International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad

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International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
File:International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad logo.png
Former name
Indian Institute of Information Technology
TypeDeemed
Established1998; 26 years ago (1998)
AffiliationUGC, NAAC,[1] AICTE[2]
ChairmanRaj Reddy
DirectorP. J. Narayanan[3]
Students1,896[4]
Undergraduates1,146[4]
Postgraduates228[4]
179[4]
Location
Hyderabad
,
Telangana
,
India

17°26′44″N 78°20′59″E / 17.4456°N 78.3497°E / 17.4456; 78.3497Coordinates: 17°26′44″N 78°20′59″E / 17.4456°N 78.3497°E / 17.4456; 78.3497
CampusUrban; 66 acres (270,000 m2)
LanguageEnglish
Colors  Dark Cerulean
NicknameIIITians, Hyderabad-IIITians
MascotJagruti – The Banyan Tree[5]
Websitewww.iiit.ac.in
File:IIITH Main Entrance Signage.jpg
IIITH main entrance signage

International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH, pronounced Triple-Eye-T), formerly Indian Institute of Information Technology, is a higher-education institute deemed-to-be-university, founded as a not-for-profit public private partnership (N-PPP), located in Telangana, India. It is the first IIIT in India under this model.

IIITH is a residential institute spread over 66 acres right in the center of the Gachibowli IT hub. The institute has 101 faculty, 1896 students and 115 administrative and supporting staff.

History

IIIT Hyderabad was set up in 1998 under the public private partnership model by Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of Andhra Pradesh and NASSCOM,[6] with the state government supplying a grant of land and buildings.[7] As special officer for IIIT Hyderabad and Secretary IT for the state government, Ajay Prakash Sawhney was responsible for shaping the conceptual model and overseeing initial development of the institute.[8][9] Rajeev Sangal, former director of Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi designed the syllabus and served as the first director of the institute until 10 April 2013.[10]

The institution was founded under the name Indian Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad as a foundation for the 20 Indian Institutes of Information Technology under same model which was later renamed to International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad in 2001 when it attained a status of Deemed University.[11]

Campus

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Campus view

Government of Andhra Pradesh allotted 66 acres of land to IIIT Hyderabad in 1998 located on the main Gachibowli road, also known as the old Bombay highway. The institute is  surrounded by many academic and research institutions like the University of Hyderabad (UOH), Indian School of Business (ISB), Indian Immunologicals and Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Development Banking (JNIDB), Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and many more. It also lies in close proximity to the bustling HiTech City Center and Lingampally railway station.

The institute has 30 research centers. In addition to this, the academic buildings have lecture halls, workspaces, teaching labs, computer and electronics labs and also offices of the administration and faculty. Building complexes are named after the mountain ranges Nilgiri, Vindhya and Himalaya. IIITH also houses Kohli Center on Intelligent Systems (KCIS), a state-of-the-art research center, established in 2015 with funding from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) foundation to give a fillip to research, teaching and entrepreneurship in the broad area of intelligent systems. Campus also has incubators, research centers, library, auditorium and an amphitheatre which hosts multiple cultural events and college festivals. IIITH’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship also hosts many companies and startups on campus.

Due to its proximity to the Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS) , Gopichand Badminton Academy and G M C Balayogi Athletic Stadium, the campus has access to various sports facilities. Apart from this, the campus has football, hockey, and cricket grounds, tennis, badminton, basketball, and volleyball courts, as well as indoor and outdoor gyms.

On-campus facilities include a SBI bank and ATM, canteens, clinic, canteens, gym,  laundry services and more.


Student Hostels

IIITH is a residential institute and it is compulsory for all students to stay on-campus. First year and second year students who have enrolled in bachelor's or dual-degree programs are required to share rooms (double occupancy) whereas, from the third year onward, students have single occupancy. An optical fiber network connects all campus buildings including the hostels. IIITH has five hostels - three for boys and two for girls.

