The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City is an educational institute of national importance located in

Sri City Sri City or Satyavedu Reserve Infracity Pvt. Ltd. is an integrated business city (township) and special economic zone located in Tirupati district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Founded by Ravindra Sannareddy, who is currently the Manag ...

Tirupati district Tirupati district () is one of the eight districts of Rayalaseema region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.The district headquarters is located at Tirupati city. This district is known for its numerous historic temples, including the Hindu ...

, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was created by the

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, under a partnership with the Andhra Pradesh Government and Sri City consortium. The IIIT campus at Sri City is spread over . The institute is run by the Board of Governors of the IIIT Society. The Board of Governors include representatives of MHRD, GoAP, and Industry Partners as well as eminent people from academia, industry, and civil society.

History

The Indian Institute of Information Technology

started its first batch in 2013 with IIIT Hyderabad as the mentor institute.

Location

The Indian Institute of Information Technology is situated in

, which is a planned integrated business city located north of Chennai on NH 16 along the border of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

(AP) and

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(TN) states of India. Much of Sri City area is in

. The

Satish Dhawan Space Centre Satish Dhawan Space Centre – SDSC (formerly Sriharikota Range – SHAR) is the primary spaceport of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), located in Sriharikota, Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh. The spaceport is located on an isl ...

(SHAR), India's satellite/rocket launching center is located at

Sriharikota Sriharikota () is a barrier island off the Bay of Bengal coast located in the Shar Project settlement of Tirupati district in Andhra Pradesh, India. It houses the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, one of the two satellite launch centres in India (the ...

, on the eastern side of

Pulicat Lake Pulicat Lake is the second-largest brackish-water lagoon in India (after Chilika Lake), measuring . A major part of the lagoon lies in the Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh. The lagoon is one of three important wetlands that attracts northea ...

which separates Sri City and the satellite launching station. Sri City is the largest industrial park in South India spread over of land in close proximity to Chennai.

Academic programs

The institute presently offers B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), B.Tech in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (AI & DS), PhD in ECE and CSE. It's CSE dept offers 2 M.Tech in Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security. ECE Dept offers MTech in Cyber Physical Systems.

Admissions

The admission to BTech programs in IIIT-S is through Central Seat allocation Board (CSAB). The students are allotted admission by CSAB based on their

Joint Entrance Examination The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is an engineering entrance assessment conducted for admission to various engineering colleges in India. It comprises two different examinations: the JEE-Main and the JEE-Advanced. The Joint Seat Allocat ...

(JEE-Main) ranks. The Indian Institute of Information Technology,

, Andhra Pradesh is listed in the CSAB website under List of participating institutes in Other Central Government / State Government Funded Technical Institutes. Admission to M.Tech programs is via

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score and interview.

References

External links

* {{Tirupati district, collapsed=true Tirupati district

2013 establishments in Andhra Pradesh Educational institutions established in 2013 Buildings and structures in Tirupati district