International Institute of Information Technology - IIIT Bangalore

About International Institute of Information Technology - IIIT Bangalore

International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore is a Deemed University established in 1999. An Autonomous Institute, it is popularly known as IIIT-B. It has been established on the lines of other well established Institutes of National Importance (INI) in India. These INIs include the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). The other objective behind setting up the institute is to contribute to the IT world by focusing on education, research, entrepreneurship and innovation. The Institute is a registered not-for-profit society funded jointly by the Government of Karnataka and the IT industry. The Institute moved to its present Electronics City campus in 2003. IIIT B became a Deemed University in 2005. It started offering M. Tech and Ph. D programmes since then. Prior to the deemed university status, the Institute offered, a highly valued post graduate diploma programme. In 2012, it started a five year integrated M. Tech programme admitting students who have completed their higher secondary school educations.

IIIT-B is situated opposite the Infosys corporate headquarters and is within easy walking distance of other major companies like HP, Siemens, Wipro, GE, Satyam and others, giving students and faculty opportunities for productive interaction with the industry. IIIT-B is also closely associated with the Government of Karnataka's Board for IT Education Standards (BITES) that establishes academic benchmarks for undergraduate IT education in the state. IIIT-Bangalore has an applicant: student ratio of higher than 15. It has attracted people with Ph.D degrees from MIT, UC Berkeley, University of Toronto, Purdue, leading universities of Europe, IIT’s and IISc to be on its 36 strong faculty. Its 1800+ M.Tech graduates work in 100+ corporations in 20+ countries. Some of them are pursuing doctoral programs in leading Universities like UC Berkeley / MIT.

IIIT-B Facilities

​Hostels – The University provides separate residential facilities for boys and girls. Students stay in individual rooms, have wired and wireless network connectivity for 24 hours a day, and also have access to recreational facilities. The hostel accommodates 180 male students (single occupancy with shared bath) and 80 female students (single occupancy with shared bath); in addition there is accommodation for 48 students (double occupancy with attached bath) and four fully furnished suites for short term visiting faculty. There are also a small number of suites for visitors such as guest speakers.

Executive Education for IT professionals – The institute provides various customized and calendarised executive education programmes for the working IT professional. One such is the 3 month weekend certificate course on Analytics Essentials. IIITB has conducted programs specifically tailored for the requirements of several companies. To know more about the programs, email [email protected]

Library – The library has a good collection of books, thesis, reports, CDROMs, A\V Cassettes etc.  IIIT-B, as a non-profit educational institution, extends its reach to benefit the professional community. In this spirit, it offers external membership options to the professional community at large. The library is an institutional member of British Library, Bangalore and Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) Library. It also provides only on-campus access to Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), IEEE Electronic Library (IEL), JSTOR, The American Mathematical Monthly, The College Mathematics Journal, Mathematics Magazine and Maths Horizons.

Scholarships - Scholarships are available for all Ph.D. and Masters of Science by Research students. These are also available to approximately 15-20% of the M. Tech. students and to approximately 25% of iM. Tech. students. The selection based on student accomplishments in academic as well as other areas and interviews. We welcome Industry to offer scholarships to our students.

Fellowships - For full-time Ph.D. students, a fellowship of INR 25,000/- per month for the first 3 years (extendable to 1 more year in deserving cases) is available. Such funding for the Ph.D. students comes from within IIITB, from sponsored research projects, or with industry support from HP, IBM, Intel, Infosys, Motorola, Siemens, Microsoft, ABB, and other companies.

Classrooms - The well-designed main classroom comfortably seats in excess of 150 students. Video conferencing capabilities are built in using state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment. They include electronic smart boards, location-sensing microphones, and multiple LCD projectors, thus enabling an enriching learning experience.

Food Court - Meals are available at the Food Court located in a separate building (the food that our students have is the same food that is also had by faculty and staff, and offered to visitors including distinguished dignitaries, thus ensuring quality).

Cafeteria - A separate small cafeteria is available for snacks during working hours.

