Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune, is one of the Indian Institutes of Information Technology, a group of institutes of Higher education in India focused on Information Technology.It is established by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India and few industry partners as Not-for-profit Public Private Partnership Institution. Government College of Engineering, Pune was the mentor Institute for Indian Institute of Information Technology Pune. The IIITP is located in Pune, Maharashtra, and it started its academic sessions from July 2016. The Institute is operating from the temporary campus of KJEI’s Trinity Academy of Engineering at the scenic foothills of Bopdev Ghat, Yewalewadi, Pisoli, Pune. For the academic year 2018-19, it offered two courses in Bachelor of Technology they are, Computer Science & Engineering and Electronics & Communication Engineering. For A.Y 2019-20, the institute has intake capacity of 150 students for CSE and 75 students for ECE. From A.Y 2019-20, the Institute has started Masters of Technology and Doctor of Philosophy programmes. M.Tech programmes are designed to impart students with latest aspects technology through introductory and advanced level courses, followed by the research within their field of specialization. The Institute offers M.Tech. programmes through its department of CSE with specializations in Artificial Intelligence and department of ECE with specializations in Internet of Things. M.Tech. programmes are two years structured programmes with credit components from one year of course work and one year of project/thesis. Ph.D programme is aimed at assisting students acquiring proficiency in their chosen area of research. The academic programme leading to the Ph.D. degree is broad-based and involves a course credit requirement and a research thesis submission. The Institute encourages research in interdisciplinary areas through a system of joint supervision and interdepartmental group activities.
Establishment
To address the challenges faced by the Indian IT industry and growth of the domestic IT market, the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India intends to establish twenty Indian Institutes of Information Technology, on a Not-for-profit Public Private Partnership basis. The partners in setting up the IllTs would be the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Governments of the respective States where each lllT will be established, and the industry. IIITP was approved by the Government of India's Ministry of Human Resource Development. IIITP has been set up on a public–private partnership basis. Fifty percent of the stakes are held by MHRD, whereas 35% is held by the Government of Maharashtra; the rest is held by industry partners, Rolta and Hubtown Limited.
Academics
IIIT Pune offers two courses - B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering, and B.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineering with an intake capacity of 150 students in CSE and 75 students in ECE. The admission in B. Tech programmes is through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority. IIIT Pune offers highly contented syllabus for CSE and ECE, which is equivalent in its standard with IIT’s. It is recognized for its quality. The syllabus covers latest technologies and is intended to educate/ train students on latest aspects of the subjects. The deeper and wider dimensions of syllabus challenges students to learn the best he / she can. Indeed, one need to take sincere efforts to go through the course. The course structure is flexible and allows student to study additional subjects / electives apart from prescribed curriculum. The institute faculties are PhD’s with high academic standards and are from eminent institutes. They work closely with students to give their best. Institute encourages interactive learning, project-based learning, research orientation and internships in the industry. From academic year 2018, institute has a plan for student exchange program with International and Indian institutions of repute. Dr. B B Ahuja, with his experienced colleagues; has mentored and created a solid foundation for IIIT Pune. Dr. Anupam Shukla - Full-time Hon. Director from 14 August 2018 Prof Dr Anupam Shukla, eminent academician, researcher, author and administrator has taken over as a full-time Director from 14 August 2018. Prof. Shukla worked as professor in the Department of Information and Communication Technology at ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior and a visiting professor at Florida International University, USA, and at Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak. He has 29 years of teaching and research experience that includes 15 years of administrative experience. He is globally renowned for his research on artificial intelligence, which has won him several academic accolades and resulted in collaborations with academicians across the world.
Campus
IIIT Pune is operating from the temporary campus of KJEI’s Trinity Academy of Engineering at the scenic foothills of Bopdev Ghat, Yewalewadi, Pisoli, Pune. The temporary campus of IIIT Pune is at a distance of 14 km from Pune Railway Station, 21 km from Pune Airport, 8.4 km from Katraj Bus Stand and nearest PMPML bus stand is Trinity College. It is intended that the institute will eventually move to its own campus, spread over 100 acres located at Nanoli Tarf Chakan.
