Parliament Question: IIT Delhi Extension Campus in Jhajjar

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3825 ANSWERED ON 16/03/2026 IIT Delhi Extension Campus in Jhajjar

3825. Shri Deepender Singh Hooda:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the total estimated budget approved by the Government for establishing the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi extension campus in Jhajjar district, Haryana;

(b) the current status of the project including work completed and entities engaged;

(c) the fund allocated and released by the Government for the said campus in each of the financial years since its approval, including the current financial year; and

(d) the likely time period within which the Government expects to fully complete the construction and make the campus fully operational? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

(a) to (d): At present there are 23 Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) established and functioning in the country. National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra, Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Sonepat and Central University of Haryana, have already been established by the Central Government in the state of Haryana. All these institutes are Institutes of National Importance (INI). These are known for their excellence in technical education, advanced research in both fundamental and applied domains, innovation, promotion of entrepreneurship, and consultancy services to industry.

An extension campus of IIT Delhi at Jhajjar, Haryana was earlier proposed, however, based on the technical survey held at the location, it was concluded/found that the load bearing capacity of the land is very low due to its topography and water logging andtherefore, the land could not meet the requirements of IIT Delhi for construction of its planned facilities.

IIT Delhi already has its extension campus situated on 50 acres within the Rajiv Gandhi Education City (RGEC) in Sonipat, Haryana. The campus acts as a hub for advanced research, innovation, and industry collaboration. Currently, there are 35 sophisticated facilities, valued approximately at INR 190 Crores, to support the research of chemists, physicists, biologists, material scientists, and engineers from academic and RND institutes, as well as MSMEs and industry. The research facilities include high-end light and electron microscopes, a 3D metal printer, chemical and material synthesis and characterization devices, spectroscopy/spectrometry, and environmental monitoring devices. In addition to the centralized research facilities, the Sonipat campus contains the laboratories of the Optics and Photonics Unit of IIT Delhi, the Atal Incubation Centre for translational research, and a new High Performance Computational Facility.

The campus also hosts the Atmospheric Observatory, operated by the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences in collaboration with IMD, NASA, ISRO, and the University of Helsinki. Beyond research, the campus has emerged as a center for technological innovation.

The institute hosts the I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics (IHFC), which unites academia, industry, and government to develop technologies that enhance human–robot collaboration and the Atal Incubation Centre (AIC), part of the Atal Innovation Mission, which supports entrepreneurs in building scalable and sustainable ventures.

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