About IIIT Sri City

Indian Institute of Information Technology Sri City, Chittoor at Sri City, known as IIITS, is an Institute of National Importance set up under an Act of Parliament. The Institute is governed by a Board of Governors consisting of distinguished academicians, industry leaders and senior government officials. Additionally, IIIT Hyderabad and IIT Hyderabad were the mentor institutions for IIIT Sri City. In fact, the Institute follows a similar curriculum and pedagogy as IIIT Hyderabad.

Unique Location: The Campus spread across 81 acres and equipped with state-of-the-art Infrastructure in Sri City. Located 55 km north of Chennai on the Nellore Highway, Sri City boasts of seamless connectivity by road, air etc. (Visit: _http://www.sricity.in). IIITS is located in Sri City, a decade old state of the art industrial city spread over 8000 acres encompassing a multi-product Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Domestic Tariff Zone (DTZ), Free Trade & Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) and Electronics Manufacturing Cluster. Sri City is hosting over 180 large manufacturing MNCs from over 27 industrialized countries. The institute has access to the industries and social infrastructure available in Sri City through the Industry Partner.

Focus on Research: IIITS is a unique institution with a perfect blend of teaching and research. Focus on UG-led research aims to develop technology related research that can solve real-world problems and has an impact across the world and in India. The Institute has two research centers-Center for Smart Cities and MHRD funded Design and Innovation Center. _Currently, there are 10 ongoing external sponsored projects driven by our faculties; worth nearly 3 crore rupees. The sponsoring agencies include: Department of Science and Technology (DST), ISRO, Naval Research Board (NRB), etc.

Gyan Circle Ventures- TBI at IIIT Sri City:  Keeping up with the spirit of entrepreneurship, Gyan Circle Ventures serves as a hub for innovation and startups leading to development of new technologies and business opportunities as well as enable economic and social development in the region. Gyan Circle Ventures is funded by the Ministry of Information Technology (MeitY) under Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE 2.0) scheme. IIIT Sri City has been part of MHRD Innovation Cell and established Institute Innovation Council. Furthermore, IIIT Sri City has established an Entrepreneurship Cell (E-cell) to support and enable students to create innovative ideas and convert them into business opportunities. E-cell trains students on how to be successful entrepreneurs with social responsibility.

Academic Structure:

B.Tech Curriculum

IIIT Sri City, Chittoor was mentored by IIIT Hyderabad in the initial years The curriculum at IIIT Sri City follows a practice-theory-practice approach wherein the students are first introduced to real-world engineering concepts by providing hands-on-training. This is followed by rigorous theory-based courses which are again followed up with hands-on courses with intense real-world projects, requiring intense involvement from each student. The curriculum has been designed keeping in mind the best practices of IIIT Hyderabad, IITs, and leading institutions of higher learning globally. The Institute combines top-class education with pioneering research, whereby undergraduate students are encouraged to participate in different research and technology development projects, starting from the 3rd year. 

IIIT Sri City offers B.Tech degree in two disciplines:

1. Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) 

2. Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE)

The primary objective of the B.Tech programme at IIIT Sri City is to prepare aspiring students having the potential to face challenges with industry-ready standards. The unique curriculum offered facilitates students in becoming top-notch engineers/entrepreneurs while also equipping them to pursue higher studies and research work. We give ample opportunity to learn both fundamentals of theory as well as its application aspects. The curriculum is designed on the foundation of concepts driven by real-world practices which are duly covered in the first half of the program. The second half is engaging in the sense that it provides avenues for developing special skills and gaining knowledge in various sub-areas, gives a hands-on approach through well-guided project works, and also provides the much-needed flexibility in selecting courses that suit individual students. Besides well-designed core subjects, Mathematics, Science, Humanities, and Skill Building Programs are an integral and interesting part of our distinctive curriculum. 

Unique Honors Programme:

This is a purely research-intensive part of the curriculum and the promising students meeting the eligibility criteria are encouraged to opt for the Honors Programme starting from the 5th semester and go on up to 8th semester. This Honors program has a set of defined deliverables like research papers, development of products and services, generation of IPs. Students failing in meeting these defined deliverables will get a plain B.Tech degree in the respective discipline.

 Unique Component in CSE Programme:

Full Stack Development (FSD) track focuses on producing graduates with industry ready skills in software development. This industry-focused FSD track consists of three courses delivered in a sequence such that the students learn and demonstrate the latest technologies, tools and libraries used in their job situations. These courses together make them learn all three components- Front end, back end and API/Services and be able to develop end to end applications involving all the components effectively. The track simultaneously focuses on making the student undertake a live project that helps them to implement those technology components learned across three courses. The choices of technologies, tools and libraries shall be based on the current industry needs and profile of the batch of students. Three courses offered in 4 to 6 Semesters under this Full-Stack Development track- Fundamentals of Full Stack Development, Framework Driven Front-End Development and Web Services and Backend Development. 

