Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati 2.41

Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati is one of the Indian Institutes of Information Technology located in Guwahati in the state of Assam in India. It was set up by the MHRD, Government of India in public-private partnership mode. It was declared as an Institute of National Importance under the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act, 2017.HistoryOn 18 March 2013, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India introduced a bill in the Parliament to establish 20 new Indian Institute of Information Technology's in different parts of the Country. As per the bill, MHRD will establish the 20 new IIITs under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode partnering with respective state governments and industry partners. The industry partners are Tata Consultancy Services, Oil India, Srei Infrastructure Finance, Assam Electronics Development Corp (Amtron), Novatium and Medhassu eSolutions..FoundationIIIT Guwahati was set up in 2013. The foundation stone for campus of IIIT Guwahati was unveiled in the presence of Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi.AcademicsProgramsIIITG offers B.Tech degree in Computer Science and Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering. Admission to all undergraduate programmes are on the basis of the All India Rank (AIR) in the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) (JEE- Main). From 2015 onwards students enrolled in the research Doctoral Programme (awarding a Ph.D) after either completing a B.Tech degree or an M.Tech one.