Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2023

1.1. Vision

To be a leading global Information Technology Institute that imparts an innovative education to produce proficient and ethical professionals and leaders, disseminating novel knowledge in Information Technology and allied disciplines to serve as a valuable resource for the society and world. 

1.2. Mission

1. To provide academic excellence in Engineering and Technology by imparting quality as well as value-based education, and foster a collaborative environment open to the free exchange of ideas, where research capabilities could be leveraged to address the challenges of the present scenario. 

2. To develop competent and proficient youth imbued with the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship with the social and environmental orientation further meeting the knowledge requisites and providing universal leadership in Information Technology and allied fields.

3. To promote the significance of ethics and integrity in technical education further fostering the learning with respect for individual human rights and an unyielding commitment to the principles of equal opportunity, equity, and justice.

4. To endorse application and research in Indian languages for technical education, further edifying Indian traditional knowledge in technical education.

2. Establishment of the Institute 

Established in the year 2016-17, by an Act of Parliament, the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Pune is an Institute of National Importance created by the MHRD, Government of India in the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model. The initial outlay of the project was Rs.128 Crores of which 50%, 35%, and 15% of share will be borne by the three Stakeholders, viz., the Central Government, State Government (Maharashtra), and Industry Partners, respectively. The Institute was established in the year 2016. 

3. Permanent Campus 

The permanent campus of IIIT Pune will be established approximately in 100 acres of land identified in Naloni, Talegaon, Pune. EE CPWD Pune issued the work order on 14th September 2022 after which the work began from 18th September 2022 onwards. In the Academic Building, RCC foundation work has been completed up to plinth level and casting of grade beams and retaining walls is in progress. In the Girls’ Hostel, earth work in excavation for foundation and PCC work is complete and reinforcement rods for RCC footings and pedestals are being placed. In both the Boys’ Hostels, earth work in excavation for foundation and PCC work is complete and RCC footings and pedestals are in progress. In the Staff Housing, RCC footings and pedestals casting are in progress. In the Director’s Bungalow, excavation in the foundation is complete and placement of reinforcement for foundation is in progress.

 

Fig. 1: Construction site of the Academic Front

Fig.2: Construction site of the Girls’ Hostel

Fig. 3:Construction site of the Boys’ Hostel 1 

Fig.4: Construction site of the Boys’ Hostel 2

Fig. 5: Construction site of the staff housing

Fig.6: Construction site of the Director’s Residence

4. Transit Campus 

Sharing resources of Sai Sinhgad Business School, Ambegaon BK, Pune, Maharashtra, 411041, the rented campus of IIIT Pune is functioning within the Singhad Technical Education Society, Ambegaon campus. The resources, such as Hostel, Messes, Canteen, besides the class rooms and laboratories are shared with IIIT Pune.

*Whole amount in Indian Rupees.

**Hostel fee is exclusive of mess fee. Tentative charges payable to the Mess contractor directly.

Academic Structure

Courses offered and Intake for each course at IIIT Pune

Computer Engineering and Science (CSE): 209

Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE): 60

Institute has started awarding the ‘Honors’ degree to the bright students in both the branches viz. Computer Science and Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering with ‘Major’ in one of the following disciplines [B.Tech(Hons) in CSE/ECE with Major in one discipline]:

a) Artificial Intelligence

b) Data Science

c) Machine Learning

d) Cyber Security

e) Internet of Things

f) Robotics

g ) VLSI Design

B. Tech. Admission Brochure 2022 can be downloaded from the Institute website www.iiitp.ac.in

The list of faculties for session 2022-23 as follows:

Sl. No.	Name of Faculty Member	Designation	Department
1	Dr. Ritu Tiwari	Professor  /Dean	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
2	Dr. Tanmoy Hazra	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
3	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Sharma	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
4	Dr. Rahul Dixit	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
5	Dr. Sandeep Mishra	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engg.
6	Dr. Ranjith Nair	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engg.
8	Dr. Bhupendra Singh	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
9	Dr. Nitesh Bharadwaj	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
10	Dr. Nagendra Kushwaha	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engg.
11	Dr. Vaidurya Jain	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences
12	Dr. Sushant Kumar	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engg.
13	Dr. Anagha Khiste	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Applied Mathematics & Data Science
14	Dr. Chandrakant Narayan Guled	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Applied Mathematics & Data Science
15	Dr. Vagisha Mishra	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences
16	Dr. Shrikant Salve	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
17	Dr. Amruta Lipare	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
18	Dr. Jatin Majithia	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Applied Mathematics & Data Science
19	Dr. Mahendra P Yadav	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
20	Dr. Priyank Jain	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
21	Dr. Sonam Maurya	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
22	Dr. Meenakshi Choudhary	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
23	Dr. Kaushlendra Sharma	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
24	Dr. Anuja Dixit	Adjunct Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg
25.	Dr. Parikshit Saikia	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
26.	Dr. Saif  Nalband	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
27.	Dr. Shriman Narayan	Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
28	Dr. Preeti Soni	Adjunct Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
29.	Ms. Anupama Arun	Adjunct Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.
30.	Dr. Shruti Taksali	Adjunct Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engg.
31.	Mr. Kuna Venkateswara	Adjunct Asstt. Professor	Dept. of Computer Science & Eng

