Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi

Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (Iṃdraprastha Sūcanā Praudyōgikī Saṃsthān Dillī, IIIT-Delhi or IIIT-D) is a state university located in Delhi, India.[2] It is research-oriented with a focus on Computer Science and allied areas. The institute began with its first batch of 60 B.Tech students in 2008. As of 2019, the approved batch intake for B.Tech is 426[3] and for M.Tech is 203.[4]

Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
Other name
IIIT-D
TypeState university
Established2008 (12 years ago)
ChancellorLt. Governor of Delhi
DirectorRanjan Bose
Academic staff
96
Undergraduates1203
Postgraduates334
182
Location
New Delhi
,
India

28°32′40″N 77°16′21″E
CampusOkhla
Colours [1]
Websitewww.iiitd.ac.in

History

IIIT-D started at the Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT) campus at Sector 3, Dwarka, New Delhi. It was founded as a State University[5] by an act of the Delhi Government (The IIIT Delhi Act, 2007)[6] in 2008, with seed support from the Government of NCT of Delhi.[7] The institute began with its first batch of 60 students on 8 September 2008 from NSUT(NSIT at that time). IIIT-Delhi moved in its permanent campus in August 2012. The campus was inaugurated by Sheila Dikshit, former Chief Minister of Delhi, in October 2012.[8] The university is accredited an ‘A’ grade by NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council), and has been accorded 12-B status by the University Grants Commission (UGC).[9] IIIT-Delhi is an autonomous university, with the board fully authorized to take important decisions of its own volition.

Campus
Academic Block

IIIT Delhi operates from its campus in Okhla Phase-III, New Delhi.[10] After its establishment in 2008, IIIT Delhi functioned from its transit campus in the library building at NSIT in Dwarka until July 2012. Its permanent campus, which is spread over 25 acres, became operational in August 2012.
The campus consists of an academic complex, a library and information center, a dining and recreation centre, and hostels.

Phase 2 Development

Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi inaugurated Phase-II of the campus on 21 August 2018.[11] New Academic Block, Lecture Hall Block, Residential (Faculty Residence) Block, Hostel Block H1, Hostel Block H2, and Sports Block are built in the campus and collectively called Phase II. The eight-storey Research&Development Block which includes 4 hundred-seater lecture halls, 58 labs, 24 discussion rooms, 7 meeting rooms, 116 faculty rooms and office spaces has been operational since August 2017.
The 11-storeyed Hostel Block H1 which has 21 married accommodation facility and 197 double-seater rooms has beem functional since February 2018.
The Residential faculty has 12 stories with 44 flats, which are occupied since March 2018. The six-storey Lecture Hall Block with one 500-seater and two 300-seater lecture theaters, classrooms and instructions labs became functional in August 2018.
The newly built sports block is equipped with various facilities such as a badminton court, a heated indoor swimming pool, table tennis tables, a gym, a yoga room, and 2 squash rooms. The institute also has a multi-purpose sports field, two tennis courts, a basketball court, and a volleyball field. The Phase II expansion of IIIT-D is estimated to enhance its student uptake from over 1,800 in 2015 to 3,000.[12]

Organisation and administration

Funding

The land and infrastructure of IIIT-D is funded by the Government of Delhi. A grant of Rs 4,21,00,000 (4CR) has been earmarked for the development of the IIIT-D Innovation & Incubation Center by the Department of Science of Technology, Government of India.[13] The university reported an expenditure of Rs '58,79,45,226'(58CR) in the financial year of 2018-2019.

Governance

IIIT-Delhi was established by the Government of Delhi in 2008 as per the IIIT-Delhi Act. The IIIT-Delhi Act ensures administrative and academic autonomy. The General Council is the highest body overseeing the institute, and advises the Vice-Chancellor. The Chancellor of the Institute is the Lt. Governor of Delhi, who also chairs the General Council of the Institute. The Board of Governors consists of the Director, the Chairman, four experts, two government nominees and two professors. The Board decides the salaries, the number of positions and selects the four experts. The Senate and Board can start degrees/programs. The Senate is empowered to take all academic decisions. The Institute's operational head is the Director. Overall policy making and governance rests with the Board of Governors (BOG).[14]

Departments

IIIT-D offers an undergraduate B.Tech, a postgraduate M.Tech, and a Ph.D in various fields.

