To address the challenges faced by the Indian Information Technology Industry & growth of the domestic IT Market, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India has established twenty Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT), on not-for-profit Public Private Partnership basis. As a part of this, IIIT-Surat was planned and started with initial mentoring by SVNIT, Surat till the new campus of IIIT is ready in Surat. A memorandum of understanding and a memorandum of association have been signed between the President of India, the Governor of the State of Gujarat and Industry partners namely; Gujarat Narmada Fertilizer Corporation (GNFC), Gujarat Informatics Limited (GIL) and Gujarat Gas Limited (GAL). After series of meetings at MHRD, Directorate of Technical Education (Gujarat State) and SVNIT, Surat planed various academic activities. State Government has requested Collector of Surat to allocate 50 acres of land in Surat and is in progress. B. Tech. courses in Electronics & Communication Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering have begun in SVNIT campus from July, 2017. The admission to these B.Tech., courses is conducted by Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSSA) from the year 2017-18 onwards. The hostel facility for the students is provided by SVNIT. The academic activities of IIIT-Surat are in time-synchronization with SVNIT
Vision and Mission
VISION
- To develop a globally competitive Centre of Excellence in the field of Computer Science and Technology to inspire the younger generation of Engineers to realize the 'Make in India' dream a reality.
MISSION
- Imparting preeminent knowledge in the field of Information Technology to younger generations so that they can serve the Society and Nation through evolving excellence in technology and innovations.
OBJECTIVES
- Enrich the upcoming young engineers with contemporary knowledge of Computer Science and Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering.
- Evolve seamless acquaintance in various technical fields through innovation and research.
- Cultivate the effective communication skill for establishing upbeat interaction to inspire leadership qualities in young Engineers.
- Setting up excellent facility and create environment for advanced studies in Science and Technology for fostering the innovative ideas linked with globally competitive areas of research.
- Nurture lifelong learning practices, ethical and human values in youngsters.
- Conduct campus outreach programmes for facilitating solutions to practical problems in small scale industries and other occupations including agriculture.
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Surat SVNIT Campus Ichchanath, Surat - 395007 Gujarat
Address:
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Surat
SVNIT Campus
Ichchanath, Surat - 395007
Gujarat
Phone : 0261-2204322(O)
Email : [email protected]
IIIT
Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are a group of Multidisciplinary Technical Universities of higher education in India, focused on Information Technology Engineering. Five of them are established, funded and managed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The rest are set up on the public-private partnership (PPP) model.
Prior to 2013, the IIITs at Gwalior, Allahabad, Jabalpur and Kancheepuram were set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).
In 2013 the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill 2013 was introduced in Lok Sabha.The bill sought to grants the status of Institutes of National Importance (INI) upon the four IIITs. After much debate and changes, the bill was passed by the Parliament on 1 December 2014┬аand published as Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act, 2014 on 8 December 2014, coming into effect on 5 January 2015.
Admission
Admissions into undergraduate programmes in IIITs for 4,000 seats are through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority and JEE-Main.[20] For postgraduate programs admission is through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).