To know more about faculty visit https://iiitp.ac.in/page/faculty-0 

Central Facilities

a)   Laboratories

        i.        Electronics Laboratory

Activities performed in the lab:

●     Design and test rectifiers, clipping circuits, clamping circuits and voltage regulators,

●     Compute the parameters from the characteristics of JFET and MOSFET devices,

●     Design, test and evaluate BJT in various configurations,

●     Design and test JFET/MOSFET amplifiers,

●     Design and test of power amplifier,

●     Design and test of various types of oscillators.

Equipment:

●      3 MHz multi waveform signal generator with modulation

●      30 MHz digital readout oscilloscope with component tester

●      High precision digital multimeters

●      Power supply- 30V, 2A dual power supply with automatic overload protection

●      Transistor application trainer

      ii.        Communication Technology Laboratory

The objective of this lab is to understand basic theories of digital and analog communication student’s deep knowledge in digital communication systems at the practical level so that students can understand the logical, analytical, and mathematical background of the communication system. This lab focuses on understanding the fundamental concepts of signal flow in a digital communication system. Detailed analysis of TDM, Pulse modulations, digital modulation techniques, sampling and reconstruction, source coding techniques, Error-control coding techniques, the error performance of a digital communication system in presence of noise, to design and implement analog/ digital modulator and demodulator and to understand the applications of balanced modulator circuit and other interferences are done.

Equipment:

⮚     Advanced Electrical and Electronics workbench-In this  workbench Function   Generator-1022,DSO-RIGOL-DS1104,Programmable Power supply-RIGOL-DP32,Spectrum Analyaser-RIGOL-DSA815,Sintech digital Multimeter-61,Soldering stand, MCB, Monitor LG

⮚     Analog and Digital communication trainer kits:

1)    DSB-fC Amplitude modulation and demodulation trainer modal-COM102N

2)    DSB-SCAmplitude Modulation and Demodulation Trainer Modal-COM101N

3)   SSB-SC Amplitude Modulation and Demodulation Trainer Filter Method Modal-COM103NF

4)   SSB-SC Amplitude Modulation and Demodulation Trainer Phase Shift Method Modal-COM103NF

5)   Frequency Modulation and demodulation using reactance modulator Modal-COM104VP2

6)   Phase  Modulation and Demod Trainer Modal-COM129

7)   Frequency Division Mux and Demux system Modal-COM128

8)   Time Division Mux and Demux system Modal-COM109

9)   Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) Trainer Modal-QAM100

10)       Klystron Power Supply Digital MI-MCO1

11)       Klystron Mount with Klystron Tube

12)       Isolator, Variable Attenuator 20dB, Digital Frequency Meter, Detector Mount, Slotted Section with probe Carrier, Gunn Power Supply Digital MI-MC02, Magi Tee, E-plane Tee, H-plane Tee, VSWR Meter Digital MI-MC03 etc.

13)       Radiation Pattern Turntable set up (Turntable gear box360 degree, Wooden stand with vertical stand, band 2nos)

14)       Pyramidal Horn Antenna

Software:  MATLAB

    iii.        Digital Electronics and Microprocessor laboratory

The goal of this lab is to make students conversant with the designing of digital systems, and programmable aspects of microprocessors and microcontrollers. This lab is equipped with 8085, and 8086 microprocessors, 8051 and PIC microcontrollers, ARM based systems, and various interfacing cards. For implementation of digital systems, digital trainers and logic analyzers are available.

Equipment:

⮚     Basic  Electrical and Electronics workbench powered with MCB, Monitor, DSO

⮚     Microprocessor and microcontroller kits

⮚     Keil, Proteus VSM, Logic Gate simulator

     iv.        VLSI Design Laboratory:

The VLSI Design laboratory was established with an aim to conduct research in various aspects of the ever growing field of IC design and verification. The Lab provides basic and advanced facilities for UG and PG coursework related experiments, project works and research facilities.