The institute has the following academic departments:

The University follows a 'CS + X'[15] format for its Computer Science courses. IIIT-D offers the following programs as the 'X' component:

  • Engineering
  • Biosciences
  • Social Sciences
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Design

The University partnered with Infosys in 2016 to establish the 'Infosys Centre For AI'.[16]

Academics

Admission

The B.Tech admissions to various programs of IIIT-D are done through Joint Admission Counselling (JAC - DELHI) together with Indira Gandhi Delhi Technological University for Women, Delhi Technological University and Netaji Subhash University of Technology[17] and through IIIT-D's direct admission process using UCEED rank (only some seats in CSD) and class XII marks (only for some seats in CSSS). Admissions of foreign nationals/OCIs/POIs/NRIs is done through DASA or directly through the IIIT-D process.[18]

For M.Tech admissions, both GATE score and B.Tech CGPA/percentage are considered for shortlisting purposes. Final merit list is obtained after a coding test and interview of shortlisted students at IIIT-Delhi campus.

Rankings
University rankings
General – international
QS (BRICS) (2019)[19]192
Engineering – India
NIRF (2020)[20]56

Internationally, IIIT-Delhi was ranked 192 among universities in the BRICS nations by the QS World University Rankings of 2019.[19]

In India, IIIT-Delhi was ranked 56 among engineering institutes by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020.[20]

IIITD is ranked 14th among engineering institutions in India in 2020.[21]

Library

The Library and Information Center of the Institute is housed in a separate building and is automated with the help of RFID Technology with EM security. The library is on the first floor and has a large collection of print and electronic media in areas including Computer Science, Electronics and Communications, Mathematics and Statistics, Humanities and Sciences. A common study area for students is on the ground floor and several labs are on the upper floors. As of 2019, the library contains 10000+ books, 10000+ Ebooks and 700+ Kindles. There is also a reading room facility open 24 hours per day.[22]

Student life

The Dining and Recreation centre of the institute contains a students' mess, which is spread over two floors, a cafeteria and facilities for extra co-curricular activities, such as a music room and a gymnasium.

Student council

Student Council is a main elected student's body which supervises all clubs and festivals. It has a budget which the council distributes to various clubs. Students can form new clubs, based on interests, after formal permission of the student council.[23] The Student Senate is an elected student's body, which focuses on academic many issues like hostels and mess Committee governance are a main part of the units.[23]

Student festivals

IIIT-D holds two annual festivals, a technical festival called Esya and a cultural one called Odyssey.

IIIT Delhi's Odyssey celebrates the essence and beauty of culture and of its arts. It celebrates the actor, the dancer, the musician, the writer and the designer, with over 45 events and a footfall of 25,000+ in the month of January 2020. Having staged popular performances like Jubin Nautiyal, Prateek Kuhad, Gajendra Verma, Hardy Sandhu, The Local Train, Euphoria, Zakir Khan and Bhuvan Bam. Odyssey always reaches out to the youth with its inspiring, ever growing attitude.

Esya is a two-day festival which was first held at the institute's transit campus on 3–4 September 2011. ESYA, IIIT Delhi’s annual tech fest is the epitome of celebrating all things tech and beyond. Celebrating the coder, the reader, the learner, the leader. ESYA provides them a platform to showcase their ideas and build upon them; to morph their unrelenting imagination into a reality.[24] Odyssey was first held at the institute's permanent campus in 2014, which celebrates the essence and beauty of culture and of its arts.[25]

References
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  4. https://www.iiitd.ac.in/people/mtech/2019
  5. List of State Universities approved by UGC Page 22 Archived 31 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Department of Expenditure. Ministry of Finance. 10 October. 2007
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  9. https://www.iiitd.ac.in/about
  10. "IIIT Delhi moves into its own campus". IIIT-D Blog. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  11. "Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Inaugurates New Phase II Building At IIIT Delhi Campus". NDTV.com. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  12. "IIIT-Delhi Phase II campus inaugurated". The Asian Age. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  13. https://iiitd.ac.in/sites/default/files/docs/ariia/ARI-U-0105.pdf
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  16. "Infosys centre for AI". cai.iiitd.ac.in. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  17. "Joint Admission Counselling Delhi 2017". Joint Admission Counselling Delhi. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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  20. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
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