Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad

The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-Allahabad), is a public university located in Jhalwa, Prayagraj district, in Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the twenty-five Indian Institutes of Information Technology listed by the Ministry of Education (India), and is classified as an Institute of National Importance.[1]

Indian Institute of Information Technology
The logo signifies the confluence of the rivers Ganga and Yamuna at the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj.
Mottoप्रज्ञानम् ब्रह्म (Sanskrit)
Motto in English
"Consciousness is Brahman"
TypePublic
EstablishedAugust 12, 1999 (1999-08-12)
ChairmanAnand Deshpande
DirectorR. S. Verma
Academic staff
82
Undergraduates1050
Postgraduates475
Location
Prayagraj
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
India

25.430°N 81.772°E / 25.430; 81.772
CampusUrban, 100-acre (40 ha)
ColorsRed
Websiteiiita.ac.in

History

The institute was established in 1999 and designated a "deemed university" in 2000. In 2014 the IIIT Act was passed, under which IIIT-A and four other Institutes of Information Technology funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development were classed as Institutes of National Importance.[1]

M. D. Tiwari was the first director of the institute,[2] and he remained in that position until December 2013, when the Allahabad High Court asked him to step down, dismissing Tiwari's plea who had challenged the chancellor's order to relinquish the post upon completion of his tenure.[3]

IIIT-A hosted seven science conclaves from 2008 to 2014, which were attended by Nobel laureates like Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Douglas D. Osheroff, Ivan Giaever, and many others.[4][5][6][7]

Academics

The curriculum of the institute lays focus on information technology, electronics and communication and related fields such as computer vision, human computer interaction and their interdisciplinary applications across other domains.[8]

Programs

The institute has four departments, viz. Department of Applied Sciences, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Department of Information Technology, and Department of Management Studies;[9] which offer the following academic programs:[10]

Rankings
University and College rankings
General – international
QS (Asia) (2023)[11]551-600
Engineering – India
NIRF (2020)[12]93
Outlook India (2020)[13]24
India Today (2020)[14]10

Internationally, IIIT-Allahabad was ranked 551–600 in Asia in the QS World University Rankings of 2023.[11] In India, IIIT-Allahabad was ranked 103 among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020.[12] It was also ranked 10 by India Today[14] and 24 by Outlook India in 2020.[13]

Campus
IIIT-A library

The 100-acre campus of IIIT-A is situated in Devghat, Jhalwa, on the outskirts of Prayagraj.[15] Since the first phase of construction which started in 2001, academic buildings were designed on the basis of "Penrose geometry", styled on tessellations developed by the mathematical physicist Roger Penrose.[16]

Within the Penrose layout for the campus, a central zone was marked out for the academic core consisting of an administrative building, lecture theater complex, electronic library, computer laboratories and research facilities, as student intake increased in 2009–2010. Computer Center 3 or CC-3, also known as C. V. Raman Bhavan, is a six-storied structure which was designed as a "micro campus" in itself, having classrooms, faculty rooms, research areas and computer labs under one roof.[17]

The campus also has a state-of-the-art auditorium, sports complex, and accommodation facilities for faculty members, staff and students (with separate boys', girls' and visitors' hostels).[18]

In 2019, the open air theatre in the campus that houses the clock tower was dedicated to Murli Manohar Joshi, who was one of the founding members of IIIT-A, as Murali Manohar Muktangan.[19]

Student life

The institute has a students' body known as the Students' Gymkhana.[20]

Effervescence is the annual cultural festival of the institute. It lasts for three days and includes music, dance, drama, art, debate, and other activities.[21]

Aparoksha is the annual technical festival of the institute. It consists of a number of events like Hack In The North — the biggest student held hackathon of North India — and various coding, designing, and robotics contests and workshops.[22]

Asmita is the annual sports festival of the institute, in which tournaments for cricket, volleyball, swimming, athletics, chess, squash, etc. are held.[23]

Alumni

References
  1. "Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2016". Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. "IIIT-Allahabad | People | Former Director". iiita.ac.in.
  3. "HC asks IIIT Allahabad Director M D Tiwari to step down". The Economic Times. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  4. "Science Conclave: IIIT-Allahabad". Education Times. 24 March 2009.
  5. "IIIT-A to host Science Conclave from Dec 8-14". The Times of India. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  6. Mehta, Nikita (24 December 2013). "We have come to the end of pure sciences: Ivar Giaever". mint. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  7. "7th Science Conclave at IIIT-A today". The Times of India. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  8. IIITs. Ministry of Human Resource Development. Accessed January 2017.
  9. "IIIT-Allahabad | Academics | Department".
  10. "IIIT-Allahabad | Academics | Programs".
  11. "QS Asia University Rankings 2023". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 8 November 2022.
  12. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  13. "India's Top Engineering Colleges In 2020". Outlook India. 29 August 2020.
  14. "Best ENGINEERING Colleges 2020: List of Top ENGINEERING Colleges 2020 in India". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  15. "IIIT-Allahabad | Institute | Infrastructure".
  16. "Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad". ArchNet.
  17. Joshi, Ajit Kumar; Joshi, Ashutosh (1 February 2019). "Creating an Academic Fervour..." Architecture+Design – via PressReader.
  18. "IIIT-Allahabad | Student Corner | Campus Facilities".
  19. "IIIT-A to felicitate MM Joshi, other founding members". Hindustan Times. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  20. "In a first, IIIT-Allahabad to hold students' body elections on Feb 11". The Times of India. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  21. "Blazing start to Effervescence". The Times of India. 2 October 2012. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.
  22. "IIIT-Allahabad to host Aparoksha 19 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  23. Jadhav, Anurag (12 February 2021). "ASMITA 2021: Biggest Meet Of Sports Fanatics Of North India | IIIT Allahabad". Campus Times Pune. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  24. "IIIT-A holds condolence meet". The Times of India. 19 June 2014.
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