Lok Sabha Question No. 3825 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-16
Subject: IIT Delhi Extension Campus in Jhajjar
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Deepender Singh Hooda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3825 ANSWERED ON 16/03/2026

## IIT Delhi Extension Campus in Jhajjar

3825.   Shri Deepender Singh Hooda:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  estimated  budget  approved  by  the  Government  for  establishing  the  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi extension campus in Jhajjar district, Haryana;
- (b) the current status of the project including work completed and entities engaged;
- (c) the fund allocated and released by the Government for the said campus in each of the financial years since its approval, including the current financial year; and

(d) the  likely  time  period  within  which  the  Government  expects  to  fully  complete  the construction and make the campus fully operational?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

(a)  to  (d):  At  present  there  are  23  Indian  Institute  of  Technology  (IITs)  established  and functioning  in  the  country.  National  Institute  of  Technology  (NIT)  Kurukshetra,  Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Sonepat and Central University of Haryana, have already  been  established  by  the  Central  Government  in  the  state  of  Haryana.  All  these institutes are Institutes of National Importance (INI). These are known for their excellence in technical education, advanced research in both fundamental and applied domains, innovation, promotion of entrepreneurship, and consultancy services to industry.

An extension campus of IIT Delhi at Jhajjar, Haryana was earlier proposed, however, based  on  the  technical  survey  held  at  the  location,  it  was  concluded/found  that  the  load bearing  capacity  of  the  land  is  very  low  due  to  its  topography  and  water  logging  and therefore,  the  land  could  not  meet  the  requirements  of  IIT  Delhi  for  construction  of  its planned facilities.

IIT  Delhi  already  has  its  extension  campus  situated  on  50  acres  within  the  Rajiv Gandhi Education City (RGEC) in Sonipat, Haryana. The campus acts as a hub for advanced research,  innovation,  and  industry collaboration. Currently,  there  are  35  sophisticated facilities,  valued  approximately  at  INR  190  Crores,  to  support  the  research  of  chemists, physicists, biologists, material scientists, and engineers from academic and RND institutes, as well  as  MSMEs  and  industry.  The  research  facilities  include  high-end  light  and  electron microscopes,  a  3D  metal  printer,  chemical  and  material  synthesis  and  characterization devices,  spectroscopy/spectrometry,  and  environmental  monitoring  devices.   In  addition  to the centralized research facilities, the Sonipat campus contains the laboratories of the Optics and Photonics Unit of IIT Delhi, the Atal Incubation Centre for translational research, and a new High Performance Computational Facility.

The  campus  also  hosts  the  Atmospheric  Observatory,  operated  by  the  Centre  for Atmospheric  Sciences  in  collaboration  with  IMD,  NASA,  ISRO,  and  the  University  of Helsinki. Beyond research, the campus has emerged as a center for technological innovation. The  institute  hosts  the  I-Hub  Foundation  for  Cobotics  (IHFC),  which  unites  academia, industry,  and  government  to  develop  technologies  that  enhance  human-robot  collaboration and the Atal Incubation Centre (AIC), part of the Atal Innovation Mission, which supports entrepreneurs in building scalable and sustainable ventures.

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