Main Campus
IIT Mandi is privileged to be the first IIT in the Himalayas. The main campus of IIT Mandi is located at Kamand which is about 12 kms from Mandi City. It lies along the river Uhl which is a tributary of the river Beas. The total area is 538 acres of which about 200 acres is flat land while the rest is mountainous.
The campus also has a "Nala" going through it. There are plans to make a 2 MW SHP station to utilise the water resource of the nala.
Processes for selection of architects and construction agencies, obtaining necessary permissions are undergoing currently and permanent concrete/steel buildings are expected to be ready by early 2013.
A 3-prong strategy is being adopted for development of the campus:
- The large tracts of flat land, a number of barns, sheds and quarters inherited from the Animal Husbandry Department are being renovated to serve as workshop, labs and residences. The 400 sqm workshop will be complete in May and will be used by students in July 2011. The remaining renovations will be complete within 6 months.
- By May, the architect and design consultant will be appointed. By July, the campus master plan will be ready and construction will start by Sept-Oct 2011. To relieve the space crunch in the Mandi transit campus, about 10,000 sqm of prefab buildings will be constructed in the south part of the Kamand campus (closest to Mandi town). These will include hostels, labs and classrooms for about 150 students. Tentatively, the 2009 B.Tech. batch (97 students) plus some research scholars would be accommodated in Kamand from July 2012.
- Meanwhile, permanent buildings will come up in the north part of campus (on the Kamand-Kataula road). These will be ready for occupation from late 2012 onwards. We plan that the complete Institute will shift to Kamand by July 2013
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