INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY

Established in 1958, the second of its kind, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) was the first to be set up with foreign assistance. The funds from UNESCO came as Roubles from the then Soviet Union. In 1961 Parliament decreed the IITs as 'Institutes of National Importance'. Its blue colour emblem has a lotus supported by a book and ensconced by a partial gear, which bears its name in Devanagari and English. These are supported by a banner bearing its tagline ‘ज्ञानम् परमम् ध्येयम्’ in Sanskrit meaning ‘Knowledge is the Supreme Goal