Indian Institute of Information Technology Sri City, Chittoor at Sri City, known as IIITS, is an Institute of National Importance set up under an Act of Parliament. The Institute is governed by a Board of Governors consisting of distinguished academicians, industry leaders and senior government officials. Additionally, IIIT Hyderabad and IIT Hyderabad were the mentor institutions for IIIT Sri City. In fact, the Institute follows a similar curriculum and pedagogy as IIIT Hyderabad. Located 55 km north of Chennai on the Nellore Highway, Sri City boasts of seamless connectivity by road, air etc. IIITS is located in Sri City, a decade old state of the art industrial city spread over 8000 acres encompassing a multi-product Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Domestic Tariff Zone (DTZ), Free Trade & Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) and Electronics Manufacturing Cluster. Sri City is hosting over 180 large manufacturing MNCs from over 27 industrialized countries. The institute has access to the industries and social infrastructure available in Sri City through the Industry Partner.
The Campus spread across 81 acres and equipped with state-of-the-art Infrastructure in Sri City. The campus is being designed and built according to international standards as green campus. The campus is ready and functional. IIIT Sri City is a residential institute with separate hostels for boys and girls with all necessary facilities, and it is mandatory for all students to stay on campus. Students can access Campus-Network and computing facilities from their hostel rooms. Two hostels for boys are ready and one hostel is functional specially for girls. The construction for two more hostels and one dining hall is in progress.
IIITS is a unique institution with a perfect blend of teaching and research. Focus on UG-led research aims to develop technology related research that can solve real-world problems and has an impact across the world and in India. The Institute has two research centres- Centre for Smart Cities and MHRD funded Design and Innovation Centre. Currently, there are 10 ongoing external sponsored projects driven by our faculties; worth nearly 3 crore rupees. The sponsoring agencies include: Department of Science and Technology (DST), ISRO, Naval Research Board (NRB), etc.
Keeping up with the spirit of entrepreneurship, Gyan Circle Ventures serves as a hub for innovation and startups leading to development of new technologies and business opportunities as well as enable economic and social development in the region. Gyan Circle Ventures is funded by the Ministry of Information Technology (MeitY) under Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE 2.0) scheme. IIIT Sri City has been part of MHRD Innovation Cell and established Institute Innovation Council. Furthermore, IIIT Sri City has established an Entrepreneurship Cell (E-cell) to support and enable students to create innovative ideas and convert them into business opportunities. E-cell trains students on how to be successful entrepreneurs with social responsibility.
The students’ council IIIT Sri City is an institute-wise body to coordinate and lead all co-curricular, extracurricular and sports activities of the institute. They are responsible for leading the progress and working of all technical, cultural and social clubs and ensuring their requirements in terms of resources are always met
The institute encourages students to actively participate in at least one sporting activity based on his/her individual aptitude. The institute provides sports facilities and equipment for a variety of sports such as cricket, football, basket-ball, badminton, volleyball etc. There are tournaments held on a regular basis that ensure a healthy, active atmosphere among students. The technical clubs in the institute are Cyber Security Club, Data Science Club, Internet of Things Club, Machine Learning Club and Programming Club. The cultural clubs include Arts and Design Club, Dance Club, Film Club, Literature and Theatre Club, Music Club and Photography Club. The social club includes Adventure Club, Hope Club, and Nature Club.
IIIT Sri City is actively participating in the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) Program launched by Govt. of India. Currently, IIIT Sri City is paired with IIIT Allahabad. It is also actively involved in Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, a flagship programme of Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, to enable participating higher educational institutions to work with people of rural India in identifying the development challenges and evolving appropriate solutions for accelerating sustainable growth. As per the programme, educational institutions are primarily to develop linkage with selective rural clusters (preferably of five villages).
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