Indian Institute of Information Technology Bhopal

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BHOPAL (IIIT-Bhopal), is one of the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (PPP) of National Importance in the country, set up with the objective of making available facilities for higher education, research and training in various fields of Information Technology. To address the challenges faced by the Indian IT industry and growth of the domestic IT market, the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India intends 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 would be the MoE, Governments of the respective States where each IIIT will be established, and the industry. On the same line INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BHOPAL (IIIT-Bhopal) is newly established Educational Institute by the Ministry of Education, Government of India and few industry partners as Not-for-profit Public Private Partnership (N-PPP) Institution. The industry Partner of IIIT Bhopal is, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV, Bhopal M.P.). The capital cost of IIIT Bhopal to be contributed in the ratio of 50:35:15 by the Government of India, Government of Madhya Pradesh and third partners respectively. Approximately 50 acres Land has been identified at Bhopal for setting up the institute.
At present, IIIT-Bhopal is operating from its make shift campus at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal, till the time its new campus is made operational at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Governing Council consisting of distinguished people from academia, industry and government preside over the governance of the Institute. 

Our Vision & Mission 

The institute is committed to get itself recognized as the forerunner in Information Technology related science and engineering. It aspires to establish a firm foundation for education and research under a high-quality faculty base with the objective to be the fountainhead of new ideas and innovations in technology and science. IIIT Bhopal strives to propel the nation on the growth-trajectory envisaging to achieve the aspired synergistic ends of the institution and society at large.

Missions

• To impart a high quality of innovation & research oriented education and to provide an environment to nurture the leaders of tomorrow.
• To enable the students formidably at the forefront of solving problems at national and global level within the context of larger humanistic concerns.
• To undertake collaborative projects which offer opportunities for long-term interaction with academia and industry.
• To project the spirit of involvement and inclusiveness, and showcasing the strength of mutual cooperation, thereby inspiring IIIT Bhopal to a glorious height.

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhopal, is an Institute of National Importance, established in the year 2017 by Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India on not-for-profit Public Private Partnership basis. Academic activates of IIIT Bhopal were started in July 2017 in the campus of MANIT Bhopal. The Director of MANIT and his upbeat faculty members ably took-up the responsibility of mentoring this Institute,  that enhanced the academic performance of the Institute.

Prof. N. S. Raghuwanshi, resumed the charge of Director MANIT on 25.05.2017 and is currently on deputation from IIT Khargapur, where he is professor in the department of Agricultural and Food Engineering. He has over 25 years experience in research and teaching various aspects of Water Management, Information Technology Applications in Agriculture and climate change. He has developed several techniques, and research tools and web based course material. He has made significant contribution in the area of irrigation system performance, evapotranspiration estimation techniques, hydrological modeling of agricultural watershed and development of educational and design software.

Seven developed software are copyrighted and have received wide acceptance among different user agencies such as ICAR Institute, State Agriculture Universities and NGOs. He has published more than 110 papers in peer reviewed journals. He has completed several research and consultancy projects funded by various national (ICAR, MOWR, DST, SAC, MHRD, ITRA, CMC, DFID) and international (EU, DST DAAD, Volkswagen Foundation) agencies. He has guided 12 PhDs and Currently 6 PhD Scholars are working with him. He is recipient of rotary International Fellowship, 1990-93; Fulbright-Nehru senior Research Fellowship, 2009-10 and Dr. P.S. Khankhoje memorial gold medal, 2011. He is currently serving in various national committees. He is a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE, 2016) and also Fellow of National Academy of agriculture Science (NAAS, 2016).