The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT) was set up with assistance of the Federal Republic of Germany between 1956 and 1974. It became the largest, and finally, a successful techno‐scientific education project undertaken by the Federal Republic outside of Germany. In this paper, I argue that the engagement of the Federal Republic at IIT Madras has to be understood primarily as a project of Cold‐War science and technology diplomacy, which on the German side was aimed at preventing an Indian recognition of the German Democratic Republic as a sovereign nation. In aiding the establishment of IIT Madras, the Federal Republic came into direct competition with the Soviet Union, which supported IIT Bombay but also with the United States of America, which supported IIT Kanpur. The assistance to establish IIT Madras and its governance followed mainly political guidelines, to which educational and scientific aspects were rendered subordinate. When the project was in a crisis after the first State Treaty to establish IIT Madras expired in 1963, the political flagship project of the Federal Republic was not allowed to fail. Instead, the cooperation was reorganized and support increased.

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冷战外交中的工程教育：印度、德国和 IIT Madras 的建立**

印度马德拉斯理工学院 (IIT) 于 1956 年至 1974 年间在德意志联邦共和国的协助下成立。它成为联邦共和国在德国以外地区承担的最大且最终成功的科技教育项目。在本文中，我认为联邦共和国参与 IIT Madras 必须主要被理解为冷战科技外交项目，德国方面旨在阻止印度承认德意志民主共和国作为一个主权国家。在帮助建立 IIT 马德拉斯的过程中，联邦共和国与支持 IIT 孟买的苏联以及支持 IIT 坎普尔的美利坚合众国直接竞争。协助建立 IIT 马德拉斯及其治理主要遵循政治指导方针，教育和科学方面从属于该指导方针。1963 年第一个建立 IIT 马德拉斯的国家条约到期后，该项目陷入危机，联邦共和国的政治旗舰项目不允许失败。相反，重新组织了合作并增加了支持。