Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Kerala (IIITM-K) is an institution that offers courses in science, technology and management. It is situated in Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum), Kerala, India.
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IIITM-K is a premier institution of excellence in Science, Technology and Management related to Information that develops professionals and leaders of high calibre imbued with values of entrepreneurship, ethics and social responsibility. IIITM-K will actively promote higher education and industry across Kerala and beyond through its IT facilitated education programs and services.
The State of Kerala has excelled in the sphere of literacy and has been a guiding example and inspiration for the other states in India. The state enjoys excellent primary and secondary schooling systems that guarantee affordable education to its people. The state also enjoys many good science and arts colleges and is well known for its medical and nursing institutions. However, in the sphere of engineering and technology education, the state has somewhat lagged behind its neighbours, necessitating many local students to seek admissions in institutions outside the state.
With this background in view and the need for the state to take positive steps towards establishing leadership in the fast growing Information Technology field, a high-power committee consisting of leading figures of Industry, Academia and Government was constituted by the Government of Kerala, to initiate steps towards establishing a premier institute of Information Technology and Management. Based on the deliberations of the committee, the Government of Kerala decided to set up the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala (IIITM-K).
The Honorable Governor of Kerala, Sri Sukhdev Singh Kang, formally inaugurated the institute on November 23, 2000. The first batch of students was admitted in the month of March 2001 for the coveted Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology (PGDIT) of 18 months duration. The convocation of the first batch of students was held on April 7, 2003. Shri F C Kohli, a father figure for the IT industry in India, awarded the degrees to this pioneer batch of students. The leading Indian software giant, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is the creation of Sri Kohli who built the company virtually from scratch way back in 1960s when software was even not heard of.
The first batch PGDIT students were enthusiastically received by the software industries and almost all of them got excellent placements in reputed IT companies. The second and third batches of students also got excellent campus placements. The fourth batch of students were admitted in July 2004.
The Institute is offering the following academic programmes now: *Master of Science in Information Technology *M.Phil programme in Eco-Informatics *Post Graduate Diploma in E-Governance
During the current AY-2010-11, we also propose to offer the following programmes : *Master of Science in Computational Science *Master of Science in Geo Informatics *Post Graduate Diploma in Agri Informatics The Institute has gained considerable expertise in offering advanced courses in IT both mainstream academic programmes, research, Projects and industry-specific training programmes.
Earlier institute was offered PGDIT/MS IT
PGDIT programme is a two-year postgraduate programme with four semesters of structured and streamlined syllabus, summer projects and an internship. The course includes foundation courses in IT, soft skills, personality and leadership development programmes, advanced courses like Embedded System, Software Engineering, Web Technology, Artificial Intelligence and so on.
Students are trained to align closely with the competencies and skill-set as demanded by the industry. In addition to the extremely qualified core faculty, IIITM-K hires the services of eminent personalities from elite institutions in India and abroad and also from industry. The students enjoy an excellent learning environment, with streamed lectures and the digital library accessible round the clock.
Those with a B Tech degree in any discipline or a Master's degree in Computer Applications (MCA) with at least 60% aggregate marks in the final exam, +2 and 10th level are eligible to apply for admission to the PGDIT course. Those with a valid GATE/CAT score will get exemption from the Entrance Test; however, they will have to complete all other requirements for securing admission. Candidates who are doing the final year degree courses may also apply. However, they must clear all backlogs by the time of the interview, in case they pass the entrance test and are called for interview. Admissions are open to all Indian nationals; 50% of the seats are reserved for Keralites. IIITM-K shall adopt the pattern of communal reservations being followed for other similar professional courses in Kerala for those seats reserved for candidates from Kerala.
Two years full time post graduate programme:
Judicious blend of courses in IT and Management, including orientations to Entrepreneurship and Information Systems and Software Enterprise Management.
Wide opportunities for latest skills-set updates as per the demands of industry.
IIITM-K has been a pioneer in conceptualizing, developing, implementing, commissioning and servicing some of India’s well recognized IT initiatives in Education, Agriculture and E-Governance. Some of these are;
• Implementing Agency for the Kerala Education Grid • Major technology partner to develop and implement various Agricultural information systems under National Agricultural innovation Project, along with IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Bombay, NAARM, GBPUAT, UAS-Dharwad, and ICRISAT. • Implementation of Karshaka Information Systems, Services and Networking (KISSAN Kerala) project in the entire state.
• Virtual University for Agricultural Trade (VUAT) project of Government of Kerala, as per the recommendations of the Commission on WTO Concerns in Agriculture headed by Prof. M.S. Swaminathan.
• Information Security by Department of Information Technology, Government of India. • INDIAN LANGUAGE CONSORTIA INITIATIVE (ILCI) by Department of Information Technology, Government of India. • High performance Computing areas Grid, Cluster and Cloud labs • Research mainly in Theoretical Computer Science, Computational Sciences, Information Systems, Software Engineering etc.
The Institute is driven with vision and direction by a Board of Directors constituted by the government of Kerala comprising a team of accomplished and eminent persons from academia, IT Industry , Research and Development and Administration. This ensures that the institute is established as a premier academic and research institution with speed and excellence. The team of Directors consists of: