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'''International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad''' ('''IIITH''', pronounced Triple-Eye-T) is a higher-education institute [[deemed-to-be-university]], founded as a non profit public private partnership (N-PPP), located in [[Telangana]], [[India]]. It is the first IIIT in India under this model.
'''International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad''' (commonly abbreviated as '''IIIT Hyderabad''' or simply '''IIIT-H''') is a [[private university]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Quick Facts {{!}} IIIT Hyderabad|url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/about/quick-facts/|access-date=2021-02-25|website=www.iiit.ac.in}}</ref> located in [[Hyderabad, Telangana]], established in 1998 under a Not-for-Profit Public Private Partnership, laying focus on [[Information Technology]] and other fields such as [[Computer Science]], [[Electronic engineering|Electronics and Communication]], [[Structural Engineering |Computer Aided Structural Engineering]] and their interdisciplinary applications across other domains.<ref name = Operational_Model/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.epw.in/international-institute-information-technology|title=Economics & Political Weekly - IIIT-H|website=www.epw.in/}}</ref> In 1998, IIIT Hyderabad was the first of the [[International Institutes of Information Technology]] to be established in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/about/at-a-glance/|title=At a Glance | IIIT Hyderabad|website=www.iiit.ac.in}}</ref>
IIITH is a residential institute spread over 66 acres right in the center of the [[Gachibowli]] IT hub. The institute has 101 faculty, and currently has 1896 students and 115 administrative and supporting staff.
The institute counts around 1800 students and over 85 faculty members<ref>{{Cite web|title=At a Glance {{!}} IIIT Hyderabad|url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/about/at-a-glance/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=www.iiit.ac.in}}</ref>. Known for its narrow and deep focus on computer science<ref>{{Cite web|title=P. J. Narayanan's Home Page|url=http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pjn/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=www.cs.cmu.edu}}</ref>, IIIT Hyderabad is divided into various research centers and labs, as opposed to schools and departments.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Research Centres {{!}} IIIT Hyderabad|url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/research/centres/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=www.iiit.ac.in}}</ref> The institute is ranked amongst the top research universities in the country, computed based on publications in CS-related areas.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Berger|first=Emery D.|date=2020|title=CSRankings|url=https://csrankings.org/}}</ref>
IIIT Hyderabad is widely popular for its coding culture, with students frequently making it to the [[International Collegiate Programming Contest|ACM ICPC World Finals]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Best Ever Performance by an Indian College at the World's Toughest Programming Contest ACM ICPC {{!}} IIIT Hyderabad|url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/news/acmranking/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=www.iiit.ac.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=IIIT-Hyderabad team in finals of Olympics of Programming - ACM-ICPC World Finals {{!}} IIIT Hyderabad|url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/news/ACM-ICPCWorldFinals/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=www.iiit.ac.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-16|title=TooWeakTooSlow in ACM-ICPC Finals -|url=https://blogs.iiit.ac.in/iiit-hyderabad-team-in-acm-icpc-finals/|access-date=2021-07-07|language=en-US}}</ref>. The admission to the single-degree (B-Tech) programs is highly competitive<ref>{{Cite web|title=IIIT Hyderabad Cut off 2020, 2019 & 2018 for BTech|url=https://www.shiksha.com/university/iiit-hyderabad-international-institute-of-information-technology-53885/cutoff|access-date=2021-07-07|website=www.shiksha.com}}</ref> and is done through the [[Joint Entrance Examination – Main|Joint Entrance Examination]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=IIIT-H JEE Admissions|url=https://ugadmissions.iiit.ac.in/jee_page.html|access-date=2021-07-07|website=ugadmissions.iiit.ac.in}}</ref>. Admission for the dual-degree programs is done through the institute's own research-oriented examination<ref>{{Cite web|title=Undergraduate Entrance Examination (UGEE)|url=https://ugadmissions.iiit.ac.in/ugee_page.html|access-date=2021-07-07|website=ugadmissions.iiit.ac.in}}</ref> and olympiads such as the [[International Olympiad in Informatics|International Olympiad on Informatics (IOI)]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Olympiad/KVPY|url=https://ugadmissions.iiit.ac.in/olympiad_page.html|access-date=2021-07-07|website=ugadmissions.iiit.ac.in}}</ref>
