LNM Institute of Information Technology


The LNM Institute of Information Technology, is a deemed university located in Jaipur, India, on an campus. The institute is a public-private partnership venture between the LNM foundation and the Government of Rajasthan and operates as an autonomous non-profit organization.
The Institute began in 2003 with a branch, Communication and Computer Engineering, in a temporary campus in Jaipur. Today, the institute operates out of its campus, about 10 km from the Jaipur-Agra Highway and 20 km from the heart of Jaipur City. The institute offers the following four disciplines:
The Institute infrastructure includes partial on-campus housing, hostels for boys and girls, sports facilities, shopping complex, studio apartments & faculty housing, an open-air theatre, lecture halls, labs, and LAN/WiFi connectivity.

Expansion

During a dinner hosted for chief minister Ashok Gehlot, steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal discussed plans to expand his Jaipur-based Lakshmi Niwas Mittal Institute of Information Technology. It is considered among the better IT-schools and engineering colleges in India. In 2015, it was ranked as the 3rd best private engineering college in the country by EDU-RAND. As a deemed university, LNMIIT was jointly set up by the state government and the Lakshmi and Usha Mittal Foundation, as an autonomous non-profit organization. Mittal was also the part of the meeting where the delegation discussed the proposed 2012 Jaipur convention for NRIs from the state. The London chapter of the foundation has volunteered to coordinate with NRIs across Europe for the 2012 convention.

Admission and courses

Undergraduate program

Students who appear in the Joint Entrance Examination Main conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education / National Test Agency are eligible to apply for admission to the LNMIIT. The LNMIIT considers the JEE MAIN marks as well as the DASA mode to offer admissions to the candidates.
LNMIIT offers direct admission to boys within the top 10 ranks and girls within the top 20 ranks in the senior secondary exam of the 12th class conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan. Only students who have studied Physics, Chemistry, Maths, and English in 12th class are considered for admission through this route.
A limited number of scholarships are available, based on JEE All India Overall Ranks.

Postgraduate program

The institute offers the following programs:
The institute has taken proper initiatives for the creation of following centers to get the students familiar with knowledge more up-to-date with the demands of the industry and to enhance their research prospects:
In the year 2019, it observed the average package of around 12 LPA which is significantly high and is giving competition to the top institutes such as IITs.

Rankings

The National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked it 194 among engineering colleges in 2020.

Student life

Every year, the session normally kicks off between the end of July and the first week of August. The Counseling Cell of the institute, composed of students and faculty members, organize an Orientation program to aid the new batch in getting acquainted with the institute.
The students are the chief participants in organizing festivals and celebrations with the institute's inter-college cultural, sports and technical fest. Every major event is organized, handled and coordinated completely by students.
"Plinth" is the annual techno-management-literary festival of the institute. The plinth was held for the fifth time in January 2018. Festival organized by the Science and Tech Council of the institute, focuses on spreading the technical environment across the country. The three-day festival has a plethora of events. Starting with events in the categories of Robotics, Management, Coding, Quizzing, Astronomy, and Literary. Apart from these, Plinth organized the first-ever student industrial conclave of Rajasthan - Confab. Workshops, conferences by some of the most eminent speakers of the country are conducted. Startup Intern Fair and Negotio were also conducted in the 2016 edition. K.Kasturirangan, Ashwin Sanghi, Amisha Sethi, Ira Trivedi, Sam Pitroda, Aditi Oberoi, Lakshmi Rebecca, Akash Gautam, Siddharth Rajhans, Dr.Pawan Agrawal, Saket Modi etc. were some of the speakers. A Promise marks the end of the fest with being the showstoppers in 2018. The plinth is emerging out to be one of the most sought-after technical fests of this nation and it gives away significant prizes and goodies.
"Vivacity" is the annual cultural-management fest which is held every year since 2007. The fest is organized by the Cultural Council of the institute and it attracts huge participation from students of various universities and colleges throughout the nation who showcase their talent here. After the inaugural evening celebration, the 3 to 4-day fest consists of events from categories like dance, music, dramatics, literature, and lifestyle. Major events include Razzmatazz which is a group dance competition, Vogue which is a lifestyle event and Raddrock which has grown to be a major platform for metal and rock bands in North India. All the four nights in the fest have featured performances by various notable celebrities and bands. In its previous editions, Vivacity has had performances by the likes of Javed Ali, Jal, Raeth, Euphoria, Nikhil D'Souza, Dr. Kumar Vishwas, Toshi Sabri, Mohit Chauhan, The Local Train, Harrdy Sandhu, Darshan Raval and many more. The 2015 and 2016 edition of Vivacity also featured an EDM night Sunburn. Vivacity has grown to be the biggest cultural fest of Jaipur.
The "Desportivos" is an annual national-level sports-meet of LNMIIT which is held every year. Organized by the Sports Council, it attracts huge participation in sports from institutes within and outside the state. Numerous clubs are functioning in the institute, 'Quizzinga' or the LNMIIT Quiz club features among the top quizzing clubs in North India, and are the undefeated champions of Tata Crucible - The Business Quiz from Jaipur two times in a row. The clubs, depending on their domain, conduct various events throughout the year to enhance the students’ skills and promote involvement in extracurricular or academic activities.
Each year elections are held for the Students’ Gymkhana in which students contest for the post of President, Vice-President, General Secretaries, Finance Convenor and Senators. The Students’ Gymkhana is a well defined organizational framework. Its primary objective is to provide a forum to the students of the institute, to be managed by the students themselves, through which they can carry out various extracurricular activities which essentially help them in their academic pursuits.

Committees

The following committees function in the LNMIIT as on August 2010, as a part of the Students' Gymkhana: