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name = School of Information Technology, [[Kolkata, West Bengal|Kolkata]] |
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established = 2000|
type = [[College]], [[Education]] and [[Research]] |
city = [[Kolkata, West Bengal|Kolkata]] |
state = [[West Bengal]] |
country = [[India]] |
motto = Liberating talent, enthusiasm and commitment.|
undergrad = |
postgrad = |
faculty = |
mascot = |
campus = [[Urban area|Urban]] |
website =http://sit.wbut.ac.in |
}}

The '''School of Information Technology''' [[Kolkata, India|Kolkata]] (also '''SIT''' and formerly '''IIIT-C''') is the Information Technology Department of the [[West Bengal University of Technology|WBUT]]. The institution started as '''Indian Institute of Information Technology - Calcutta''' in 2000 with seed support from the government of [[West Bengal]] in association with the [[Information technology|IT Industry]].

The institute has research centers in [[Computer Vision]]/[[Computer Graphics]], [[VLSI]] and [[Communication]], [[Databases]], [[Information Retrieval]] and [[Algorithms]].

Located in [[Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata|Salt Lake Sector-I]], [[Kolkata, India|Kolkata]].

The institute has computer laboratories which are allocated batch-wise to students. The labs are equipped with hardware and software. The PC to students ratio is about 1:2. All computers are part of an intranet (1 Gbit/s backbone). The institute has high bandwidth (8 Mbit/s) [[Internet]] connectivity round the clock. Research students have 24-hour access to the computer facilities. The students administer their own computer systems. The research centres and corporate schools provide specialised equipment for research and development.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.collegeadmission.in/SchoolofInformationTechnology/SchoolofInformationTechnology.shtml|title=SCHOOL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Kolkata|last=editor|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

Each year SIT holds its annual cultural and technical festival ''Algorhythm''. Algorhythm attracts students from all major engineering and degree colleges across the country.
Renowned bands like Strings and [[Parikrama]] have performed at Algorhythm over the past few years. {{Clarify|date=September 2009}}

SIT was ranked fourth among the top T-schools in East India in 2006, in a survey by the ''[[DataQuest Magazine]]''. Current rankings can be seen at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120208132833/http://dqindia.ciol.com/content/top_stories/2007/107062205.asp].

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School of Information Technology - Revision history

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