Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhilai was established in the state of Chhattisgarh by the Ministry of Education in the year 2016.
IIT Bhilai is presently housed in its permanent campus at Kutelabhata, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh.
IIT Bhilai started its first academic session in July 2016 with the B.Tech. program in three engineering disciplines: Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Electrical Engineering(EE) and Mechanical Engineering (ME). A year later, M.Tech. program was also started in those three disciplines. In addition to the above programs, at present, IIT Bhilai offers PhD programs in the aforementioned three engineering disciplines as well as Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics.
Prof. Rajat Moona is the founding director of IIT Bhilai. He joined the institute in March 2017, after completing his term as the Director General of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), India, during 2011 - 17. He is also a professor of computer science at IIT Kanpur, and is currently on deputation to build and develop IIT Bhilai.