School of Agro and Rural Technology (SART) was renamed from the Centre for Rural Technology in the year 2021. School of Agro and Rural Technology at IIT Guwahati was established in the year 2016 to promote multidisciplinary activities. The School imparts teaching, conducts research and provides consultancy in various facets of rural sectors with special emphasis on training and research needs of the Indian rural sector and contributing to International research in Appropriate Technology for rural communities.

The School in close collaboration with NGOs, voluntary organizations, R&D institutes and Government programs/ schemes provides facilities to innovators/ engineers to contribute meaningfully to the nation to tackle issues like poverty, underdeveloped economy, unemployment, of the rural sector and the challenges imposed by resource constraints. Faculty members from various departments of the institute such as Energy, Biosciences and Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, Design, Mechanical Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences are associated with the School for the promotion of interdisciplinary research for Rural Development. To support the research work in the projects, the School has two academic programmes - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Technology (MTech).