Indian Institutes of Information Technology

This article is about the Indian education institutes agency. For other uses, see International Institute of Islamic Thought. For other uses, see International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore.

IIIT is the generic name for several Institutes of Information Technology in India, each a mini university in itself. Many of these institutions have been subsequently renamed to identify their affiliations and goals. The IIITs were conceived to be forerunners in the information technology sector, at a time when India is going through a phase of unprecedented boom in the software industry. The course curriculum at these institutes is at par with similar offerings at the Computer Science departments of Indian Institutes of Technology.

List of IIITs

• Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-D) is an autonomous university in Delhi, India.It was founded as a State University by an act of Delhi Government (The IIIT Delhi Act, 2007) in 2008 with seed support from the Government of NCT of Delhi.
• Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior also known as ABV-IIITM Gwalior, is the first IIIT of country. An institute which was established by Government of India.In year 2002 the entrance in IIIT Gwalior and IIIT Allahabad used to be via IIT-JEE exam. The name Atal Bihari Vajpayee was added to IIITM Gwalior in honor of India's former Prime Minister.Hence IIITM Gwalior is now known as ABV-IIITM Gwalior.
• IIIT Allahabad(www.iiita.ac.in/) was established in 1999, as a center of excellence in computer science and allied areas by the Government of India. The institute was conferred the "Deemed-to-be-University" status in the year 2000.It is the only government IIIT that is intended to be focused on the core areas of informatics and library sciences.
• Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management- Kerala (IIITM-K)(www.iiitmk.ac.in/) Thiruvananthapuram is established in year 2000 by the Government of Kerala to promote higher education in IT and Information Services across Kerala and beyond. The institute is an autonomous body, registered under section 25 of the Companies Act. The institute offers Post Graduate and Doctoral Programmes.
• IIITDM Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)(www.iiitdmj.ac.in/) was established in the year 2005 following a sequence of meetings held between Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India and Mr Junichiro Koizumi, the honorable Prime Minister of Japan. Focus was laid on the development of an interdisciplinary curriculum such that students become proficient in not one but the three fields of Design, Computer Sciences, Electronics and Communication and Mechanical Engineering. It became a full-fledged Deemed University in June,2009.

• IIITDM Kancheepuram(www.iiitdm.ac.in/) is a centre of excellence established by the Govt. of India in 2007 to pursue design and manufacturing oriented engineering education and research excellence. The Institute is offering novel and first of its kind UG, PG and Ph.D programs in the broad areas of computer, electronics and mechanical engineering.

• International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad(www.iiit.ac.in/)

Proposed new Institutes

As per the Budget 2011, Twenty (20) more IIIT's under the Public-Private Model, are to be launched soon for every major state of India. Nasscom recently submitted a detailed project report to the Govt. of India on the establishment of new IIITs.

Each of the IIITs has been proposed to be set up as a fully autonomous institution, through the PPP model. The partners setting up IIITs will be the ministry of human resource development, the governments of respective states where each IIIT will be established and industry members. The report is learnt to have suggested that private organisations should play an equal or slightly greater role in bringing investment for the new IIITs.

Official Websites

• IIIT, Delhi http://www.iiitd.ac.in/
• IIIT, Gwalior http://www.iiitm.ac.in/final/index.php
• IIIT, Allahabad http://www.iiita.ac.in/
• IIIT, Bubhaneshwar http://www.iiit-bh.ac.in/
• IIIT, Jabalpur http://www.iiitdmj.ac.in/
• IIITDM, Kancheepuram http://www.iiitdm.ac.in
• IIIT, Hyderabad http://www.iiit.net/