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Union Minister Jitendra Singh hails IIT Roorkee as Asia's first Engineering College

Roorkee, September 5: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Friday hailed IIT Roorkee, founded in 1847, as Asia's first Engineering College and a role model that combines research, innovation and societal engagement. Even in the NIF rating released on September 3, the institution, formerly known as the University of Roorkee before it became IIT, was ranked number 6 in the country, the Minister added, according to a release from the Ministry of Science and Technology.

IIT Roorkee's new tool to predict how floods spread disease in cities

New Delhi, Aug 20: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee have developed HyEco -- a first-of-its-kind integrated flood-water quality modelling platform which shows how potential disease-causing microbes can travel in floodwaters and where people are most at risk of getting affected.