IIT-Roorkee campus inaugurated in Greater Noida

Updated on: Tuesday, April 05, 2011

IIT-Roorkee inaugurated its Greater Noida Campus at the Knowledge Park-II area here.
It was inaugurated by Ashok Bhatnagar, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Roorkee in the presence of Director S C Saxena.
   
Besides the 365-acre main campus at Roorkee, it has another campus spread over 25 acres at Saharanpur.
   
IIT-Roorkee was established as Roorkee College in 1847 and has undergone five transformations.
   
The new campus is built on a 10-acre plot. The academic block is a three-storey building which has 16 lecture rooms, software labs, faculty offices, a library and a computer centre. 

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