Bhopal

India could justly feel proud for its unique contributions to science in the ancient past. However, successive foreign invasions and alien rule for centuries pushed science in the background and the country went through with what may be described as the dark age for science. Western science attracted Indian intelligentsia after the establishment of the western system of education and the universities; and despite many constraints, the country could produce giants like Prof. J.C. Bose, Prof. S.N. Bose,  Prof. Meghnad Saha, Prof. C.V.

Rapid growth is necessary in the field of Technical and Vocational Education to keep the growth rate of the country above 10%. It has been observed that the economic progress of the state is directly related to the development of Technical and Vocational Education system. Those states, where good progress has been made in this field, have attracted higher private investments in manufacturing and service sectors.

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.