Kerala University of Digital Sciences Innovation and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, IIITM-K Building, Techno park Campus, TriIndian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala, IIITM-K, is a non-profit making autonomous institution registered under Section 8 old Section 25 Companies Act 2013 under Government of Kerala and the management of the Institute is vested with a Board of Directors comprising eminent industrialists, academicians and senior Government officials appointed by the Government of Kerala. With the great leadership of K P P Nambiar and the eminent and well known members F.C. Kohli, V Rajaraman, Vijay Bhatkar, T K A Nair all visionary thoughts to establish IIITM-K as a Company, made IIITM-K into a difference, that made a unique culture to think out of the box, that to focus more on innovation, entrepreneurship and Industry- academia collaboration and also to closely working with Government and central Government agencies to deliver various IT based services.
Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala (IIITM-K) is an autonomous premier educational institution established by Government of Kerala in the year 2000. IIITM-K is a multidisciplinary premier postgraduate institute conforming to the needs of building capacity at advanced levels of Computer Science and IT by realizing the dreams of students for higher knowledge with great emphasis in Science and Technology. IIITM-K acts as a center of excellence in Information technologies to enhance its scope to provide a holistic learning environment on various facets of Knowledge economy. Development and application of digital technology for social good is the underlying theme which drives the activities of the Institute. Located in the majestic Techno Park Campus in Trivandrum, IIITM-K has an enviable academic ambience. The institute offers, post-graduate programmes such as MSc Computer Science with various specializations, MPhil, PhD and PG Diploma in E-Governance for Government officials. During the last 20 years, the institute has made significant contributions in advancing the information technology research and practice in the country by working with national and international agencies like MeiTY, DST, ICMR, ICAR, Niti Aayog, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MOES), Melinda Gates Foundation, Coffee Board, Rubber Board, IBM, Intel etc. IIITM-K’s training and research activities are mainly in niche areas of digital technologies and allied fields like AI and Machine Learning, Cyber Security, Language Technologies, Geospatial analytics, Data Analytics, Biocomputing, Agri-Informatics, IOT, Robotics, Digital Humanities etc. IIITM-K is closely working with different departments of Government of Kerala, by implementing various eGovernance projects of Government of Kerala. IIITM-K conducts a full time Post Graduate in eGovernance (PGDeG) course for Government sponsored officials for the last 10 years. The course is a full time one year programme and more 300 officials have been trained in e-Governance and they are mostly placed in the IT cell of various departments for e-Governance support.
The institute hosts several research centres in areas like Data Engineering, Machine Learning, Data Security,etc. and a centre named Kerala Blockchain Academy for spearheading its activities in the fields of data intelligence and blockchain technology. The institute also serves as a nerve centre for many activities of the professional bodies like IEEE and ACM in the area of intelligent ICT systems. The institute also established Maker Village, largest electronic hardware incubator and ESDM facility in the country, which is a pioneering startup initiative of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India with Indian Institute of Information Technology, Trivandrum as the implementation agency and Kerala Startup Mission as the supporting partner.
- Fully computerized central library
- Transport service is offered
- Lab and internet facilities are available for students to help them with their studies
Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, IIITM-K Building, Techno park Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala-695581, India
- Tamil Nadu IT Minuster Mano Thangaraj praises Kerala’s IT initiatives
- Digital University Kerala has inked a pact with Kerala Electrical & Allied Engineering Company Ltd. (kEL)
- Special Award from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for Innovations in Public Policy
The College has various national and international collaborations.
Tech/BE /BCA /BSc in relevant subjects with 60% marks in graduation.
Facilities
- Boys Hostel
The College Hostel rooms for boys with mess facilities within the campus are expected to be ready by July 2019. The hostel accommodation will be on twin sharing basis. The hostel and mess fee together is expected to be around Rs One lakh per year. The exact figure will be informed at the time of admission. - Girls Hostel
The College Hostel rooms for girls with mess facilities within the campus are expected to be ready by July 2019. The hostel accommodation will be on twin sharing basis. The hostel and mess fee together is expected to be around Rs One lakh per year. The exact figure will be informed at the time of admission. - Gym
The college has a Gym facility for the students. - Library
The College well maintained institutional Library with the right blend of conventional and digital facets play a significant role in the teaching-learning process at IIITMK. The resources and infrastructure facilities of the activity area created with the objective of putting Information for Action help enhance quality assurance in the academic and research programmes undertaken by the institute. Some of the salient features of the Library System are : Institutional Access Facility to ACM Digital Library, IEEE Xplore & SpringerLink. These constitute the core commercially accessible e-Resources relevant to IIITMK. Access Facility to DOAJ, arXiv.org of Cornell University, ShodhGanga of Inflibnet, Domain-specific Discussion Forums, Selective Webinars, Web-scale Knowledge Discovery, etc. These constitute a select list of Open Access and specialized Digital Resources. A customized approach to the specific levels of Academic Learning including Projects, Assignments & Placements, Doctoral Research or R&D or Consultancy Programmes is consciously promoted by Library. A fairly good collection of print versions of Syllabus-oriented Textbooks and Periodicals are maintained. The infrastructure facilities include in-house Access Station to e-Resources, e-Resource Search Facility uplinked to Campus-Wide WiFi Connectivity and Remote Access from outside the Campus. KOHA, the Integrated Library Management Open Source Software, is used for house-keeping operations and creation of Holdings Databases and DSpace is used for the development of Institutional Repository. Cross-institutional collaborations to use virtual resources by tapping the potential of info managers’ networks and social media have seen a success story in the Library in the dynamics of knowledge delivery. - Sports
The college has sports facilities for all students. - Cafeteria
The college has a canteen inside the campus in which a variety of dishes are available at most nominal rates. A number of restaurants, Kiosks, Banks and a Post Office function within the Technopark campus. Students can avail of these facilities. - Auditorium
The college has an auditorium facility for events and seminar. - Medical/Hospital
The college has a health centre with a first aid facility for the students. - Wifi
The college is connected to the National Knowledge Network (NKN) with high-speed connectivity of 100 Mbps. In a short period, it will be upgraded to 1 Gbps, The classrooms and library are having WiFi coverage. also having a BSNL 10 Mbps standby connectivity under NMIECT. - IT Infrastructure
The College Central Computing Facility(CCF) is maintained to cater to the general computing needs of both Academic and training. The lab is equipped with 60 high-performance computers connected to LAN. Dual boot operating systems are available in the systems, which give the option of either Microsoft Windows or Ubuntu operating systems. The current range of software that is available in the lab is a mostly open source. The NKN connection provides unlimited internet usage facility at a high speed. - Transport
The College-Institute conveyance is available for students from the city to the campus and back in the morning and evening. KSRTC frequently operates Volvo Bus services via Technopark. - Laboratories
The college has a departmental based laboratories facility for the students. Geoinformatics lab is equipped with an advanced infrastructure that fosters Academics and Research. Facilities cover the entire spectrum of Geoinformatics disciplines such as GIS, GPS, Remote Sensing and image processing. Ecological Informatics draws its strength from the depths of Ecological Sciences, the width of social sciences, the power of computational sciences and versatility of Information Technology. The Data Engineering Lab facility is aimed at conducting cutting-edge research and development activities in all aspects of data management and analysis. At present, DE Lab has 4 PhD and 3 M.Phil Research Scholars working on areas such as Theoretical Machine Learning, Text Mining and Analytics, Distributed IoT and Blockchain. Data Enginee
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