Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
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The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad is an Indian Institute of Information Technology
established in 1999 by the government of India
. The institute was conferred deemed university
status in 2000, empowering it to award degrees following the setting of its own examinations. A bill is under active consideration by the MHRD to grant it the status of Institute of National Importance along with the rest of the government IIITs.
The Jhalwa campus includes two computer centers with six labs each, 16 lecture halls, electronics library, and residential facilities for students and faculty. An open air theater, stadium and recreational facilities are under development. A third computer center is under construction comprising two wings with six floors each.
Apart from these there is a library,lecture theater complex and administrative building.A new auditorium is also under construction.
The campus has
The NSC complex included five laboratories, eight computer laboratories, five lecture halls, a conference room, auditorium, library, cafeteria, office space and other facilities. The total covered area was about 25000 sq ft (2,322.6 m²).
The new campus has been developed on 100 acre (0.404686 km²) of land at Deoghat, Jhalwa, on the outskirts of Allahabad. The campus and other buildings have been styled on patterns developed by a mathematics professor named Roger Penrose
.
The girls of first year live in quad-shared rooms. The accommodations are provided with computers, along with 24-hour backup power supply. The hostel mess caters to the students' meals.
The freshmen batches, from 1999 to 2011, were housed in another hostel situated in Naini (19 kilometres from the main campus), which could accommodate over 200 students.Starting the Academic year 2011-2012 they have been shifted to the main campus and Naini facility has been shut down.
The students have access to a bus service from the Jhalwa campus to central Allahabad (the Nehru Science Centre campus). The bus service also covers Civil Lines areas.
old canteen, Malik, Hasty and Tasty, Punjabi Restaurant, McDonalds, Sagar Ratna (Veg/South Indian), Friends, Bikanerwala canteen, Chowranghee Bengali Restaurant. These days, visit to malik and HND restaurants have been banned after 9 O'Clock for security purposes. New canteens have been opened inside the hostel premises for late night snacks.
(AIEEE). Foreign students are accepted based on SAT II scores.
Three graduate Programmes are offered, Master of Business Administration
(MBA) in Information Technology (MBA-IT), Master of Science
(M.S.) in Cyber Law and Information Security (MS-CLIS) and Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Information Technology. Admission to the MBA-IT programme is based on CAT 2009 scores and an entrance test, interview & group discussion. Admission to the MS-CLIS program is based on an entrance test and an interview.
Admission to the M.Tech programme is based on Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
(GATE) scores and on a written test or interview.
Students can enroll in the research Doctoral Programme (awarding a Ph.D) after either completing a B.Tech degree or an M.Tech one.
The technical club undertakes all the student technical activity.
INDEM
The INDEM (IIITA Network Development, Engineering and Management) represents the Network and System Admins at IIITA. INDEM innovates and experiments with technology at the campus LAN, as well as maintaining and managing the internet/intranet services.
Robita
The robotics club encourages students to explore and experiment with robot design, artificial intelligence programming and related areas. Robot fabrication workshops are conducted.
Literary Club
The club debates, extempore and other literary competitions. It publishes IMHO (in English) and Swacchanda (in Hindi), two magazines for in-campus circulation.
RangTarangani - Dramatics Club
The dramatics club organizes workshops for acting and scriptwriting, and holds drama competitions where talent can be showcased. The club has staged performances both in Hindi and English. Innovation one act play competition is an annual feature of the club.
Virtuosi - Music Club
The IIITA music club showcases the musical talent of the institute. The club has a college band.
Spirit - Sports Club
Ushma - Dance Club
Thunderbolt - Audio Lights Club
The club manages lights, audio equipment, and visual recording of events staged at IIITA.
Stambh - Program Management and Publicity Club
The club is responsible for management and publicity of events held at IIITA.
which would enable all the literary, artistic, and scientific works of mankind to be digitally preserved and made freely available.
The sub-working group on biotechnology in its meeting held on 8 December 1999 endorsed the view of the ILTP joint council that there was a need to establish a joint Indo-Russian centre for biotechnology (IRCB) to co-ordinate activities under Indo-Russian collaboration in biotechnology. The Sub-Working group on biotechnology during its third meeting in June, 2000 in Moscow also strongly recommended the proposal. M. M. Joshi, the Minister for Science and Technology announced it formally during his visit to Russia in July, 2000.
The agreement for establishment of this centre was formally concluded on 5 November 2001 in Moscow during the visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Russia between the Department of Science and Technology on the Indian side and the Russian Academy of Sciences on the Russian side.
The centre was inaugurated by M. M. Joshi at Allahabad on 23 December 2001.
The First project at the center is the HCRPDB, a Database
Retrieval and Mining System for Human Cell Receptors
Proteins. HCRPDB generates information for structure based drug
design on cell receptors proteins and allows retrieval of protein sequence related information.
