Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani

Indian Institute of Information Technology,Kalyani
Motto in English
 The wealth of Knowledge is the greatest of all wealth
Type Public
Established 2014
Director Partha Pratim Chakrabarti
Location Kalyani, West Bengal, India
22°58′30″N 88°26′04″E / 22.97500°N 88.43444°E / 22.97500; 88.43444Coordinates: 22°58′30″N 88°26′04″E / 22.97500°N 88.43444°E / 22.97500; 88.43444
Campus Urban
Website iiitkalyani.ac.in

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani (IIIT Kalyani) is an Indian Institute of Information Technology located at Kalyani, West Bengal. 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.[1] The classes started from first week of July 2014, from the temporary campus located at the campus of JIS College of Engineering.[2] On 19 August 2014, official inauguration of the institute was done by the former mentor director Ajoy Kumar Ray, the director of IIEST Shibpur. [3] Admission to IIIT Kalyani is done on the basis of the marks obtained in JEE Main.

Mentor director and institute

Partha Pratim Chakraborty (Director, IIT Kharagpur) is the Mentor-Director for IIIT, Kalyani and IIT Kharagpur is the mentor institute.

References

  1. ↑ "About IIIT Kalyani – Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani". iiitkalyani.ac.in. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  2. ↑ "Bengal's first IIIT to start classes from July". Business Standard. PTI. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Mamata lays foundation stone for IIIT Kalyani". The Statesman. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
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