Indian Institutes of Information Technology explained

Indian Institutes of Information Technology
Other Name:IIIT or IIITs (plural)
Location:26 cities in India
Budget:
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Established:

Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are centrally funded technical institutes located across India. They are a group of 26 interdisciplinary technology-based-engineering research institutions in India which are focused on information technology. Five(5) Institutes of them are established, Fully funded and managed by the Ministry of Education (MOE), Gov. of India.[2] The other 21 Institutions are set up on the public-private partnership (PPP) model, funded by the central government, state governments and industry partners in the ratio 50:35:15.

Formation

Prior to 2014, the IIITs at Gwalior, Allahabad, Jabalpur, and Kancheepuram were set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).[3]

In 2014, The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill, 2014[4] was introduced in the Lok Sabha.[5] The bill sought to grant the status of Institutes of National Importance (INI) upon the four IIITs. After much debate and changes, the bill was passed by the Parliament on 1 December 2014[5] and published as Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act, 2014 on 8 December 2014, coming into effect on 5 January 2015.[6]

In 2015, a fifth institute was set up by the MHRD in Kurnool,[3] as part as the government obligation under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.[7] Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2017 granted the INI status to the Kurnool institute.[8]

Besides the above fully government funded IIITs, in 2010 the Union Cabinet approved a scheme for setting up twenty 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.[9] As of 2014, 23 proposals were made by 21 states (Andhra Pradesh (Chittoor & Kakinada), Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra (Pune & Nagpur), Manipur, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh), and 16 proposals were approved (Andhra Pradesh (Chittoor&Kakinada), Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra (Pune), Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Manipur, and Tripura).[9], 14 of these IIITs were set up, the ones not being set up are the ones in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh and in Agartala, Tripura. In addition, in 2015 the MHRD approved a IIIT in Nagpur, Maharashtra[10] and in Ranchi, Jharkhand.[11] A IIIT in Bhagalpur, Bihar was approved in 2016.[12] Finally, to close the list of 20 'approved' IIITs, a IIIT in Surat, Gujarat was approved and set up in 2017.[13], these four newer institutes were already established, leaving only the institutes in Kakinada and Agartala to be established.

On 9 August 2017, The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017 has been notified in the Gazette of India.[14] The act confers the INI status on 15 IIITs set up on the public-private partnership (PPP) mode in Vadodara, Guwahati, Sri City, Kota, Tiruchirappalli, Kalyani, Una, Sonepat, Lucknow, Kottayam, Manipur, Dharwad, Pune, Nagpur, and Ranchi.

Three of the 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 Agartala.

In 2018, the Government of Tripura approved for the establishment of IIIT Agartala, which was stalled since 2012, covering which were missing from private sources under the PPP model.[15] The institution was set to start classes in the 2018–2019 academic session from the NIT Agartala campus.[16]

In 2016, the central government gave in-principle approval for an IIIT in Raichur, Karnataka.[17] In 2018, the MHRD clarified that the Raichur institute will officially replace the Kakinada one, and asked the state government to assign land for the institute, planning to make the institute functional by the following year.[18] However, since the land was not acquired, in 2019 the MHRD decided to shift the IIIT to Hyderabad, Telangana.[19] IIIT Raichur started its academic activity in August 2019 from the temporary campus of Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana.[20] Then, in September 2021, IIIT Raichur shifted to the Transit in GEC Yermarus Camp, Raichur, Karnataka, where all academic activities are currently taking place.

In 2020, the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was introduced, officially declaring the IIITs in Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala, and Raichur as well as conferring the INI status on them.[21] The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on 20 March 2020 and by the Rajya Sabha on 22 September 2020.[22]

Admission

Admissions into undergraduate programmes in IIITs for about 7,000 seats are through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority and JEE-Main.[23] [24] For postgraduate programs admission is through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).[25]

List of IIITs

The Indian Institutes of Information Technology are located in:

