Indian Institutes of Technology
Public technical universities in India
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| 2023 | A National Bureau of Economic Research study found that 36% of top 1,000 JEE scorers and 62% of top 100 scorers migrated abroad, primarily to the U.S. for graduate school. |
| June 2023 | India and Tanzania announced the establishment of the first foreign IIT campus in Zanzibar, a satellite campus of IIT Madras, scheduled to begin classes in October 2023. |
| 2022 | IIT Madras was ranked 1st in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for seven consecutive years in the Engineering Category and four consecutive years in the Overall Category. |
| 2021 | A Comptroller and Auditor General of India report criticized newer IITs for not meeting targets in research, faculty recruitment, student retention, and infrastructure development. |
| 2019 | In the QS World University Ranking, IIT Bombay ranked highest at 162, followed by other IIT campuses in a sequential ranking. |
| 2017 | Major changes to the IIT entrance examination structure were implemented following IIT council recommendations. |
| 2017 | IITs were ranked as the top four engineering colleges in India according to Outlook India Top Engineering Colleges survey. |
| 2015 | Six new IITs established in Tirupati, Palakkad, Dharwad, Bhilai, Goa, and Jammu, along with the conversion of Indian School of Mines Dhanbad into IIT Dhanbad. |
| 2012 | Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University renamed as IIT (BHU) Varanasi. |
| September 2011 | The Gujarat High Court acted on a Public Interest Litigation regarding the language of the JEE-Advanced examination, specifically requesting it be conducted in Gujarati. |
| January 2010 | Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan revealed in a lecture at the Indian Institute of Science that he failed to get a seat in Indian engineering colleges and criticized coaching classes. |
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