International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur (IIIT-NR), officially Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur, is a state funded institute in

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. The institute is focused on research and development in Information Technology (IT) and associated disciplines.

History

The institute was established by the International Institute of Information Technology University Act, 2013 of the Government of Chhattisgarh, and is a joint venture of

Government of Chhattisgarh Government of Chhattisgarh also known as the State Government of Chhattisgarh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive, led by th ...

and NTPC Ltd. It is a state university recognized by University Grants Commission,

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Admission Process

Students are required to submit

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scores to be admitted. There are 90 seats across each of the three branches in BTech courses. IIIT-NR's reservation criteria holds 50% of seats for students who are residents of

state, and 15% seats for children of NTPC employees. The remaining 35% seats are filled through the Josaa rounds conducted by

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Academics

IIIT-NR runs undergraduate programs for B.Tech. This includes degrees in Computer science and engineering, Data science and Artificial intelligence, Electronics and communication engineering Postgraduate M. Tech and MS(R) programmes. In addition, it also offers Ph.D programs in various fields.

Hostels

IIIT Naya Raipur has 4 hostels: Bose House for first year boys, Bhabha House for second year boys, Ramanujan House for third and fourth year boys, Raman House for all girls.

Student life

Technovate is a non-profit fest organised by the students of IIIT Naya Raipur. It began as a techno-cultural fest in 2016, and draws thousands of visitors from colleges all over India. The three-day fest held every year in month of February or March. The fest includes technical events, cultural events, informal events and celebrity night. Aarambh is a sports fest of IIIT Naya Raipur organised in the month of October. Participating students are sold to various teams via auction. Aarambh includes various outdoor sports such as Football, Cricket, Volleyball, Kabbadi, indoor sports like chess and also E-Sports like

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and CS-GO.

References

External links

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