Indian Institute of Technology Ropar is a public institution in Rupnagar, established in 2008. Indian Institute of Technology Ropar is an Institute of National Importance established by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 2008 as one of eight second-generation IITs. It operates from a permanent 501-acre campus in Rupnagar, Punjab, on the banks of the Satluj river, and offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes across engineering, sciences, and humanities.