Indian Institute of Information Technology - IIIT in India

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The Indian Institutes of Information Technology popularly known as IIIT’s is a group of 23 (as on 21st May 2018) Autonomous institution (Like that of Indian Institute of Technology - IITs and National Institute of Technology - NITs) of higher education focused basically on the Information Technology. Five of these institutes of National Importance is established, funded and managed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Rest 18 are set up on the public-private partnership (PPP) model.

Before 2010 a group of four renowned Institutes of National Importance - Indian Institute of Information Technology - IIIT Allahabad (established in 1999), Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - IIITM Gwalior (first IIIT of country) Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, - IIITDM Jabalpur and Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing Kancheepuram - IIITDM Kancheepuram – were established and offering higher education in India, focused only on the information technology.  In 2010 a bill was passed as the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act, 2014 to grant these institute a status of Institute of National Importance and the fifth institute was set by the MHRD in Kurnool in 2015. The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2017 granted the INI status to the Kurnool institute.

Besides the above fully government funded IIITs, in 2010 the Union Cabinet approved a scheme for setting up 20 more IIITs, based on the public-private partnership (PPP) model, funded by the central government, state governments and industry partners in the ratio 50:35:15

On 9th August 2017, The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017 has been notified in the Gazette of India. The Act confers the status of Institutes of National Importance to fifteen IIITs set up on the PPP mode in Vadodara, Guwahati, Sri City, Kota, Tiruchirapalli, Kalyani, Una, Sonepat, Lucknow, Kottayam, Senapati (Manipur), Dharwad, Pune, Nagpur and Ranchi.

The three IIITs set up under the PPP model in 2017, namely institutes in Surat, Bhopal and Bhagalpur, were not mentioned in the 2017 PPP act, nor were the institutes in Kakinada and Bodhjungnagar.  The List of all the 23 IIITs established on 23rd May, 2018 is given below in the chronological order of their Foundation.

S.No

Name

Mode 

Established

Place/State

1

ABV IITM Roorkee

MHRD

1997

Madhya Pradesh

2

IIIT Allahabad

MHRD

1999

Uttar Pradesh

3

IIITDM Jabalpur

MHRD

2005

Madhya Pradesh

4

IIITDM Kancheepuram

MHRD

2007

Tamil Nadu

5

IIIT Sricity

PPP

2013

Andhra Pradesh

6

IIIT Guwathi

PPP

2013

Assam

7

IIIT Vadodra

PPP

2013

Gujarat

8

IIIT Kota

PPP

2013

Rajasthan

9

IIIT Tiruchirappalli

PPP

2013

Tamilnadu

10

IIIT Una

PPP

2014

Himachal Pradesh

11.

IIIT Sonepat

PPP

2014

Haryana

12.

IIIT Kalyani

PPP

2014

West Bengal

13

IIIT Lucknow

PPP

2015

Uttar Pradesh

14

IIIT Dharwad

PPP

PPP

Karnataka

15

IIITDM Kurnool

MHRD

2015

Andhra Pradesh

16

IIIT Kottayam

PPP

2016

Kerala

17

IIIT Manipur

PPP

2015

Manipur

18

IIIT Nagpur

PPP

2016

Maharashtra

19

IIIT Pune

PPP

2016

Maharashtra

20

IIIT Ranchi

PPP

2016

Jharkhand

21

IIIT Surat

PPP

2017

Gujarat

22

IIIT Bhopal

PPP

2017

Madhya Pradesh

23.

IIIT Bhagalpur

PPP

2017

Bihar


Although each of the above IIIT’s is an autonomous institution yet they are linked to one another through a common admission process i.e The admission to the UG courses is done through a  very competitive Joint Entrance Examination (Mains). This exam is held on the yearly basis usually in the month of April-May to select around 4,000 undergraduate candidates every year from amongst approximately 3,50,000  aspiring candidates to provide admission in various branches of Information Technology.

Besides UG courses these institutes of national importance are providing  Post Graduate and PhD programmes in various course related to IT like course in informatics and library sciences, fields of Design, Computer Sciences, Electronics and Communication and Mechanical Engineering as well as programs in the broad areas of computer, electronics and mechanical engineering etc to name a few.

  • Indian Institute of Information Technology - Allahabad
    Indian Institute of Information Technology - IIIT Allahabad

    location_on Deoghat, Jhalwa
      Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
    phone (0532)-2922000, 2922025

    Courses offered:
    • B.Tech. (Electronics & Communication Engineering)
    • M.Tech. (Bioinformatics)
    • Ph.D. (Electronics and Communications Engineering)
    • M.Tech. (Intelligent System)
    • M.Tech. (Wireless Communication and Computing)
    • M.B.A. (Information Technology)
    • M.Tech. (Information Technology)
    • M.Tech. (Robotics Engineering)
    • M.Tech. (Micro Electronics)
    • B.Tech. (Information Technology)
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    Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology - IIIT Delhi

    location_on IIIT-Delhi, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III, (Near Govind Puri Metro Station)
      New Delhi, Delhi
    phone (011)-26907400, 26907404, 71985300

    Courses offered:
    • Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering)
    • Ph.D. (Electronics and Communications Engineering)
    • M.Tech. (Electronics and Communication Engineering)
    • M.Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering)
    • B.Tech. (Electronics & Communication Engineering)
    • B.Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering)
  • Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior Logo
    Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - ABV-IIITM

    location_on Registrar's Office:- Morena Link Road
      Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
    phone (0751)-2449801

    Courses offered:
    • M.B.A.
    • M.Tech. (Digital Communication Engineering)
    • M.Tech. (Information Security)
    • Ph.D.
    • M.Tech. (VLSI Design)
    • M.B.A. (Information Technology)
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    Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - IIITM Kerala

    location_on Techno Park Campus
      Trivandrum, Kerala
    phone (0471)-2527567, 2700777

    Courses offered:
    • M.Phil. (Computer Science)
    • PG Diploma in E-Governance
    • M.Phil. (Ecological Informatics)
    • Ph.D.
  • Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) logo
    Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing - IIITDM Jabalpur

    location_on Dumna Airport Road, P.O. Khamaria
      Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
    phone (0761)-2632273

    Courses offered:
    • Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering)
    • Ph.D. (Electronics and Communications Engineering)
    • Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering)
    • M.Des. (Master of Design)
    • M.Tech. (Mechatronics)
    • M.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering)
    • M.Tech. (Electronics and Communication Engineering)
    • M.Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering)
    • B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering)
    • B.Tech. (Electronics & Communication Engineering)
    • B.Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering)
    • Ph.D. (Design)
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    Indian Institute of Information Technology - IIIT Trichy

    location_on Oxforad Engineering College Campus, Trichy Dindigul Highway, Pirattiyur
      Trichy, Tamil Nadu
    phone (0431)-2500539

  • Indian Institute of Information Technology
    Indian Institute of Information Technology - IIIT Vadodara

    location_on C/O Block No. 9, Government Engineering College, Sector 28
      Gandhinagar, Gujarat
    phone (079)-29750281

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    Indian Institute of Information Technology - IIIT Sri City

    location_on 630 Gnan Marg, Sri City, Satyavedu Mandal
      Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh
    phone_iphone 7306473364

  • Indian Institute of Information Technology - IIIT Kota
    Indian Institute of Information Technology - IIIT Kota

    location_on 2nd Floor, Prabha Bhawan, MNIT Jaipur Campus, JLN Marg
      Jaipur, Rajasthan
    phone (0141)-2715071

  • Indian Institute of Information Technology - IIIT Kalyani
    Indian Institute of Information Technology - IIIT Kalyani

    location_on Webel IT Park, (Near Buddha Park), Kalyani
      Nadia, West Bengal

  • Indian Institute of Information Technology - IIIT Guwahati

    location_on Bongora
      Guwahati, Assam
    phone (0361)-2630026, 2630015
    phone_iphone 9531435223, 9531435211