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AGARTALA: An Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) will be set up for
Rs.128 crore in the northeastern state of Tripura next year to boost the growth of
the domestic IT market, an official said here Friday.
The IIIT will be set up in Bodhjungnagar, one of the northeastern region's biggest
industrial hubs, 25 km north of state capital Agartala. It will be the first such
institute in the northeast and will start functioning from the 2014-15 academic
year.
"Two state-owned companies, ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) and
NEEPCO ( Northeastern Electric Power Corporation), and a private industrial house
from West Bengal have expressed willingness to partner for the Tripura IIIT," Higher
Education Department Secretary Kishore Ambuly told reporters here.
"Of the Rs.128 crore, the union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)
would give Rs.119 crore and the remaining amount would be shared by ONGC,
NEEPCO and the private organisation," he added.
He said that the state government had allotted 50 acres of land for the institute.
Besides Tripura, the MHRD had last year given its approval to the setting up of IIITs
in Assam and Rajasthan.
"The human resource development ministry has planned to establish 20 IIITs on a
not-for-profit public-private partnership (N-PPP) basis in the country," the official
said.
So far, 11 state governments have identified land and are in the process of
identifying industry partners and fulfilling other criteria.
Currently, there are four IIITs in India at Allahabad, Gwalior, Jabalpur and
Kanchipuram. These autonomous institutions provide undergraduate as well as
postgraduate technical education.
The major objective in establishing IIITs is to set up a model of education which
can produce best-in-class human resources in IT and harness the multi-
dimensional facets of IT in various domains.
These institutions are conceived to be self-sustaining, research-led institutions
contributing significantly to the global competitiveness of key sectors of the Indian
economy and industry with the application of IT in selected domain areas.
Northeast India's first IIIT to open next year in Tripura - The Economic Times on Mobile
Rs.128 crore in the northeastern state of Tripura next year to boost the growth of
the domestic IT market, an official said here Friday.
The IIIT will be set up in Bodhjungnagar, one of the northeastern region's biggest
industrial hubs, 25 km north of state capital Agartala. It will be the first such
institute in the northeast and will start functioning from the 2014-15 academic
year.
"Two state-owned companies, ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) and
NEEPCO ( Northeastern Electric Power Corporation), and a private industrial house
from West Bengal have expressed willingness to partner for the Tripura IIIT," Higher
Education Department Secretary Kishore Ambuly told reporters here.
"Of the Rs.128 crore, the union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)
would give Rs.119 crore and the remaining amount would be shared by ONGC,
NEEPCO and the private organisation," he added.
He said that the state government had allotted 50 acres of land for the institute.
Besides Tripura, the MHRD had last year given its approval to the setting up of IIITs
in Assam and Rajasthan.
"The human resource development ministry has planned to establish 20 IIITs on a
not-for-profit public-private partnership (N-PPP) basis in the country," the official
said.
So far, 11 state governments have identified land and are in the process of
identifying industry partners and fulfilling other criteria.
Currently, there are four IIITs in India at Allahabad, Gwalior, Jabalpur and
Kanchipuram. These autonomous institutions provide undergraduate as well as
postgraduate technical education.
The major objective in establishing IIITs is to set up a model of education which
can produce best-in-class human resources in IT and harness the multi-
dimensional facets of IT in various domains.
These institutions are conceived to be self-sustaining, research-led institutions
contributing significantly to the global competitiveness of key sectors of the Indian
economy and industry with the application of IT in selected domain areas.
Northeast India's first IIIT to open next year in Tripura - The Economic Times on Mobile
