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|name = Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonepat<br />
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| motto = {{lang|sa-latn|Tejaswi Naav Dweetmastu}}<br />
|image = Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonepat logo.png<br />
|established = 2014<br />
|type = [[Public–private partnership]]<br />
|director = M.N. Doja<br />
|undergrad = 120<br />
|city = [[Sonipat]]<br />
|country = [[India]]<br />
|state = [[Haryana]]<br />
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|website = {{URL|http://www.iiitsonepat.ac.in/}}<br />
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'''Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonepat''' ('''IIIT, Sonepat''') is an [[Indian Institutes of Information Technology]] located at [[Sonipat]], [[Haryana]]. The academic session of IIIT Sonepat started from its temporary campus at [[National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra]] from year 2014<ref>{{Cite web|last1=PTI |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/jobs/IIIT-to-be-set-up-in-Sonepat/articleshow/11232133.cms |title=IIIT Sonepat all set to set up in Haryana|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=24 December 2011}}</ref> IIIT Sonepat is a joint venture of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, the Govt. of Haryana, with Industries in Public-Private Partnership model and has been declared as the [[Institutes of National Importance]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Money Control |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/iiit-bill-passed-in-rajya-sabha-five-institutes-to-get-national-importance-status-5871531.html |title=IIIT Sonepat , an Institute of National Importance| website=moneycontrol.com |date=22 September 2020}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
On 18 March 2013, [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]], [[Government of India]] introduced a bill in the Parliament to establish 20 new [[Indian Institute of Information Technology]]'s in different parts of the country. As per the bill, MHRD established 20 new IIITs under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode partnering with respective state governments and industry partners.<ref>{{cite news |title=A new IIIT package |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-new-iiit-package/cid/1313237 |accessdate=2 November 2019 |agency=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref><br />
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IIIT-S started to intake students from the academic year 2014–15, offering [[Computer Science and Engineering]] and [[Information technology]] to the incoming students, functioning in the campus of [[National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra|NIT Kurukshetra]], with NIT Kurukshetra acting as their mentor institute.<ref name="adm19">{{cite web |title=NIT KKR Notice 2019 |url=http://iiitsonepat.ac.in/storage/tenders/IIIT022019.pdf |date=11 July 2019}}</ref><br />
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On 9 August 2017, ''The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017'' was passed, following which IIIT-S along with other newly established IIITs, was conferred the status of an Institute of National Importance. The bill, was passed, aiming to generate highly competent manpower of global standards for the Information Technology Industry, expected to act as a major catalyst to develop new knowledge in the field of Information Technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2017/177925.pdf|title=The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017|date=9 August 2017 |publisher=[[Gazette of India]] |accessdate=11 August 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Admissions==<br />
The admission to IIIT is through [[Joint Seat Allocation Authority]] (JOSAA) and Central Seat allocation Board (CSAB). The students are allotted admission by JOSAA based on their [[Joint Entrance Examination]] (JEE-Main) ranks.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}<br />
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==Academic programs==<br />
The Institute presently offers [[B.Tech]] in [[Computer Science|Computer Science and Engineering]] (CSE) and [[Information Technology]] (IT) with an intake of 60 students each.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}<br />
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==Campus==<br />
IIIT Sonepat campus is under constructions. The initial classes were running in the premises and under the mentorship of [[National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra]] till 2018 , after which the classes were shifted to [[Rajiv Gandhi Education City]] in the secondary campus of [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi]].{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}<br />
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