Equipment:

●      Xilinx Virtex-Ii Pro Board

●      Xilinx Development Board With Microcontroller

●      ZYBO BOARD

●      Interface such as keypad, lcd etc

●      Desktops

Softwares:

●      Vivado Design Suite

●      Cadence

       v.        Computer Lab 1

This LAB is for design and implementation of various computer applications. In this LAB students work on new Technologies and experts in contemporary technologies like Database Management services and Web designing. The Lab is fully centralized air conditioned and well furnished. This Lab consists of one server and 25 computers. Lab is equipped with a wall mount projector.

The Hardware Specification of Available computers

⮚     Intel(R)  i7-6700 cpu  @3.40GHz

⮚     64-bit operating system ×64-Based processor.

⮚     1 TB Hard Disk

⮚     8 GB RAM

Software Specification:

●      Postgre-SQL

●      PHP server (XAMP Server)

●      MYSQL

Subject practice:

●      Database Management Systems Lab

●      Software Project Work Lab

     vi.        Computer Lab 2

The Department has a well-equipped, fully centralized air conditioned, well-furnished Project Lab. This LAB consists of 25 Machines and a smart Board to fulfill the presentation needs

The Hardware Specification of Available computers

⮚     Intel(R)  i7-6700 cpu  @3.40GHz

⮚     64-bit operating system ×64-Based processor.

⮚     1 TB Hard Disk

⮚     8 GB RAM

Software Specification:

●      Linux OS

●      MATLAB

●      Anaconda Navigator

●      R Studio

●      Android Studio

●      ArgoUML, UML Umbrello

Subject practice:

●      Project Lab

●      Software Engineering Lab

●      Object Oriented Techniques Lab

   vii.        Computer Lab 3

This High performance Computing Lab consists of 20 computers in which latest and required software are installed on the computers.

The Hardware Specification of Available computers

⮚     Intel(R)  i7-6700 cpu  @3.40GHz

⮚     64-bit operating system ×64-Based processor.

⮚     1 TB Hard Disk

⮚     8 GB RAM

Software Specification:

●      Anaconda Navigator

●      R Studio

●      Android Studio

●      Anaconda Navigator

Subject Practice:

●      Artificial Intelligence Lab

●      Computer Network & Information Security Lab

●      Compiler and Automata Lab

●      Data Mining Lab

 viii.        Computer Lab 4

The Language Laboratories are becoming items better and better valued within educational institutions since the functions and possibilities they offer are much higher than the ones in the traditional teaching-learning system. Moreover it is necessary to distinguish between language laboratory, language method and control software. A method in a procedural that guides teachers when, in turn, control software is a computer programme that is used to control students' computers and to know what they are doing at all times. Instead, a language lab goes beyond, a language lab can integrate the method we want to use allowing further development of a large number of different activities in the classroom, the communication between teachers and students, using multimedia material, etc. taking into account at the same time the functions of control software. In this laboratory there are 20 computer systems .

The Hardware Specification of Available computers

⮚     Intel(R)  i7-6700 cpu  @3.40GHz

⮚     64-bit operating system ×64-Based processor.

⮚     1 TB Hard Disk

⮚     8 GB RAM

Technology:

A language laboratory has a specific technology that enables the interconnection, interaction and communication between the different positions that make up the lab.

Headset:

They should be designed to facilitate communication between the people who use the lab for the different activities that take place in it can be carried out successfully.

Server Room:

●      WiJungle - Unified Network Security Gateway firewall

●      Total 8 switches(24-ports)

●      100 Mbps line

b)   Library

Presently, as per the register, the Library has 3665 books (textbooks, reference books, competitive exams related books and others). With 403 titles in two branches of engineering i.e. Electronics & Communication Engineering, and Computer Science Engineering, , at Undergraduate level.

Institute has also partnered with Coursera to provide free courses from top-rated institutes as a part of its COVID initiative. The subscription consists of various specializations & courses, all available free of cost for our students.

The library is spacious and divided into different sections to facilitate proper utilization of available resources. Library has been automated with I SLIM software and provides a good number of services like book search, reservation, renewal and account checking details through Web OPAC. All the available books and magazines are classified by DDC – 23nd edition, and enabled bar-coded circulation services. The library is making constant efforts to provide relevant resources to its users by using different technologies.

Following is the list of subscriptions for online resources.  

