Centre signs MoU to establish 3 IIITs

The central government today signed memorandum of understanding and documentation for establishing three Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs) at Ranchi, Nagpur and Pune. These IIITs will be operated on a public-private-partnership (PPP) mode with participation of state governments and industry, apart from the central government.

The IIITs are expected to bring out high quality IT manpower required for building up IT industry in the country.

The agreement has been signed by Vinay Sheel Oberoi, secretary, department of higher education from the central government side and by Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Motors, ADCC Infocad, Nagpur and Hubtown, Mumbai.

IIIT-Ranchi will operate from the Old Judicial Academy in the Administrative Training Institute, Ranchi admitting 120 students for the year 2016-17 through JEE 2016 examination. The partners for IIIT-Ranchi - TCS and Tata Motors have committed participation in developing curriculum which is required by the industry. The institution will be mentored by NIT-Jamshedpur.

IIIT-Nagpur will be set up in the BMIT campus (temporary campus) with the participation of ADCC Infocad and TCS. Government of Maharashtra has identified 88 acres of land for setting up a permanent campus. The BNIT will be the mentor institution. It has proposed to admit 120 students in the CSE and ECE branches in 2016 through JEE-2016 examination.

IIIT-Pune will be set up in the Siddhant Engineering College (temporary campus) and the permanent campus will be constructed at Chakan for which the state government has identified 100 acres of land. The industry partners Hubtown Mumbai and Roltas have agreed to develop the curriculum suitable to the industry. The Institute will start functioning under the mentorship of COE Pune and 120 students will be admitted in 2016 through JEE-2016.

With this, the total number of IIITs in the PPP mode has gone up to 16, leaving 4 more to be set up for which scheduled has been fixed in the month of January 2016.