Bhubaneswar, April 16: The IIT Bhubaneswar has introduced two new degree programmes from the new academic session. An MTech degree in semiconductor technology and chip design and an interdisciplinary blended-mode MTech degree in advanced maintenance technology have been introduced for the students, the institute in a notifiaction.
While MTech degree in semiconductor will be for regular students, the advanced maintenance technology has been specially designed for engineers working in the industry, IIT Bhubaneswar officials said.
Apart from these two courses, IIT Bhubaneswar has introduced several other new courses – minor in economics, micro-specialisation in software engineering, courses on entrepreneurship and a host of new open electives in modern areas of studies for undergraduate as well as research students.
A new PhD Fellowship titled ‘Professor RH Tupkary Fellowship’ has also been created at IIT Bhubaneswar by the donation of `1 crore by Prof Brahma Deo, MGM chair professor at the institute.
