Special grant for IIT Kharagpur

With the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur,heading for a diamond jubilee from August 2011-August 2012, recently recieved a special budgetary grant of Rs.200 crore.
The amount will be used for renovation and up-gradation of the institution and also for research.Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, while presenting the budget 2011 yesterday, announced Rs.200 crore as one-time grant to IIT-Kharagpur.
This grant will help in renovating and upgrading various laboratories and infusing world class modern technologies into them. The institute also plans to add some modern technology in nano science area.