International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore
Motto in English
Knowledge is Supreme
TypeDeemed University
Established18 September 1998
AffiliationsUGC, NAAC, AICTE
ChairmanKris Gopalakrishnan
DirectorDr. Debabrata Das
Academic staff
54
Location
26/C, Opposite Infosys Gate 1, Electronics City Phase 1, Hosur Road
,
Electronics City, Bangalore
,
Karnataka
,
560100
,
India

12°50′41″N 77°39′47″E / 12.84472°N 77.66306°E / 12.84472; 77.66306
Campus
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.iiitb.ac.in

The International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (abbreviated IIIT Bangalore or IIITB) is a research deemed university located in Electronics City, Bangalore, India. Established as a joint initiative between the Government of Karnataka and the IT industry, it operates as a registered not-for-profit society. It is one of the original autonomous "International" IIITs—alongside IIIT Hyderabad—that operates independently of the Ministry of Education's standard Public–private partnership (PPP) scheme used for newer IIITs. While the institute is financially autonomous regarding its day-to-day operations, its research centers and faculty actively receive significant research grants from government agencies (including DST, SERB, and MeitY) and industry partners. It is governed by a Board chaired by Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder of Infosys.

History

The university was established on 18 September 1998 as the International Institute of Information Technology, with its campus at International Tech Park, Bangalore. Prof. S. Sadagopan, who had earlier served at IIT Kanpur and IIM Bangalore, became its founding Director. The institute relocated to its present campus in Electronics City in August 2003. On 4 July 2021, at the institute's 21st convocation, Prof. Sadagopan handed over the directorship to Prof. Debabrata Das.

Academics

The university offers B.Tech, Integrated M.Tech (Dual Degree B.Tech + M.Tech), M.Tech, M.S. (Research), M.Sc. (Digital Society), and Ph.D. degrees across various specialisations. It also offers postgraduate diploma and certificate programmes.

Rankings

College rankings
Engineering – India
NIRF (2024)74

Competitive Programming

IIIT Bangalore has qualified for the World Finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) thrice, in 2017, 2018 and 2026. The student-run club CAMP (Club for Algorithms, Math and Programming) trains students for programming contests including the ICPC. The institute offers a value-added course in competitive programming, which saw 40% student enrolment in 2023.

Student life

Hostels

IIIT Bangalore is a fully residential campus. It has three hostels: Lilavati (women's hostel) with around 260 single-occupancy rooms, and Bhaskara and Visveswaraya (men's hostels) with a combined 754 single-occupancy and 76 triple-occupancy rooms. A shared mess and canteen are located in Bhaskara hostel.

Festivals

  • Synergy – Annual three-day technical festival held in November, featuring hackathons, coding contests, and entrepreneurship challenges.
  • Infin8 – Annual three-day cultural festival, first held in 2015, typically held in January, featuring concerts, competitions, and cultural events.
  • Spandan – Annual intra-sports festival primarily for alumni to compete with current students and staff.
  • Umang – Annual inter-college sports festival attracting students from across Bangalore.

Innovation

IIIT Bangalore established its Innovation Centre in 2009. The centre runs annual thematic accelerator programmes for startups working on frontier technologies including AI, Mobile Apps, Bots, Conversational Interfaces, and Augmented Reality.

References

  1. ↑ "Debabrata Das". Archived from the original on 3 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Governing Body of IIIT Bangalore". www.iiitb.ac.in. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "IIITB-UpGrad partner to launch a Software Engineering course". The Economic Times. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "CAMP". www.iiitb.ac.in.
  6. ↑ T.R, Jahnavi (24 January 2024). "Which is the top pick of courses at IIITB". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X.
  7. ↑ "Residential Life at IIIT Bangalore". www.iiitb.ac.in. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "Infin8". www.iiitb.ac.in. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Spandan". www.iiitb.ac.in. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "Events and Festivals". www.iiitb.ac.in. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "IIITB Innovation Centre". ic.iiitb.ac.in. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022.