Other name | IIIT or IIITs (plural) |
---|---|
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. Five(5) Institutes of them are established, Fully funded and managed by the Ministry of Education (MOE), Gov. of India.[2] 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.