Recreational and Extra Curricular Activities

17.1. EBSB:

“Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat '' was announced by the Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, on 31st  October 2015 on the occasion of the 140th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

●   On 1st April 2021, EBSB Clubs of IIIT Pune and IIIT Trichy jointly organized an Online Essay Competition on Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Singh (400th Prakash Parab).

●   IIIT Pune has conducted numerous events under EBSB including 75th Anniversary -Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav, International Mother Tongue Day, Online Essay Competition: “400th Prakash Parab Samaroh of Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji, Swachhata Pakhawada 2021, Guest Lecture on E-Waste Management during Swachhta Pakhwada 2021, Atmanirbhar Bharat Week 2021 and Integrity Pledge Taking Ceremony 2021, among others.

17.2. Other Co-Scholastic Events:

●            E-Cell, IIIT Pune conducted Hackathon 2k21 from 8th June 2021- 27th June 2021. Hackathon 2k21 was the flagship event, powered by Juspay in association with AlgoUniversity.  Hackathon 2k21 was hosted on DevFolio and was open to anyone enrolled in a UG/PG course globally. The event had three themes to choose from - Front End Development, Full Stack Development and Android App Development.

●            On 9^th June 2021 from 3 to 3:40 PM IIIT Pune organized an online Quiz Competition on Environment.

●            Due to Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi’s relentless efforts, 21st June was declared as the International Yoga Day by the United Nations General Assembly. This year, Mrs. Neha Parakhe, instructor from Yoga Vidya Gurukul was invited to IIIT Pune and conducted a yoga session for students and staff. 

●   IIIT Pune organized the event “Fit India Freedom Run” on 13th August 2021. All the participants followed the Covid protocol and participated with fervor and enthusiasm. The mission of the movement is to bring about behavioral changes and move towards a physically active lifestyle.

●   IIIT Pune and IIIT Trichy jointly celebrated “75th Independence Day” on 15th August 2021 in online mode.

●   Ganesh Chaturthi  was celebrated   at  IIIT  Pune  on  10th September  2021.  As  per  tradition, a  beautiful altar was  made  in  a room, and the idol of Lord Ganesh was installed. The event was celebrated with great zeal and enthusiasm. During these ten days, the staff and faculty members  offered morning  prayers and evening aarti.

●   The Swachhta Pakhwada launched by the Government of India is a fortnight-long programme observed to ensure mass participation of citizens in Swachhta activities and to truly transform Swachh Bharat into a citizen's movement. The opening function of Swachhta Pakhwada 2021 & Pledge Taking Ceremony was scheduled for 1st September 2021. All faculty and staff members of IIIT Pune attended the pledge-taking ceremony. As directed by the Ministry of Education, IIIT Pune conducted a guest lecture to identify innovative practices related to swachhata during the Swachhta Pakhwada 2021. Ms. Shipra Bhalla Chowdhary delivered a talk on E-waste Management on 14th September 2021.

●   IIIT Pune celebrates Hindi Pakhwada every year to promote and celebrate Hindi language. This week- long event starts from 14th September 2021, which is also known as Hindi Diwas. Under the aegis of Hindi Pakhwada,  multiple events such as poetry writing, essay writing, recitation, debate, painting, quiz among others were organized for students. This year, the programme started with a painting competition. Various competitions were organized for the students in collaboration with Hindi Samiti.

●   Under the aegis of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav', an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of progressive India and its achievements, IIIT Pune organized an Integrity pledge taking ceremony on स्वतंत्र भारत @75: सत्यनिष्ठा से आत्मनिर्भरता Independent India @ 75: Self Reliance with Integrity. The Integrity pledge taking ceremony was scheduled on 2nd October 2021 via Google Meet.

●   On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the Entrepreneurship Cell at Indian Institute of Information Technology Pune organized an intra-college event, ‘Drishti – Ideating Self- Reliant India’, in view of the self-reliant India (Aatmanirbhar Bharat) campaign started by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

●   IIIT  Pune  held  its  second  Startup Summit on 18th December  2021.  Dr. Jaijit Bhattacharya,  a  noted expert in e-Governance   and   Advisor   to Government of Sri Lanka, Government of West  Bengal was the Chief Guest. The opening note was given by Dr. Satya Ranjan Acharya, Director   at  Cradle. He was followed by Mr. Anil Srikantham, an IIT Madras and Stanford University Alumni, currently, Vice-President- Affluence Infosystems, shared  his vision-of  defining  the  goals  and then achieving those using application   of   tech   and   people. Next, Mr. Kanhaiya  Gautum,  Head of Engineering and the Chief Architect at Lentra AI Pvt ltd, shared his ideas. Dr.   Jawahar Surisetti, TED speaker, startup mentor was the final speaker of the day.

