Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone via video, with Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh attending the campus ceremony in Jammu.
• The Phase-B plan adds academic and residential buildings, new laboratories, and a Research Park modeled on IIT Madras to bolster industry tie-ups and startups.
• Officials describe the Research Park as the first facility of its kind in North India, aimed at supporting small and medium enterprises through technology solutions.
• The expansion follows completion of Phase-A works and comes as IIT Jammu, established in 2016, placed 56th in the 2025 NIRF engineering list.
• The launch sits within a broader capacity push—Cabinet-cleared outlays of Rs 11,828 crore for five new IITs and about Rs 11,000 crore across eight campuses—targeting nearly 12,000 additional seats over four years with new faculty and advanced facilities.