Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP), the first and largest of 26 members IIT family was established in the year 1951 at Hijli detention camp at Kharagpur in West Bengal, India. This is probably one of the very few Institutions in the World which started its journey in a prison house. Since its inception in May 1951, this Institute has been transformed into a breeding ground for the dissemination of knowledge in the field of engineering and technology to reach the frame of a world class Institute. Not only it has preserved the traditional Gurukul Ashram Culture of India but also has emerged as one of the best Technological Institutes of The Modern World. The campus is very green, calm and quiet and free from urban noise and pollution, an ideal temple for education and research. The campus is imaginatively laid out with a beautiful lake, green parks, huge playgrounds, big auditoriums, students' hostels, residential zones for faculty and staff members, health centre, cultural-cum-social and recreational zones for campus community. The Institute campus has all elements to fall in love at first sight
