The intake for admissions to BTech (ECE) and BTech (CSE) had been increased this academic session by 20 seats each at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at Naya Raipur informed Chairman of IIIT Board of Directors, Ajay Chaudhary.
Chaudhary had called on Chief Minister Raman Singh at his residence. On the occasion, Vice-Chancellor and Director of IIIT Naya Raipur Dr Pradeep Kumar Sinha was also present. He informed the CM that previously the seat strength was 40 each for courses which had now been increased to 60 each.
Notably, on June 23, 2015, Union Minister of State for Power and Coal (Independent charge) Piyush Goyal on his visit to Naya Raipur had announced to set up an Innovation lab on the newly built IIIT campus within the next two years.
The move will help students get an opportunity to take up research and innovation projects of their interest, he said. Goyal was speaking after inaugurating the IIIT campus building at Naya Raipur adding, it (IIIT) will become a catalyst of growth in IT and Telecom sector.
“The institute will become a catalyst of growth in Information Technology and Telecom sector in the coming days. Not only in Chhattisgarh, but students from this institute will serve in the entire country,” he said.
Spread over 50 acres of land, the state-of-art campus is jointly built by the Chhattisgarh Government and NTPC at a cost of Rs 200 crore.
“With the collaboration of NTPC, the State Government would establish an Innovation lab in the IIIT premises
where renowned scientists from eminent institutes across the world will be called to guide the students to take up research and technology projects,” he had stated.
The lab will provide an opportunity to students to showcase their talent in area of research and innovation and will also help greatly in discovering and introducing new technology in coal , mining, power generation though thermal, solar and wind energy, Goyal said.
Appreciating the IIIT building, Goyal said, “It resembles the structure of Belur Math founded by Swami Vivekanand...I hope the students will take it as an inspiration and excel in their future.”
In his address Chief Minister Raman Singh had stated that the State Government will take every possible initiative to make this institute- one of the best institutes of the country, he said.
Higher Education and Technical Education Minister Premprakash Pandey had announced in his address that in this IIIT, 50 per cent seats will be reserved for youth of Chhattisgarh, 15 per cent for NTPC and 35 per for students from across the country and abroad.
In his welcome address, Chairman of the IIIT Board of Directors Ajay Choudhary had provided detailed description of facilities available in the campus.