Indian Institutes of Information Technology
Encyclopedia
Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are a group of four institutes of higher education
in India
, focused on information technology
. They are established by the central government, centrally funded, and managed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development
.
Admissions into undergraduate programmes in IIITs are through the All India Engineering Entrance Examination
(AIEEE).
recently submitted a detailed project report to the Government of India on the establishment of new IIITs.
Each of the IIITs has been proposed to be set up as a fully autonomous institution, through the PPP model. The partners setting up IIITs will be the ministry of human resource development, the governments of respective states where each IIIT will be established and industry members. The report suggests that private organisations should play an equal or slightly greater role in bringing investment for the new IIITs.
The addition of new IIITs and setting the current IIITs as Institutes of National Importance is proposed under The Institutes of Information Technology Bill 2010.. the bill was not approved yet.
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, focused on information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
. They are established by the central government, centrally funded, and managed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development
Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)
The Ministry of Human Resource Development is an Indian government ministry, responsible for the development of human resources...
.
Admissions into undergraduate programmes in IIITs are through the All India Engineering Entrance Examination
All India Engineering Entrance Examination
The All India Engineering Entrance Examination , is an examination organized by the Central Board of Secondary Education in India...
(AIEEE).
List of IIITs
- Indian Institute of Information Technology, AllahabadIndian Institute of Information Technology, AllahabadThe 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...
(IIIT Allahabad) was established in 1999, and was recognized as deemed universityDeemed UniversityDeemed 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...
in 2000. It is the only government IIIT that is intended to be focused on the areas of informatics and library sciences. - Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior (IIITM-G), is the first IIIT of country. An institute which was established by Government of India. The name Atal Bihari Vajpayee was added to IIITM Gwalior in honor of India's former Prime Minister.
- Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur (IIITDM Jabalpur), Madhya PradeshMadhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
, was established as an autonomous in the year 2005 following a sequence of meetings held between Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India and Junichiro Koizumi, the honorable Prime Minister of Japan. Focus was laid on the development of an interdisciplinary curriculum such that students become proficient in not one but the four fields of Design, Computer Sciences, Electronics and Communication and Mechanical Engineering. It became a deemed university in June 2009. - Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing KancheepuramIndian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing KancheepuramIndian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing Kancheepuram is an Indian Institute of Information Technology created by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India in 2007 with the mandate of pursuing design and manufacturing oriented engineering education...
(IIITDM Kancheepuram) was established by the Govt. of India in 2007 to pursue design and manufacturing oriented engineering education and research excellence. The Institute is offering novel and first of its kind UG, PG and Ph.D programs in the broad areas of computer, electronics and mechanical engineering.
Proposed new Institutes
As per the Budget 2011, twenty more IIITs under the Public-Private partnership (PPP) model, are to be launched soon for every major state of India. NasscomNASSCOM
The National Association of Software and Services Companies of IT software and services related activities for use of both the software developers as well as interested companies overseas....
recently submitted a detailed project report to the Government of India on the establishment of new IIITs.
Each of the IIITs has been proposed to be set up as a fully autonomous institution, through the PPP model. The partners setting up IIITs will be the ministry of human resource development, the governments of respective states where each IIIT will be established and industry members. The report suggests that private organisations should play an equal or slightly greater role in bringing investment for the new IIITs.
The addition of new IIITs and setting the current IIITs as Institutes of National Importance is proposed under The Institutes of Information Technology Bill 2010.. the bill was not approved yet.