Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi

Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi, commonly abbreviated as IIT (BHU) Varanasi, is a public technical institute of national importance situated in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, and forms one of the constituent institutes of the Indian Institutes of Technology system.印度理工学院（贝拿勒斯印度教大学）瓦拉纳西校区（Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi，简称 IIT (BHU) Varanasi）是位于印度北方邦瓦拉纳西的一所公立技术学院，属国家重要研究院所，也是印度理工学院体系中的一所成员学院。

It was founded in 1919 as the Banaras Engineering College of Banaras Hindu University, was reconstituted in 1968 as the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, and was formally designated an Indian Institute of Technology by an Act of Parliament in 2012.该校于 1919 年作为贝拿勒斯印度教大学的贝拿勒斯工程学院创办，1968 年重组为贝拿勒斯印度教大学理工学院，并于 2012 年经国会法案正式获定为印度理工学院之一。

The institute comprises sixteen departments, four interdisciplinary schools and a Humanities and Social Sciences Section, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed 510th in the world.该院下设 16 个系、4 个交叉学科研究院与一个人文社会科学部；在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列世界第 510 位。

History

• The institute descends from Banaras Hindu University, which grew out of the Central Hindu College established at Varanasi in 1898 under the leadership of the theosophist Annie Besant, and was formally founded in 1916 as a Central University by the educationist and nationalist Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya.该院源于贝拿勒斯印度教大学；这所大学由通神学家 Annie Besant 领导、于 1898 年在瓦拉纳西创办的中央印度教学院发展而来，并于 1916 年由教育家兼民族主义者 Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya 正式创办，成为一所中央大学。
• The engineering college of that university opened in 1919 as the Banaras Engineering College, known by the abbreviation BENCO, which became the cradle of technical education in the region.该大学的工学院于 1919 年开办，即贝拿勒斯工程学院（简称 BENCO），成为本地区技术教育的摇篮。
• The university's first convocation was held on 2 December 1920, and it pioneered degree classes in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mining Engineering and Pharmaceutics.贝拿勒斯印度教大学的首届毕业典礼于 1920 年 12 月 2 日举行；这所大学率先开设了机械工程、电机工程、冶金工程、采矿工程与制药学的学位课程。
• The Department of Geology was started under BENCO in 1920 and introduced courses in mining and metallurgy, while the Department of Industrial Chemistry opened in July 1921.地质系于 1920 年在贝拿勒斯工程学院下设立，并开设采矿与冶金课程；工业化学系则于 1921 年 7 月开办。
• Mining and Metallurgy became separate departments in 1923 and were raised to college status in 1944, forming the College of Mining and Metallurgy, abbreviated MINMET.采矿与冶金于 1923 年成为独立系，并于 1944 年升格为学院，组成采矿与冶金学院（简称 MINMET）。
• Alongside BENCO and a College of Technology known as TECHNO, these predecessor institutions carried the institute through much of the twentieth century as the engineering hub of the region, and its foundation stone had been laid on 4 February 1916.与贝拿勒斯工程学院及称为 TECHNO 的技术学院并存，这些前身院系在二十世纪大部分时间里使该院成为本地区的工程教育重镇；其奠基典礼于 1916 年 2 月 4 日举行。
• In 1968 BENCO, TECHNO and MINMET were merged to establish the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, integrating departments of mechanical, electrical, civil, mining, metallurgical, chemical and silicate technology and pharmaceutics.1968 年，贝拿勒斯工程学院、技术学院与采矿冶金学院合并，成立贝拿勒斯印度教大学理工学院，整合了机械、电机、土木、采矿、冶金、化学、硅酸盐工艺与制药等系。
• The Department of Silicate Technology later developed into the Department of Ceramic Engineering, and a Department of Electronics Engineering was also established during this period.硅酸盐工艺系后来发展为陶瓷工程系，电子工程系也在这一时期设立。