, Sultanpur District
, Uttar Pradesh, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Information Technology. Rahul Gandhi
, MP from the Amethi Lok Sabha
Constituency, laid the foundation stone for the new extension centre on April 14, 2006. The project is likely to cost about Rs 35 crore
, although final details are yet to be worked out. All the faculty members come from the main campus ( Jhalwa ) to take their respective classes. The exams and evaluation are also conducted from the main campus only.
RGIIT Amethi an extension campus of IIIT Allahabad is established in a sprawling 60 acres (242,811.6 m²) area in the midst of picturesque, holy and calm surroundings to improve the quality of life of the surrounding area and to bridge the technology gap.
Indian Institutes of Information Technology
Indian Institutes of Information Technology are a group of four institutes of higher education in India, focused on information technology...
established in 1999 by the government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
. The institute was conferred deemed university
Deemed University
Deemed university is a status of autonomy granted to high performing institutes and departments of various universities in India. This status of ‘Deemed-to-be-University’, is granted by Department of Higher Education, Union Human Resource Development Ministry, on the advice of the University Grants...
status in 2000, empowering it to award degrees following the setting of its own examinations. A bill is under active consideration by the MHRD to grant it the status of Institute of National Importance along with the rest of the government IIITs.
Campus
The institute is located on a campus at Jhalwa, on the outskirts of Allahabad. Some portion of the Nehru Science Center, within the Allahabad University campus, was also on lease till 2011.The Jhalwa campus includes two computer centers with six labs each, 16 lecture halls, electronics library, and residential facilities for students and faculty. An open air theater, stadium and recreational facilities are under development. A third computer center is under construction comprising two wings with six floors each.
Apart from these there is a library,lecture theater complex and administrative building.A new auditorium is also under construction.
The campus has
The NSC complex included five laboratories, eight computer laboratories, five lecture halls, a conference room, auditorium, library, cafeteria, office space and other facilities. The total covered area was about 25000 sq ft (2,322.6 m²).
The new campus has been developed on 100 acre (0.404686 km²) of land at Deoghat, Jhalwa, on the outskirts of Allahabad. The campus and other buildings have been styled on patterns developed by a mathematics professor named Roger Penrose
Roger Penrose
Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS is an English mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College...
.
Hostels
There are separate hostels for boys and girls, with single rooms (for the senior most batches) and twin sharing rooms. There are four hostels for boys and two for girls at the Jhalwa campus.Two more hostels, one each for girls and boys, are under construction.The girls of first year live in quad-shared rooms. The accommodations are provided with computers, along with 24-hour backup power supply. The hostel mess caters to the students' meals.
The freshmen batches, from 1999 to 2011, were housed in another hostel situated in Naini (19 kilometres from the main campus), which could accommodate over 200 students.Starting the Academic year 2011-2012 they have been shifted to the main campus and Naini facility has been shut down.
The students have access to a bus service from the Jhalwa campus to central Allahabad (the Nehru Science Centre campus). The bus service also covers Civil Lines areas.
Residential campus
The residential campus consists of four men's hostels with capacity for 240 students each, two women's hostels for 60 students, 40-room air-conditioned guest house and staff residences for senior professors and other staff. Faculty hostels with two-room and one-room units for visiting professors are provided.There are three visitor hostels(guest houses) and 2 hostels for Married scholars.Places of interest
Students frequent restaurants such as Aryans, Sapphire Blue, Hot Stuff, Dominoes, Tripathi Restaurant,old canteen, Malik, Hasty and Tasty, Punjabi Restaurant, McDonalds, Sagar Ratna (Veg/South Indian), Friends, Bikanerwala canteen, Chowranghee Bengali Restaurant. These days, visit to malik and HND restaurants have been banned after 9 O'Clock for security purposes. New canteens have been opened inside the hostel premises for late night snacks.
Academics
IIITA offers a B.Tech degree in either Information Technology or Electronics and Communications Engineering. Admission is through the All India Engineering Entrance ExaminationAll India Engineering Entrance Examination
The All India Engineering Entrance Examination , is an examination organized by the Central Board of Secondary Education in India...
(AIEEE). Foreign students are accepted based on SAT II scores.
Three graduate Programmes are offered, Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
(MBA) in Information Technology (MBA-IT), Master of Science
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
(M.S.) in Cyber Law and Information Security (MS-CLIS) and Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Information Technology. Admission to the MBA-IT programme is based on CAT 2009 scores and an entrance test, interview & group discussion. Admission to the MS-CLIS program is based on an entrance test and an interview.
Admission to the M.Tech programme is based on Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is an examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institutes of Technologies on behalf of the National Coordination Board – GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development ,...