  • IIITH Boys Hostel
    IIITH Boys Hostel
    Palash Nivas (Old Boys Hostel) for undergraduate students from second year onwards and first -year postgraduate students. The hostel is attached to the North and South Mess.
  • New Boys Hostel (NBH) for postgraduate seniors and research students pursuing M.S or Ph.D. The hostel is attached to Yuktahar mess and non-vegetarian Kadamba Mess.
  • Bakul Nivas for undergraduate first year students and second year postgraduate students.
  • Old Parijaat Nivas for third and fourth year women students.
  • New Parijaat Nivas (New Girls Hostel) for first, second and third year women students. 

Accommodation

The institute provides housing facilities for faculty and staff spread across 100 apartments on campus in C & D Block, as well as Anand and Budh Nivas. There’s also a guest house with four air-conditioned suites for visitors to campus.

Administration

Governing Council

The institute is supervised by a governing council, which is currently headed by Turing Award laureate Raj Reddy. Day-to-day operations are managed by the  Director, P. J. Narayanan who is  assisted by the dean of research and dean of academics.

Director

Academics

Admissions

Admission to undergraduate programs is based on one of five acceptance modes: Joint Entrance Examination (Main) (JEE (Main)), the institute's own Undergraduate Engineering Entrance Examination (UGEE) and interview, representing India in the International Olympiads during class XI and XII (including International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), International Physics Olympiad (IPhO), International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), International Biology Olympiad (IBO), International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO), International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) and International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) / Paninian Linguistics Olympiad (PLO), Direct Admissions for Students Abroad (DASA) and lateral entry admissions to dual-degree programs through Lateral Entry Entrance Examination (LEEE) and interview.[12]

Admissions for postgraduate studies are on the basis of the Postgraduate Entrance Exam (PGEE) conducted by IIIT Hyderabad. Admissions to the MSIT programme run at this institute are based on a test conducted every year from April to May.[13]

Rankings

University and college rankings
General – international
Times (World) (2021)[14]601–800
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2020)[15]101–150
NIRF (Universities) (2020)[16]78
Engineering – India
NIRF (2020)[17]43
Outlook India (2019)[18]16

Internationally, IIIT Hyderabad is ranked among 451-500 for Computer Science and Information Systems subject in QS World University Rankings for 2021.[19] It was ranked among top 10 universities in South Asia by Cybermetrics Lab, Spain's largest public research institution.[20] It was ranked 147 in the world and 34 in Asia for Computer Science and research publications in the period 2005–2020.[21]

It was ranked 78th among universities in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020,[16] 43rd among engineering colleges[17] and in the 101–150 band overall.[15]

Among engineering colleges, IIIT Hyderabad ranked 16th by Outlook India in 2019.[18] It was ranked 4th among engineering colleges by Dataquest India in 2019. The same rankings ranked it 3rd in government engineering colleges in 2019.[22]

Notable faculty

References

  1. ^ "NAAC Study Report | IIIT Hyderabad". www.iiit.ac.in.
  2. ^ "AICTE Approvals | IIIT Hyderabad". www.iiit.ac.in.
  3. ^ NAAC IIIT-H Report
  4. ^ a b c d "Faculty" (PDF). www.iiit.ac.in. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Jagruti and Navjeevan".
  6. ^ "At a Glance". www.iiit.ac.in. IIIT Hyderabad. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  7. ^ "NAAC report". February 2018.
  8. ^ Field, Tom (27 December 2000). "The Learning Channel". ITworld.
  9. ^ "Interview with Rajeev Sangal".
  10. ^ "Brief Bio=Data of Director of the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU)" (PDF). IIT BHU.
  11. ^ "Operational Model".
  12. ^ "Undergraduate Admissions". International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Postgraduate Admissions-International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad". International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad.
  14. ^ "Top 1000 World University Rankings 2021". Times Higher Education. 2020.
  15. ^ a b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  16. ^ a b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Universities)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  17. ^ a b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  18. ^ a b "India's Top 150 Engineering Colleges In 2019". Outlook India. 13 June 2019.
  19. ^ "QS Rankings by subject".
  20. ^ "Cybermetrics Lab Rankings".
  21. ^ "CS Rankings".
  22. ^ "Dataquest Rankings" (PDF).
  23. ^ "IIIT-Governing Council".

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