IIT Bombay Expands To US With First American Campus
India-West News Desk
NEW YORK, NY – IIT Bombay will establish the first Indian Institute of Technology sub-campus in the United States through a partnership with the State University of New York (SUNY) at Old Westbury. Academic programs are scheduled to begin in 2027.
The sub-campus will operate from SUNY Old Westbury’s Long Island campus, becoming the first IIT to offer its own academic programs in the United States.
The partnership was formalized on June 26 with the signing of a Letter of Intent by IIT Bombay Director Professor Shireesh Kedare and SUNY Old Westbury President Dr. Timothy E. Sams. India’s Consul General in New York, Binaya S., was present at the signing ceremony.
Sams described IIT Bombay as a world-class institution and said the partnership would strengthen teaching, innovation and academic excellence in engineering and physics.
The campus will initially offer certificate programs in artificial intelligence, sustainability and clean technology. IIT Bombay also plans to establish research laboratories before expanding to undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree programs in later phases.
In addition to academic programs, the partnership will include faculty and researcher exchanges, joint research projects, conferences and multidisciplinary collaboration in emerging areas of science and technology.
Kedare said the partnership would allow IIT Bombay to focus on academics instead of the land acquisition and regulatory approvals needed to establish an independent campus. He also noted that SUNY Old Westbury does not currently have an engineering department, making the collaboration beneficial for both institutions.
“IIT Bombay will directly conduct its own courses in the US,” Kedare said in a statement.
Welcoming the partnership, India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan called it a “vibrant corridor of knowledge” between India and the United States. He said it would strengthen engineering education, research and technology while creating new opportunities for students and academics in both countries.
The US campus follows IIT Madras’ campus in Zanzibar and IIT Delhi’s campus in Abu Dhabi as IITs continue to expand overseas.
Rahul Choudaha, principal at Dr Education Research, said the project represents a different approach to international expansion by an Indian institution.
India has 23 IITs, a network of autonomous engineering, technology and research institutions governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.
