Technology (IITs)
established
by
the Ministry
of
Human
Resource
Development (MHRD), Government
of
India under The
Institutes
of
Technology
(Amendment)
Act,
2011 to
expand
the
reach
and
enhance
the
quality
of
technical
education
in
the
country.IIT
Ropar
has
shifted
to
its
permanent
campus
since
June
2019,
except
the
departments
of
Humanities,
Mathematics,
Physics,
Chemical
Engineering
and
Civil
Engineering,
and
some
hostels
and
labs.
Architecture
of
the
entrance
gate
is
inspired
by Indus
Valley
civilisation with
four
41
feet
high
stone
carved
pillars
at
the
entrance.The
institute
started
to
operate
from
its
permanent
campus
from
July
2018.
Some
phases
of
this
campus
were
still
under
construction.
The
campus
was
being
built
on
the
land
earlier
known
as
Birla
Seed
Farms.
It
is
located
over
an
area
of
525
acres
(2.12 km2).
IIT
Ropar
celebrates
its
Foundation
Day
on
24
February
every
year.
The
contract
was
given
to CPWD and
a
Bangkok-based
construction
company
was
assigned
the
task
of
finishing
the
first
phase. The
Computer
Science
Department
has
been
shifted
to
this
campus
in
July
2018.
A
part
of
the
administration
office
was
shifted
on
17
June
2018.
In
June
2019,
the
Administration
and
Departments
of
Electrical,
Computer
Science
and
Mechanical
Engineering
completely
shifted
to
the
permanent
campus.
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