INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, KOTTAYAM

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam (IIIT Kottayam or IIITK) is an autonomous engineering institute located at Valavoor, Palai, Kottayam District, Kerala. It is one of the IIIT institutes established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, under a Public-Private Partnership model, funded by the Government of India (50%), Government of Kerala (35%), and industry partners CIAL and Rolta Foundation (15%). Founded in 2015, it began functioning at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering under the mentorship of NIT Calicut, later moving to GIFT campus, Thiruvananthapuram under IISER-TVM mentorship, before shifting to its permanent campus, inaugurated in February 2019. In 2017, it was declared an Institute of National Importance. The institute offers B.Tech and M.S dual degree programs in Computer Science and Engineering (Core, AI & Data Science, Cyber Security) and Electronics & Communication Engineering, along with M.Tech programs in AI & Data Science, Cyber Security, and Big Data & Machine Learning, plus Ph.D courses in Computer Science and Electronics. Admission to B.Tech programs is based on JEE Mains and HSC performance, with 556 total seats. Student life includes clubs like betaLABS, WildBeats, Sportec, and Trendles.