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Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT, Roorkee) is a fully government and one of the most sought institutions of engineering and technology. IIT, Roorkee has been started in the year 1847 as the first engineering college in British rule. It renamed as the Thomson College of Civil Engineering in the year 1854. The college was affiliated to the Calcutta University in its starting years. In the year 1949, it has been awarded the status of the university as the first technical university of free India and renamed as University of Roorkee. In the Year 2001, it has been declared as the “Institute of National Importance” and renamed as the present “Indian Institute of Technology”. The IITR is administered by the IIT Council headed by the chairman of the Ministry of HRD. It is approved by the AICTE and Council of Architecture.
