Other name | IIIT or IIITs (plural) |
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Type | Centrally Funded Technical Institutes |
Established | 8 December 2014 (via Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill, 2014) |
Parent institution | Ministry of Education, Government of India |
Budget | ₹560 crore (US$67 million) (FY2023-24 est.)[1] |
Location | 26 cities in India |
Website | www |
Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are centrally funded technical institutes located across India. They are a group of 26 interdisciplinary technology-based-engineering research institutions in India which are focused on information technology. They are governed by the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill, 2014 which refers to them as Institutes of National Importance and lays down their powers, duties, and framework for governance as the country's premier institutions in the field of information technology. [2] was introduced in the Lok Sabha.[3] Five (5) Institutes of them are established, Fully funded and managed by the Ministry of Education (MOE), Gov. of India.[4] The other 21 Institutions are set up on the public-private partnership (PPP) model, funded by the central government, state governments and industry partners in the ratio 50:35:15.