About College
Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are autonomous public institutions of national importance for higher education in engineering, science and technology. Starting with IIT Kharagpur in 1951, there are 23 such Institutes of excellence all over India today, and IIT Palakkad belongs to this prestigious group.
The Government of India announced IIT Palakkad in 2014. They began with a headstart in the very next academic year, 2015-16, with the support of mentor Institute (IIT Madras). The educational program was launched by admitting students to the B. Tech. Course in the disciplines of Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