==History==
==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]],<ref name=glance>{{cite web|title=At a Glance|url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/about/at-a-glance/|website=www.iiit.ac.in|publisher=IIIT Hyderabad|access-date=24 November 2017}}</ref> with the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh|state government]] supplying a grant of land and buildings.<ref>{{cite web|title=NAAC report|url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/naac-report/|date=February 2018}}</ref> As special officer for IIIT Hyderabad and Secretary of IT for the state government, [[Ajay Prakash Sawhney]] was responsible for shaping the conceptual model and overseeing initial development of the institute.<ref name=newscoverage>{{cite web|url=https://www.itworld.com/article/2783854/the-learning-channel.html|title=The Learning Channel|first=Tom|last=Field|date=27 December 2000|website=ITworld}}</ref><ref name=newscoverage2>{{cite web |title=Interview with Rajeev Sangal |url=http://www.edu-leaders.com/articles/19955/a-techie-by-chance |access-date=31 December 2017 |archive-date=7 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907032657/http://www.edu-leaders.com/articles/19955/a-techie-by-chance |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brief Bio=Data of Director of the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU)|url=http://www.old.iitbhu.ac.in/institute/images/administration_pics/rsangal.pdf|publisher=IIT BHU|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=28 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928044023/http://www.old.iitbhu.ac.in/institute/images/administration_pics/rsangal.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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]],<ref name=glance>{{cite web|title=At a Glance|url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/about/at-a-glance/|website=www.iiit.ac.in|publisher=IIIT Hyderabad|access-date=24 November 2017}}</ref> with the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh|state government]] supplying a grant of land and buildings.<ref>{{cite web|title=NAAC report|url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/naac-report/|date=February 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref name=newscoverage>{{cite web|url=https://www.itworld.com/article/2783854/the-learning-channel.html|title=The Learning Channel|first=Tom|last=Field|date=27 December 2000|website=ITworld}}</ref><ref name=newscoverage2>{{cite web|title=Interview with Rajeev Sangal |url=http://www.edu-leaders.com/articles/19955/a-techie-by-chance}}</ref> Prof. 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brief Bio=Data of Director of the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU)|url=http://www.old.iitbhu.ac.in/institute/images/administration_pics/rsangal.pdf|publisher=IIT BHU}}</ref>
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]].<ref name = "Operational_Model">{{cite web|url=http://www.iiit.ac.in/Careers/whyJoin.html#IIIT-H%20Operational%20Model| title = Operational Model}}</ref>
The institution was founded under the name of '''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]].<ref name = "Operational_Model">{{cite web|url=http://www.iiit.ac.in/Careers/whyJoin.html#IIIT-H%20Operational%20Model| title = Operational Model}}</ref> [[File:IIIT Hyderabad Signage.jpg|thumb|IIIT Hyderabad Main Entrance Signage]]
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|University of Hyderabad (UOH)]], [[Indian School of Business|Indian School of Business (ISB)]], Indian Immunological and Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Development Banking (JNIDB), [[Tata Consultancy Services|Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)]] and many more. It also lies in proximity to the bustling [[HITEC City|HiTech City]] Center and [[Lingampalli railway station|Lingampally railway station]].
