Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A) is a university located in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, and one of Indian Institutes of Information Technology. Established in 1999, the institute was conferred Deemed University status by Govt. of India in the year 2000. With the passage of IIIT Bill 2014 by the Parliament of India, IIIT Allahabad, along with the other 4 MHRD funded IIITs, became an Institute of National Importance on 1 December 2014. The 100 acre campus, situated at Deoghat, Jhalwa was designed on the Penrose Geometry pattern.

History

The Prime Minister of India constituted a National Task Force on IT and Software Development in 1998. The purpose of this committee was to make specific recommendations for the establishment of IT institutions that would produce a skilled IT workforce. The vision was to bring India to the frontier of the field of information technology.

The Ministry of Human Resources Development through its order of 1 July 1998 constituted the Rame Gowda Committee. This expert committee was to submit a project report regarding the feasibility and logistics of setting up a National Institute of Excellence in Information Technology with Allied Sciences. This Institute would carry out pioneering research and development with an emphasis on industry linkages and networking at national and international levels.