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IIT (BHU) Varanasi
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<p>The Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi (IIT-BHU) is a <a href="/facts/Public_university/Avsc2TmM">public</a> <a href="/facts/Technical_university/obsVnWWB">technical university</a> located in <a href="/facts/Varanasi/w0ELEKrB">Varanasi</a>, <a href="/facts/Uttar_Pradesh/vXDwM9Df">Uttar Pradesh</a>, India. Founded in 1919 as the Banaras Engineering College, it became the Institute of Technology, <a href="/facts/Banaras_Hindu_University/MUoeWEmg">Banaras Hindu University</a> in 1968. It was later designated an <a href="/facts/Indian_Institutes_of_Technology/ytm1MuBU">Indian Institute of Technology</a> in 2012. IIT (BHU) Varanasi has 16 departments, 3 inter-disciplinary schools and a Humanities & Social Sciences Section. It is located inside the <a href="/facts/Banaras_Hindu_University/MUoeWEmg">Banaras Hindu University</a> Campus. </p>