IIIT Hyderabad is located {{convert|19|km|mi}} west of [[Hyderabad]] city. The area of the institute campus is 66 acres (approx. 267,000 m²). This land was allotted by Government of [[Andhra Pradesh]] in 1998. Four buildings house the corporate schools and research centers. In addition to this, the academic building has the lecture halls, tutorial rooms, computer and electronics labs and offices of the administration and faculty. The building complexes are named after the mountain ranges; Nilgiri, Vindhya and Himalaya. Campus also has incubation centers, research centers, library, auditorium and an [[amphitheatre]] which hosts multiple cultural events and college festivals. The campus also hosts many companies and startups.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cie.iiit.ac.in/startups/|title=CIE-Startups}}</ref> [[File:IIIT Hyd Main Building.jpg|thumb|Football ground behind Nilgiri]]
Due to its proximity to Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS) and [[G.M.C Balayogi Athletic Stadium]], the campus has access to various sports facilities. Apart from this, the campus has swimming pool; [[association football|football]], [[field hockey|hockey]], and [[cricket]] grounds; and [[tennis]], [[badminton]], [[basketball]], and [[volleyball]] courts. In addition to these facilities, the campus is also a host to an elementary school called Sanskaar Campus School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/sanskariiith/about-the-teacher/campus|title=Sanskaar School}}</ref>
Students undertaking research can access computational facilities. All notices and information are sent over the campus email. From couriers to mess registration, everything is notified via specific portals (internal sites). Some areas of the institute, like a few parts of Himalaya, Nilgiri, KCIS and library, are connected by [[Wi-Fi]].
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===T-Hub===
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. The campus also has incubators, research centers, library, auditorium and an amphitheater which hosts multiple cultural events and college festivals. IIITH’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship also hosts many companies and startups on campus.
IIIT-H hosts [[T-Hub]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://startuphyderabad.com/indias-biggest-launch-pad-start-ups-hyderabad-t-hub/|title=India's biggest launch pad for start-ups in Hyderabad: T Hub!|first=Ravi|last=Korukonda|date=9 September 2014}}</ref> a [[business incubator]]. It was established in collaboration with [[Telangana]] State Government, [[Indian School of Business]] and [[Nalsar University of Law|National Academy of Legal Studies and Research]]. Its aim is to provide a supportive environment, along with financial and mentorship support to new startups and companies in the technology sector. In 2019 it raised more than 180 million dollars of funding.,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://t-hub.co|title=T-Hub: Funding}}</ref> In 2017, the CEO of T-Hub announced the successful development of India’s fourth fastest [[supercomputer]] (after [[Indian Institute of Science]], [[IIT Delhi]] and [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/121116/hyderabad-t-hub-developed-new-supercomputer-ready.html|title=T-Hub: Supercomputer}}</ref>
===Art on campus===
On-campus facilities include an [[State Bank of India|SBI]] branch and ATM, canteens, clinic, canteens, gym, laundry services and more.
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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.
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===Hostels===
* [[File:IIITH Boys Hostel.jpg|alt=IIITH Boys Hostel|thumb|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 flats on campus in C & D Block, as well as Anand and Budh Nivas. There is also a guest house with four air-conditioned suites for visitors to campus.
IIIT-H has five hostels (three for boys and two for girls): <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/about/infrastructure/|title=IIIT-H: Hostels}}</ref>
== Administration ==
* '''Palash Nivas (Old Boys Hostel)''': Generally allotted to undergraduate students from second-year onwards and first-year postgraduate students. It is attached to North and South Mess.
[[File:IIIT hyderabad hostels.jpg|thumb|Old Boys Hostel (OBH)]]
=== Governing Council ===
* '''New Boys Hostel (NBH)''': Allotted to postgraduate seniors and research students pursuing M.S. or PhD. It is attached to Yuktahar mess and non-vegetarian Kadamba Mess.
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.
* '''Bakul Nivas''': Allotted to undergraduate juniors and second-year postgraduate students. [[File:IIIT hyderabad Bakul Nivas 3.jpg|thumb|Bakul Nivas]]
* '''Old Parijaat Nivas''': Allotted to third and fourth-year girls.
* '''New Parijaat Nivas (New Girls Hostel)''': Allotted to first and second-year girls. Both girls' hostels have separate gates. It is also attached to Yuktahar mess
All students are provided with hostel rooms and it is compulsory to live on-campus. First-year and second-year students who have enrolled in a bachelor's or dual-degree program are required to share rooms (double occupancy) whereas, from the third-year onward, the students have single occupancy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.getmyuni.com/college/international-institute-of-information-technology-iiit-hyderabad-facilities|title=International Institute of Information Technology, [IIIT] Hyderabad - Hostels and Facilities|website=www.getmyuni.com}}</ref> The institute has a guest house with four air-conditioned suites. Two hostels for men and one for women have a total of about 1200 rooms. An optical fiber network connects all campus buildings including the hostels.
