International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore
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International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, abbreviated to iiit-b, is one of the new generation premier Graduate schools in India offering M.Tech., MS (Research) and PhD programs in the field of Information Technology. In February 2005, iiit-b was conferred Deemed University Status under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act 1956.
The university is a member of LAOTSE, an international network of leading universities in Europe and Asia.
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[edit] History
iiit-b was started on September 15, 1999 as Indian Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore drawing inspiration from the established "Institutions of national importance in India", such as Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs),National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), National Institute of Design (NID), National Law School University of India (NLSUI), and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). In January 2005, the name was changed to the present one.
[edit] Motto
To build on the track record set by India in general and Bangalore in particular, to enable India to play a key role in the IT scenario
through a world-class institute with a focus on education and research, entrepreneurship and innovation.
[edit] Location
iiit-b is located in Bangalore in the Electronic City zone, which houses major Electronics and Information Technology corporations that include Infosys, the flagship IT services major (more than 2 Billion Dollar revenue in 2005-2006 with 50,000+ employees), Wipro another Billion Dollar Indian IT services major, Siemens, Hewlett-Packard , General Electric, Flextronics, and STPI (Software Technology Parks of India).
- Address: IIIT-Bangalore, 26/c,Opp. Infosys (Gate 1), Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560100.
[edit] Administration
The institute is being governed by a board comprising of Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy as Chairman, well-known academics Professor Ken Keniston (MIT Cambridge USA), Professor Prakash Apte, Director, IIM-Bangalore and industry members (Mr. K V Kamath, CEO, ICICI, Mr. S Ravisankar, CEO, i-Flex Solutions, Mr. K Subrahmanyam, CEO, Covansys India, Mr Balu Doraiswamy, CEO, HP India, Mr. Frank Jones, CEO, Intel India, Mr. SD Kapoor, CEO, MMTC Ltd., Mr Ravi Venkatesan, Chairman, Microsoft India, Mr. Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM, Mr. Gautam Hegde, CEO, Backend Bangalore (Alumni Member), representatives of the Government of India and the State Government of Karnataka and the Institute Director, Professor S. Sadagopan.
[edit] Students
About 300 students are currently enrolled in the M. Tech. (2 year full time) degree program. These students are selected through an All India Entrance Examination out of thousands of applicants from all over the country. They come to IIIT-Bangalore from premier Institutes (IITs and NITs)[verification needed], University Colleges and other engineering colleges.
The PhD program was started in August 2005. There are nine PhD students and six MS (Research) students currently registered with IIIT-Bangalore. It is expected to reach a size of 40 over the next five years.
[edit] Alumni
Nearly 700 alumni have graduated in the six Convocations held so far.
Four of them have stayed back for PhD at IIIT-Bangalore; another six of them have gone to other premier institutes (MIT USA, Brandenburg, Germany, University of Trento, Italy, University of California, Berkeley, USA and BITS Pilani) to pursue PhD;
The majority of them have gone to work either in premier Indian corporations - Infosys, TCS, Wipro, iFlex, Covansys, CTS, Ramco, Mastek, Satyam, VisualSoft, GAVS,or in MNCs - Cisco Systems, Goldman Sachs, GE, Intel, Microsoft, SAP, Yahoo, Philips, Siemens, Honeywell, HP, IBM, Novell, Oracle, EMC, TI, Samsung, FastVDO and FiberLink.
[edit] Research Activities
There are a number of government & industry funded labs functiong at IIIT Bangalore. These include Intel Planet Lab, Honeywell Control Lab, Intel Community PC Lab, HP IMS Lab, Siemens Vision Lab and HP Cluster Computing Lab.
There are a number of Research Projects funded by government & industry. These include ICT for Development funded by Department of Information Technology of the Government of India, Telematics Project funded by the Department of Science & Technology of the Government of India, ICT for Development funded by Microsoft, ICT Cluster Study funded by Liverhume Trust, Cluster Computing in University Environment funded by HP, Community PC Initiatives funded by Intel, and MONSOON & INCITE projects of the European Union)
IIIT-Bangalore is developing a number of Research Centers:
- C-BIT (Center for Banking & IT)
- C-AIT (Center for Automotive IT)
- C-SEE (Center for Software Engineering Excellence)
- C-TEL (Center for Telecom)
- C-IAT (Center for Industrial Automation & IT, and,
- C-HIT (Center for Healthcare & IT).
[edit] Courses
The Courses taught at IIIT-Bangalore include core courses in computing and communications and a number of electives in the areas of:
- Computer Science
- Computer Engineering
- Communications Engineering
- Software Engineering
- Information Systems
- Social & Economic Aspects of IT
