IIT Guwahati boasts a diverse campus with students from 28 states, UTs and 8 countries

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati has said it boosts of students and resident scholars from over 28 states and union territories of the country and eight countries in this academic year

“Currently students, faculty, and other residents of IIT Guwahati include residents of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu. Telangana, Tripura. Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttaranchal, and West Bengal. It also has students from Japan, Nepal, Bhutan, Nigeria, Sudan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Ethiopia and others,” it added.

Speaking about the linguistic and cultural diversity, Parameswar K Iyer, director, IIT Guwahati, said, “At IIT Guwahati we embrace the tapestry of cultural and lingual diversity while working together to lead the country’s goal of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.”

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Sanasam Ranbir Singh, head of Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology, IIT Guwahati, said, “At Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology, IIT Guwahati, we engage in various research activities for developing technologies for the indigenous languages in India towards achieving the goal of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’.” The centre is also executing projects on developing language technologies and digital preservation of some of the indigenous languages, dialects, heritages and cultures of northeast India, he added.

IIT Guwahati aims to nurture excellence of thoughts, creating and disseminating knowledge for societal aspirations across language barriers, the institute added. To promote language diversity and culture in the campus, IIT Guwahati celebrates Matribhasha Diwas (World Mother Tongue Day) each year on February 21, it added.