About this stamp
A Hundred Years of Engineering at Banaras
India Post issued this ₹5 stamp on 19 February 2019 for the centenary of the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University). The institute traces its origin to Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, founder of the Banaras Hindu University, who saw that technical education would be essential to an independent India.
From BENCO to IIT (BHU)
It began as the Benaras Engineering College (BENCO) in 1919, followed by the College of Mining and Metallurgy (MINMET) in 1923 and the College of Technology (TECHNO) and Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology in 1932. The colleges were merged in 1968 to form the Institute of Technology (IT-BHU), which has admitted students through the IIT Joint Entrance Examination since 1972. An Act of Parliament made it IIT (BHU) from 29 June 2012. At the centenary it had 14 departments and 3 interdisciplinary schools.
The Centenary
For its hundredth year the institute launched several projects (Shatabdi Kosh, Shatabdi Goshthi Sankul, Shatabdi Granthagaar, a Shatabdi cultural complex and an IT services centre), five centenary chairs, seven research centres and a research park on the campus.
On the Stamp
The stamp shows an engraving-style drawing of the institute’s main building, with its clock tower, among palm trees, and the words “IIT (BHU) (1919–2019)”. It was designed by Suresh Kumar, with the cancellation by Alka Sharma; 502,380 were printed by wet offset at the Security Printing Press, Hyderabad.
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