Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonepat

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonepat (IIIT, Sonepat), is one of the Indian Institutes of Information Technology located at Sonipat in Haryana state of India. It is a joint venture of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, the Government of Haryana, with industries in Public-Private Partnership model and has been declared as the Institute of national importance. The academic session of IIIT Sonepat started from its mentor Institute National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra from year 2014.[2][3]

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonepat
MottoTejasvi nāvadhītamastu (Sanskrit)
Motto in English
May the Divine Light illuminate our studies.
TypePublic–private partnership
Established2014
DirectorDr MM Doja[1]
Location
Sonipat (Kilorad)
,
Haryana
,
India
CampusUrban
Websitehttp://iiitsonepat.ac.in/

History

On 18 March 2013, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India introduced a bill in the Parliament to establish 20 new Indian Institute of Information Technology's in different parts of the Country. As per the bill, MHRD will establish the 20 new IIITs under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode partnering with respective state governments and industry partners.[4] The new IIITs are envisaged to be Institutes of National Importance. Aimed at generating highly competent manpower of global standards for the Information Technology Industry, the institutes are also expected to act as major catalyst to develop new knowledge in the field of Information Technology.[3]

Indian Institute of Information Technology – Sonipat, Haryana is amongst 20 new IIITs approved by MHRD and started to intake students from 2014.[5]

Admissions

The admission to IIIT Sonepat is through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority. The students are allotted admission by JosAA based on their Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Main) ranks. The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonepat, Haryana is listed in the JosAA website under List of participating institutes in Indian Institute of Information technology(IIIT)[6] Category .[5]

Academic Programs

The Institute presently offers B.Tech in Information Technology (IT) and Computer Science and Engineering (CSE).The Institute currently admits 60 students for each branch[7].The classes were being held along with the students of National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra.[8]

As of 2019, the classes are being held in Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Sonipat Campus.[9]

Campus

Since 2014, IIIT Sonepat has been operating from its temporary campus at NIT Kurukshetra,[2][3] while its permanent 50 acre campus at Kilorad, at north east outskirts of Sonipat city, is facing delays in the commencement of construction due to delays related to land transfer arising from the payments to be made by Government of Haryana's Technical Education Department to Gram panchayat of Kilorad village.[10]

References
  1. "Director". Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. Pagalguy IIIT sonepat Archived 2016-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. IIITs in PPP mode
  4. NEW IIIT bill IIIT Bill in Parliament
  5. JEE MAIN 2016: List of participating institutes
  6. "JoSAA Participating Institutes". josaa.nic.in. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  7. "JoSAA IIIT Sonepat Seats Intake". josaa.nic.in. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  8. JOSAA IIIT sonepat
  9. http://iiitsonepat.ac.in/storage/news-item/news-item.pdf
  10. एक किश्त पर रजिस्ट्री करवाई जाए या नहीं, मुख्य सचिव से गाइड लाइन मांगी, Dainik Baskar, 11 January 2020.

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