Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow (IIIT Lucknow) is one of the 20 IIITs being set up by the Central Government in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. IIIT Lucknow admitted its first batch of B. Tech. in Information Technology with an intake of 50 students w.e.f. the academic session 2015-16. It currently offers all the amenities ,academic and non-academic to its students that can help them flourish and serve the nation with all their apprehension in the various fields of technology. The admission is made through central counselling of candidates who qualify in JEE (Mains).
The Institute is being set up with the financial contributions of MHRD, Govt. of India, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, and U. P. Electronics Corporation Ltd. as industry partners. The mission of IIIT Lucknow is to be a unique and world class nucleating “Apex Center of Excellence” in the area of Information Technology so as to enhance India’s Technological strength in Information Technology . IIIT seeks to derive its strength from a linkage with sound Indian traditions of centuries past, and sets out to create knowledge-based resources in regional languages.
The permanent campus of IIIT, Lucknow is coming up in 50 acres of land at Chak Ganjaria Region, Lucknow. The Institute is being set up with the financial contributions of MHRD, Govt. of India, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, and U. P. Electronics Corporation Ltd. as industry partner.It is a couple of kilometers away from the International cricket stadium (along with many other sports facilities) which is being set up in Gomti Nagar extension.
The institute is surrounded by a 100 Acre IT City SEZ Lucknow project which is being developed by HCL Group selected through a competitive bidding process envisages initial investment of approx. Rs 1500 crores. The IT city will provide direct employment to 25,000 with indirect employment to approx. 50,000 people.
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