Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi is a state university located in Delhi, India. It is research-oriented with a focus on Computer Science and allied areas. The institute began with its first batch of 60 B.Tech students in 2008. As of 2019, the approved batch intake for B.Tech is 426 and for M.Tech is 203.
Foundation
IIIT-D started at the Netaji Subhas University of Technology campus at Sector 3, Dwarka, New Delhi. It was founded as a State University by an act of the Delhi Government in 2008, with seed support from the Government of NCT of Delhi. The institute began with its first batch of 60 students on 8 September 2008. IIIT-Delhi moved in its permanent campus in August 2012. The campus was inaugurated by Sheila Dikshit, former Chief Minister of Delhi, in October 2012. The university is accredited an ‘A’ grade by NAAC, and has been accorded 12-B status by the University Grants Commission. IIIT-Delhi is an autonomous university, with the board fully authorized to take important decisions of its own volition.
Funding
The land and infrastructure of IIIT-D is funded by the Government of Delhi. A grant of Rs 4,21,00,000 has been earmarked for the development of the IIIT-D Innovation & Incubation Center by the Department of Science of Technology, Government of India. The university reported an expenditure of Rs '58,79,45,226' in the financial year of 2018-2019.
Organisation
IIIT-Delhi was established by the Government of Delhi in 2008 as per the IIIT-Delhi Act. The IIIT-Delhi Act ensures administrative and academic autonomy. The General Council is the highest body overseeing the institute, and advises the Vice-Chancellor. The Chancellor of the Institute is the Lt. Governor of Delhi, who also chairs the General Council of the Institute. The Board of Governors consists of the Director, the Chairman, four experts, two government nominees and two professors. The Board decides the salaries, the number of positions and selects the four experts. The Senate and Board can start degrees/programs. The Senate is empowered to take all academic decisions. The Institute's operational head is the Director. Overall policy making and governance rests with the Board of Governors.
Academics
IIIT-D offers an undergraduate B.Tech, a postgraduate M.Tech, and a Ph.D in various fields. The institute has the following academic departments:
The University partnered with Infosys in 2016 to establish the 'Infosys Centre For AI'.
Admission
The B.Tech admissions to various programs of IIIT-D are done through Joint Admission Counselling together with Indira Gandhi Delhi Technological University for Women, Delhi Technological University and Netaji Subhash University of Technology and through IIIT-D's direct admission process using UCEED rank and class XII marks. Admissions of foreign nationals/OCIs/POIs/NRIs is done through DASA or directly through the IIIT-D process. For M.Tech admissions, both GATE score and B.Tech CGPA/percentage are considered for shortlisting purposes. Final merit list is obtained after a coding test and interview of shortlisted students at IIIT-Delhi campus.
Rankings
Internationally, IIIT-Delhi was ranked 192 among universities in the BRICS nations by the QS World University Rankings of 2019. In India, IIIT-Delhi was ranked 56 among engineering institutes by National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2020. IIITD is ranked 14th among engineering institutions in India in 2020.
Campus
IIIT Delhi operates from its campus in Okhla Phase-III, New Delhi. After its establishment in 2008, IIIT Delhi functioned from its transit campus in the library building at NSIT in Dwarka until July 2012. Its permanent campus, which is spread over 25 acres, became operational in August 2012. The campus consists of an academic complex, a library and information center, a dining and recreation centre, and hostels.
Phase 2 Development
, the Chief Minister of Delhi inaugurated Phase-II of the campus on 21 August 2018. New Academic Block, Lecture Hall Block, Residential Block, Hostel Block H1, Hostel Block H2, and Sports Block are built in the campus and collectively called Phase II. The eight-storey Research&Development Block which includes 4 hundred-seater lecture halls, 58 labs, 24 discussion rooms, 7 meeting rooms, 116 faculty rooms and office spaces has been operational since August 2017. The 11-storeyed Hostel Block H1 which has 21 married accommodation facility and 197 double-seater rooms has beem functional since February 2018. The Residential faculty has 12 stories with 44 flats, which are occupied since March 2018. The six-storey Lecture Hall Block with one 500-seater and two 300-seater lecture theaters, classrooms and instructions labs became functional in August 2018. The newly built sports block is equipped with various facilities such as a badminton court, a heated indoor swimming pool, table tennis tables, a gym, a yoga room, and 2 squash rooms. The institute also has a multi-purpose sports field, two tennis courts, a basketball court, and a volleyball field. The Phase II expansion of IIIT-D is estimated to enhance its student uptake from over 1,800 in 2015 to 3,000.
Library
The Library and Information Center of the Institute is housed in a separate building and is automated with the help of RFID Technology with EM security. The library is on the first floor and has a large collection of print and electronic media in areas including Computer Science, Electronics and Communications, Mathematics and Statistics, Humanities and Sciences. A common study area for students is on the ground floor and several labs are on the upper floors. As of 2019, the library contains 10000+ books, 10000+ Ebooks and 700+ Kindles. There is also a reading room facility open 24 hours per day.
Co-curricular activities
The Dining and Recreation centre of the institute contains a students' mess, which is spread over two floors, a cafeteria and facilities for extra co-curricular activities, such as a music room and a gymnasium.
Student council
Student Council is a main elected student's body which supervises all clubs and festivals. It has a budget which the council distributes to various . Students can form new clubs, based on interests, after formal permission of the student council. The Student Senate is an elected student's body, which focuses on academic many issues like hostels and mess Committee governance are a main part of the units.
Student festivals
IIIT-D holds two annual festivals, a technical festival called Esya and a Cultural one called Odyssey. Esya is a two-day festival which was first held at the institute's transit campus on 3–4 September 2011. Odyssey was first held at the institute's permanent campus in 2014, which celebrates the essence and beauty of culture and of its arts.