• The departments of Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics and Applied Chemistry were established in 1985, broadening the institute's base in the pure and applied sciences.应用物理、应用数学与应用化学三个系于 1985 年设立，拓宽了该院在基础与应用科学方面的基础。
• In 1972 the earlier regional merit-list admission was replaced by the IIT Joint Entrance Examination for undergraduates and the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering for postgraduates.1972 年，原有的地区择优录取制度被取代，本科改经印度理工学院联合入学考试（IIT-JEE）录取，研究生改经工程研究生能力测试（GATE）录取。
• The tenth meeting of the IIT Council in 1972 proposed converting IT-BHU into an IIT and appointed a committee for the purpose, but the conversion was blocked for political reasons at the time.1972 年印度理工学院理事会第十次会议曾提议将贝拿勒斯印度教大学理工学院转为印度理工学院，并为此任命了委员会，但当时因政治原因未能实现。
• In 2003 the Joshi Committee and the Anand Krishnan Committee, set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, recommended converting the institute into an Indian Institute of Technology.2003 年，人力资源发展部设立的乔希委员会（Joshi Committee）与阿南德·克里希南委员会（Anand Krishnan Committee）建议将该院转为印度理工学院。
• On 17 July 2008 the Government of India issued a press release granting in-principle approval for taking over the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University and converting it into an IIT.2008 年 7 月 17 日，印度政府发布新闻稿，原则同意接管贝拿勒斯印度教大学理工学院并将其转为印度理工学院。
• On 4 August 2010 a bill to amend the Institutes of Technology Act 1961 and declare IT-BHU an IIT was introduced in the Lok Sabha by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, D. Purandeswari.2010 年 8 月 4 日，人力资源发展部国务部长 D. Purandeswari 在人民院提出法案，拟修订 1961 年技术学院法并宣布该校为印度理工学院。
• The Lok Sabha passed the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act on 24 March 2011 and the Rajya Sabha on 30 April 2012, and the President of India signed it on 20 June 2012, with gazette notification the very next day.人民院于 2011 年 3 月 24 日、联邦院于 2012 年 4 月 30 日先后通过技术学院（修正）法，印度总统于 2012 年 6 月 20 日签署，次日即刊于政府公报。
• Under the Institutes of Technology Act 1961 the institute retains a special link with Banaras Hindu University, whose Executive Council may nominate the board's Vice Chairman along with two of its members.依 1961 年技术学院法，该院与贝拿勒斯印度教大学保留特殊联系，该校校务委员会可提名理事会副主席与两名理事。
• The Department of Architecture, Planning and Design was set up in collaboration with IIT Roorkee and began academic activity in the 2019-2020 session with a first cohort of 20 students admitted through JEE Advanced.建筑、规划与设计系与印度理工学院鲁尔基分校合作设立，于 2019 至 2020 学年开始教学，首批 20 名学生经 JEE Advanced 录取。
• The institute marked its centenary in 2019-2020 with a global alumni meet and cultural events, and the eight-decade-old BENCO chimney was re-erected on campus to commemorate the occasion.该院于 2019 至 2020 年迎来百年院庆，举办全球校友聚会与文化活动，并重新竖立有八十年历史的贝拿勒斯工程学院烟囱以志纪念。
• Administered as an institution of national importance, the institute is headed by a Director and governed by a Board of Governors under the IIT Council, with the President of India serving as Visitor.作为国家重要研究院所，该院由院长领导，在印度理工学院理事会之下设理事会治理，印度总统为监察人。
• In 2025 the institute renovated its central cafeteria, and its leadership is currently provided by Director Amit Patra, an electrical engineer who previously served at IIT Kharagpur.2025 年，该院翻新了院内中央餐厅；现任院长为 Amit Patra 教授，这位电机工程学者此前任职于印度理工学院卡拉格普尔分校。
• The institute's library has its roots in the earliest years of the college and preserves bound periodicals dating from 1918, giving it one of the older technical collections in India.该院图书馆的历史可追溯至学院创建初期，馆藏中保存有可追溯至 1918 年的合订期刊，使其拥有印度历史较久的技术馆藏之一。
• From its foundation the institute stood within the Banaras Hindu University campus, and its fortunes remained tied to that university until it attained autonomous IIT status in 2012.自创办以来，该校一直位于贝拿勒斯印度教大学校园内，其命运与该大学紧密相连，直至 2012 年取得印度理工学院的自主地位。

Academics

• The institute's teaching is organised into eleven engineering departments, three science departments, four interdisciplinary schools and a Department of Humanistic Studies.该院教学分为 11 个工程系、3 个理科系、4 个交叉学科研究院以及一个人文研究系。
• Its engineering departments include Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Chemical, Mining, Metallurgical, Ceramic, Electronics, Computer Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology.其工程系包括机械、电机、土木、化学、采矿、冶金、陶瓷、电子、计算机科学与制药工程与技术等。
• The science departments are Physics, Chemistry and Mathematical Sciences, while the earlier applied science units were established in 1985.理科系为物理、化学与数学科学；更早的应用科学单位则设立于 1985 年。
• Undergraduate study leads to a four-year Bachelor of Technology or a five-year Integrated Dual Degree that combines the BTech and MTech qualifications.本科阶段授予四年制技术学士，或结合技术学士与技术硕士的五年制综合双学位。
• Postgraduate programmes offer the Master of Technology and the Doctor of Philosophy, and admission is exclusively through national-level competitive examinations.研究生阶段设技术硕士与博士学位，录取一律通过全国性竞争性考试。
• Undergraduate admission is through the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced), with candidates needing a rank in the top 20 percentile of their category or 75 per cent marks in their qualifying examination.本科录取通过联合入学考试（高级），考生须位列所属类别的前 20% 或资格考试达 75% 以上。
• Postgraduate admission is through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering or the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test, and since 2013 undergraduate selection has used a two-tier test covering a main examination and an advanced examination.研究生录取通过工程研究生能力测试或药学研究生能力测试；自 2013 年起本科遴选采用两级考试，含初试与高级考试。
• The institute's main library is the Shreenivas Deshpande Library, supported by five departmental libraries serving the engineering and science departments.该院主图书馆为 Shreenivas Deshpande 图书馆，另有五个系属图书馆服务工程与理科各系。
• The library holds about 142,000 volumes of books, journals, theses and reports and provides access to nearly 10,000 electronic journals and over 3,500 electronic books and databases.该馆藏有约 142,000 册图书、期刊、论文与报告，并提供近 10,000 种电子期刊与 3,500 余种电子图书及数据库的访问。
• It also holds some 25,000 standards and can seat more than 600 readers within a building equipped with wireless internet access.该馆还藏有约 25,000 项标准，在配备无线网络的大楼内可容纳 600 余名读者。
• The Malaviya Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship was established in 2008 to nurture start-up firms and hosts a Technology Business Incubator sponsored by the national science and technology entrepreneurship board.Malaviya 创新、孵育与创业中心于 2008 年成立，用以培育初创企业，并设有由国家科技创业发展委员会资助的技术企业孵化器。
• In the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026, seven of the institute's subjects were placed among the world's top 300, including civil and chemical engineering.在 2026 年 QS 世界大学学科排名中，该院有七个学科跻身世界前 300，其中包括土木工程与化学工程。
• The National Institutional Ranking Framework placed the institute tenth among engineering colleges and 31st overall in India in 2025, reflecting its standing in Indian engineering education.国家院校排名框架在 2025 年将该院列为印度工学院第 10 名、综合第 31 名，体现其在印度工程教育中的地位。
• Research output indexed in OpenAlex amounts to 22,884 works with 1,044,331 citations, concentrated in engineering, materials and the physical sciences.OpenAlex 收录的科研成果为 22,884 篇、被引用 1,044,331 次，集中于工程、材料与物理科学等领域。
• The institute stands inside the Banaras Hindu University campus and shares the university's central library, cyber library and other facilities with its students.该院位于贝拿勒斯印度教大学校园之内，其学生亦可使用该大学的中心图书馆、网络图书馆等设施。
• Teaching spans engineering, pure and applied sciences, architecture and the humanities, and the institute participates in the national academic network of the IIT system.教学涵盖工程、基础与应用科学、建筑学与人文学科，该院并参与印度理工学院体系的全围学术网络。
• The institute runs doctoral research across its engineering and science departments, and many of its graduates proceed to postgraduate study at IITs and research laboratories in India and abroad.该院在工程与理科各系开展博士研究，众多毕业生前往印度国内外各印度理工学院与研究实验室深造。

