IIT Roorkee
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About IIT Roorkee
According to Wikipedia, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee is a technical university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. It is the oldest engineering institution in India, and was founded as the College of Civil Engineering in British India in 1847 by the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces, James Thomason, in order to train officers and surveyors employed in the construction of the Ganges Canal. In 1854, after the completion of the canal and Thomason's death, it was renamed the Thomason College of Civil Engineering by Proby Cautley, the designer and projector of the canal. It was renamed University of Roorkee in 1949, and again renamed IIT Roorkee in 2001. The institution has 22 academic departments covering Engineering, Applied Sciences, Humanities & Social Sciences and Management programs with an emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.
What Is IIT Roorkee Known For?
IIT Roorkee is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
- Engineering
- Computer Science
- Business
- Education
- Political Science
- Mathematics
- Chemistry
- Communications
- Religious Studies
- History
- Philosophy
- Medical
- Earth Sciences
- Physics
- Biology
- Literature
- Law
- Social Work
- Psychology
- Economics
- Criminal Justice
IIT Roorkee's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much IIT Roorkee's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence
IIT Roorkee ranks #1005 worldwide for influence in Engineering.
IIT Roorkee ranks #931 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.
IIT Roorkee ranks #3225 worldwide for influence in Business.
IIT Roorkee ranks #4886 worldwide for influence in Education.
IIT Roorkee ranks #2691 worldwide for influence in Political Science.
IIT Roorkee ranks #2356 worldwide for influence in Mathematics.
IIT Roorkee ranks #1395 worldwide for influence in Chemistry.
IIT Roorkee ranks #4166 worldwide for influence in Communications.
IIT Roorkee ranks #3641 worldwide for influence in Religious Studies.
IIT Roorkee ranks #4822 worldwide for influence in History.
IIT Roorkee ranks #2870 worldwide for influence in Philosophy.
IIT Roorkee ranks #6257 worldwide for influence in Medical.
IIT Roorkee ranks #2354 worldwide for influence in Earth Sciences.
IIT Roorkee ranks #2704 worldwide for influence in Physics.
IIT Roorkee ranks #5858 worldwide for influence in Biology.
IIT Roorkee ranks #5479 worldwide for influence in Literature.
IIT Roorkee ranks #6704 worldwide for influence in Law.
IIT Roorkee ranks #1656 worldwide for influence in Social Work.
IIT Roorkee ranks #3711 worldwide for influence in Psychology.
IIT Roorkee ranks #8886 worldwide for influence in Economics.
IIT Roorkee ranks #6829 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.
Who Are IIT Roorkee's Most Influential Alumni?
IIT Roorkee's most influential alumni include professors and professionals in the fields of Computer Science, Engineering, and Chemistry. Here are some of IIT Roorkee's most famous alumni:
- Amit Singhal
- An American computer engineer.
- Kartik Chandran
- An American environmental engineer.
- Harsh Gupta
- An Indian earth scientist and seismologist .
- Hari Singh Nalwa
- A Researcher.
- Satyandra K. Gupta
- An Aerospace and Mechanical Engineer.
- Vijay Kumar Sharma
- A Researcher ORCID 0000-0002-2028-5715.
- Brajesh Kumar Kaushik
- A Researcher.
