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International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur

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International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur
Motto in English
Knowledge gives us Intense Peace
TypePublic University
Established2015; 9 years ago (2015)
AffiliationUGC, AICTE
ChairpersonSaurabh Srivastava[1]
Vice-ChancellorVacant
Location, ,
CampusUrban
Websitewww.iiitnr.ac.in

International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur (IIIT-NR), officially Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur, is a state funded institute in Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. The institute is focused on research and development in Information Technology (IT) and associated disciplines.

IIIT, Naya Raipur administrative building

History

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The institute was established by the International Institute of Information Technology University Act, 2013 of the Government of Chhattisgarh, and is a joint venture of Government of Chhattisgarh and NTPC Ltd. It is a state university recognized by University Grants Commission, New Delhi.[2]

Admission Process

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Students are required to submit JEE Main scores to be admitted. There are 90 seats across each of the three branches in BTech courses.

IIIT-NR's reservation criteria holds 50% of seats for students who are residents of Chhattisgarh state, and 15% seats for children of NTPC employees. The remaining 35% seats are filled through the Josaa rounds conducted by Joint Seat Allocation Authority.

Academics

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IIIT-NR runs undergraduate programs for B.Tech. This includes degrees in Computer science and engineering, Data science and Artificial intelligence, Electronics and communication engineering Postgraduate M. Tech and MS(R) programmes. In addition, it also offers Ph.D programs in various fields.[3]

Hostels

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IIIT Naya Raipur has 4 hostels: Bose House for first year boys, Bhabha House for second year boys, Ramanujan House for third and fourth year boys, Raman House for all girls.

Aerial view of IIIT, Naya Raipur

Student life

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Technovate is a non-profit fest organised by the students of IIIT Naya Raipur. It began as a techno-cultural fest in 2016, and draws thousands of visitors from colleges all over India. The three-day fest held every year in month of February or March. The fest includes technical events, cultural events, informal events and celebrity night.

Aarambh is a sports fest of IIIT Naya Raipur organised in the month of October. Participating students are sold to various teams via auction. Aarambh includes various outdoor sports such as Football, Cricket, Volleyball, Kabbadi, indoor sports like chess and also E-Sports like Valorant and CS-GO.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Administration". Iiitnr.ac.in. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. ^ "University". Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Institute Brochure" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Technovate 2020". technovate.iiitnr.ac.in. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
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