Indian Institutes of Information Technology

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Indian Institutes of Information Technology
Other name
IIIT or IIITs (plural)
Type Centrally Funded Technical Institutes
Established8 December 2014 (8 December 2014)
(via Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill, 2014)
Parent institution
Ministry of Education, Government of India
Budget560 crore (US$70 million)
(FY2023-24 est.) [1]
Location
25 cities in India
Website www.iiitcouncil.in

Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are centrally funded technical institutes located across India. They are a group of 25 interdisciplinary technology-based-engineering research institutions in India which are focused on information technology. Five of them are established, funded and managed by the Ministry of Education (MOE). The other 20 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.

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Formation

Prior to 2014, the IIITs at Gwalior, Allahabad, Jabalpur, and Kancheepuram were set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). [2]

In 2014, The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill, 2014 was introduced in the Lok Sabha. [3] 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 [3] and published as Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act, 2014 on 8 December 2014, coming into effect on 5 January 2015. [4]

In 2015, a fifth institute was set up by the MHRD in Kurnool, [2] as part as the government obligation under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. [5] Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2017 granted the INI status to the Kurnool institute. [6]

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. [7] 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). [7] As of 2017, 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 [8] and in Ranchi, Jharkhand. [9] A IIIT in Bhagalpur, Bihar was approved in 2016. [10] Finally, to close the list of 20 'approved' IIITs, a IIIT in Surat, Gujarat was approved and set up in 2017. [11] As of September 2017, 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. [12] 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 50.67 crore (US$6.3 million) for the establishment of IIIT Agartala, which was stalled since 2012, covering 5.82 crore (US$730,000) which were missing from private sources under the PPP model. [13] The institution was set to start classes in the 2018–2019 academic session from the NIT Agartala campus. [14]

In 2016, the central government gave in-principle approval for an IIIT in Raichur, Karnataka. [15] 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. [16] However, since the land was not acquired, in 2019 the MHRD decided to shift the IIIT to Hyderabad, Telangana. [17] IIIT Raichur started its academic activity in August 2019 from the temporary campus of Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana. [18] 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. [19] The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on 20 March 2020 and by the Rajya Sabha on 22 September 2020. [20]

Admission

Admissions into undergraduate programmes in IIITs for about 7,000 seats are through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority and JEE-Main. [21] [22] For postgraduate programs admission is through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).[ citation needed ]

List of IIITs

The Indian Institutes of Information Technology are located in:

IIITs and locations, sorted by date of establishment
#NameShort nameEstablishedModeState/UT
1 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management ABV-IIITMG1997MOE Madhya Pradesh
2 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad IIITA1999MOE Uttar Pradesh
3 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur IIITDMJ2005MOE Madhya Pradesh
4 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram IIITDM Kancheepuram2007MOE Tamil Nadu
5 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City IIITSC2014PPP Andhra Pradesh
6 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati IIITG2014PPP Assam
7 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara IIITV2014PPP Gujarat
8 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kota IIIT Kota2014PPP Rajasthan
9 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Tiruchirappalli IIITT2014PPP Tamil Nadu
10 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad IIITDWD2015PPP Karnataka
11 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una IIITU2015PPP Himachal Pradesh
12 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonepat IIIT Sonepat2015PPP Haryana
13 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani IIIT Kalyani2015PPP West Bengal
14 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow IIITL2016PPP Uttar Pradesh
15 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kurnool IIITDM Kurnool2016MOE Andhra Pradesh
16 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam IIIT Kottayam2016PPP Kerala
17 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Manipur IIITM2016PPP Manipur
18 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Nagpur IIITN2016PPP Maharashtra
19 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune IIITP2016PPP Maharashtra
20 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Ranchi IIIT Ranchi2016PPP Jharkhand
21 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Surat IIIT Surat2017PPP Gujarat
22 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhopal IIIT Bhopal2017PPP Madhya Pradesh
23 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur IIIT Bhagalpur2017PPP Bihar
24 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Agartala IIIT Agartala2018PPP Tripura
25 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Raichur IIIT Raichur2019PPP Karnataka

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indian Institute of Information Technology Kalyani</span> Information Technology Institution in Kalyani

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow</span> University based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indian Institute of Information Technology, Manipur</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kurnool</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una</span> Engineering college in Himachal Pradesh, India

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indian Institute of Information Technology, Nagpur</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune</span> University In Pune, Maharashtra

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur</span>

Indian Institute of Information Technology, 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indian Institute of Information Technology, Surat</span>

The Indian Institute of Information Technology Surat is one of the Indian Institutes of Information Technology established by MHRD in PPP mode located in Surat, Gujarat.The Institute has been conferred as Institute of National Importance (INI) on Feb 5, 2020. IIIT Surat is operating from its temporary premises at [[Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT). The institute is mentored by SVNIT for an initial period of 2–3 years till the construction of the new campus. The IIIT Surat is built on a public-private partnership (PPP) model, jointly funded by the state government and industry partners Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilisers & Chemicals, Gujarat Gas and Gujarat Informatics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indian Institute of Information Technology, Raichur</span>

Indian Institute of Information Technology Raichur is a public technical and research university located in the district of Raichur in Karnataka, India. The Institute is being set up with the financial contributions of Ministry of Education, Government of India and Government of Karnataka.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indian Institute of Information Technology, Agartala</span>

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Agartala is one among the 20 IIITs established under the non-profit Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. It is presently functioning inside the campus of NIT Agartala until the construction of a 52-acre permanent campus in Bodhjungnagarat near Agartala is completed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonepat</span>

Indian Institute of Information Technology Sonepat is an Indian Institutes of Information Technology located at Sonipat, Haryana. The academic session of IIIT Sonepat started from its temporary campus at NIT Kurukshetra from year 2014 Right now it is running in Shri Balwant Institute of Technology, GT Road Sonepat. IIIT Sonepat is a joint venture of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, the Govt. of Haryana, with Industries in Public-Private Partnership model and has been declared as the Institutes of National Importance.

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