Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam

The Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India has put forward a scheme wherein 20 new IIITs are proposed to be established in the country. A major objective in establishing IIITs is to set up an education model which can produce best-in-class human resources in IT and which can harness the multidimensional facets of IT in various domains. The IIIT is expected to contribute significantly to the global competitiveness through the key sectors of Indian economy and Industry, focusing on applied research and education in IT in selected domain areas. Now the IIITs are declared as Institutes of National importance under the IIIT PPP Act(2017).

Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam, is one among the 20 new IIITs that have been proposed across the country by the Govt of India. The infrastructure development is implemented on public-private partnership (PPP) mode with funding from the Central Government, State government and Private Partners in the ratio of 50 : 35: 15.

The permanent campus of IIIT Kottayam is located at Pala in Kottayam District. The location is 8 Kms from Pala town towards Valavoor.

Vision:

• To contribute to India and the World through excellence in Information technology, technical education and research and to serve as a valuable resource for industry and society

Mission:

• Generate a specialized cadre of Information technology expertise by imparting quality education,training and to attain international standards in teaching, research and consultancy with global linkages

The institution offers specialized courses covering all major research domains of computer science and engineering viz Data science, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Parallel Computing, HPC, Programming languages, Bioinformatics, and so forth, as part of the 4 year B.Tech program.

In addition, Institute offers Ph.D program in CSE/ECE/Mathematics.

The transit campus of institution is presently functioning in the academic building of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research , Trivandrum (IISER-TVM) at Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation (GIFT) , Thiruvananthapuram .

The Institute is governed under the provisions of IIIT (PPP) Act 2017 under the Mentor-ship of IISER TVM . The permanent campus at Valavoor, Pala, Kottayan is expected to be functional in the Academic year 2018-19.

Presently the institution is managed under the leadership of Prof. V. Ramakrishnan (Director, IISER Thiruvananthapuram) as Mentor Director . Mr. M. Radhakrishnan (Registrar, IISER Thiruvananthapuram) is the officiating Registrar. and Dr. M.P. Rajan (Dean Academics, IISER Thiruvananthapuram) is officiating as the Dean Academics .

As one of a few Indian Institutes of repute, IIIT Kottayam offers specialized courses covering all major research domains of computer science and engineering: Data science, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Parallel Computing, Brain simulation, HPC, Programming languages, Bioinformatics, and so forth, as part of the 4 year B.Tech program. In addition, it offers Ph.D program in CSE/ECE/Mathematics. Leading industries keep lining up for conducting interviews and placement/internship drives to our students. In fact, the students of IIIT Kottayam could easily attract industries for pursuing internship during their summer/winter vacations (4 months per year). Most often, these internships do lead to their placement offers. During internships, students attract over Rs.15000 to Rs.35000/- per month from leading industries, including Bosch, TCS, NIWE, US Technologies, and so forth.

IIIT Kottayam is designed in order to impart an entrepreneurial ecosystem in the campus. For instance, AIC-IIITKottayam, an incubation centre of IIIT Kottayam, is a vital resource to IIIT Kottayam students; AIC-IIITKottayam is a 10000 sq.feet incubation unit supported by AIM-NITI Aayog of India to the tune of Rs. 3.77 crore (shortlisted). IIIT Kottayam, thus, helps students to continue championing in their career and attain goals with an entrepreneurial support. It provides tens of thousands of opportunities for them to interact with industrial experts, including MSMEs to MNCs.

IIIT Kottayam is composed of the world-class qualified faculty members who are eager to continue research and contribute to the Indian/International society along with their wards. They design the courses as per the needs of the partnered industries and international requirements. They are passionate enough to mentor/guide students apart from their working hours while ensuring the technological growth of individuals.

IIIT Kottayam has already established MoU with some leading industrial / academic institutions in order to ensure placements or organize knowledge transfer programs -- MoUs with Government of India, Government of Kerala, Rolta, and CIAL has manifested the organization of knowledge transfer program. In addition, it has signed MoUs with world leading Universities such as Technical University Munich Germany in order to conduct HPC/Cloud specific joint research and to organize student exchange programs.