BTech Specializations:

In order to provide specialized human resources, IIIT Sri City offers UG programmes with the following three specializations in the thrust areas:  

B.Tech (CSE):

1. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 

2. Specialization in Cybersecurity 

3. Data Science

B.Tech (ECE):

1. Cyber Physical Systems

2. Next Generation Wireless communication

MTech Programme:

Being an Institute of National Importance in Information Technology, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City, Chittoor is offering the specialized MTech program in the cutting edge areas. From 2020, the MTech in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (MTech-AI/ML) has started as a two-year degree program by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIIT Sri City. The MTech in AI/ML at IIIT Sri City is benchmarked with such programs of top institutions across the globe. The program has been launched under the supervision of experts from the top institutes and industries, such as IITs, IIITs, Google, IBM, etc. The AI/ML specialization is also offered for B.Tech students. Thus, IIITS provides a very appealing ecosystem in demanding areas such as the AI/ML and produces highly skilled manpower. The two-year MTech in AI/ML aims to bridge the urgent needs of the industry and to produce the high-end AI/ML scientists and engineers for the society. The aim of the MTech-AI/ML program is to produce graduates by providing rigorous training in the priority areas of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. The MTech in AI/ML strengthens the students such that they can become AI/ML world leaders and shape India’s future in a better way.

PhD  Programmes: 

IIITS has a significant focus on research and development activities through sponsored projects and scholarly publications. IIITS is the first institute to start research programmes among its peer institutions.  IIITS envisions to be a globally known institution for IT education, research and development. The current faculty members at IIITS are from leading universities from India and abroad with excellent teaching and research credentials. Currently, the institute offers Ph.D. programmes in both Full time and Part time categories. Further the institute is committed to work on real world research problems through industry participation. Hence the experienced industry professionals are involved in various roles as research coordinators/co-guides, doctoral committee members, and examiners. Institute strongly believes that by involving the industry experts in the research programme will have value addition in modelling the research problems to solve the challenging problems of the industry.

It is to be noted that IIIT Sri City no longer allows branch change and hence a student admitted in a specific branch will continue to be in the same branch till the completion of the programme.

State-of-the-art Infrastructure

The Campus: A state-of-the-art campus is being built on 81 acres of beautiful terrain which is situated along a scenic perennial creek.  The campus is being designed and built according to international standards. The campus is ready and functional. IIIT Sri City is a residential institute with separate hostels for boys and girls with all necessary facilities, and it is mandatory for all students to stay on campus.  Students can access Campus-Network and computing facilities from their hostel rooms.  Two hostels for boys are ready and one hostel is functional specially for girls.  The construction for two more hostels and one dining hall is in progress.

Green Campus: Sri City where the IIIT is located is planned on Sustainability Principles. All off energy consumed by municipal services comes from Sri City Solar Farm. Sri City encourages its tenants to use a minimum of 40% of energy from renewable sources (Solar). Sri City also encourages electric vehicles for movement within Sri City. The IIIT- Sri City will endeavor to function on 100% Solar Energy from neighboring Solar Farms. It will also encourage all IIITians to use electrical vehicles for movement within the Campus. Most of the water requirement will be met through rainwater-harvesting and re-use of treated waste-water.

Labs: The Institute has air-conditioned, specialized, high-end equipment in each laboratory, as needed in research and development projects. The Institute has air-conditioned computer labs with sufficient work stations.

Networking: The institute is Wi-Fi enabled.  All buildings including the classrooms, hostels and the campus will be connected through a high-speed fiber-optic network.  Students can access Campus-Network and computing facilities from their laptops and computers anywhere in the campus.

Library: The Library has a good  collection of reference books, technical reports, journals, and general books.  The institute subscribes to all leading journals/magazines. The library is open on all days. In addition, the Institute provides access to several digital library platforms like Swayam, NPTEL, E-Vidwan, National Digital Library (NDL), etc.

IIITS engages tightly with many IT and ECE companies with multiple objectives, for placement and internship opportunities, for research collaboration, as co-coordinators for workshops, and invited speaker participation for various technical events. The companies IIITS ties-up with are not just big MNCs but also successful startups. A team of faculty (with the Director, sometimes) visit various companies in major cities such as Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Chennai. We conducted workshops in Bangalore and Chennai where we invited key speakers from various MNC and startups; we took some representative students from our institute for these workshops. Our experience shows that such workshops stimulate creative discussions among students, faculty, and industrialists leading to synergistic partnerships.

A collaboration has been established by IIIT Sri City through a MOA with Data Security Council of India (DSCI- www.dsci.in), set up by NASSCOM for conducting joint academic and research programs in Cyber security. The MoA is part of preparation to support a new BTech specialization in Cyber Security launched by IIIT Sri City. The MOA is designed to have Hackathons, Niche skill building training programmes, Collaboration projects, Market research and Workshops on Cyber Security and privacy in various DSCI initiatives like Skill building, Cyber security industry building and any other similar programmes.

The institute also conducted various workshops with extensive involvement and participation: The names of the workshop are as follows: Workshop on Industrial Applications of AI & Machine Learning, Workshop on Cyber Security Technologies and Applications, Workshop on Socially Relevant Technical Education, and Workshop on Information Security.

IIITS alumni have distinguished themselves through their work across the world and made the institute proud by getting the opportunities to pursue their higher studies in the top universities abroad. Also the IIITS alumni got excellent opportunities in Indian army and top notch companies.

A formal Alumni association was set up in April 2019. On 23rd April 2019 - the day of maiden convocation, a vibrant Alumni association was formally inaugurated with more than 120 students becoming the 1st set of members. This association has been very active in exchanging their ideas, guiding the juniors in their career, etc. With the institute’s support, this association is set to grow exponentially over the coming years and an elected representative body to be set-up soon.

Student Development

IIITS - Part of Extended Greater Chennai: IIITS is located 60 KMs from Chennai on the Nellore Highway (NH16), connected through Inner and Outer ring roads. The institute is operating an office in Chennai for effective linkages with the Chennai industrial and entrepreneurship ecosystem.