The HRD Ministry on Saturday signed an MoU with some private players to set up three Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) in Ranchi, Nagpur and Pune on public-private partnership (PPP) mode. The institutes would be set up in collaboration among state governments, industry and the Centre. The MoU was signed with Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Motors, ADCC Infocad, Nagpur, and Hubtown, Mumbai.
IIIT-Ranchi will operate from the Old Judicial Academy in the Administrative Training Institute, Ranchi admitting 120 students for the year 2016-17 through JEE 2016 examination. Its partners are TCS and Tata Motors. The institution will be mentored by NIT-Jamshedpur, it added.
IIIT-Nagpur will be set up on the BMIT Campus (temporary campus) with the participation of ADCC Infocad and TCS. The government of Maharashtra has identified 88 acres of land for setting up a permanent campus. BMIT will be the mentor institution. It has proposed to admit 120 students in CSE and ECE branches in 2016 through JEE-2016 examination.
IIIT-Pune will temporarily function from Siddhant Engineering College and a permanent campus will be constructed at Chakan for which the state government has identified 100 acres of land. The industry partners — Hubtown Mumbai and Roltas — have agreed to develop the curriculum, the statement said. The institute will start functioning under the mentorship of College of Engineering (COE), Pune, and 120 students will be admitted in 2016 through JEE-2016.