IIT-Hyderabad eyes 6,000 students by 2018

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad aims to increase students' strength up to 6,000 by 2018 and 9,000 by 2021, a top official of the premier institution said.
Currently, the student strength of the institute stood at 1,650, of which 759 are doing BTech in eight engineering departments, said U B Desai Directors IITH.
"Our expansion plan is that we want to be around 5,800- 6,000 students by 2018 and by 2021, we want to be 9,000 students. Subsequently, it should be 20,000 by 2030. Most of the funding will come from the ministry (Ministry of HRD)," Desai said on the sidelines of third convocation of the institute.

Earlier in his address, he said the IIT-H has close to Rs 125 crore research funding, of which, Rs 10 crore is from industrial research and consultancy.
Currently, IIT-H is engaged in large project with Japanese collaboration- Disanet- information network for natural disaster mitigation and recovery. "The project, which involves two Japanese universities, four Indian research organisations, so far discovered new seismic fault that was not know earlier," he said.
Under the project, strong motion sensors supplied by Japan have been installed in the lower Himalayan region to monitor seismic activity, Desai said.

R Seshasayee, executive vice chairman of Hinduja Group India and BVR Mohan Reddy chairman, Board of Governors of IIT-H also spoke in the function.

Reddy said IIT Hyderabad is contributing substantially to research with 43 per cent of the 265 students graduating today being post-graduates.
This is a reflection of IIT Hyderabad's emphasis on research in addition to under-graduate programs and contribution to nation building. Research in application of technology to socio-economic challenges will go a long way towards sustained economic development and inclusiveness in our nation.