IIITs and locations, sorted by date of establishment
Name Short name EstablishedMode State/UT
1Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and ManagementABV-IIITMG1997MOE Madhya Pradesh
2Indian Institute of Information Technology, AllahabadIIITA 1999MOE Uttar Pradesh
3Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, JabalpurIIITDMJ 2005MOE Madhya Pradesh
4Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, KancheepuramIIITDM Kancheepuram2007MOE Tamil Nadu
5Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri CityIIITSC2014 PPP Andhra Pradesh
6Indian Institute of Information Technology, GuwahatiIIITG2014 PPP Assam
7Indian Institute of Information Technology, VadodaraIIITV2014 PPP Gujarat
8Indian Institute of Information Technology, KotaIIIT Kota2014 PPP Rajasthan
9Indian Institute of Information Technology, TiruchirappalliIIITT2014 PPP Tamil Nadu
10Indian Institute of Information Technology, DharwadIIITDWD2015 PPP Karnataka
11Indian Institute of Information Technology, UnaIIITU2015 PPP Himachal Pradesh
12Indian Institute of Information Technology, SonepatIIIT Sonepat2015 PPP Haryana
13Indian Institute of Information Technology, KalyaniIIIT Kalyani2015 PPP West Bengal
14Indian Institute of Information Technology, LucknowIIITL2016 PPP Uttar Pradesh
15Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, KurnoolIIITDM Kurnool2016 MOE Andhra Pradesh
16Indian Institute of Information Technology, KottayamIIIT Kottayam 2016 PPP Kerala
17Indian Institute of Information Technology, ManipurIIITM2015 PPP Manipur
18Indian Institute of Information Technology, NagpurIIITN2016 PPP Maharashtra
19Indian Institute of Information Technology, PuneIIITP2016 PPP Maharashtra
20Indian Institute of Information Technology, RanchiIIIT Ranchi2016 PPP Jharkhand
21Indian Institute of Information Technology, SuratIIIT Surat2017 PPP Gujarat
22Indian Institute of Information Technology, BhopalIIIT Bhopal2017 PPP Madhya Pradesh
23Indian Institute of Information Technology, BhagalpurIIIT Bhagalpur2017 PPP Bihar
24Indian Institute of Information Technology, AgartalaIIIT Agartala2018 PPP Tripura
25Indian Institute of Information Technology, RaichurIIIT Raichur2019 PPP Karnataka
26Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara International Campus DiuIIIT VICD2021 PPP Diu

See Also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Notes on Demands for Grants, 2023-2024.
  2. Web site: Department of Higher Education Government of India, Ministry of Education . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230511170504/http://www.education.gov.in/technical-education-8 . 11 May 2023 . 21 July 2024 . www.education.gov.in.
  3. Web site: Institutions – Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development. mhrd.gov.in. 11 January 2017.
  4. Web site: IIIT Acts .
  5. Web site: Legislation : Loksaha. 2020-06-06. loksabhaph.nic.in. Type "Indian Institutes of Information Technology" in the "Short Title of the Bill" field and click "Submit".
  6. Web site: The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act, 2014. Government of India. 12 September 2017. 8 December 2014. Gazette of India.
  7. Web site: Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2017. Government of India. 12 September 2017. 21 March 2017. 25 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181025050842/http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/GST,%202017/IIIT%20(Amendment)%20Bill,%202017.pdf. dead.
  8. Web site: Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2017. Government of India. 12 September 2017. 17 August 2017. Gazette of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20180417172622/http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/IIIT2017/IIIT%20Act,%202017.pdf. 17 April 2018. dead.
  9. Web site: Setting up of Indian Institute of Information Technology. pib.nic.in. 16 September 2017. 16 July 2014. Ministry of Human Resource Development.
  10. News: Choudhari. Abhishek. HRD ministry approves IIIT for Nagpur. 16 September 2017. The Times of India. Times News Network. 15 May 2015.
  11. News: Narayan. Santosh. Cabinet clears decks for setting up IIIT. 16 September 2017. The Pioneer. 9 December 2015. en.
  12. News: Roshan. Kumar. More room for education. https://web.archive.org/web/20161216165824/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1161215/jsp/bihar/story_124713.jsp. dead. 16 December 2016. 16 September 2017. The Telegraph. 15 December 2016.
  13. Web site: IIIT Surat. svnit.ac.in. 16 September 2017. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20181122072104/http://svnit.ac.in/iiitsurat/web/about.php. 22 November 2018. dead.
  14. Web site: The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017. 9 August 2017. egazette.nic.in. 11 August 2017.
  15. News: Deb . Debraj . Rs 50cr approved for IIIT in Tripura . 18 January 2019 . . 13 April 2018 . en.
  16. News: IIIT to start classes in Tripura this year . 18 January 2019 . . 14 April 2018.
  17. News: In-principle approval given for IIIT in Raichur . 8 October 2019 . . 15 December 2016 . en-IN.
  18. News: MHRD confirms IIIT at Raichur . 8 October 2019 . . 25 January 2018 . en-IN.
  19. News: IIIT goes to Telangana . 8 October 2019 . . 26 July 2019 . en.
  20. News: Ullas . Sruthy Susan . IIIT-Raichur may soon shift to its hometown . 4 March 2020 . . 16 January 2020 . en.
  21. Web site: The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020 . PRSIndia . 22 September 2020 . en . 4 March 2020.
  22. News: Nagari . Akhilesh . Parliament passes IIIT amendment bill, giving national importance tag to five new institutes . 22 September 2020 . . 22 September 2020 . en.
  23. Web site: JoSAA . 2023-02-14 . josaa.admissions.nic.in.
  24. Web site: JoSAA Seat Matrix 2022 .
  25. Web site: GATE .

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