Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi – 2021

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) was established in 1961 as an Engineering College, later, it was declared The Institute of National Importance by the Government of India and renamed as Indian Institute of Technology, and it was elevated deemed university to decide its education policies like deciding its own syllabus and conducting its exams. It is the first-generation IIT created to be a Center of Excellence for training, research, and development in science, engineering, and technology in India. IIT Delhi has an ample area of 320 acres situated in Hauz Khas, South Delhi. It is currently holding the No. 2 Rank among all IITs in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).

In this article, we are going to analyze Courses Offered, Students’ Stats, Graduation Outcomes, Placements, Median Salary, Infrastructure, and Fee Structure. All these details are authentic because these details were acquired from NIRF at which IIT Delhi shared its reports.

IIT Delhi Courses Offered

IIT Delhi offers 13 courses in undergraduate programs, merely 4 courses in dual degree programs, and a massive number of 43 courses in postgraduate programs in engineering science and technology.

Students Intake at IIT Delhi

Students Intake
IIT Delhi admitted a significant number of 938 students to UG, a fair number of 123 to dual degrees, and a huge number of 1169 to PG courses in 2021. In 2020, it admitted 798 students to UG, 109 to dual degree, and 1045 to PG courses. In 2019, it admitted 749 students to UG and 102 to dual degrees.
Faculty
IIT Delhi has eminent professors in its faculty who have published many research papers in National and International Journals like Springer, Elsevier, etc. It has 667 distinguished professors at its faculties, of whom 99.25% are Ph.D. holders, the faculty-to-student ratio is 1:9, that is, one professor is available for every nine students.

IIT Delhi Annual Expenditures

Capital Expenditure
In the year 2021, IIT Delhi spent Rs. 274 crores as a capital expenditure, of which 6.19% on procuring books, journals, and e-resources for the library, a whopping 66.56% on buying new equipment and software for quality research, barely 0.15% on engineering workshops, and the remaining 27.14% on the creation of capital assets and other expenditures. In 2020, the capital expenditure was Rs. 272 crores, and in 2019, it was Rs. 247 crores. So, spending as capital expenditure has increased in 2021 when compared with the last two years.
Operational Expenditure
In 2021, IIT Delhi spent over Rs. 664 crores as an operational expenditure, of which a significant 51.62% on paying salaries to professors and supporting staff, a considerable 48.19% on maintaining academic infrastructures, and the remaining merely 0.19% on conducting Seminars, Conferences, and Workshops. Spending as operational expenditure in 2020 was Rs. 648 crores, and it was Rs. 408 crores in 2019. So, spending as operational expenditure has also increased in 2021 when compared with the last two years.

IIT Delhi Research Details

Patents
Since IIT Delhi has a good facility and an excellent infrastructure, it is extensively researched in engineering science & technology. Therefore, it filed 105 patent applications in 2021 and got 35 patents, filed 62 patent applications in 2020 and got 17 patents, and filed 61 patent applications in 2019 and got 17 patents.
Sponsored Projects
As IIT Delhi has many distinguished professors and research scholars in its faculty, it has published many research papers in prestigious Journals like Springer, Blackwell, Elsevier Inc, etc., so, many big companies are willing to sponsor IIT Delhi, and therefore, it received Rs. 227 cores through the 624 sponsored research projects from 195 companies in the year 2021. In 2020 and 2019, it received Rs. 204 and Rs. 541 crores from 567 and 964 sponsored research projects from 140 and 153 companies, respectively.
Consultancy Projects
IIT Delhi received Rs. 30 crores through 362 consultancy projects from 318 companies in 2021, and it received Rs. 45 and Rs. 27 crores through 387 and 399 consultancy projects from 327 and 323 companies in 2020 and 2019, respectively.

IIT Delhi Graduation & Placements

UG Graduation & Placements
As the quality of teaching and infrastructures at IIT Delhi is good, the graduation outcome is also good, because of these, a considerable 751 students got admission to UG degree courses, of whom a significant 86.55% graduated and 91.25% of them got placements at the top companies and 65 were selected for higher studies in 2021; a bulky 81.03% of students graduated, of whom 92.18% got placements and 70 were selected for higher studies in 2020; and a significant 86.17% of student graduated, of whom 73.8% got placements and 69 were selected for higher education in 2019.
PG Graduations & Placements
In 2021, in the PG, 68.95% of students graduated, of whom 69.54% got placements at top companies and 190 were selected for higher studies; a fair 63.75% of students graduated, of whom 44.50% got placements and 91 were selected for higher studies in 2020; and 66.90% of students graduated, of whom 38.96% got placements and 87 were selected for higher studies in 2019.
Dual Degree Graduations & Placements
In 2021, in the dual degree, a considerable 78.57% of students graduated and all of them got placements at top companies; a bulky 84.4% of students graduated and all of them got placements and the remaining 15 were selected for higher studies in 2020; and a significant 83.82% of students graduated, of whom 83.85% got placements and 5 students were selected for higher studies in 2019.
PhD Research Programmes
In the Ph.D. research program, IIT Delhi admitted 2919 students of whom 285 were awarded graduations in 2021, which is quite high among all top five IITs of India, and 307 and 355 students were awarded graduation in 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Median Salary & Top Recruiters
Median Salary of UG Graduation: UG graduates got Rs. 15.5 LPA in 2021, Rs. 15.7 LPA in 2020, and Rs. 13.06 LPA in 2019 at top companies.