(GATE) scores and on a written test or interview.
Students can enroll in the research Doctoral Programme (awarding a Ph.D) after either completing a B.Tech degree or an M.Tech one.
Clubs
GeekHaven - Technical ClubThe technical club undertakes all the student technical activity.
INDEM
The INDEM (IIITA Network Development, Engineering and Management) represents the Network and System Admins at IIITA. INDEM innovates and experiments with technology at the campus LAN, as well as maintaining and managing the internet/intranet services.
Robita
The robotics club encourages students to explore and experiment with robot design, artificial intelligence programming and related areas. Robot fabrication workshops are conducted.
Literary Club
The club debates, extempore and other literary competitions. It publishes IMHO (in English) and Swacchanda (in Hindi), two magazines for in-campus circulation.
RangTarangani - Dramatics Club
The dramatics club organizes workshops for acting and scriptwriting, and holds drama competitions where talent can be showcased. The club has staged performances both in Hindi and English. Innovation one act play competition is an annual feature of the club.
Virtuosi - Music Club
The IIITA music club showcases the musical talent of the institute. The club has a college band.
Spirit - Sports Club
Ushma - Dance Club
Thunderbolt - Audio Lights Club
The club manages lights, audio equipment, and visual recording of events staged at IIITA.
Stambh - Program Management and Publicity Club
The club is responsible for management and publicity of events held at IIITA.
Universal Digital Library
The Campus houses the Universal Digital Library, a branch of the Million Book ProjectMillion Book Project
The Million Book Project , is a book digitization project, led by Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science and University Libraries...
which would enable all the literary, artistic, and scientific works of mankind to be digitally preserved and made freely available.
Indo-Russian Center for Biotechnology (IRCB)
Under the umbrella of the Indo-Russian Integrated Long Term Programme (ILTP) in Science and Technology, several joint R&D projects are being implemented. Russian institutions have been offering technologies for commercialisation in India. Similarly, the Indian side has been offering technologies developed in India for validation and commercialisation in Russia. Technology transfer activities in engineering materials, electronics, laser science and technology, catalysis, space science and technology has been significant.The sub-working group on biotechnology in its meeting held on 8 December 1999 endorsed the view of the ILTP joint council that there was a need to establish a joint Indo-Russian centre for biotechnology (IRCB) to co-ordinate activities under Indo-Russian collaboration in biotechnology. The Sub-Working group on biotechnology during its third meeting in June, 2000 in Moscow also strongly recommended the proposal. M. M. Joshi, the Minister for Science and Technology announced it formally during his visit to Russia in July, 2000.
The agreement for establishment of this centre was formally concluded on 5 November 2001 in Moscow during the visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Russia between the Department of Science and Technology on the Indian side and the Russian Academy of Sciences on the Russian side.
The centre was inaugurated by M. M. Joshi at Allahabad on 23 December 2001.
The First project at the center is the HCRPDB, a Database
Database
A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
Retrieval and Mining System for Human Cell Receptors
Receptor (biochemistry)
In biochemistry, a receptor is a molecule found on the surface of a cell, which receives specific chemical signals from neighbouring cells or the wider environment within an organism...
Proteins. HCRPDB generates information for structure based drug
Medication
A pharmaceutical drug, also referred to as medicine, medication or medicament, can be loosely defined as any chemical substance intended for use in the medical diagnosis, cure, treatment, or prevention of disease.- Classification :...
design on cell receptors proteins and allows retrieval of protein sequence related information.
IIITA's Extension Campus at Amethi
IIITA has an extension campus at AmethiAmethi
Amethi is a city and a municipal board in Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the district. Amethi district officially named after Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj, is a newest and 72nd district in the state of Uttar Pradesh in...
, Sultanpur District
Sultanpur District
Sultanpur District is a district in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. The district is a part of Faizabad Division. Its administrative head is Sultanpur.-History:...
, Uttar Pradesh, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Information Technology. Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi is an Indian politician and member of the parliament of India, representing the Amethi constituency. His political party is the Indian National Congress.-Early life and career:...
, MP from the Amethi Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
Constituency, laid the foundation stone for the new extension centre on April 14, 2006. The project is likely to cost about Rs 35 crore
Crore
A crore is a unit in the Indian number system equal to ten million , or 100 lakhs. It is widely used in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan....
, although final details are yet to be worked out. All the faculty members come from the main campus ( Jhalwa ) to take their respective classes. The exams and evaluation are also conducted from the main campus only.
RGIIT Amethi an extension campus of IIIT Allahabad is established in a sprawling 60 acres (242,811.6 m²) area in the midst of picturesque, holy and calm surroundings to improve the quality of life of the surrounding area and to bridge the technology gap.