The 7 Established IITs

These are the oldest and most highly ranked institutes, known for their massive campuses, strong alumni networks, and top-tier placements.

1. IIT Bombay – Mumbai, Maharashtra

2. IIT Delhi – New Delhi, Delhi

3. IIT Kanpur – Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

4. IIT Kharagpur – Kharagpur, West Bengal

5. IIT Madras – Chennai, Tamil Nadu

6. IIT Roorkee – Roorkee, Uttarakhand

7. IIT Guwahati – Guwahati, Assam

The 8 Second-Generation IITs

Established between 2008 and 2016, these institutes have rapidly grown to establish strong academic programs and modern campuses.

1. IIT Hyderabad – Hyderabad, Telangana

2. IIT (BHU) Varanasi – Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

3. IIT (ISM) Dhanbad – Dhanbad, Jharkhand

4. IIT Gandhinagar – Gandhinagar, Gujarat

5. IIT Jodhpur – Jodhpur, Rajasthan

6. IIT Patna – Patna, Bihar

7. IIT Ropar – Rupnagar, Punjab

8. IIT Bhubaneswar – Bhubaneswar, Odisha

The 8 Third-Generation IITs

Established in 2015-2016, these newer institutes are continuously expanding their infrastructure and academic offerings.

1. IIT Mandi – Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

2. IIT Tirupati – Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

3. IIT Palakkad – Palakkad, Kerala

4. IIT Jammu – Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

5. IIT Dharwad – Dharwad, Karnataka

6. IIT Bhilai – Bhilai, Chhattisgarh

7. IIT Goa – Farmagudi, Goa

IIT Indore - Madhya Pradesh

There are currently 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) located across India, which are recognized as premier public engineering and research institutions. They are centrally funded by the Ministry of Education and admit students primarily through the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main) for undergraduate courses.

1. Tripura: NIT Agartala

2. Andhra Pradesh: NIT Andhra Pradesh

3. Arunachal Pradesh: NIT Arunachal Pradesh

4. Assam: NIT Silchar

5. Bihar: NIT Patna

6. Chhattisgarh: NIT Raipur

7. Delhi: NIT Delhi

8. Goa: NIT Goa

9. Gujarat: NIT Surat (SVNIT)

10. Haryana: NIT Kurukshetra

11. Himachal Pradesh: NIT Hamirpur

12. Jammu & Kashmir: NIT Srinagar

13. Jharkhand: NIT Jamshedpur

14. Karnataka: NIT Surathkal (NITK)

15. Kerala: NIT Calicut

16. Madhya Pradesh: NIT Bhopal (MANIT)

17. Maharashtra: VNIT Nagpur

18. Manipur: NIT Manipur

19. Meghalaya: NIT Meghalaya

20. Mizoram: NIT Mizoram

21. Nagaland: NIT Nagaland

22. Odisha: NIT Rourkela

23. Puducherry: NIT Puducherry

24. Punjab: NIT Jalandhar

25. Rajasthan: NIT Jaipur (MNIT)

26. Sikkim: NIT Sikkim

27. Tamil Nadu: NIT Trichy

28. Telangana: NIT Warangal

29. Uttarakhand: NIT Uttarakhand

30. Uttar Pradesh: NIT Allahabad (MNNIT)

31. West Bengal: NIT Durgapur