Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune (abbreviated IIITP), is one of the Indian Institutes of Information Technology, a group of institutes of Higher education in India focused on Information Technology. It is established by the Ministry of Education (MoE), formerly the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and few industry partners as Not-for-profit Public Private Partnership (N-PPP) Institution. IIIT Pune was declared as an Institute of National Importance (INI) in August 2017.

IIITP is located in Pune, Maharashtra, and it started its academic sessions from July 2016. It offers two courses in Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE). From A.Y. 2019–20, the institute has started Master of Technology (M.Tech.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programmes. The institute offers M.Tech. programmes through its department of CSE with specialization in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and department of ECE with specialization in Internet of Things (IoT). M.Tech. programmes are two years structured programmes with credit components from one year of course work and one year of project/ thesis. The academic programme leading to the Ph.D. degree involves a course credit requirement and a research thesis submission. The Institute encourages research in interdisciplinary areas through a system of joint supervision and interdepartmental group activities.

Establishment
To address the challenges faced by the Indian IT industry and growth of the domestic IT market, the Ministry of Education, Government of India intended to establish twenty Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT), on a Not-for-profit Public Private Partnership (N-PPP) basis. The partners in setting up the IIITs are Ministry of Education, Governments of the respective States where each IIIT will be established, and the industry.

IIITP was approved by the Government of India's Ministry of Education. IIITP has been set up on a public–private partnership (PPP) basis. Fifty percent of the stakes are held by Ministry of Education, whereas thirty five percent is held by the Government of Maharashtra; the rest is held by industry partners.

Academics
IIIT Pune offers B.Tech. with an intake capacity of 175 students in CSE and 50 students in ECE (as of 2020–2021). The admission in B.Tech. programmes is through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). Post graduate students are admitted through Centralized Counselling For M.Tech. (CCMT).

IIIT Pune offers CSE and ECE, which is equivalent in its standard with IITs The course structure is flexible and allows student to study additional subjects / electives apart from prescribed curriculum. To motivate the talented students, the Institute started awarding the ‘Honors’ degree to the bright students in both the branches with ‘Major’ in various disciplines.

From academic year 2021, institute has a plan for student exchange program with International and Indian institutions of repute.

Campus


IIIT Pune is operating from the temporary campus at Ambegaon Budruk, Sinhagad Institute Road, Pune 411041. The temporary campus of IIIT Pune is at a distance of 13 km  from Pune Railway Station, 20 km from Pune Airport. It is intended that the institute will eventually move to its own permanent campus, spread over 100 acres located at Nanoli Tarf Chakan near Talegaon Dabhade.

Placement
The Career Development & Corporate Relation Centre (CDCRC) provides opportunities to students through guidance, career planning, skill development. Top companies visited IIIT Pune for the batch of 2021–2022.