Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology

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Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology
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Other name
DA-IICT
MottoKnowledge is Leadership
Type Private
Established2001 (2001)
President Anil Ambani
Director K. S. Dasgupta
Location,
23°11′18″N72°37′41″E / 23.18833°N 72.62806°E / 23.18833; 72.62806
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Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology
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Website www.daiict.ac.in

Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), is a private self-financed university/institute located in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. It is named after the Gujarati entrepreneur and Reliance Group founder Dhirubhai Ambani. It is run by the Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation and is promoted by the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. [1] The Institute ranked first in IIRF Ranking 2023 for private universities. [2]

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Academics

DA-IICT began admitting students in August 2001, with an intake of 240 undergraduate students for its Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) program in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Since then, it has expanded to include postgraduate courses such as Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in ICT, Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Data Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Information Technology, Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Agriculture and Rural Development, Master in Design (M. Des.) and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), a Doctorate program. The duration of the bachelor's program is 4 years. The first batch of DA-IICT post-graduates graduated in 2004 and the first batch of graduates in 2005. Fees are nominal when compared to other private institutions in India.

The Institute is also equipped with a state of the art Resource Centre with a rich and diverse collection of more than 31020 books, 11230 e-books, 5674 e-journals, 78 print journals, 10 databases, 663 theses, and 3913 audio visual material in the ICT, social science and humanities. It serves as a creative and innovative partner in supporting the teaching, learning, scholarship and research activities of the Institute.

Admission

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Resource Centre, DAIICT

Admission is based on Joint Entrance Examination - Main as well as gujarat state exam through ACPC. A few seats are reserved for Non-Residential Indians (NRIs) and Foreign Nationals (FNs), who are admitted through the Direct Admission of Foreign Student (DAFS) channel.

Student achievements

In 2004, three MSc (IT) students of DA-IICT challenged in the Gujarat High Court, the IIMA decision to not offer admission interviews to them citing their eligibility criteria (AIU or AICTE affiliation was needed at that time). The judgement was passed in the favor of students and the CAT eligibility criteria were subsequently modified. [17]

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Notes

  1. "Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Group - Quicklinks". Relianceadagroup.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  2. "IIRF Ranking 2023: JNU tops the list of Central Universities in India". The Times of India. 25 May 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  3. "Solve Unique Stars". HackerRank. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. "Which Universities Have the Best Student Developers?". HackerRank Blog. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. witlia (23 April 2013). "Imagine Cup 2013". MoneyControl.com. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. "Link to the source". www.usidfoundation.org. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  7. witlia (30 April 2010). "Innovate4Women Awards". Blogs.msdn.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  8. witlia (5 April 2010). "MMLIA Preliminary Results - Imagine Cup India - Site Home - MSDN Blogs". Blogs.msdn.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  9. "Microsoft Announces Imagine Cup 2009 Worldwide Winners". News Center. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  10. "Google India Women in Engineering Award" . Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  11. "Google India Women in Engineering Award" . Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  12. "Microsoft Scholar Vs Scholar 2008". Microsoft.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  13. "DA-IICT wins Microsoft Imagine Cup national finals  - CIOL". 24 April 2006.
  14. "Microsoft Cup Finalists". Thehindubusinessline.com. 7 May 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  15. "Microsoft Imagine Cup India 2007". Efytimes.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  16. Presentation of Winning Entry in TI India 2005 Design Contest: "OmniBook" by Deepak Jagdish and Rahul Sawhney of DA-IICT Archived 3 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  17. TNN (16 April 2005). "High Court rules against CAT stipulation". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2010.

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