About IIT Roorkee
The Indian Institute of Technology is the successor of the University of Roorkee and is the oldest technical institution of the country established as the Roorkee College in 1847 and rechristened as the Thomason College of Civil Engineering in 1857. It was elevated to the first Technical University of Independent India on November 25, 1949. In the year 2001, it was declared as the Institute of National Importance and converted into the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. Since its establishment, the Institute has played a vital role in providing the technical manpower and know-how to the country and in pursuit of research. The Institute ranks amongst the best technological institutions in the world and has contributed to all sectors of technological development.
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