==Governing council==
===Director===
* [[P. J. Narayanan]] (April 2013 to present)
* Rajeev Sangal (Mar 2002 to April 2013)
* [[Narendra Ahuja]] (Aug 1999 to Mar 2002)
The institute is governed by a governing council, which is currently headed by [[Turing Award]] laureate [[Raj Reddy]]. Other notable members are [[Turing Award]] laureate [[Vint Cerf]] and [[Narendra Ahuja]].<ref name=Council>{{cite web|title=Governing Council|url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/about/governing-council/|website=www.iiit.ac.in|publisher=IIIT Hyderabad|access-date=24 November 2017}}</ref> Day-to-day operation is managed by a Director, currently [[P. J. Narayanan]], assisted by a Dean of Research and a Dean of Academics.<ref name=Council/>
== Academics ==
==Academics==
IIIT Hyderabad offers courses of study under following departments:<ref>{{cite web|title=Courses|url=https://www.careers360.com/university/international-institute-of-information-technology-hyderabad}}</ref>
* Computer Applications and Information Technology
* Engineering and Architecture
* Sciences
* Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
The institute offers undergraduate, postgraduate and dual degree programs for Monsoon (July to November) and Spring (January to April) semesters. '''Undergraduate''' programs award either [[Bachelor of Technology]] (B.Tech.) or B.Tech. (Honors) in [[Computer Science and Engineering]], [[Electronics and Communication Engineering]], [[Civil Engineering]] (dis-continued) with courses in [[engineering]], [[sciences]], [[mathematics]] and [[humanities]], while '''postgraduate programs''' award either [[Master of Technology]] (M.Tech.) in Computer Aided Structural Engineering, Computer Science and Information Security, [[Master of Science]] (MS) or [[Master of Philosophy]] (M.Phil.) in Computational Linguistics. '''Dual degree Programs''' award B.Tech. + MS by Research. The Dual Degrees offer MS in Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computational Natural Science, Building sciences [MS in specialized courses of civil], [[Bioinformatics]], Computational Linguistics and Exact Humanities (dis-continued) along with a BTech in [[Computer Science]]. '''Doctoral Programs''' award part-time and full-time [[Ph.D.]] degrees and post-graduate diplomas in Spatial Informatics, [[Cognitive Science]] and other fields mentioned above.
The undergraduate students have a flexible academic structure where they can select their courses and projects. These students are also allowed to participate in ongoing research and development.<ref>{{cite web|title=Academics|url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/academics/}}</ref> [[File:IIIT Hyderabad Vindhya.jpg|thumb|Vindhya C6]]
[[File:IIIT Hyderabad main building.jpg|thumb|Main building (Nilgiri)]]
IIIT Hyderabad also offers Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) program in collaboration with [[Carnegie Mellon University]], US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msitprogram.net/|title=Welcome to MSIT Program|website=www.msitprogram.net|access-date=2017-04-07}}</ref>
In 2003, IIIT Hyderabad launched Research Exchange Program for Ph.D. students in collaboration with [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], [[University of Pennsylvania]], [[University of California, Berkeley]] and various other institutions.<ref name="Collaborations">{{cite web|title=Research Exchange Programme|url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/academics/curriculum/postgraduate/research-exchange/}}</ref>
Recently, IIIT-H introduced a semester-long course on flexible electronics. It involves application of high-level [[electronics]] and [[material science]]. The course is considered unique because it provides an overview of building of a silicon processor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Flexible Electronics Course|url=https://telanganatoday.com/iiit-hyderabad-offers-one-of-its-kind-flexible-electronics-course|publisher= Telangana Today}}</ref>
===Admissions===
