Type Public Director Somenath Biswas Undergraduates 1050 Campus size 40 ha Founded 1999 | Established 1999 Academic staff 82 Postgraduates 475 Phone 081968 27547 | |
Address IIIT Rd, Near Boys Hostel, Devghat, Jhalwa, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh 211011 Motto Pragyanam Brahm (Knowledge is Power) Similar Motilal Nehru National I, International Institute of Informatio, International Institute of Informatio, Indian Institute of Informatio, International Institute of Informatio | ||
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Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad is a public university in Allahabad, in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It is one of the nineteen Indian Institutes of Information Technology listed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
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History
The institution was founded in 1999, and in the following year received university status and the right to award its own degrees. In 2014 the IIIT Act was passed, under which IIITA and four other Institutes of Information Technology funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development were classed as Institutes of National Importance.
Ranking
In 2015, IIIT Allahabad was ranked in 49th place among Indian engineering colleges in a survey done jointly by Edu, an Indian company, and Rand Corporation, a non-profit American think-tank.
Effervescence
Effervescence is an annual cultural festival at the university. It lasts for three days and includes technology, debate, music, sports and other activities.