Campus Inauguration

Inauguration of Campus & Saptarshi Multidisciplinary Research Centre

Shri Amit Shah, Honourable Minister of Home Affairs & Minister of Cooperation visited the IIT Jammu campus on October 24th to lay the foundation stone of the massive Phase 1C of the campus. The Hon'ble Minister also inaugurated Saptarshi Multidisciplinary Research Centre and Phase 1A & 1B of the existing campus in the presence of Hon’ble Minister of Education, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan,  Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Shri Manoj Sinha and Dr. Jitendra Singh(Hon’ble Union Minister of State, PMO). 

The newly inaugurated Phase 1A and 1B was planned as a self-contained transit campus which could cater to the needs of 840 students at IIT Jammu for initial few years. The area of Phase 1A is around 22,200 sq.m. which includes 19 ClassRooms, 24 Laboratories, 89 Faculty Offices, Hostels capacity of 490 Boys and 112 Girls, 2 Dining Halls, Medical Unit, Open Air Theater, Sports Facilities, Cafeteria, Admin Spaces, Services Buildings, etc. The area of Phase 1B is around 13,800 sq.m. which includes One Hostel for 236  Boys, One Dining Hall, Gymnasium, Laundromats, Indoor Games Facilities, 48 Staff Houses, 27 Studio Apartments for Transit Accommodation. These developments are serviced by uninterrupted Wi-Fi connectivity throughout the campus.