The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is a public research university and technical institute located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, recognized as an Institute of Eminence and ranked first nationally in engineering and overall categories by the National Institutional Ranking Framework for many years. As an Indian Institute of Technology it is also recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India. Founded in 1959 with technical, academic and financial assistance from the government of West Germany, it was the third Indian Institute of Technology established.
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What did West Germany provide when IIT Madras was founded?
It gave technical and financial help: equipment and a library, twenty professors and four foremen for a limited period, and training places for twenty Indian teachers.
The first Indo-German agreement was signed in Bonn in 1959, and IIT Madras was started with technical, academic and financial assistance from the Government of West Germany. Under the agreement the German side committed to a workshop, laboratory equipment and a library, twenty German professors to serve at the institute for four to five years, four German foremen for the workshops for two years, and facilities for training twenty Indian teachers in German institutions.
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The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras or IIT-M) is a public research university and technical institute located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras or IIT-M) is a public research university and technical institute located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Founded in 1959 with technical, academic and financial assistance from the government of West Germany
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located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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is a public research university
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The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is a public research university and technical institute located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, recognized as an Institute of Eminence and ranked first nationally in engineering and overall categories by the National Institutional Ranking Framework for many years.
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