The International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar (IIITB), has achieved operational proficiency by ensuring 100 per cent placement of its passouts over the years. The alumni of the institute, because of their spectacular achievements, have become brand ambassadors of the institute.
This was discussed in the Board of Governors meeting held under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi wherein Director IIITB Prof Gopal K Nayak outlined the issues for discussion.
The Chief Secretary advised the Director and faculty members to do a visioning exercise for next 10 years and set the road map for next higher level of quality and excellence. Padhi asked them to focus and invest more on attracting bright students and faculties.
Participating in the discussion, Chairman of Odisha Skill Development Authority Dr Subroto Bagchi said, “The technology message of IIITB needs to flow from its own worldview”. He added that the IIITB must scale up its activities to occupy a position in the world of technology and see that technology for future flows out from its laboratory. He advised to develop its campus and ecosystem to a place of pride visit by the IT champions and world luminaries.
It was decided in the meeting that IIITB would expand its activities to the areas of incubation and entrepreneurship in coming years.
Its new roadmap would be prepared within 3 to 6 months with inputs from external agencies, professional bodies and institutes.
The institute would work as software and website security auditor of various Government departments. Chief Secretary Padhi directed the institute to do the security audit regularly at least twice a year and protect the websites from possible hacking.