The Indian Institute of Technology is the oldest technical institution . The first batch in Electrical Engineering passed out of the college in the year 1900.
The Electrical Engineering Department of the Thomson College in the year 1897, and was one of the earliest such specializations in the world when the discipline itself was in its infancy. The Electrical Engineering Department was part of the Thomson College of Engineering from the year 1897, one of the earliest such specialization in the world when the discipline itself was in its infancy. The dep
artment was closed down in the year 1923, following the recommendation of a special committee that the college may be converted to purely Civil Engineering Institution. This decision was not to be reversed until on the eve of being converted into a University. The Fortescu committee advised the resumption of instructions in Electrical Engineering and the present department of Electrical Engineering came into being in 1946, and the first graduates of the new department offered courses with options in both Electrical & Telecommunication Engineering Subsequently, in 1964, the department was bifurcated to form the two departments of Electrical Engineering and Electronics & Communication Engineering. The department had also started post graduate programme in 1954, one of the earliest programme in the country, offering nine month's diploma in Electrical Machine Design. Another 3 month's dissertation work converted the diploma to ME Degree. In 1963-64, two ME Course on advanced Electrical Machines & Power System Engg. were added on the recommendation of Thacker Committee and the earlier one was dropped. Later two more ME Course on System Engg. & Operations Research and Measurement & Instrumentation were added.Also in year 2007 a new Integrated Dual Degree programme known as B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering and M. in Power Electronics has been started.
