Indian Institute of Information Technology Kalyani

Indian Institute of Information Technology Kalyani
Mottoविद्याधनं सर्वधनप्रधानम् (Sanskrit)
Motto in English
Knowledge is Supreme of all Wealth
TypePublic-private technical university
Established21 May 2014; 10 years ago (2014-05-21)
Endowment6.11 crore (US$730,000)
(FY2022–23 est.)[1]
ChairpersonManoj Kohli
DirectorSantanu Chattopadhyay[2]
Academic staff
22 (2024)[1]
Students548 (2024)[1]
Undergraduates485 (2024)[1]
63 (2024)[1]
Location, ,
India

22°57′39.82″N 88°26′0.4″E / 22.9610611°N 88.433444°E / 22.9610611; 88.433444
CampusMidsize city
50 acres (20 ha)
Colours   Blue & Sky
Websiteiiitkalyani.ac.in Edit this at Wikidata

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani (IIIT Kalyani) is an Indian Institute of Information Technology located at Kalyani, West Bengal and is one of the 31 IIIT'S set up by government of India. The institute was set up by the Government of India Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of West Bengal and industry partners (Coal India and Rolta) using the not-for-profit Public Private Partnership (N-PPP) model, at a ratio of 50:35:15 respectively between three parties.[3] Admission to IIIT Kalyani is done on the basis of the marks obtained in JEE Main.[4] IIIT Kalyani has been attributed the status of Institute of National Importance (INI) by the cabinet in March 2017 under the IIIT Act.[5] Virendra Kumar Tewari (Director, IIT Kharagpur) was the Mentor-Director for IIIT, Kalyani and IIT Kharagpur is the mentor institute.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d e "NIRF 2024" (PDF). IIIT Kalyani.
  2. ^ "Prof. Santanu Chattopadhyay has taken charge as the Director of the Institute on December 16, 2020". iiitkalyani.ac.in. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. ^ "About IIIT Kalyani – Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani". iiitkalyani.ac.in. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Indian Institute of Information Technology". iiitkalyani.ac.in. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Institutions of National Importance". mhrd.gov.in. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  6. ^ "About IIIT Kalyani". iiitkalyani.ac.in.