Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi is an autonomous premier engineering and technology university located in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. It is one of the eight new Indian Institutes of Technology established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India under The Institutes of Technology Act, 2011 which declares these eight IITs as well as the conversion of Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University to IIT. The Act was passed in the Lok Sabha on 24 March 2011 and by the Rajya Sabha on 30 April 2012.IIT Mandi was mentored by IIT Roorkee, which hosted the first batch of students. IIT Mandi's permanent campus is functional and under construction along Uhl River at Kamand, Mandi. The institute admits students into various B.Tech., M.S, and Ph.D. programs . Timothy A. Gonsalves joined as the first Director of IIT Mandi on 15 January 2010 and R. C. Sawhney served as the first Registrar of IIT Mandi.