IIT Roorkee is one of the top engineering institutes of the world. The institute was established in 1847 by the Britishers as Thomason college of Civil Engineering. The institute was rechristened as University of Roorkee in 1949 and was given the status of the First Engineering University of Independent India.
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee has played a crucial role in research and in providing technical manpower and expertise to the country. On September 21, 2001, the Government of India issued an ordinance and declared the institute as the nation`s seventh Indian Institute of Technology. The ordinance was converted into an act by the Parliament to make IIT Roorkee an Institution of National Importance
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