The institute has sent out an email to students and faculty to ask them to refrain from downloading illegal software

It is one of India's premier technical education institutes, but even IIT-Bombay is not immune to the temptation of using pirated software. In what is sure to be an embarrassing position, the institute has been served a notice from a software company for using non-licensed versions of its software. While IIT authorities have not revealed the name of the software, they have sent out emails to students and faculty members, asking them to be cautious in the future considering the institute's Computer Cell does have free authorised copies of several software for use.