●   Pune's annual flagship coding contest, Infinity 2k21, hosted every year on Codechef was organized on 22nd December 2021. The event witnessed 8900+ international participants and about 31000+ submissions. Participation from some of the most renowned Universities in the world was abundant. The event also saw participation of one of the biggest competitive programmers of all time Gennady Korotkevich.

●   India celebrates National Youth Day on 12th January every year to honour the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, one of India's greatest leaders and believer of youth power. Also popularly known as “Yuva Diwas”, National Youth Day encourages the youth in the country to become better people and achieve an honourable life contributing to the development of the country. Every year a particular theme is decided to mark the day. This year it has been decided as “Channelizing Youth Power for Nation Building” with the aim to share the vital thinking of the Swami Vivekanand among the youths.

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●   “Eloquence - If You Were A TEDx Speaker” was conducted by Eclectic- Literary Society of IIIT Pune from 28th February 2022 - 5th March 2022. In this event, the participants were supposed to deliver a talk on a topic of their choice assuming they were a TEDx speaker.

●            IIIT Pune organized an internal Smart India Hackathon 2022 on 30th March 2022 on online mode.

IIIT Pune's Career Development & Corporate Relations Centre (CDCRC) plays a vital role in guiding students towards successful careers. The CDCRC provides knowledge, skills, and aptitude necessary to meet industry demands. The institute has achieved remarkable success in this area, with numerous companies visiting for campus placements in the current academic year.

The highest package offered to students this year is 53 lakh per annum, while the average package is 16.24 lakh per annum. IIIT Pune consistently improves its placement records, securing placements for its students in top brands each year. Notable companies that have offered high salaries include Yugabyte (53 lakh), Amazon (26.25 lakh) and Synopsis (20 lakh ), , Autodesk (36 lakh), Robert Bosch (16 lakh each), Publicis Sapient (20.6lakh), National Instruments, ZS Associates, and Reliance Jio, among others. 

All eligible final-year students have been placed in the current academic session, with 80% of students receiving internship offers. The highest internship offered was 1.00 lakh per month. IIIT Pune has experienced overall growth in terms of both placements and internships. Companies from various sectors, including Networking & Telecommunication, product-based, IT Services & Consultancies, E-Commerce, and Financial Services, visited the campus. Prominent companies such as TCS, Increff, Texas Instruments, Robert Bosch, Codenation, Deloitte, Nykaa, Infosys, IBM, Cognizant, among others, have already visited and offered jobs to students. 

                                                                 Details of Placement 

Batch/Branch	Eligible Students	Average Package	Highest Package		Total Selections	Placement Percentage
2021/CSE	38	14.3 LPA	36 LPA		35	92%
2021/ECE	31				22	71%
2022/CSE	50	16.38 LPA	53 LPA		47	94%
2022/ECE	28				22	78%
2023/CSE	123	17.47 LPA	53 LPA	112*			91%*
2023/ECE	55	15.92 LPA		40*			72%*

    * Tentative numbers due to ongoing placement process   

Details of B. Tech Internship 

Batch/Brach	Eligible Students	Highest Stipend	Lowest Stipend
2023/CSE	123	80000	20,000
2023/ECE	55		20,000

Details of M. Tech Placement 

Batch/Brach	Eligible Students	Average Package	Highest Package	Total Selections	Percentage Placed
2022/CSE	13	5 LPA	12.5 LPA	10	83%
2022/ECE	11			5	50%
2023/CSE	13	Results Awaited	14 LPA	4*	30%*
2023/ECE	3	-	19 LPA	2*	66%*

* Tentative numbers due to ongoing placement process

Details of M. Tech Internship 

Batch/Brach	Eligible Students	Internships	Highest Stipend	Lowest Stipend
2023/CSE	16	15	50,000	25,000
2023/ECE	5		35,000	16,000

A consistent growth can be seen in terms of placements regarding the highest package as well as in the average package offered to the students of IIIT Pune since the last three years. 

All the figures displayed in the graphs are in Lakh Per Annum, and are subject to change due to the ongoing placement.

	https://placements.iiitp.ac.in/b-tech-placements.html

Industry oriented approach to learning: Held on 21st May, 2020 this webinar marked the beginning of the first webinar series by CDCRC, IIIT Pune.  Mr. Navin Williams was the invited speaker for this webinar.

