The first Indian Institute of Technology in Kerala started functioning from a temporary campus at Palakkad, scripting a new chapter in the higher education sector in the Palakkad state.The IIT campus was opened in Palakkad district at a function and Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani addressed the students through video conferencing.In the initial phase, IIT Palakkad will offer Four B.Tech streams including the Civil Engineering,Computer Science & Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.Classes of the institute will begin in a temporary campus that located near Valayar in Palakkad (kerala).It will have around 117 students who have been admitted to the new IIT campus and are mostly from Uttar Pradesh.Later this temporary campus will be shifted to a 500 acre campus located at Puthussery in the district. It will be shifted in next 3 years,after completion of land acquisition process and construction of buildings.
1st IIT in Kerala starts functioning at Palakkad
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