Union Minister of Education Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on November 6, 2020 announced the Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge System to be set up at IIT Kharagpur.
- Inaugurating the international webinar titled “Bharata Tirtha” organized by the Institute from November 6-8, 2020, Chief Guest Shri Pokhriyal congratulated the Institute for the continued work in various branches of Indian Knowledge System.
About IIT Kharagpur
- The first Indian Institute of Technology was born in May 1950 in Hijli, Kharagpur, in the eastern part of India.
- The present name ‘Indian Institute of Technology’ was adopted before the formal inauguration of the Institute on August 18, 1951, by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
- The motto of IIT Kharagpur is “Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam”.
