The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay seeks to establish traditions which will foster creativity and growth of excellence. The institute has the following broad objectives :
1) To provide the best possible educational facilities for training
bright students for the careers in technology and science.
2) To provide a creative atmosphere in which higher studies and research thrive both amongst the students and the faculty.
3) To organize a short intensive courses, conferences and seminars on current technological developments which will be of benefit to the surrounding community.
4) To provide research and development consultancy which will promote contact with and be of service to industries and to government and Civic Organizations.
5) To organize quality improvement programmes for faculty members from various engineering colleges.
6) To provide leadership in curriculum design and development.
The Institute cherishes the hope that its graduates will be the leaders of tomorrow. Their education is patterned with this in view. Thus in the engineering curriculum, besides the professional courses, there is a strong emphasis on acquiring a thorough grounding in the basic sciences of mathematics, physics and chemistry and a reasonable knowledge in subjects like economics, english, philosophy and social sciences belonging to the Humanities and Social Science. The emphasis on the basic sciences removes to some extent the fear of rapid obsolescence, while studies in the
Humanities help the students to interact more positively with the society in which he lives. Besides making available facilities for higher education, traning and research in various fields of engineering and technology, the Institute contributes to the industrial development and economic growth of the country by preparing a cadre of engineers and scientists, who provide both man power and support R&D work for industries.