INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, KALYANI

IIIT Kalyani is an Indian Institute of Information Technology located in Kalyani, West Bengal, established as one of 31 IIITs by the Government of India under the not-for-profit Public Private Partnership (N-PPP) model, involving the Ministry of Education, Government of West Bengal, and industry partners Coal India and Rolta, with a funding ratio of 50:35:15. It was conferred Institute of National Importance status by the Cabinet in March 2017 under the IIIT Act, with IIT Kharagpur as its mentor institute. The institute currently operates from a transit campus at Webel IT Park, Kalyani, while a permanent 34.36-acre campus is under construction along the Kalyani Expressway, with 98% physical progress reported. It is governed by a Board of Governors, with Prof. Santanu Chattopadhyay serving as Director since 16 December 2020. Academic units include Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Humanities, Mathematics, and Physics. The institute offers B.Tech programmes in CSE, ECE, and AI & Data Science, along with M.Tech and Ph.D programmes, with admissions based on JEE Main, GATE, and NET-CSIR scores.