Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati (IIITG) is an institution of National Importance under an Act of Parliament (THE INDIAN INSTITUTES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP) ACT, 2017). It offers B.Tech. courses in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) and Computer Science Engineering (CSE), M.Tech. courses in CSE and ECE and runs PhD programmes in ECE, CSE, Mathematics, and Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS). IIITG started operations in August 2013 with B.Tech programmes in CSE and ECE. The first batch of B.Tech. students completed their programme in May 2017. The first convocation of the Institute was held on May 15 2018.The institute has further received funding for infrastructural development and academic improvement under TEQIP III.
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I am Gautam Barua, Director IIIT Guwahati (IIITG). I was the Mentor Director from 2013-2016 and then I became a regular Director. I have ten years’ experience as Director IITG, and I was also at IITG in the formative years (1995-1998) when the Institute was being established. I also have experience in setting up IIT Patna as the Mentor Director (in 2008-09). So I have rich experience in setting up Institutions.
I am an IT specialist. I have been a faculty in Computer Science and Engineering for 38 years (13 years at IIT Kanpur, 18 years at IITG, and 7 at IIITG). I am therefore also taking part in teaching at IIIT Guwahati. You can find more about me at here.
Read moreIIITG students come from across India, representing diverse perspectives, experiences, backgrounds and cultures. Once here, IIITG students discover extraordinary freedom of opportunity — to explore, to collaborate and to challenge themselves.
IIITG attracts, challenges, and cultivates independent thinkers with the power and drive to create personally meaningful lives. IIITG offers the following undergraduate programmes - a) B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) b) B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE).
M.Tech programmes have started from July 2018 in CSE and ECE departments.
PhD programmes have started from April 2015. A few number of assistantships are available in CSE and ECE. A total of 25 Research Scholars are enrolled in our PhD programmes.
