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Indian Institute of Information Technology, Ranchi - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 23°18′58″N 85°22′26″E / 23.316°N 85.374°E

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Indian Institute of Information Technology Ranchi
भारतीय सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान रांची

Other name	IIIT Ranchi, IIITR
Motto	उद्यमेन हि सिध्यन्ति कार्याणि (Sanskrit)
Motto in English	Efforts alone bring success in deeds.
Type	PPP
Established	2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Affiliation	IIIT
Chairman	Arun Jain
Director	Rajeev Srivastava^[1]
Visitor	President of India
Undergraduates	270 ^[2]
Location	Ranchi , Jharkhand , India 23°18′58″N 85°22′26″E / 23.316°N 85.374°E / 23.316; 85.374
Campus	Under construction, ~60 acres^[2]^[3]
Nickname	IIITians, triple-I-Tians
Website	www.iiitranchi.ac.in

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Ranchi (IIIT Ranchi or IIITR), is one of the Indian Institutes of Information Technology, a group of 25 Interdisciplinary Technical Universities of higher education started by Government of India, focused on Information Technology.

Established in 2016, it mainly offers undergraduate programmes for computer science and electronics. It is an "Institute of National Importance",^[4] as declared by an act of parliament.^[2]

It is operated on a PPP model and funded by Government of India (50%), Government of Jharkhand (35%) and Industry Partners (15%) namely CIL, TCS and Tata Tech.^[2]

History

In December 2015, the central government signed an MoU to establish three IIITs at Ranchi, Nagpur and Pune.^[5] In 2016, IIIT Ranchi started under the mentorship of NIT Jamsedpur, with only 60 students in the first batch.^[6] In 2017, The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017 was passed that conferred the INI status on 15 IIITs including IIIT Ranchi.^[7]

In May 2023, President Murmu on her three-day Jharkhand visit attended the second convocation of IIIT Ranchi.^[8] In November, PM Modi laid the foundation stone for the new campus.^[9]

Campus

At present, IIIT Ranchi is operating from its interim campuses situated in [BSNL ARTTC Campus(Khelgaon campus. Around 60 acres of land has been allotted for the permanent campus in Sanga, Kanke and the campus is under construction.^[6]

Academics

It offers BTech, MTech and PhD programmes in Computer Science and ECE.

Admissions to undergraduate programs are done along with the IITs, NITs & IIITs on the basis of the JEE Main rank. Seats are filled through JOSAA and the CSAB rounds.

The institute offers the following BTech programs:^[2]

Computer Science and Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering (with Specialization of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence)
Electronics and Communications Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering (with Specialization of Embedded Systems and Internet of Things)

References

^ "The Director | IIIT Ranchi". iiitranchi.ac.in.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Ranchi". josaa.admissions.nic.in.
^ "Placement Department | IIIT Ranchi". iiitranchi.ac.in.
^ "Institutions of National Importance". Department of Higher Education | Government of India, Ministry of Education. 18.
^ "Government of India signs MoU to establish three IIITs". Deccan Chronicle. 13 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Placement Department | IIIT Ranchi". iiitranchi.ac.in.
^ "The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-private Partnership) Act, 2017". India Code. The Schedule (p 20).
^ "President Murmu On 3-Day Visit To Jharkhand". The Times of India. 24 May 2023.
^ "Modi inaugurates IIM-R campus, lays stone for IIIT". The Times of India. 17 November 2023. ISSN 0971-8257.

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v t e Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs)
MoE–funded	Allahabad Gwalior Jabalpur Chennai Kurnool
PPP–funded	Agartala Bhagalpur Bhopal Dharwad Guwahati Kalyani Kota Kottayam Lucknow Manipur Nagpur Pune Ranchi Raichur Sonepat Sri City Surat Tiruchirappalli Una Vadodara
Related Institutes	AIIMSs IIMs IISc IISERs IITs NITs NIPERs SPAs NIDs NIFTs

v t e Universities in Jharkhand
State universities	Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University Birsa Agricultural University Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University Jharkhand University of Technology Kolhan University National University of Study and Research in Law Nilamber-Pitamber University Ranchi University Sido Kanhu Murmu University Vinoba Bhave University
Central university	Central University of Jharkhand
Deemed universities	Birla Institute of Technology
Private universities	AISECT University, Jharkhand Amity University, Jharkhand Arka Jain University Capital University, Jharkhand ICFAI University, Jharkhand Jharkhand Rai University Netaji Subhas University Pragyan International University Ramchandra Chandravansi University Sai Nath University Sarala Birla University Usha Martin University YBN University‎

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