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Internationally, IIIT Hyderabad is ranked among 451-500 for Computer Science and Information Systems subject in ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' for 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/international-institute-information-technology-hyderabad-iiit-h|title= QS Rankings by subject}}</ref> It was ranked among top 10 universities in South Asia by ''[[Cybermetrics Lab]]'', Spain's largest public research institution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/news/cybermetric/|title=Cybermetrics Lab Rankings}}</ref> It was ranked 147 in the world and 34 in Asia for ''[[Computer Science]]'' and research publications in the period 2005-2020.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://csrankings.org/#/fromyear/2005/toyear/2020/index?ai&vision&mlmining&nlp&ir&world|title=CS Rankings}}</ref>
It was ranked 78th among universities in India by the ''[[National Institutional Ranking Framework]]'' (NIRF) in 2020,<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_U_2020/> 43rd among engineering colleges<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_E_2020 /> And in the 101–150 band overall.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_O_2020/>
It was ranked 78th among universities in India by the ''[[National Institutional Ranking Framework]]'' (NIRF) in 2020,<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_U_2020/> 43rd among engineering colleges<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_E_2020 /> and in the 101–150 band overall.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_O_2020/>
== Notable faculty ==
* [[Narendra Ahuja]], founding director (1999–2002), Donald Biggar Willett Professor Emeritus in Engineering at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]].<ref name=council>{{Cite web| url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/about/governing-council/|title=IIIT-Governing Council}}</ref>
Among engineering colleges, IIIT Hyderabad ranked 16th by ''[[Outlook India]]'' in 2019.<ref name=Rankings_OUTLOOK_E_2019/> It was ranked 4th among engineering colleges by ''[[Dataquest|Dataquest India]]'' in 2019. The same rankings ranked it 3rd in government engineering colleges in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.library.nic.in/e-journalNew/Dataquest/Archives/DQDec2018Nov2019/DQMarch2019/output1/36%20-%20Top%20T-Schools%20in%20India%202019.pdf|title=Dataquest Rankings}}</ref>
* [[P. J. Narayanan]], Professor and Director.
* [[Vishal Garg]], founding head, Center for IT in Building Science.
[[File:IIIT Hyderabad 9.png|thumb|Drone View of T-Hub and research centers]]
==Workshops==
* IASNLP (IIIT Hyderabad Advanced Summer School on NLP) is an annual two-week school on natural language processing with lectures and project guidance by internationally renowned researchers in the area.
* Robocamp is a national level robotics workshop conducted by IIIT Hyderabad Robotics Club (IRC) every summer since 2006. In 2011 one of the workshops was organised by the second year students of IRC.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121017023418/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/students-develop-lowcost-smoke-detector/158657-60-121.html Students develop low-cost smoke detector]. Ibnlive.in.com (12 June 2011). Retrieved on 9 October 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article2098109.ece | work=The Hindu | title=Creative skills come to the fore | date=12 June 2011}}</ref>
* Tech Ease, a national workshop for students and professionals on innovation, design and user experience, was organised in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
* R & D Showcase is the research and project exhibition showcasing the research work and projects carried out in the institute.<ref>[https://www.hindu.com/2011/02/28/stories/2011022856300700.htm The Hindu : Telangana / Hyderabad News : Skills to the fore at IIIT Hyderabad R&D showcase] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505004651/http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/28/stories/2011022856300700.htm|date=5 May 2011}}. Webcache.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved on 9 October 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article1496401.ece | work=The Hindu | title=Skills to the fore at IIIT Hyderabad R&D showcase | date=28 February 2011}}</ref>
* ExOR (Excitement of Research) encourages students to take up research in academics and in career.
