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 education sector, at a time when India was going through a phase of unprecedented boom in the software industry (Years 1998 - 2000). The course curriculum at these institutes is at par with similar offerings at the Computer Science departments of Indian Institutes of Technology.
- IIITM Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) the first among the IIITs and pioneer among these institutes was established by Government of India and was recently rechristened Atal Bihari Vajpayee IIITM Gwalior in honour of India's former Prime Minister. It offers is consistently rated among the top T-schools in India.[citation needed]
- IIIT Hyderabad and IIIT Bangalore follow a Public Private Partnership model with significantly larger participation from industry (unlike the Institutes in Gwalior, Jabalpur, Kanchipuram and Allahabad that are fully government owned). Both the Institutes became full-fledged Universities in 2004-05 and were required by Universities Grant Commission (UGC) to change their names to "International" Institutes instead of "Indian" Institutes.
- IIITDM Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) 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 Computer Sciences, Electronics and Communication and Mechanical Engineering. It became a full-fledged Deemed University in June,2009.
- IIIT Bhubaneswar has been established in 2007 with a to be a knowledge seeking Institution of higher learning that will educate students in technology and other disciplines of scholarship. The Institute will work closely with the Industry and other users of the technology to develop and deliver technological solutions to enhance their competitive position. The Institute is committed to the entire value chain of knowledge creation, diffusion and preservation to meet the challenges of the century. The Institute will borrow best practices in education delivery systems, research and consulting practices. Leveraging technology to bring about next generation of practices will be a key to this strategy.
- Following a pure private model another IIIT at Pune got established.
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List of current IIITs offering B.Tech Courses (Chronological Order)
- Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) (IIITM-G) 1997
- International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) (IIIT-H) 1998
- Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (U.P) (IIIT-A) 1999
- Indian Institue of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) (IIIT-DM) 2005
- Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram (IIIT-DM)
- Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-Delhi) 2008
- International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar (IIIT-Bhubaneswar) Offering B.Tech since 2009
List of IIITs offering only Post Graduate Courses (Chronologiacal Order)
- International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore (IIIT-B) 1999
- Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Thiruvananthapuram (IIITM-K) 2000
- International Institute of Information Technology, Pune known as isquareit 2003
- International Institute of Information Technology, Nuzvid (IIIT-Nuzvid), Nuzvid, Andhra Pradesh. 2007
IIITs in the 11th Five Year Plan
As per the Budget 2011, Twenty Three (23) 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. If these are accepted, it could be quite a contrast to the functioning of existing higher learning institutes. The Nasscom report has identified a major role for private organisations in terms of finance, faculty and resources. Pvt players may play key roles in new institutes
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.
While required investment into the IIITs could vary depending on the city, close to Rs 100 crore has been estimated for each IIIT. The suggested locations for the new IIITs include
- Ahmedabad
- Bangalore
- Bhopal
- Bhubaneshwar
- Chandigarh
- Chennai
- Coimbatore
- Dehradun
- Delhi
- Indore
- Jaipur
- Kolkata
- Lucknow
- Mangalore
- Mysore
- Nagpur
- Patna
- Pune
- Saugor
- Thiruvanathapuram
The locations of IIITs have been arrived at on the basis of how well connected they are in terms of transport and facilities and their prominence to industrial hubs. Considering the dire faculty crunch in the country, Nasscom has made it clear that faculty members must be given salaries prevalent in the market.It has been suggested that each IIIT must have the autonomy to decide its own salary structure to compete with private educational institutes. Collaborating private organisations would be requested to send their experienced employees as visiting faculty members. A higher number of visiting faculty and faculty-exchange programmes with universities in India and abroad have been suggested.
Private organisations are expected to collaborate with the IIITs for knowledge manpower, giving projects to students and for curriculum guidance.The associated company would look into the role of private organisations and enabling optimum rate of returns for them.
The development of the PhD programme, according to one of the suggestions, is vital to the growth of IIITs as these doctoral students could be groomed for teaching positions in IIITs, creating a strong pool of candidates for top academic positions.It has been recommended that the undergraduate programme of IIITs could be scaled up to 600 students, the post-graduate programme could take about 400 students and the PhD programme could have an intake of 100 students.A faculty-student ratio of 1:14 has been suggested. The report has suggested an integrated campus model and a hub-and-spoke campus model, depending on the IIIT.
Consulting major KPMG would look into existing policies and legal framework before suggesting how private institutes could contribute in the physical and services part of developing an institute of higher learning.
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