International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore

International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore
Motto	ज्ञानमुत्तमम (Knowledge is Supreme)
Established	1999
Type	Deemed University, Education and Research, Private
Chairman	N. R. Narayana Murthy
Director	Prof. S. Sadagopan
Academic staff	36
Postgraduates	304 (M.Tech.), 21 (M.S. by Research) & 28 (Ph.D.)
Location	Electronics City, Bangalore, Karnataka, India 12°50′41″N 77°39′47″E
Website	www.iiitb.ac.in

The International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (अंतरराष्ट्रीय सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान,बैंगलोर), abbreviated to IIIT-B, is a graduate school in India. Founded in 1999, it offers M.Tech., M.S. (Research) and PhD programs in the field of Information Technology. In February 2005, IIIT-B was conferred Deemed University status under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act 1956.

IIIT-Bangalore is promoted by the Government of Karnataka and the IT industry. IIIT-B

is managed by a Governing Body with N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor of Infosys, as the Chairperson.

History

IIIT-B was instituted on September 15, 1999 as the Indian Institute of Information Technology with its campus located at ITPL. The institute functioned at ITPL for the first four years. In August 2003, IIIT-B relocated to its present campus at Electronics City. IIIT-B was founded after taking inspiration from the other well established Institutes of National Importance (INI) in India. These INI's include the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs).

Initially, the institute offered Post Graduate Diplomas in Information Technology. Upon becoming a Deemed University in January 2005, the institute began conferring students with the degree of Master of Technology. The name of the institute was changed to International Institute of Information Technology before becoming a university(in 2004).

Location

IIIT-B is located in Bangalore in the Electronic City zone, which houses major electronics and IT corporations that include Infosys, Wipro, Siemens, Hewlett-Packard, General Electric, Flextronics, and STPI (Software Technology Parks of India).

Address: IIIT-Bangalore, 26/C, Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560100.

Administration

IIIT-B is a not-for-profit society registered under the Government of Karnataka Act. The institute is governed by a board comprising Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy as Chairman. The other eminent members of the board are listed as follows

• Pankaj Chandra, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
• Neelam Dhawan, Managing Director, HP India Pvt Ltd
• Gautam Hegde, Managing Director, Backend Bangalore Pvt. Ltd
• Manish Khera, CEO, Financial Information Network & Operations Ltd
• Jitendra Malik, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A
• Som Mittal, President, NASSCOM
• B. V. Naidu, Chairman, Sagitaur Ventures India Pvt Ltd
• R Rajalakshmi, Former Director - Software Technology Parks of India, Bangalore
• Prof. S. Sadagopan (Founder Director)
• K. Subrahmaniam, Former President & CEO, CSC
• M. N. Vidyashankar, IAS,Principal Secretary to the Government, of Karnataka, Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology
• Praveen Vishakantaiah, President - Intel India

Students

Every year about 5000 applications are received, out of which about 300 students (around 150 in each year) are enrolled in the M. Tech. (2 year full time) degree program. These students are selected through an All India Entrance Examination out of about two thousand applicants from all over the country. The PhD program was started in August 2005. There are 28 Ph.D. students and 21 M.S. (Research) students are currently registered with IIIT-Bangalore.

Alumni

As of August 2011 over 1300 alumni have graduated in the eleven convocations held so far.

Research activities

Government and industry funded labs functioning at IIIT Bangalore include Intel Planet Lab, Honeywell Control Lab, Intel Community PC Lab, HP IMS Lab, Siemens Vision Lab and HP Cluster Computing Lab.

Research projects funded by the government and by industry include ICT for development funded by the Department of Information Technology of the Government of India, the Telematics Project funded by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India, ICT for Development funded by Microsoft, ICT Cluster Study funded by the Liverhume Trust, Cluster Computing in University Environment funded by HP, Community PC Initiatives funded by Intel, and MONSOON & INCITE projects of the European Union.

Research Labs:

• Centre for Electronics and Embedded Systems Lab
• Centre for Spatial Information Sciences
• Computing Systems Lab
• Mobile Computing and IMS Innovation Lab
• Open Systems Laboratory
• Power line Communication Lab
• SNIA
• Software Design Laboratory
• Wireless Network Lab

Programs

Degree Programs

IIIT-Bangalore offers four Degree programs.

• Integrated M.Tech.
• M.Tech.
• M.S. by Research
• Ph.D.

Specialization

IIIT B offers an M.Tech in Information Technology. Students can opt for specialization in either of the following streams

• Computer Science
• Networking and Communication
• Databases and Information Systems
• Embedded systems
• Software Engineering
• IT and Society

Students must pursue three courses in the stream that they choose. There are a number of mandatory courses that a student needs to take which is irrespective of the stream chosen by the student. Students can choose the optional courses from their second semester.

Admission

• The minimum qualification for any of the programs is a 4 year bachelor degree in Engineering. M.Sc. and M.C.A. students are also eligible to take any course in IIIT-B
• Admission for M.Tech., M.S. and Ph.D. program is done by an online exam followed by personnel interview. People with good GATE or GRE score cards can apply directly without appearing for written test.

Scholarships

Scholarships are available for exceptional candidates who get selected for programs at IIIT-B, sponsored by industry.
Sponsors:
Class of 2011: GE, ABB, Intel, Infosys, Siemens and AMD.
Class of 2012: ABB, Infosys, Siemens and SocGen.

External links

• Official website