| Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology | |
|---|---|
| Established | 2008 |
| Type | State Technical University, Self Sustaining |
| Director | Pankaj Jalote |
| Academic staff | 24 |
| Location | New Delhi, New Delhi, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Blue |
| Sports | Football, cricket, table tennis, basketball and pool |
| Website | www.iiitd.ac.in |
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (Hindi: इंद्रप्रस्थ सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान दिल्ली, IIIT-D) is an autonomous university in Delhi, India.[1] It was founded as a State University[2] by an act of Delhi Government (The IIIT Delhi Act, 2007) in 2008, with seed support from the Government of NCT of Delhi.[3] It is a research-oriented university with focus on research at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
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IIIT Delhi operates from the Library Building, NSIT where it occupies an area of 150,000 sq ft (14,000 m2). The institute will shift to its own 25-acre (100,000 m2) campus in Okhla by October 2011.[4]
IIIT-D offers three programs, an undergraduate B.Tech in information technology, a postgraduate M.Tech in computer science and Ph.D in computer science.[5]
IIIT-D held the first Indo-US Workshops on Developing a Research Agenda in Pervasive Communications and Computing Collaboration (PC3) in March 2011.[6]
IIIT Delhi is going to hold its first technical festival "ESYA" at its transit campus on 3–4 September 2011.[7]
Student clubs currently functioning at IIIT-D include the Community Work Club, Dance Club, Design Club, Ethical Hacking Club, Literary Club, Movie-making Club, Music Club, Robotics Club, Sports Club, Quiz Club, and Web Design and Development Club.[8]