IIIT Bangalore to introduce multi-disciplinary degree programmes

The announcement regarding the upcoming courses was made by Professor Debabrata Das, Director, IIIT-B, announced on July 3, 2022, at the institute's 22nd annual convocation. The convocation witnessed 294 students graduate from the institute. 

The International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIIT-B) is all set to introduce multidisciplinary degree programmes. The courses will be launched in collaboration with other complementary institutions in line with the National Education Policy 2020. The eminent institute is also planning to roll out online postgraduate-level degree programmes soon. The announcement regarding the upcoming courses was made by Professor Debabrata Das, Director, IIIT-B, announced on July 3, 2022 at the institute's 22nd annual convocation.

294 students graduate at IIIT-B 22^nd annual convocation

The convocation witnessed 294 students graduate from the institute. The students were from various academic programmes, such as Doctor of Philosophy (10), Master of Science by Research (23), Integrated Master of Technology CSE (46), Integrated Master of Technology ECE (19), Master of Technology CSE (157), Master of Technology ECE (20), and Master of Science Digital Society (19).Best graduating students namely Soham Das, Amogh Johri, and Gayatri Raman received gold medals at the ceremony. Ananya Appan was awarded the Late Sri N Rama Rao Medal for 'Student of the Year'.

IIIT-B also announced setting up a ‘Data Lake’ with funding from the state government. Additionally, the institute will also be setting up a specialised centre named ‘Centre for Technology Research and Innovations for Digital Governance (CTRI-DG)’, funded by the Centre for E-Governance (CeG), GoK. IIIT Bangalore’s CTRI-DG will work closely with the Centre of E-Governance (CeG) and Centre for Smart Governance (CSG) of the Government of Karnataka. The institute also recently set up a Section 8 Company, COMET Foundation to run a Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) with focus on indigenous 5G/6G wireless standards. Additionally, IIIT Bangalore’s Machine Intelligence and Robotics (MINRO) will be launching 'MINRO-Jnanasarani', a YouTube-based outreach channel to host a series of videos explaining the concepts of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), data science and related technologies in Kannada for the benefit of students and citizens.

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