Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Motto योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् যোগঃ কর্মসু কৌশলম্ (Yogaḥ Karmasu Kauśalam) (Sanskrit) Motto in English Excellence in Action is Yoga Type Public engineering school Established 1951 Chairman Srikumar Banerjee Director Partha Pratim Chakraborty[1][2] Deputy Director Prof. Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya Academic staff 470 Administrative staff 2403 Students 12100 Undergraduates 6500 Postgraduates 5600 Location Kharagpur, West Bengal, India Campus 1,800 acres (7.3 km2)[3] Website www.iitkgp.ac.in