Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur

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Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur logo.png
Mottoचारित्र्यं मम जीवनम्
Typeprivate and public partnership ppp
Established2017
DirectorDr. P. K. Jain
Undergraduates 300+
Postgraduates 50+
Location
Sabour, Bhagalpur
,
Bihar
,
India

25°15′19″N87°02′34″E / 25.2553°N 87.0428°E / 25.2553; 87.0428
CampusUrban
AcronymIIIT Bhagalpur
Website www.iiitbh.ac.in

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur (IIIT Bhagalpur) is one of the IIITs set up by Ministry of Education, Government of India in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. It is located on the southern bank of the Ganga River in Bhagalpur, the 2nd largest city of Bihar. It was declared as an Institute of National Importance (INI) in September 2020 by Parliament of India. Its new building/campus is under construction and is expected to be completed by July 2023. Meanwhile, the institute has not distributed degree certificates to students from the 2018-22 batches onwards, and as of now has no public plans to do so in the near future.

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The institute started functioning from July 2017 in a 50-acres campus of BCE campus. Its mentoring Institute is Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG). IIIT Bhagalpur has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with eduCLaas of Singapore to start two PG diploma courses – Digital Business Management (DBM), Software Engineering and Management (SEM) from this year. [1] [2]

History

The Government of India decided to establish new IIITs in different states in 2010, [3] and National Screening Committee (NSC), in its second meeting on 14 March 2012, asked the Government of Bihar for a detailed project report (DPR). [4] The proposal for IIIT Bhagalpur was passed by the NSC on 2 September 2016.

IIIT Bhagalpur has been set up on a Public–private partnership (PPP) basis. Fifty percent of the stakes are held by Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India, whereas thirty-five percent is held by the state government; the rest is held by industry partner Beltron. [3] Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) has declared as IIIT Bhagalpur's mentor institute. [5] Pinakeswar Mahanta (director, NIT Arunachal Pradesh), the Dean Faculty Affairs at IITG was the director of IIIT Bhagalapur.Then after Dr. Saurabh Basu (retired), the dean of Outreach Education Program at IIT Guwahati was the director and now the permanent director has been selected and his name is Professor Arvind Choubey. [6] [2]

Emblem

The logo of the institute is designed by Mohijeet Das a designer who graduated from the Department of Design, IIT Guwahati. The logo takes inspiration from artifacts closely related to Bhagalpur such as the Vikaramshila Mahavidyalaya, Bhagalpuri saree to name a few. [7]

Campus

The permanent campus of IIIT Bhagalpur will be set up on 50 acres (20 ha) of land near Bhagalpur College of Engineering (BCE), [3] and an initial budget of ₹128.53 crore (US$15 million) was allocated for the construction of the IIIT. [4] The construction of the permanent campus is going to start from 7 October 2021 and is expected to be completed within 18 months. [6] The IIIT building will be resistant to earthquakes and floods. [4] The state government had initially identified 100 acres (40 ha) of land in Chandi block, Nalanda district, but could not go ahead with the land acquisition due to protests from land owners. [3] PM Modi inaugurated the new buildings of IIIT in Bhagalpur, Bihar. [8] Today inaugurated the newly constructed buildings of IIIT of Bhagalpur city built at a cost of Rs 128 crore.

Temporary campus

IIIT Bhagalpur was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 20 February 2024, at 11:30 AM through online mode. At that time, academic operations were running in a temporary building provided by Bhagalpur College of Engineering (BCE), which had offered space on its campus. The New Boys' Hostel, completed with accommodation for 800 students, was fully equipped with all basic facilities. The new campus is now fully operational and functioning effectively.

Academics

IIIT Bhagalpur offers four B.Tech. courses in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Mathematics and Computing, and Mechatronics and Automation with an intake capacity of 150 students in computer science engineering 75 in electronics and communication engineering, 27 in Mathematics and Computing and 60 in mechatronics. [5] The institute has started M.Tech. and Ph.D. programs from August 2021.

M. Tech and Ph.D. (Research)

The institute has specialisation in following domains.

CSEArtificial Intelligence and Data Science
ECESignal Processing and Machine Learning
VLSI and Embedded Systems
Microwave and Communication Systems
MEAElectric Vehicle Technology

Student life

The Dining and Recreation center which is also called CAC (Common Activity Center) of the institute contains a student mess and facilities for extra co-curricular activities, such as a music room and a gymnasium.

Student council

Student Council is a main elected student body that supervises all clubs and festivals. It has a budget which the council distributes to various clubs. [9] Students can form new clubs, based on interests, after formal permission of the student council. The Student Senate is an elected student's body, which focuses on academic many issues like hostels and mess Committee governance are a main part of the units.

Student clubs

To enhance extra-curricular activities and skills, different clubs have been formed. Student's Council is divided into 3 parts, i.e. Cultural Society, Sports Society, and Technical Society. The Technical Society includes 4 clubs i.e. AI/ML Club, Coding Club, Robotics Club, and Web Development Club. Cultural Society includes 7 clubs: Art and Craft, Dance Club, Dramatics Club, Literature Club, Music and Singing Club, Photography Club, and Quiz Club. Sports include Badminton, Volleyball, Cricket, and Athletics.

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