Navigating Placements post Covid: The second webinar of this series was held on 22nd May and the invited speaker was Joshua David MD, Manager APAC at Hexaware. He is a skilled HR professional with broad experience in aspects of Talent Acquisition like - Recruitment (Lateral and University hiring), including front line hiring and vendor management.

Employability skills: The third webinar of this series was held on 23rd May with one of the experts of her field, Mr. Mandeep Bagchi. He is working with Tata Consultancy Services Ltd as a Campus Lead, Talent Acquisition Group. 

Industry in post lockdown: Held on 24th May, this webinar was about how the IT industry is coping up with the challenges posed by lockdown. The invited speaker, Prof. Om Prakash Shukla is the Principal at National Defence Academy.

Cyber security: The fifth webinar of this series, held on 25th May was led by  Mr. Aditya Vats. It was about the most trending domain in the IT industry, Cyber security.   

Recent technology Trends: The sixth webinar was hosted on the Recent technology trends with the IT experts at Persistent on 26th May.  

HR practices during pandemic: The seventh webinar of this series was presented by Archana Chintagunta, the lead HR at Recode solutions on 27th May, informing the attendees of the latest trends and recent changes in the HR Practices during COVID and what factors affect the most crucial stage of an interview.

Preparation of Placements during Covid: Held on 29th May, this webinar was about how the students should focus on the placement preparation and cope up with the challenges posed by lockdown. The invited speaker, Mr.  Swarnendu Halder the Lead- Talent Acquisition at Flock.  

Entrepreneurship avenues for the future: The ninth and the last webinar of  this series was presented by Mr. Umang Shukla on 30^th May, informing the  attendees of the latest trends in the start-up culture and what factors affect or  govern the growth or decline of these start-ups.  

Cloud Introduction: Held on 23rd November, 2020 this webinar marked the beginning of the second webinar series by CDCRC, IIIT Pune. Mr. Tarun  Kansal was the invited speaker for this webinar. Webinar was organised to help students to look for better opportunities in cloud computing for jobs as well as further studies.  

Placement Strategies: The second webinar of this series was held on 24th November and the invited speaker was Shreya Sahu. She is a graduate from IIIT Gwalior from where she received her dual master‟s degree in computer science.   

Higher Education Opportunities in Germany & ECE Flyer:  The third webinar of this series was held on 25th November with one of the experts of her field, Niketa Dedhia. She is the Founder and Principal Consultant at the Exponent Consultancy Services (ECS), USA.   

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: Held on 26th November, this webinar was about two of the most trending domains of today’s IT industry. The invited speaker, Mr. Pranav Sharma is a senior data scientist with more than fifteen years of experience in IT and is currently working with Warner Media. 

How to prepare for a job: The fifth webinar of this series, held on 30th November was led by Mr. Vaibhav Jain. It was about the preparations one is required to do to get ready for a job hunt while still being in college.  

Digital India & 5G Researches: The first day of the last month of 2020 hosted a webinar on Digital India and 5G Research with the very reputed Dr.  B M Baweja.  

Start Up Culture: The seventh and the last webinar of this series was  presented by Mr. Rajeev Shukla on 6th December, informing the attendees of  the latest trends in the start-up culture and what factors affect or govern the  growth or decline of these start-ups.

All these efforts on the part of students and faculty resulted in a very good placement. The bar graph shows the increase in the companies who visited this year in comparison to previous year, whereas the Pie Charts  show the company wise placement of different batches in IIIT Pune

1. Webinars, Invited Talks and Conferences 

• IIIT Pune organized 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence (ICCI 2022) in association with Soft Computing Research Society on 29th and 30th December 2022. 

Fig.1 : Glimpses from 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence 2022

2.  Workshops, FDPs, STPs and MTPs:

• National High-End Workshop (Karyashala) on Cyber Security and Digital Forensics was organized by Department of CSE from 23rd July – 29th July 2022 at IIIT Pune sponsored by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under Accelerate Vigyan scheme. The workshop was coordinated by Dr. Bhupendra Singh, Assistant Professor, Dept. of CSE and a total of 25 PG and PhD scholars from various reputed Institutes attended the workshop in physical mode. The goal of the programme was to enhance teaching techniques and promote applied research in teaching and research. 

Fig 2: National High-End Workshop (Karyashala) on Cyber Security and Digital Forensics

• Two week long AICTE Sponsored ATAL Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on Digital Forensics and Anti-Forensics was conducted by Department of CSE at IIIT Pune from 05th December to 16th December 2022 in hybrid mode in which around 33 participants (out of 50 approved participants) across India participated online through Google meet.

