IIT Mandi or Indian Institute of Technology Mandi is India’s prestigious institute. It was established in the year 2009 and is one of the 8 newly established IITs. These IITs were founded by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. IIT Mandi is an autonomous body that is located in Kamand Valley in the Manali district of Himachal Pradesh. The campus is spread over an area of 538 acres of land and is situated in the valley and surrounded by nature and biodiversity of Himachal Pradesh. 

The institute offers excellent study programs in various disciplines or schools like Biosciences and Bioengineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences, Mechanical and Material Engineering, Physical Sciences, Computing and Electrical Engineering, Chemical Sciences, Management and Mathematical and Statistical Sciences.Overall it offers 29 courses to students that include BTech, MA, MTech, MSc, Integrated PhD, PhD, and BTech - MTech Integrated Dual Degree in various specialisations. The institute is also recognised by the Atal Ranking of Institutions on innovation achievements. 

As per the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023, in the overall category, it is ranked 73rd position, and in offering engineering courses this institute is ranked 33rd rank. This institute is approved by the Ministry of Human Resource & Development and ranked in NIRF 2023 on various essential parameters like Research and Professional Practices, Teaching, Learning and Resources, Graduation Outcomes, Perception, and Outreach and Inclusivity. It has also scored a global rank of 1908/2000 by the US news agency, as per Times Higher Education Ranking it is ranked at 1001 position. 

Studying at IIT Mandi can work as a turning point in your career but taking admission at IIT Mandi is extremely competitive and requires a lot of time and hard work. The students have to appear in various national-level entrance examinations like JEE, GATE, NET, IIT JAM, and many more. The students can clear the high cutoff range are eligible for counselling and taking admission at IIT Mandi. 

But there is one more way to take admission at IIT Mandi that requires no entrance examination. IIT Mandi offers various short-term online certificate programs to the students. The students enrolled at IIT Mandi in online programs also get placement support from the institute and hence secure employment in the industry. 

The Center for Continuing Education (CCE) of IIT Mandi collaborated with Himachal Pradesh Kaushal Vikas Nigam (HPKVN) and the National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC) to offer training and skill enhancement programs to students in fields like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Learning (ML), Industrial Automation and Robotics. Such courses will motivate diploma engineers, IT professionals, engineering students, working engineers or practising engineers to pursue such skill enhancement programs.

Courses Offered by IIT Mandi

Short term Training courses by IIT Mandi in collaboration with HPKVN are-

• Hands-On Course on Embedded Systems
• Hands-On Training in Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Hands-On Course on Product Design and Manufacturing
• Model Predictive Control for Industrial Systems
• Finite Element Modelling for Engineering