Engineers' Day: The first IIT was established at Kharagpur in 1951 and the latest IIT was established in Goa in 2016. There are a total of 23 IITs across the country.
Former ISRO chairman Dr K Sivan has been appointed as the chairman of the board of governors of IIT Indore for three years. Dr Sivan, who headed ISRO from 2018 to 2022, played a crucial role in the success of the Chandrayaan-2 mission.