Fig. 3: FDP on Digital Forensics and Anti-Forensics

3 .Co-Scholastic Activities

3.1. EBSB: 

“Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat '' was announced by the Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, on 31st  October 2015 on the occasion of the 140th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. 

 

•        The ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’ launched by the Government of India is a fortnight-long programme observed to ensure mass participation of citizens in Swachhta activities and to truly transform Swachh Bharat into a citizen's movement. The opening function of Swachhta Pakhwada 2022 and Pledge Taking Ceremony took place on 3rd October 2022. All faculty and staff members of  IIT Pune attended the pledge-taking ceremony. The events begin with cleaning drive of hostel premises on 2nd October 2022. On 4th October 2022, all the faculty members, staff and students participates in cleaning activity of the campus of IIIT Pune. On 6th October 2022 all the faculty members, staff and students participates in cleaning activity of the academic area. On 7th October 2022, an awareness session on waste management was conducted for the housekeeping staff. On 8th October 2022, a lecture session for students, faculties and staff was conducted to explain the importance of 3R’s (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) in social life. The lecture was delivered by Dr. Vagisha Mishra, faculty in HSS, IIIT Pune. After this based on the theme of “3R’s”, institute organized poster making competition for students on 10th October 2022. On 11th October 2022, students performed skit under Swachha Bharat mission to highlight about “3R”and explained that social negligence is a problem and awareness of 3R is a possible solution. An event of essay- writing competition, slogan competition was organised for students based on theme “Swachh Bharat” and ‘’’3R’. After that, on 12th October 2022, students, staff and faculties participated in off-campus cleaning drive. The faculties and students have done cleaning drive at Parvati Hills. On the final day of “Swachhata Pakhwada Abhiyan ” the certificate was distributed to all the participants who’s efforts have made this event successful.  The certificates were distributed to all the winners of Essay writing competition, Slogan competition and poster making competition.

Fig. 4: Pledge-taking ceremony on the eve of Swachhta Pakhwada 2022

Fig. 5: Students, staff and faculties participating in cleaning drive

3.2. Other Co-Scholastic Events:

• IIT Pune celebrated Yoga Day on 21st June 2022 wherein all the faculty, students and staff members participated in Yoga activities. 

• IIIT Pune celebrated “75th Independence Day” on 15th August 2022. The faculty, staff and students participated in the flag hoisting ceremony with patriotic fervour. 

Fig 6: Glimpses of  “75th Independence Day” celebration at IIIT Pune

•       Ganesh Chaturthi  was celebrated   at  IIIT  Pune  on  31st August 2022.  As  per  tradition, a  beautiful altar was  made  in  the Raigad Boys’ Hostel, and the idol of Lord Ganesh was installed. The event was celebrated with great zeal and enthusiasm. During these ten days, the staff and faculty members  offered morning  prayers and evening aarti.

Fig 13: Ganesh Chaturthi celebration at IIIT Pune

•       The Hindi Pakhwada, a week-long event on the occasion of Hindi Diwas was organized at IIIT Pune aimed at promoting the use of the Hindi language in the workplace, it was celebrated with great enthusiasm. The event took place from 14th to 28th September and witnessed active participation across various departments. The objective of this event was to emphasize the significance of Hindi as a language of communication and encourage its integration into the technological aspects of work. During the Hindi Pakhwada, several competitions were organized to foster interest in Hindi, including Hindi Language Competition Questionnaire, Extempore Competition, Poetry Competition among others. As a highlight of the event, a renowned Hindi Professor from Pune University,  Prof. Sadanand Kashinath Bhosale was invited to deliver a lecture. Prof. Bhosale enlightened the audience about the diverse aspects of the Hindi language and its relevance in the technological landscape. The session shed light on the benefits of integrating Hindi into technology, emphasizing the potential for widespread use and accessibility of technology across India. The Hindi Pakhwada concluded with a ceremony to distribute certificates and prizes to all the participants. 

Fig. 7: Glimpses from the closing ceremony of Hindi Pakhwada 2022

•      The Entrepreneurship Cell at IIIT Pune hosted its first-ever hybrid entrepreneurial event, Ideathon 2k22: Reminisce to Ideate. The event received a thundering response from students all over the globe with over 650+ registrations on the Devfolio platform. Ideathon 2k22 opened to registrations on November 1, 2022, and ended on November 15, 2022. Various offline events were planned as well to familiarize students with the business world. Ideathon 2k22 witnessed expert talks from accomplished entrepreneurs, enlightening the participants with their entrepreneurial acumen and sharing valuable learnings from their own lives and journeys as entrepreneurs. They motivated the participants to work on their innovations and ideas in the most effective and efficient ways. In our midst, we had Sandeep Chawda, the Co-founder and CEO of Clarice Technology; Madhukar Bhatia, the Co-founder of Sapience Analytics Pvt Ltd and Yogesh Shinde, the founder of Bamboo India.

