'Total Number Of Students In 23 IITs Has Increased By 100%': Nirmala Sitharaman In Budget 2025-26
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama presented the Union Budget 2025-26 in the Parliament today, February 1, 2025. The finance minister announced key decisions and steps to reform the education sector. While announcing the expansion of IITs, Ms Sitharaman said that the total number of students in IITs has increased by 100 percent in the last 10 years.
“The total number of students in 23 IITs has increased 100% from 65,000 to 1.35 lakh in the past 10 years. Additional infrastructure will be provided in 5 IITs started after 2014 to facilitate the education of 6,500 more students. Hostel facility and other capacity at IIT Patna will also expend”, Nirmala Sitharaman said.
As of 2024, India has 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Below is a list of all IITs along with their year of establishment:
IITs established before 2000
- IIT Kharagpur – 1951 (First IIT)
- IIT Bombay – 1958
- IIT Madras – 1959
- IIT Kanpur – 1959
- IIT Delhi – 1961
- IIT Guwahati – 1994
- IIT Roorkee – 1847 (Converted to IIT in 2001)
New IITs established from 2008-2009
- IIT Bhubaneswar – 2008
- IIT Gandhinagar – 2008
- IIT Hyderabad – 2008
- IIT Jodhpur – 2008
- IIT Patna – 2008
- IIT Ropar – 2008
- IIT Indore – 2009
- IIT Mandi – 2009
IITs Established from 2015-16
16. IIT Bhilai – 2016
17. IIT Goa – 2016
18. IIT Jammu – 2016
19. IIT Dharwad – 2016
20. IIT Palakkad – 2015
21. IIT Tirupati – 2015
22. IIT Dhanbad – Established as ISM in 1926, converted to IIT in 2016.
23. IIT Varanasi (BHU) – Converted to IIT in 2012.
