印度理工学院孟买分校基本概况

　　印度理工学院孟买分校成立于1958年，是印度理工学院系统中成立第二早的学校，目前在QS世界排名中并列179位。印度理工学院孟买分校基本概况如何呢?下面和留学群来看看吧。

　　一、关于印度理工学院孟买分校

　　Established in 1958, the second of its kind, IIT Bombay was the first to be set up with foreign assistance. The funds from UNESCO came as Roubles from the then Soviet Union. In 1961 Parliament decreed the IITs as ‘Institutes of National Importance'. Since then, IITB has grown from strength to strength to emerge as one of the top technical universities in the world. The institute is recognised worldwide as a leader in the field of engineering education and research. Reputed for the outstanding calibre of students graduating from its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, the institute attracts the best students from the country for its bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes. Research and academic programmes at IIT Bombay are driven by an outstanding faculty, many of whom are reputed for their research contributions internationally. IIT Bombay also builds links with peer universities and institutes, both at the national and the international levels, to enhance research and enrich its educational programmes. The alumni have distinguished themselves through their achievements in and contributions to industry, academics, research, business, government and social domains.

　　印度理工学院孟买分校成立于1958年，是印度理工学院系统中成立第二早的学校。印度理工学院孟买分校的成立得到了外国的援助。资金由联合国教科文组织提供，由前苏联以卢布发放。1961年，议会将印度理工学院指定为“国家级机构”。自那以后，印度理工学院孟买分校得到了良好发展，已成为世界顶尖的一所理工大学。印度理工学院孟买分校被国际公认为工程领域教学和科研的一位引领者。印度理工学院孟买分校以高水平的本科生和研究生毕业生著称，吸引了印度国内最优秀的学生前来学习其学士、硕士和博士课程。印度理工学院孟买分校的科研和学术项目由出色的师资驱动，他们以对国际科研的贡献得名。为了提升科研、完善教学项目，印度理工学院孟买分校也国内外的同行大学和机构建立关系。印度理工学院孟买分校的校友在企业、学术、科研、商务、政府和社会领域也做出了重要贡献。

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　　二、印度理工学院孟买分校的历史

　　A high-powered committee of the Government of India, headed by Sir Nalini Ranjan Sarkar, a businessman, educationist, industrialist and public figure, recommended in 1946 the establishment of four higher institutes of technology on the lines of their counterparts in Europe and the United States to set the direction for the development of technical education in the country. The committee had recommended the establishment of institutes of national importance in different regions of India. The first of the IITs was set up in Kharagpur (whose other claim to fame is that it has the longest railway platform in the world) in the state of West Bengal in 1950 at a site in Hijli village which used to be a detention camp. Four more IITs followed in quick succession. IIT Bombay was established in 1958, followed by those at Madras (1959), Kanpur (1959) and Delhi (1961). Though the names of the cities Bombay and Madras were later changed, respectively, to Mumbai and Chennai, the institutes at these two places retain their original names. So our institute is IIT Bombay, often shortened to IITB.

　　These institutes were designed to provide the necessary dynamism and flexibility of organisation in the light of the expanding knowledge and changing socio-economic requirements of modern society. Planning for the institute at Mumbai began in 1957 and the first batch of 100 students was admitted in 1958. The institute campus at Powai extends over 200 hectares and is situated in picturesque surroundings with the Vihar and the Powai lakes on either side and green hills in and around. In 1961, by an Act of Parliament, the institute was declared an institution of national importance and was accorded the status of a university with the power to award its own degrees and diplomas. IIT Bombay was established with the cooperation and participation of the UNESCO, utilising the contribution of the government of the then USSR. The institute received substantial assistance in the form of equipment and expert services from the USSR through the UNESCO from 1956 to 1973. It received 59 experts and 14 technicians from several reputed institutions in the USSR. The UNESCO also offered fellowships, numbering 27, for training Indian faculty members in the USSR. Under the bilateral agreement of 1965, the Government of USSR provided additional assistance to supplement the Aid Programme already received by the institute through UNESCO.

　　1946年，纳里尼蓝金萨卡领导的印度政府高级委员会主张在印度建立四所与欧美国家理工学院类似的理工类高等教育机构，借以为印度的理工教育指明方向。纳里尼蓝金萨卡当时有多种身份，他及时商人、实业家，又是教育家和公共人物。委员会主张在印度不同地区建立国家级教育机构。在这个主张下，第一个成立的理工学院位于孟加拉邦的克勒格布尔，成立于1950年。具体地点在一个叫Hijli的村庄，村庄过去曾是拘留营。(克勒格布尔分校另一个著名的地方是它拥有世界最长的铁路站台。)在印度理工学院克勒格布尔分校之后，又迅速成立了四个同类学院。印度理工学院孟买分校成立于1958年，紧随其后的是马德拉斯分校(1959)、坎普尔分校(1959)和德里分校(1961)。虽然孟买和马德拉斯后来经过了更名，分别从Bombay和 Madras 改为 Mumbai 和Chennai(金奈)——前者汉译不变，但是这两个分校都保留了原来的名字。因此印度理工学院孟买分校经常缩写为IITB。

　　按照政府规定，这些理工学院旨在根据增加知识和改变现代社会的社会经济的要求，提供有活力而且灵活的组织机构。孟买分校的计划从1957年开始。首次招生是在1958年，招了一百名学生。博维分校占地二百公顷，坐落在风景优美的环境中，威哈湖和博维湖位于其两侧，又有青山环绕。1961年，根据议会法案，印度理工学院被宣布为国家级机构，升格为大学，获得了授予学位和文凭的权力。印度理工学院孟买分校在联合国教科文组织的合作和参与下成立，并利用了当时的苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟的援助。1956年到1973年间，印度理工学院孟买分校通过联合国教科文组织，获得了苏维埃提供的大量设备和专家支持。59位专家和14名技术人员被从苏维埃著名学府派到孟买分校。此外，联合国教科文组织还提供了27个奖学金，用以培训在苏维埃的印度教职人员。在1965年的双边协议下，苏维埃提供了额外援助，丰富了已经从联合国教科文组织获得支持的援助项目。