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New IIT inaugurated in Dharwad Karnataka

THE long cherished dream of Karnataka to have an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) was fulfilled on Sunday when Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar formally inaugurated the institute in Dharwad.

•    Political leaders across parties were present at the inaugural function which was delayed due to ongoing agitations over Kalasa-Banduri issue in North Karnataka. The first batch of IIT-Dharwad began on August 1 with 120 students.
•    Speaking at the inaugural function, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said bringing the IIT to Dharwad was a collective effort of all political parties.
•    The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are autonomous public institutes of higher education, located in India.
•    They are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.
•    The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 lists twenty-three institutes located at Bhilai, Chennai, Delhi, Dhanbad, Dharwad, Goa, Guwahati, Jammu, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Mumbai, Roorkee, Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Indore, Jodhpur, Mandi, Palakkad, Patna, Ropar, Tirupati and Varanasi.
 

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