Jaypee Institute of Information Technology
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Jaypee Institute of Information Technology , located in Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

, 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...

 is a 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...

 offering programs in technical education at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Academics

The institute offers undergraduate programs leading to a Bachelor of Technology
Bachelor of Technology
The Bachelor of Technology is an undergraduate academic degree conferred after completion of a three or four year program of studies at an accredited university or accredited university-level institution...

 degree and postgraduate degrees leading to Master of Technology. There is also a five year dual degree program as well as doctorate research programs.

Admissions

There used to be a separate entrance test for the institute but now the admission is based on AIEEE All India Rank for those who apply to JIIT.

Administration

Jaiprakash Gaur
Jaiprakash Gaur
Jaiprakash Gaur born in Uttar Pradesh is an Indian entrepreneur and businessman. Gaur is the founder chairman of Jaiprakash Associates and Jaypee Group of companies. Gaur has been associated with the construction industry for more than five decades...

 is the founder of the institute. Yajulu Medury is the current Chancellor
Chancellor
Chancellor is the title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the Cancellarii of Roman courts of justice—ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the...

 of the institute. Manoj Gaur was the first Chancellor of the institute. S. C. Saxena is the current Vice-Chancellor (1 July 2011-present). J. P. Gupta was the institutes' founder director and first Vice-Chancellor. Krishna Gopal serving as the current Dean
Dean (education)
In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...

 of Academic & Research.

Infrastructure

The campus was built at a cost of INR
Indian rupee
The Indian rupee is the official currency of the Republic of India. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India....

 750,000,000, with a builtup area of 650,000 sq ft (60,000 m²) consisting of buildings with internet connectivity, air conditioned academic block, faculty residences, student hostels, Annapurna (the college mess), laboratories and Learning Resource Centre
Learning Resource Centre
Learning Resource Centre is a term which is used in the United Kingdom to describe a type of library that exists within an educational setting such as Secondary Schools, Further Education Colleges and Universities...

.

Learning Resource Centre

The Learning Resource Center is the name of library of the institute. It has more than 36,000 volumes of books, journals
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...

 and magazines, 36 news dailies, 500 project reports and 3100 CD-ROMs.

The library is linked with DELNET (Developing Library Network). LRC users can access online journals of IEEE, ACM, Engineering Village and Springer
Springer Science+Business Media
- Selected publications :* Encyclopaedia of Mathematics* Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete * Graduate Texts in Mathematics * Grothendieck's Séminaire de géométrie algébrique...

 through the consortium, INDEST (Indian National Digital Library in Engineering, Science and Technology).

LRC users know the availability status of the books and other materials through the Public Access Catalogue. The LRC has the facility of Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...

 for the students.

Labs

There are four computer labs, other labs are Biotechnology Lab (9000 sq mt), Analog and Digital Communication Lab , Instrumentation Lab, Machine Lab, Control systems lab, Electronic Design lab (uses MATLAB
MATLAB
MATLAB is a numerical computing environment and fourth-generation programming language. Developed by MathWorks, MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other languages,...

 and VHDL), Microprocessor Lab (equipped with Intel 8085, 8086 and 8051 kits helps the students to develop the necessary confidence in Assembly Language programming ) and a Physics lab.

The M.Tech labs are equipped with facilities like LAN
Local area network
A local area network is a computer network that interconnects computers in a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, or office building...

 Trainer, CDMA Trainer, Antenna Trainer, and Mobile Communication Trainer.

Annapurna

Annapurna is the name of the college mess which serves all the students along with the faculty. It is a double storey building with ground floor for girls and first floor for boys. Mess has a buffet system. It has a separate cafeteria as well, which operates throughout the day except during mess hours.

Student Chapters

  • IEEE Student Branch, JIIT, Noida
  • CodeChef(RubixDen), JIIT, Noida
  • CICR (Creativity and Innovation Cell in Robotic)
  • CICE (Creativity and Innovation Cell in Electronics)

JYC

The JIIT Youth Club, or JYC, is the student body of the JIIT responsible for organizing Intra-college and inter-college events. The annual festival "JIVE", which is completely coordinated by the youth club and supported by the institute is recognized as one of the best inter-collegiate festivals in the National Capital Region(NCR) and Northern India.

Controversies

In the year of 2010, the Government of India decided to derecognize 44 universities including JIIT. The matter still lies in the Supreme Court of India.

External links

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