==Research and development centers==
IIIT-H hosts 26 research and development centers and has collaborations with [[research universities]] like [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], [[University of California, Berkeley]], [[University of Washington]], [[University of Pennsylvania]] and [[Carnegie Mellon University]] (for MSIT program).<ref>{{cite web|title=Research Exchange Programme|url=https://msitprogram.net/Certification.php}}</ref>
IIIT Hyderabad will be setting up a Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) on data driven technologies with a funding of {{INRConvert|110|c|0}} from [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-21|title=Technology Innovation Hub to be set by DST at IIIT-Hyderabad|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/news/technology-innovation-hub-to-be-set-by-dst-at-iiit-hyderabad-155350|access-date=2020-08-21|website=Jagranjosh.com}}</ref>
IIIT Hyderabad has 26 research and development centers. They are listed below on the basis of their research focus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/research/centres/|title= Research Centers}}</ref>
===Combined===
* Kohli Center on Intelligent Systems (KCIS)
* Smart City Research Center (SCRC)
* Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Centre (INAI)
===Technology===
* Signal Processing and Communications Research Center (SPCRC)
* Data Sciences and Analytics Center (DSAC)
* Language Technologies Research Center (LTRC)
* Robotics Research Center (RRC)
* Center for Security, Theory and Algorithms (CSTAR)
* Software Engineering Research Center (SERC)
* Center for Visual Information Technology (CVIT)
* Center for VLSI and Embedded Systems Technology (CVEST)
* Computer Systems Group (CSG)
* Machine Learning Lab
===Domain Specific Centers===
* IT for Agricultural and Rural Development (ITARD)
* Center for IT in Building Science (CBS)
* Cognitive Science (CogSci)
* Center for Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics (CCNSB)
* Earthquake Engineering Research Center (EERC)
* Center for IT in Education (CITE)
* Human Sciences Research Group (HSRG)
* Center for Education Technology and Learning Science (CETLS)
* Lab for Spatial Informatics (LSI)
* Research Center for e-Governance
===Development Centers===
* Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE)
* Center for Open Software (COS)
* Human Values Cell
==Student life==
With about 1,800 students, IIIT Hyderabad has cultural and athletic activities throughout the year. The students are divided into four houses upon their intake in the college: Agni, Akash, Prithvi and Vayu. All cultural and sports competitions are based around the house system where the houses battle it out for the top position. They have access to gymnasium with personal trainers and all other facilities on-campus.
IIIT-H has various student bodies and clubs. Undergraduate students get a chance to volunteer for [[National Service Scheme]] (NSS) which aims to inculcate social values in students. Volunteers work to provide a better lifestyle to everyone who is needy. They also provide help to the regions affected by natural disasters by raising funds, providing essential resources such as food, money, clothes. Students learn how to live good life when there is scarcity of resources.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/NSS.IIITHYDERABAD/n|title = National Service Scheme (NSS)}}</ref>
===Felicity===
[[File:IIIT Hyderabad Student life.jpg|thumb|A concert at Felicity]]
Felicity is IIIT's annual techno cultural fest. This three day spectacle is held at the beginning of the spring semester and is the highlight of the year. The fest is kickstarted with the 'Felicity Inaugurals' hosted by the students at IIIT, with comedy skits, dance performances and music performances spanning a variety of genres. The next two days are followed with numerous coding contests, inter-college debates, dance sessions, many quizzes, robot races, stunt shows and hackathons. The fest ends with a music concert on the last night, performed by some of the most popular artists of the country. Bands such as the [[Indian Ocean (band)|Indian Ocean]] and [[The Local Train]] have headlined Felicity in the past.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://felicity.iiit.ac.in/|title=Felicity, IIIT Hyderabad|website=felicity.iiit.ac.in}}</ref>
=== Apex Body ===
Apex is an official student welcoming body whose objective is to help the administration in handling the logistics for the admission process, creating and implementing an induction schedule for freshers (special activities during the first few weeks), ensuring a smooth transition of freshers into the college, mentoring the freshers, etc.
There is an undergraduate as well as postgraduate Apex body. Undergraduate Apex consists of students from the third and fourth year and Postgraduate Apex consists of one student from each branch.