•     Infinity 2k22 is IIIT Pune's annual flagship coding contest hosted on Codechef. A three-hour coding with IOI style scoring, InfInITy started in 2017. The recent edition of the event (A Rated Contest) was held on 16th November 2022 and saw twenty thousand plus (21991) national and international participants, and over one lakh 20 thousand (123881) submissions.

Fig 8: Poster of Infinity 2k22

• Qriocity Freshers is an annual quiz event organized by Qriocity, the quizzing club of IIIT Pune. It is explicitly for freshers, in order to get the freshers familiar with the quizzing process, and by extension, Qriocity. Upon evaluation, the top eight participants qualified for the Qriocity Freshers Finals, which was held on 27th November 2022. 

Fig. 9: Glimpses from Qriocity Freshers

• The Sports Club of IIIT Pune successfully conducted an ESports tournament for the 5v5 multiplayer game Valorant on 21st and 22nd January 2023 in the Institute premises.

Fig.10: Glimpses from ESports tournament

• The 74th Republic Day was celebrated in the Institute on 26th January 2023. 

Fig. 11: Glimpses from 74th Republic Day Celebration

• A team of 11 students (08 male and 03 female) from IIIT Pune Dramatics Club represented the Institute in the Cultural Fest organized by IIT Kharagpur from 26th to 30th of January 2023. This team has been an integral part of the Institute community for many years, and have consistently demonstrated their talent and dedication through a variety of performances and competitions. IIT Kharagpur Cultural Fest provided them with a unique and exciting opportunity to showcase their skills on a national stage and establish a network with other performers and industry professionals.

• ‘Saaz’, the musical society of IIIT Pune organized Lamhein'23. It was the first offline musical fest after Covid-19. ‘Lamhein’ was fully handled by the students of IIIT Pune and the event took place on 15th February 2023. The event was themed around the countless moments of our lives.

Fig 13: Glimpses from ‘Lamhein’

• On 19th February 2023, IIIT Pune celebrated the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of ‘Hindavi Swaraj’ ideology. The event started with a spectacular display of 'Bothati’, an armed Indian martial art from Maharashtra, also popularly known as ‘Mardaani Khel’. After the procession, the unveiling of Shivaji Maharaj's photo frame was done by the hands of our professors and distinguished keynote guest, Mr. Amit Badade. Further, Mr. Babade spoke on Shivaji Maharaj's management, economics, planning and development methods. In addition, a quiz was conducted with incidents, covering the life and career of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The students planned and organized the entire ceremony with the aid of Mr. Pavan Shirode and Dr. Chandrakant Guled.

Fig. 14: Glimpses from Shivaji Jayanti Celebration

• Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Trust, Indian Institute of Information Technology Pune (IIIT Pune) and Sri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Technology, Nanded (SGGSIET, Nanded) jointly organized a workshop on "Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Workshop 2023" on the concept of "Self-reliant India from Education'' on 22nd and 23rd February 2023 at Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Technology, Nanded. IIIT Pune, Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji Institute of Technology, Nanded and many leading institutes of the state were associated as partner institutions in this program. There was a special discussion in the Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Workshop 2023 on how education should make students, educational institutions, and the country self-reliant. In this workshop, experts related to the education world, entrepreneurs, heads of institutions working in innovation and startups, among others guided the participants from the state and the country as speakers.  A total of 150 participants participated in the workshop. 

Fig. 15: Glimpses from Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Workshop 2023

• A total of 61 students from IIIT Pune participated in 5th Inter IIIT Sports Meet held in IIIT Kancheepuram during 14th to 17th March 2023. The event was an incredible event that brought together athletes from different IIITs across the country. The event was hosted by IIIT Kancheepuram and IIIT Kurnool and included a wide range of sports events that showcased the sporting talents of the participants. The sports meet had a comprehensive range of events, including athletics, basketball, badminton, chess, cricket, volleyball, football, table tennis, and many more. IIIT Pune secured a hard-fought win to bring home the bronze medal in the Volleyball game.

Fig. 16: IIIT Pune students in 5th Inter IIIT Sports Meet held in IIIT Kancheepuram