International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad

Not to be confused with IIT Hyderabad.

International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad

File:International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad logo.png
Type	Deemed
Established	1998 (1998)
Affiliation	UGC, NAAC, AICTE
Chairman	Raj Reddy
Director	P. J. Narayanan
Students	1,896
Undergraduates	1,146
Postgraduates	228
Doctoral students	179
Location	Hyderabad , Telangana , India 17.4456°N 78.3497°E / 17.4456; 78.3497
Campus	Urban; 66 acres (270,000 m2)
Language	English
Colors	Dark Cerulean
Nickname	IIITians, Hyderabad-IIITians
Mascot	Jagruti – The Banyan Tree
Website	www.iiit.ac.in

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.

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, with the state government supplying a grant of land and buildings. 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. 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.

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.

Campus

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.

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.

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  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.

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

• P. J. Narayanan (April 2013 to present)
• Rajeev Sangal (Mar 2002 to April 2013)
• Narendra Ahuja (Aug 1999 to Mar 2002)

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.

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.

Rankings

University and college rankings
General – international
Times (World) (2021)	601–800
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2020)	101–150
NIRF (Universities) (2020)	78
Engineering – India
NIRF (2020)	43

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

Notable faculty

• Narendra Ahuja, founding director (1999–2002), Donald Biggar Willett Professor Emeritus in Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
• P. J. Narayanan, Professor and Director.
• Vishal Garg, founding head, Center for IT in Building Science.

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