Median Salary of Dual Degree Graduation: Dual degree graduates got Rs. 18 LPA in 2021, Rs. 15.8 LPA in 2020, and Rs. 15 LPA in 2019.

Median Salary of PG graduation: PG graduates got Rs. 11 LPA in 2021, Rs. 10 LPA in 2020, and Rs. 12 LPA in 2019.
Hundreds of top companies such as Google, Texas Instruments, Microsoft, Bajaj Auto, ISRO, Alphonso, Qualcomm, TSMC, KLA Tensor, GE, Wipro Amazon, Ashok Leyland, Tata, etc., are looking for graduates from IIT Delhi.

IIT Delhi Students Diversity

As IIT Delhi is located in the capital of India, it attracts students from all parts and all sections of the society from the nation and the world. At IIT Delhi, a massive number of 6165 students have been pursuing their degree course, of whom 85.6% are boys and 14.4% are girls in the year 2021, and 342 students from within the state, a huge number of 5771 students are from outside the state, and the remaining 52 students are from foreign countries; and 491 students are from economically backward sections and 2877 students are from socially challenged sections. These stats show that this institute had blends of students from all sections of the society and all the parts of India as well as from the world.

Facilities on IIT Delhi Campus

IIT Delhi has many facilities on its campus. It has Bank, Post Office, Hospital, Dispensary, Gym, Playground, Tennis Court, Shuttle Court, AC and Non- AC Hostel Rooms, Separate Boys and Girls Hostel Rooms, AC Reading Rooms, Music Rooms, Auditorium, Free Wi-Fi, Free Internal Bus Service, Lifts/ramps, and many more.

Campus Festivals at IIT Delhi

Cultural Festival: IIT Delhi celebrates the annual festival called RENDEZVOUS for four days in October every year, where many competitions such as singing, dancing, literary, etc., are organized to make students enthralled and help them to ward off nostalgia due to long studies in the classrooms, besides, this fest give them a platform to showcase their cultural artistry and make them creative people. In this fest, many prominent personalities have also been participating which makes this fest even more colorful.

Technical Festival: TRYST is the annual technical fest celebrated for four days in February and March on the campus where a barrage of technical events such as guest lectures, seminars, technical workshops, exhibitions, competitions, etc., are conducted, and more than 45,000 students from the nation and the world participate in this fest. This is the biggest fest in North India where scintillating scientific minds, renewed technologists, influential thinkers along with curious students converge on the campus and show their technical prowess. This fest makes students get to know about current trending technologies and gives them a platform to showcase their technical skills. Many notable personalities such as Steve Ballmer, Horst Koehler, Jeff Lieberman, Harry Marshall, Ryoji Noyori, etc., have been participating in this fest.

Accessibility

IIT Delhi is connected to the New Delhi railway station which is 14 km away from IIT Delhi, and the nearest airport in Delhi is Indira Gandhi International Airport which has both domestic and international terminals. The distance from the international terminal to IIT Delhi is 10 km.

How to Get Admission at IIT Delhi

Studying science and technology is the dream of most students, however, to make that dream real, we need a good institution. When we think about a good institution, IITs come first. So, here are the procedures to get admission at IIT Delhi:

For UG courses at IIT Delhi: Students who passed or appeared for the +2 exam can take Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and should pass the minimum cut-off mark set by JEE in JEE advanced exam.

For PG courses: Students who passed bachelor’s degrees or appeared for the final exam can take the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) and should pass GATE to get admission to IITD.

Fee Structure at IIT Delhi

Students need to pay Rs. 8.45 lakhs as the total fees, however, they can get a good salary of Rs. 15.5 LPA at top companies if they get a job after completion of the course. Therefore, they can earn back the fees within a year, and the burden of fees would be eased soon.

IIT Delhi Scores by NIRF

Teaching, Learning, and Resources: IIT Delhi has a fantastic faculty and impressive infrastructures for quality research, and it invented many ground-breaking inventions in the fields of engineering science and technology. Therefore, it scored 91.76%, which accounts to 30% of overall NIRF scores.
Research and Professional Practice: IIT Delhi has many distinguished professors and research scholars who invented many new technologies and got patents for these, therefore it scored 95.82% in this section, which accounts to 30% of overall NIRF scores.
Graduate Outcome: As IIT Delhi has a conducive atmosphere for study, many students graduated at the minimum stipulated time, so for this outstanding performance it scored 80.97%, which accounts to 20% of overall NIRF scores.
Outreach and Inclusivity: IIT Delhi has a blend of students from every section and every part of India as well as the world, and it has admitted a huge number of students from other states, however, it has admitted fewer girl students. Therefore it scored 66.39%, which accounts to 10% of overall NIRF scores.

Perception: IIT Delhi has a fantastic faculty, impressive infrastructures, and a conducive atmosphere, and its graduation outcome and placements at top companies are also good, therefore, it scored 98.63% in NIRF grading, which accounts to 10% of overall NIRF scores.

IIT Delhi got 88.96% as an overall NIRF score and ranked at number 2.

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