Indian Institute of Information Technology Vadodara (IIITV) is a higher-education institute located in Gandhinagar,

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, India. It is one of the

Indian Institutes of Information Technology Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are a group of 26 interdisciplinary technology-based- engineering research institutions in India which are focused on information technology. Five of them are established, funded and manag ...

established by the

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under the Indian Institutes of Information Technology ( Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017. The act provides the institute the status of Institute of National Importance.

History

In the year 2010, the

MHRD The Ministry of Education ( MoE; formerly the Ministry of Human Resource Development from 1985 to 2020) is a ministry of the Government of India, responsible for the implementation of the National Policy on Education. The Ministry is further ...

had announced the scheme to set-up twenty IIITs under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. The scheme envisages the establishment of

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, not for profit, self-sustaining, research-led educational institutes which will contribute significantly to the global competitiveness in the key sectors of the Indian economy and industry. These institutes are expected to focus on applied research and education in applied IT in selected domain areas. IIITV was set-up in the year 2013 under this scheme in partnership between the

(50% Contribution), the

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(the State Government) (35% Partnership),

Tata Consultancy Services Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company with its headquarters in Mumbai. It is a part of the Tata Group and operates in 150 locations across 46 countries. In July ...

(5% Partnership),

Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GSFC) is an Indian chemicals and fertilizers manufacturer, owned by the Government of Gujarat. GSFC was founded in 1962 and has its headquarters in Vadodara on the Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway. It ...

(5% Partnership) and Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (5% Partnership). The institute was initially registered as a society and charitable trust with the Registrar of societies at Vadodara under Societies Registration Act, 1860, Societies Registration Act 1860 and Bombay Public trust Act, 1950. The first graduating batch consists of 36 B.Tech. students is graduated in 2017. The first batch of M.Tech. students were admitted in 2017 graduating in 2019. IIITV has opened its first

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named Indian Institute of Information Technology Vadodara - International Campus Diu (IIITV-ICD) in 2020. IIITV-ICD has been established at Education Hub, Kevdi – Diu under partnership with Government of

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and Daman & Diu (UT Administration of DNH & DD). The graduates will be awarded degree by IIIT Vadodara. IIITV-ICD has admitted his first batch of 75 BTech students in Academic Year 2020-21.

Campus

The institute is currently operating from the Government Engineering College Campus, Sector 28, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.

has allotted 50 acres of land in Knowledge City near Dumad,

Vadodara Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capita ...

, Gujarat.

Academics

Academic programmes

IIITV offers

Bachelor of Technology A Bachelor of Technology (Latin ''Baccalaureus Technologiae'', commonly abbreviated as B.Tech. or BTech; with honours as B.Tech. (Hons.)) is an undergraduate academic degree conferred after the completion of a three to five-year program of st ...

(B.Tech.), Master of Technology (M.Tech.) VS

Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

(Ph.D.) degrees the fields of information technology and science.

Admission

BTech: Admission to the

B.Tech. A Bachelor of Technology (Latin ''Baccalaureus Technologiae'', commonly abbreviated as B.Tech. or BTech; with honours as B.Tech. (Hons.)) is an undergraduate academic degree conferred after the completion of a three to five-year program of studi ...

program is made through

Joint Seat Allocation Authority The Joint Seat Allocation Authority, also known as JoSAA, is an agency established by the Ministry of Education formerly knows as HRD Ministry to manage and regulate the admission to 110 tertiary institutes administered by the national governme ...

JoSAA/CSAB through the

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(JEE Main) examination conducted by

National Testing Agency National Testing Agency (NTA) is an Indian government agency that has been approved by the Union Council of Ministers and established in November 2017 to conduct entrance examinations for educational institutions. The government appointed Vineet ...

under MoE,

. The minimum qualification for

is 10+2 (or equivalent). Admissions for foreign nationals/PIOs/NRIs are conducted through DASA scheme. Foreign students are also admitted through the Study in India Scheme (SII). MTech: Admissions to the M.Tech. program is made through the Centralized Counselling for M.Tech./M.Arch./M.Plan./M.Des. admissions (CCMT). The minimum qualification is B.Tech. in an approved discipline. PhD: Admissions to the Ph.D. program is made through institute-level test. The Ph.D. admissions are conducted up to twice a year in June and December.

References

External links

IIIT Vadodara website
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Universities and colleges in Gujarat 2017 establishments in Gujarat Educational institutions established in 2017