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The Indian Institute of Technology (IITB) is at the cutting
edge of power computing and the undisputed leader in computing
services in India. The institute has an optical fiber backbone-
based state-of-the-art network covering the entire campus.
Every laboratory, classroom and hostel room is connected and
the Center operates 24x7. This ranks IITB among the world's
leading universities in providing students with unlimited
access to the entire computing resources of the institute
and the Internet.
The vision doesn’t stop here. To build upon this work and
reach world-class status, the faculty of IITB seek increased
bandwidth, modern facilities, increased educational opportunities
for students and the computing platform to service all of
India through distance educational services.
In the rapidly changing environment of computing, the Computer Centre needs
to continually upgrade technology and equipment to provide
state of the art facilities and services.
A world-class education
in science and technology demands the newest computers and
computational facilities, plus access to the full array of
software in use world-wide.
The IITB now has almost 5,000
students, with 1,000 more to come in the next few years. There
are about 400 faculty, with the number to rise to almost 600
within five years. The demand on services is expected to increase
by a factor of four by the year 2008. Currently the Computer
Centre supports the students and faculty in an outdated building
providing only 6,000 sq.ft. of work area. Space has become
a serious constraint to service. As IITB embarks on its drive
to provide distance learning to all of India, demand on the
computer center will increase many fold.
These are the growing
pains of IITB, tracking the progress made by other great universities,
in moving to the realm of world-class computing services.
For more information about the Centre: www.cc.iitb.ac.in
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