May 1950
IIT Kharagpur journey
Milestones That Shaped IIT Kharagpur
From its early beginnings in 1950 to the first academic session in 1951 and the many milestones that followed, IIT Kharagpur’s story has been shaped step by step. This timeline looks back at some of the moments that helped build the Institute we know today.
September 1950
Hijli Detention Camp
August 1951
First academic session
March 1956
First convocation
1976
Silver Jubilee
1993
Vinod Gupta School of Management
1996
G. S. Sanyal School of Telecommunications
2006
Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law
2008
Ranbir and Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management
2010
Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship
2012
Diamond Jubilee
2016
Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of Happiness
2016
M N Faruqui Innovations Centre
2016
Subir Chowdhury School of Quality and Reliability
2017
Deysarkar Centre of Petroleum and Energy Transition
2018
Partha Ghosh School of Leadership
2019
Institute of Eminence
2025-2027
Platinum Jubilee
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