New apex members are selected each year by faculty and current apex members.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Apex Body, IIIT-H|url=https://ugadmissions.iiit.ac.in/StudentKit/apex_letter.html|access-date=2020-06-18|website=ugadmissions.iiit.ac.in/StudentKit/apex_letter.html}}</ref>
=== E-cell ===
Entrepreneurship Cell, IIIT Hyderabad is a non-profit organization run by students and has been established with the objective of creating, manifesting and guiding the entrepreneurial spirit in the student community and to encourage them to be successful entrepreneurs. The organization aims to build an ecosystem where networking and knowledge sharing can happen. Several events, seminars and workshops are conducted by E-cell both for students of IIIT and other institutes. Currently, the organization consists of a team of around 50 members divided into 12 sub teams.<ref>{{Cite web|title=E-Cell IIIT-H|url=https://ecell.iiit.ac.in/|access-date=2020-06-03|website=ecell.iiit.ac.in}}</ref> [[File:IIIT Hyderabad Cricket Grounds 2.jpg|thumb|Cricket grounds at IIIT Hyderabad campus]]
===Ping! - Student magazine of IIIT-H===
Students run an independent media body called ''Ping!''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pingiiit.org/|title=Ping!|website=Ping!}}</ref> Content ranges from creative writing to journalistic pieces on campus issues. It was founded in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pingiiit.org/2020/03/10-years-of-ping/|title=10 Years of Ping!|first=Zubair|last=Abid|date=20 March 2020}}</ref>
Controversy surrounding an article related to [[ragging]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pingiiit.org/ragging-or-the-acceptable-sexual-harassment/|title=Ragging or the "Acceptable" Sexual Harassment – Ping!|website=pingiiit.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pingiiit.org/2018/07/the-ragging-article-editors-response/|title=The Ragging Article: Editor's Response – Ping!|website=pingiiit.org}}</ref> pushed the editors, also student members of Anti Ragging Committee of that year, to take the ''Ping'' website outside the IIIT domain because they did not follow the confidential policy of being members of ARC (Anti Ragging Committee), and to explore independent funding sources.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pingiiit.org/ping-is-on-the-internet-again/|title=Ping! is on the Internet Again! – PING!|website=pingiiit.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-29}}</ref>
=== Clubs, Groups and Societies===
The institute hosts numerous clubs that are active throughout the year and conduct several events and meetings to cater to the specific interest groups. The list of currently active clubs and societies include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://196.12.53.4/studentscorner/clubs|title=Student Corner|website=iiit.ac.in}}</ref>
* Amateur Sports Enthusiasts Club (ASEC)
* Art Society
* Astronomy Club
* Chess club
* Campus Canine Management Cell (CCC)
* Dance Crew
* Debate Society (DebSoc)
* Decore Club
* Developer's Student Club (DSC)
* Dramatics Club
* Economics, Finance, and investment club (EFI)
* Frivolous Humorous Club (FHC)
* Gaming Club
* Hacking Club
* Literary club (Lit Club)
* Music Club
* Open-Source development group (OSDG)
* Pentaprism: The Photography Club
* Programming Club
* Robotics Club
* Theory Group
* TV Room Quiz Club
==Notable faculty==
* [[Narendra Ahuja]], Founding director from 1999 to 2002, Donald Biggar Willett Professor Emeritus in Engineering at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]]<ref name=council>{{Cite web| url=https://www.iiit.ac.in/about/governing-council/|title=IIIT-Governing Council}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[International Institutes of Information Technology]]
* [[List of universities in India]]
* [[University Grants Commission (India)]]
* [[T-Hub]]
* [[Virtual Labs (India)|Virtual Labs]]
* [[Genome Valley]]
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International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH, pronounced Triple-Eye-T) is a higher-education institute deemed-to-be-university, founded as a non 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, and currently has 1896 students and 115 administrative and supporting staff.
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]
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 Immunological and Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Development Banking (JNIDB), Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and many more. It also lies in 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. The campus also has incubators, research centers, library, auditorium and an amphitheater which hosts multiple cultural events and college festivals. IIITH’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship also hosts many companies and startups on campus.
On-campus facilities include an SBI branch and ATM, canteens, clinic, canteens, gym, laundry services and more.
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 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.
The institute provides housing facilities for faculty and staff spread across 100 flats on campus in C & D Block, as well as Anand and Budh Nivas. There is also a guest house with four air-conditioned suites for visitors to campus.
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.
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]