Campus

• The institute occupies part of the 1,300-acre Banaras Hindu University campus on the southern edge of Varanasi, on the right bank of the Ganges.该院占据贝拿勒斯印度教大学 1,300 英亩校园的一部分，位于瓦拉纳西城南部、恒河右岸。
• The campus lies at about 25.3 degrees north and 83.0 degrees east, in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district, a city historically known as Kashi and Benares.校园位于北纬约 25.3 度、东经约 83.0 度，属北方邦瓦拉纳西县，这座城古称伽尸与贝拿勒斯。
• Sixteen hostels, twelve for men and four for women, accommodate more than 8,000 students, ranging from the historic Dhanrajgiri Hostel to the modern Satish Dhawan Hostel.院内 16 座宿舍（男生 12 座、女生 4 座）可容纳 8,000 余名学生，既有历史悠久的 Dhanrajgiri 宿舍，也有现代化的 Satish Dhawan 宿舍。
• The Gymkhana, the hub of extracurricular life, is housed in the Kings' Pavilion, a historic building on the campus.学生活动中心 Gymkhana 设于校内历史建筑 Kings' Pavilion 之中。
• The eight-decade-old chimney of the old Banaras Engineering College was re-erected on campus for the centenary in 2019-2020.为纪念 2019 至 2020 年的百年院庆，原贝拿勒斯工程学院有八十年历史的烟囱在校园内重新竖立。
• Within the university grounds stand the New Vishwanath Temple, a landmark built by the Birla family, and the Bharat Kala Bhavan museum of art and archaeology.校园内矗立着由 Birla 家族兴建的地标新毗湿瓦纳特神庙，以及收藏艺术与考古文物的 Bharat Kala Bhavan 博物馆。
• Students also use the university's central library, botanical gardens, sports grounds and open-air theatre within the shared campus.学生还可使用共享校园内该大学的中心图书馆、植物园、运动场地与露天剧场。
• The Varanasi Cantonment railway station and the city centre lie a few kilometres north of the campus, connected by road along the Ganges, and Varanasi is also served by its own airport.瓦拉纳西军营区火车站与市中心位于校园以北数公里，沿恒河有公路相连；瓦拉纳西另有自己的机场。

Reputation

• IIT (BHU) Varanasi is placed 510th in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2027.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，印度理工学院（贝拿勒斯印度教大学）瓦拉纳西校区位列世界第 510 位。
• The institute did not enter the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027.该校未能进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名。
• In the U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 it is placed 1,401st in the world.在 2026 至 2027 年《美国新闻与世界报道》最佳全球大学排名中，该校位列世界第 1,401 位。
• It did not enter the main table of the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。
• In India, the National Institutional Ranking Framework placed it 10th among engineering institutions and 31st overall in 2025.在印度，国家院校排名框架于 2025 年将其列为工学院第 10 名、综合第 31 名。
• In the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026, seven subjects were ranked within the world's top 300.在 2026 年 QS 世界大学学科排名中，有七个学科进入世界前 300。
• OpenAlex credits the institute with 22,884 works and 1,044,331 citations.OpenAlex 统计该校有 22,884 篇成果与 1,044,331 次引用。
• In the previous cycle the institute was ranked 566th in the world by the QS World University Rankings 2026.在上一轮评选中，该校在 2026 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列世界第 566 位。
• As a member of the Indian Institutes of Technology and an institution of national importance, it is counted among India's most prestigious engineering schools, and its alumni have founded firms such as Zscaler and Palo Alto Networks.作为印度理工学院体系成员与国家重要研究院所，该校被视为印度最负盛名的工学院之一，其校友创办了 Zscaler、Palo Alto Networks 等企业。

