The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-Allahabad), is a

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national universi ...

located in Jhalwa,

Allahabad Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administra ...

(Prayagraj), in

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 195 ...

. It is one of the twenty-five

Indian Institutes of Information Technology Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are a group of 26 interdisciplinary technology-based- engineering research institutions in India which are focused on information technology. Five of them are established, funded and manag ...

listed by the

Ministry of Education (India) The Ministry of Education ( MoE; formerly the Ministry of Human Resource Development from 1985 to 2020) is a ministry of the Government of India, responsible for the implementation of the National Policy on Education. The Ministry is further d ...

, and is classified as an Institute of National Importance.

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. M. D. Tiwari was the first director of the institute, and he remained in that position until December 2013, when the

Allahabad High Court Allahabad High Court, also known as High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is the high court based in Prayagraj that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 17 March 1866, making it one of the oldest high ...

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. IIIT-A hosted seven science conclaves from 2008 to 2014, which were attended by

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like Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Douglas D. Osheroff, Ivan Giaever, and many others.

Academics

The curriculum of the institute lays focus on

information technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology syste ...

electronics and communication Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that ...

and related fields such as

computer vision Computer vision is an interdisciplinary scientific field that deals with how computers can gain high-level understanding from digital images or videos. From the perspective of engineering, it seeks to understand and automate tasks that the human ...

human computer interaction Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, ...

and their interdisciplinary applications across other domains.

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; which offer the following academic programs: *

Bachelor of Technology A Bachelor of Technology (Latin ''Baccalaureus Technologiae'', commonly abbreviated as B.Tech. or BTech; with honours as B.Tech. (Hons.)) is an undergraduate academic degree conferred after the completion of a three to five-year program of st ...

(Information Technology) * Bachelor of Technology (Electronics & Communication Engineering) * Bachelor of Technology (IT specialization in Business Informatics) * Master of Technology *

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

* Ph.D.

Rankings

Internationally, IIIT-Allahabad was ranked 551–600 in Asia in the ''

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'' of 2023. In India, IIIT-Allahabad was ranked 103 among engineering colleges by the

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(NIRF) in 2020. It was also ranked 10 by ''

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'' and 24 by '' Outlook India'' in 2020.

Campus

The 100-acre campus of IIIT-A is situated in Devghat, Jhalwa, on the outskirts of Prayagraj. Since the first phase of construction which started in 2001, academic buildings were designed on the basis of " Penrose geometry", styled on

tessellation A tessellation or tiling is the covering of a surface, often a plane, using one or more geometric shapes, called ''tiles'', with no overlaps and no gaps. In mathematics, tessellation can be generalized to higher dimensions and a variety of ...

s developed by the mathematical physicist

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. 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 Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (; 7 November 188821 November 1970) was an Indian physicist known for his work in the field of light scattering. Using a spectrograph that he developed, he and his student K. S. Krishnan discovered that when ...

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. The campus also has a

state-of-the-art The state of the art (sometimes cutting edge or leading edge) refers to the highest level of general development, as of a device, technique, or scientific field achieved at a particular time. However, in some contexts it can also refer to a level ...

auditorium, sports complex, and accommodation facilities for faculty members, staff and students (with separate boys', girls' and visitors' hostels). In 2019, the open air theatre in the campus that houses the clock tower was dedicated to

Murli Manohar Joshi Murli Manohar Joshi (born 5 January 1934) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of which he was the President between 1991 and 1993, and the former Member of parliament (India), Member of Parliament for ...

, who was one of the founding members of IIIT-A, as ''Murali Manohar Muktangan''.

Student life

The institute has a students' body known as the Students' Gymkhana. ''Effervescence'' is the annual cultural festival of the institute. It lasts for three days and includes music, dance, drama, art, debate, and other activities. ''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 A hackathon (also known as a hack day, hackfest, datathon or codefest; a portmanteau of hacking and marathon) is an event where people engage in rapid and collaborative engineering over a relatively short period of time such as 24 or 48 hours. Th ...

of North India — and various coding, designing, and

robotics Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Robotics integrat ...

contests and workshops. ''Asmita'' is the annual sports festival of the institute, in which tournaments for cricket, volleyball, swimming, athletics, chess, squash, etc. are held.

Alumni

* Harsha Suryanarayana (Class of 2006), top-ranked competitive programmer

References

External links

IIIT Allahabad website
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Engineering colleges in Allahabad Educational institutions established in 1999 1999 establishments in Uttar Pradesh