Indian Institute of Information Technology, Nagpur (IIITN) is one of the 20 IIITs established under Public-Private Partnership Scheme by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. IIITN has been declared as an “Institution of National Importance” under the provisions of Indian Institute of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017, started functioning since year 2016-17
At present the Institute is functioning under the aegis of Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India, (Formerly Ministry of Human Resource Development) and supported by Department of Higher Education, Government of Maharashtra and Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai as Industry Partner. Within a short span of less than three years IIIT Nagpur started attracting talented students, who want to work on challenging problems in the field of Information Technology. IIIT Nagpur also started attracting good number of Industry professionals to pursue research in cutting age technologies.
Presently IIIT Nagpur is operating from Permanent campus located at Waranga just 25 km away from Nagpur in a lush green area. The institute is committed to get itself recognized as a leader in Information Technology related science and engineering. It wishes to establish a firm foundation for education and research with a high-quality faculty base and having a vision to be the fountainhead of new ideas and innovations in technology and science. IIIT, Nagpur is to create an ambiance in which new ideas, research and scholarship flourish and from which the leaders and innovators and IT-entrepreneurs of tomorrow emerge.
The Institute targets to develop strong links with the industry to make teaching and research more relevant resulting into direct benefits to the industry. The target is to develop extensive collaboration with the industry on various fronts including Consultancy, Sponsored Research Projects, Students Internships and Joint Workshops/Seminars etc. Through enhanced Industry Interaction, the Institute is targeting 100% placement for its students through campus selection.
Institute targets to develop Incubation Centre/ In-house Information Technology Park in the Permanent Campus to earn corpus fund and internships for the students in the campus itself. The Institute shall explore the possibility of entering into Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) with reputed Universities / Institutions of different Countries for establishment of Students Exchange Programme.
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