The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)—conceived by a 22-member committee of scholars and entrepreneurs in order to promote technical education—was inaugurated on 18 August 1951 at Kharagpur in West Bengal by the minister of education Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
O Instituto Indio de Tecnoloxía —concibido por unha comisión de 22 membros de estudosos e empresarios co obxectivo de promover o ensino técnico— foi inaugurado o 18 de agosto de 1951, en Kharagpur, Bengala Occidental, polo daquela ministro de educación, Abul Kalam Azad.