Student life

• The institute does not maintain a formal motto of its own and, as the former engineering college of Banaras Hindu University, shares the heritage of that university's Sanskrit motto.该院没有自己正式的校训；作为贝拿勒斯印度教大学原工程学院，它承袭了该大学梵文校训的渊源。
• The Gymkhana runs through five councils—Games and Sports, Cultural, Science and Technology, Film and Media, and Social Service—each led by a counsellor and student secretaries.Gymkhana 下设五个理事会——体育、文化、科技、影视媒体与社会服务——各由一名指导教师与学生秘书领导。
• Four main student festivals are held annually, namely Technex, described as Asia's oldest techno-management festival, Kashiyatra, the socio-cultural festival, Spardha, the sports festival, and FMC Weekend, the film and media festival.每年举办四项主要学生节庆，即号称亚洲最悠久的技术管理节 Technex、社会文化节 Kashiyatra、体育节 Spardha 与影视媒体节 FMC Weekend。
• Students also take part in Spandan, the inter-college festival of Banaras Hindu University held every February.学生也参加贝拿勒斯印度教大学每年二月举办的校际节庆 Spandan。
• The institute newsletter, IIT BHU Connect, was initiated in 2016 and is run by a student team of about twenty with one student editor.院内刊物 IIT BHU Connect 于 2016 年创办，由约二十名学生组成的团队运作，设一名学生主编。
• Hostel life is central to campus culture, and the sixteen hostels each organise their own events and student governance.宿舍生活是校园文化的核心，16 座宿舍各自组织活动与实行学生自治。
• The alumni network is served by the Alma Communiqué monthly newsletter and the IIT (BHU) Chronicle e-magazine, first published in May 2005 and emailed to more than 11,000 readers.校友网络由《Alma Communiqué》月刊与 IIT (BHU) Chronicle 电子杂志服务；后者于 2005 年 5 月首刊，向 11,000 余名读者发送电子邮件。
• Entrepreneurial activity is encouraged through the Malaviya Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship and its student clubs.创业活动通过 Malaviya 创新、孵育与创业中心及其学生社团得到鼓励。

Notable people

• Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, the educationist and nationalist who founded Banaras Hindu University in 1916, created the environment in which the engineering college was established in 1919.教育家兼民族主义者 Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya 于 1916 年创办贝拿勒斯印度教大学，为 1919 年工程学院的开办创造了条件。
• Annie Besant, the theosophist and social reformer, helped establish the Central Hindu College in 1898 from which Banaras Hindu University later grew.通神学家与社会改革者 Annie Besant 于 1898 年协助创办中央印度教学院，贝拿勒斯印度教大学即由此发展而来。
• Sir Sunder Lal served as the first Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University from 1916, presiding over the university when its engineering college opened.Sir Sunder Lal 自 1916 年起出任贝拿勒斯印度教大学首任副校长，在工程学院开办时主持校务。
• Nikesh Arora, a graduate, is chief executive of Palo Alto Networks and a former president of SoftBank and senior vice-president of Google.校友 Nikesh Arora 现任 Palo Alto Networks 首席执行官，曾任软银总裁与谷歌高级副总裁。
• Jay Chaudhry, an alumnus, is the founder and chief executive of the cybersecurity firm Zscaler.校友 Jay Chaudhry 是网络安全公司 Zscaler 的创办人兼首席执行官。
• Deepak Ahuja, a graduate, served as chief financial officer of Tesla, Inc.校友 Deepak Ahuja 曾任特斯拉公司首席财务官。
• Thomas Anantharaman was a member of the three-person IBM team that developed the Deep Blue supercomputer.Thomas Anantharaman 是开发深蓝超级计算机的 IBM 三人小组成员之一。
• Kota Harinarayana, a Padma Shri recipient, is a distinguished scientist associated with India's Defence Research and Development Organisation.Kota Harinarayana 是莲花士勋章得主、印度国防研究与发展组织的杰出科学家。
• Nikku Madhusudhan is a professor of astrophysics and exoplanetary science at the Institute of Astronomy of the University of Cambridge.Nikku Madhusudhan 是剑桥大学天文研究所的天体物理与系外行星科学教授。
• Varun Grover is a National Film Award-winning lyricist and screenwriter.Varun Grover 是获国家电影奖的作词人与编剧。
• Krishan Kant, a former student, served as Vice-President of India, and Manoj Sinha became Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.校友 Krishan Kant 曾任印度副总统，Manoj Sinha 则出任查谟和克什米尔副总督。
• Anil Chakravarthy, an alumnus, became chief executive of Adobe Inc.校友 Anil Chakravarthy 出任 Adobe 公司首席执行官。