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{{Infobox university
| name = Indian Institute of Information Technology Kalyani
| image = Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani logo.png
| motto = {{lang|sa|विद्याधनं सर्वधनप्रधानम्}} ([[Sanskrit]])
| mottoeng = Knowledge is Supreme of all Wealth
| established = 2014
| type = [[Public–private partnership]]
| chairman = Manoj Kohli
| director = Santanu Chattopadhyay<ref name=director>{{Cite web|date=13 Nov 2020|title=Prof. Santanu Chattopadhyay has taken charge as the Director of the Institute on December 16, 2020.|url=http://iiitkalyani.ac.in/php/administration.php|access-date=9 Jan 2021|website= iiitkalyani.ac.in}}</ref>
| undergrad = 118
| city = [[Kalyani, India|Kalyani]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|22|57|39.82|N|88|26|0.4|E|region:IN-WB_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| campus = Urban<br />{{convert|50|acre|km2}}
| colours = {{color box|#0000CD}} Blue<br/>{{color box|#00BFFF}} Sky
| website = {{Official URL}}
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'''Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani''' ('''IIIT Kalyani''') is an [[Indian Institute of Information Technology]] located at [[Kalyani, West Bengal]]. The institute was set up by the [[Government of India]] [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]], [[Government of West Bengal]] and industry partners ([[Coal India]] and [[Rolta]]) using the [[not-for-profit]] [[Public Private Partnership]] (N-PPP) model, at a ratio of 50:35:15 respectively between three parties with an objective to produce best-in-class human resources in IT and to harness the multidimensional facets of IT in various domains.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iiitkalyani.ac.in/about-iiit-k/|title=About IIIT Kalyani – Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani|website=iiitkalyani.ac.in|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref> Admission to IIIT Kalyani is done on the basis of the marks obtained in [[JEE Main]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian Institute of Information Technology|url=http://iiitkalyani.ac.in/php/admission.php|access-date=2021-03-21|website=iiitkalyani.ac.in}}</ref>IIIT Kalyani has been attributed the status of [[Institutes of National Importance|Institute of National Importance (INI)]] by the cabinet in March 2017 under the IIIT Act.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mhrd.gov.in/institutions-national-importance/|title=Institutions of National Importance|website=mhrd.gov.in|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-25}}</ref> The institute is run by the Board of Governors of IIIT Kalyani whose members include the representatives of Government of India (MHRD), Government of West Bengal, industry partners and eminent people from academia, industry and civil society.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian Institute of Information Technology|url=http://iiitkalyani.ac.in/php/about_us.php|access-date=2021-03-21|website=iiitkalyani.ac.in}}</ref> Virendra Kumar Tewari (Director, [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|IIT Kharagpur]]) is the Mentor-Director for IIIT, Kalyani and IIT Kharagpur is the mentor institute.<ref>{{cite web |title=About IIIT Kalyani |url=http://iiitkalyani.ac.in/php/about_us.php |website=iiitkalyani.ac.in}}</ref>
Prof. Santanu Chattopadhyay has taken charge as the Director of the Institute on December 16, 2020.<ref name=director>{{Cite web|date=13 Nov 2020|title=Prof. Santanu Chattopadhyay has taken charge as the Director of the Institute on December 16, 2020.|url=http://iiitkalyani.ac.in/php/administration.php|access-date=9 Jan 2021|website= iiitkalyani.ac.in}}</ref>

== History ==

The classes started from the first week of July 2014 under the mentorship of [[Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur|IIEST Shibpur]], from the temporary campus located at the campus of JIS College of Engineering. On 19 August 2014, the official inauguration of the institute was done by the former mentor director Ajoy Kumar Ray, the director of [[IIEST Shibpur]].<ref>{{cite news|date=24 June 2014|title=Bengal's first IIIT to start classes from July|newspaper=Business Standard|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bengal-s-first-iiit-to-start-classes-from-july-114062400658_1.html|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref> The mentorship was passed on to IIT Kharagpur in 2017 and the institute has since been operating from a transit campus at Webel IT Park.

== Campus ==
On Jun 30, 2015 Hon'ble Chief Minister, [[Mamata Banerjee]] laid the foundation stone of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) campus in Kalyani.The campus will be built on 50 acres on Kalyani Expressway on the outskirts of Kalyani town.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Poddar|first=Ashis|title=Land identified for Kalyani IT institute|work=[[The Times of India]] Jul 10, 2011, 05:00 IST|location=Nadia|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/land-identified-for-kalyani-it-institute/articleshow/9167382.cms|access-date=Jun 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Mamata lays foundation stone for IIIT at Kalyani|work=[[United News of India]] Jun 30, 2015 9:29 PM IST|url=http://www.uniindia.com/news/other/mamata-lays-foundation-stone-for-iiit-at-kalyani/110328.html|access-date=Jun 23, 2021}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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*{{official website|http://iiitkalyani.ac.in/}}

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[[Category:Indian Institutes of Information Technology|Kalyani]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Nadia district]]
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