Palakkad :: The 18th IIT

August | 03, 2015 :: Palakkad :: The 18th IIT

The 18th Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) opened here on Monday.

Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad (IIT Palakkad) is an autonomous premier engineering and technology university located in Palakkad, Kerala. It is one of the five new IITs proposed in the 2014 Union budget of India

An official opening of the IIT will take place later.

Palakkad , also known as Palghat, is a city and municipality in the state of Kerala in southern India, spread over an area of 26.60 km/sq and is the administrative headquarters of the Palakkad District. In earlier times, Palakkad was known as Palakkattussery. Palakkad is the seventh most populous town in Kerala and lies near the Palghat Gap. Malayalam is the generally spoken language in Palakkad as it is the official language. The city is situated about 350 kilometres (217 mi) north of state capital Thiruvananthapuram and 54 kilometers south west of Coimbatore, and 66 km north east of Thrissur on the Salem-Kanyakumari National Highway NH 47.Palakkad is the gateway to Kerala due to the presence of the Palakkad Gap, in the Western Ghats. Malayalam is the generally spoken language in Palakkad as it is the official language. The town is blessed with many small and medium rivers, which are tributaries of the Bharathapuzha River. Of the number of dams in Palakkad district, the largest Malampuzha dam is 12 km from Palakkad town.