The Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (RGSOIPL) at IIT Kharagpur has signed an MoU with the Law School of George Washington University (GWU) of United States for students and faculty exchange. At a recent meeting in Washington DC, the MoU was signed where Vinod Gupta, a distinguished alumnus and Life Fellow of the IIT pledged $2,50,000 (Rs 1.6 crore) for the next five years for exchange of 8-10 students along with a faculty member between GWU and IIT Kharagpur.
Important Facts
- The IITs are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.
- The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 lists seven institutes located at Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Mumbai, and Roorkee.
- Nine others institutes were added in 2008 at Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Indore, Jodhpur, Mandi, Patna, Ropar and Varanasi.
- The Union HRD Minister is the ex-officio Chairperson of IIT Council.
