Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad

The Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT Allahabad, IIITA, or IIIT-A) is a public institute focused on information technology and biomedical engineering, located in Jhalwa, Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh. Announced in 1998 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, it was founded on 12 August 1999 and designated a deemed university in 2000. Under the 2014 IIIT Act, it became one of five Institutes of National Importance funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The institute previously operated an extension campus in Amethi from 2005 to 2016 and hosted seven Science Conclaves between 2008 and 2014, attended by several Nobel laureates. M. D. Tiwari served as its first director until 2013. Academically, IIIT-A offers programs through its Departments of Applied Sciences, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Information Technology, and Management Studies, covering degrees from Bachelor of Technology to Ph.D., including newer M.Tech. programs in Biomedical Engineering and Quantum Information Technologies. The institute conducts research in areas such as bioinformatics, BioMEMS, microfluidics, and biomedical instrumentation, supported by government and industry funding, with notable outputs including a low-cost microfluidic device and a smart pill dispensing system.