about iit kharagpur
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, will be the main venue of ICON 2010 from 8th to 11th December 2010.
The history of the IIT system dates back to 1946, when a committee was set up by Hon'ble Sir Jogendra Singh, Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council (Department of Education, Health and Agriculture), to consider the setting up of Higher Technical Institutions for post-war industrial development in India.
With the recommendations of the 22-member committee headed by Sri N R Sarkar taken in view, 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.
IIT Kharagpur started its journey in the old Hijli Detention Camp where some of India's freedom fighters toiled and sacrificed their lives for the independence of the country. The history of IIT Kharagpur is thus intimately linked with the history of the Hijli Detention Camp. This is possibly one of the very few Institutions all over the world which started life in a prison house.
The layout of the present campus and the design of its buildings were carried out by a host of engineers and architects under the guidance of Swiss architect Dr. Werner M Moser.
Ever since IIT Kharagpur was made autonomous in the 1950s, the institute has been engaged in a steady process of development with about 18 academic departments, and 5 centres of excellence. The vast tree-laden campus is spreadover 2100 acres, and has a self-contained township of over 15,000 inhabitants. Currently the institute has about 450 members of faculty, 2,200 employees and 2,700 students on the campus.
organizing bodies
latest updates
4th Nov 2010
Complete list of accepted papers released.
2nd Nov 2010
The technical schedule has been released.
contact us
ICON-2010 Secretariat
Language Technologies Research Centre
International Institute of Information Technology
Gachibowli
Hyderabad - 500032, India
Tel: +91-40.66531144
Fax: +91-40.66531413
icon2010@iiit.ac.in