Government inks MoU for establishing IIITs in 3 cities

The Central Government signed MoU and documentation for establishing 3 Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs) at Ranchi, Nagpur and Pune.

• These IIITs are operated on a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) mode with participation of state government and industry, apart from the Central Government.
• The agreement has been signed by Vinay Sheel Oberoi, Secretary of Department of Higher Education from the Central Government side and by Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Motors, M/s ADCC Infocad, Nagpur and M/s Hubtown, Mumbai.

IIIT-Ranchi partnered with TCS and Tata Motors
It will operate from the Old Judicial Academy in the Administrative Training Institute, Ranchi. The institution will be mentored by NIT-Jamshedpur.

IIIT-Nagpur partnered with M/s ADCC Infocad and TCS
IIIT-Nagpur will be set up in the BMIT Campus (temporary campus).The institution will be mentored by BNIT.

IIIT-Pune partnered with M/s Hubtown Mumbai and M/S Roltas
IIIT-Pune will be set up in the Siddhant Engineering College (temporary campus) and the permanent campus will be constructed at Chakan. The institution will be mentored by COE Pune.

• Institutions have proposed to admit 120 students in each IIT in 2016 through JEE-2016.
• With this, the total number of IIITs in the PPP mode has gone up to 16.