Computing Resources – The institute has fully wired campus consisting of a high-speed fiber-optic backbone connected to the internal network through a high-end gigabit Ethernet switch. Dedicated network equipment includes printers, scanners, and other equipment. Connectivity in the campus is established at two levels. First, the local intranet implements a Virtual Classroom, where all the visual material, such as presentation slides used by professors in class, are made available electronically to students. All assignments and projects are announced and submitted online. The intranet also enables knowledge sharing among students.

At the second level, 24*7 Internet access is available throughout campus, in both wired and wireless modes. IIIT-B is one of the few institutions in India to have an active wireless LAN (and was the first to have this technology). Wireless-mode access is available throughout campus using the 802.11b protocol. In addition, high-quality Ethernet ports are installed at various locations in the building, providing wired Internet access through a proxy web server. All students have a Wi-Fi enabled laptop for their exclusive use. This ensures a student to machine ratio of better than 1:1, implying complete accessibility. This in turn allows for an individual approach to learning, providing the freedom to learn at one's own pace and focus on one's chosen domain of specialization.

Innovation Centre – IIITB Innovation Centre is the name of the Incubation Centre founded in 2009. A sec 25 company, it has already enabled the startup of around a dozen companies and is involved in incubating several technology startups in areas such as Medical Devices, Aadhaar based devices for financial inclusion, social media and smart metering solutions. The Innovation Centre offers space, connectivity and other infrastructure facilities at a nominal cost. In addition students are encouraged to work in the enterprises or R&D centres in the Innovation Centre. Industry can play a vital role in mentoring the startup companies, be it advising them about the market, help with funding, strategy, etc. The Innovation Centre invites accomplished professionals - in the field of IT, Finance, Legal, Marketing, Venture Funding, etc – who are passionate about working with startup companies, to join its panel of mentors. Contact - [email protected] for more details.

The incubation policy of the Institute encourages proposals from both within and outside of IIITB.

• First Priority will be accorded to proposals based on the work already carried out at the institute, which has a commercial potential. The faculty and students who have worked on the concept will be encouraged to establish an enterprise.
• Second priority is to support ideas that have commercial potential, but so far have not been researched at the institute, provided faculty and students of the institute are willing to partner with the promoter of the idea and establish an enterprise.
• The Centre will support ideas which has a clear exit rules and exit must happen within three to five years
• In a few cases the Centre may provide seed capital assistance

Outreach Program - The Outreach program at IIITB refers to its programs and association with Industry. IIIT-B has had close association with the IT industry ever since its inception at the turn of the millennium.  Industry continues to play a big part in the growth and development of the Institute even as it draws on the Institute for IT talent and joint research. The consultancy service of the Institute facilitates, coordinates and administers Sponsored and Consultancy projects. It also identifies and protects IP rights and manages transfer of technology and commercialization.

Various types of consultancies include:

• Technology assessment / management, project assessment
• Product / process design / development
• Simulation / modeling / optimization
• Software development
• Retainership of faculty in advisory capacity over specified periods
• Troubleshooting / testing

Internship and Full Time Placement - 2 year M. Tech Students have to go through 6 months of internship in their 4^th term followed prior to their graduation and full time placements. iMtech (5 year integrated M.Tech) students have to go through 2.5 months of summer internship (after their 3rd year) which is then followed by coursework in their 4th year and thesis in their 5th year of the programme. The Placement season usually opens in September of each year. For more information on placement, you are welcome to write to [email protected]

Alumni program – IIIT-B has 2000 alumni who are in leading companies as well as successful entrepreneurs. Alumni are involved in research collaborations, star lectures by distinguished achievers, mentorship activities, knowledge sharing sessions with current students, etc. Alumni activities are run by the Alumni Council, a body elected by the registered alumni.

Achievements

• Its faculty has obtained 8 international patents

• The faculty has also contributed to IEEE standards on 4 G

• The well-known Tutor Vista was incubated at IIITB