(a) whether the Government has decided to establish new Indian Institutes of Information
Technology (IIIT) on a Not-for-Profit, public private partnership basis;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government of Tamil Nadu has requested to sanction more IIITs for the State;
and
(d) if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be implemented?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)
(a) & (b): Yes, Madam. To address the challenges faced by the Indian Information Technology (IT)
industry and growth of the domestic IT market, Government has approved starting of twenty Indian
Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), on a Not-for-profit Public Private Partnership (N-PPP)
basis, with participation of Central, State Governments and the industry. The following are the details
of the scheme:
? The capital cost of each IIIT expected to be Rs. 128.00 crore will be contributed in the ratio of
50:35:15 by the Central Government, the State Government and the industry respectively. In the
North-Eastern states, the industry participation for capital expenditure will be kept at 7.5% and
Central Government participation at 57.50% while State Governments’ at 35%.
? Rs. 50.00 crore for faculty development programme is expected to be provided by the Central
Government.
? During the first four years of setting up each IIIT, the Central Government is expected to provide
assistance towards recurring expenditure to the extent of Rs. 10 crore.
? Each IIIT is expected to meet its entire operating expenditure on its own within 5 years of
commencement out of students fees, research and other internal accruals.
? The concerned State Government should provide 50-100 acres of land, free of cost.
(c) & (d): Based on the proposal received from the State Government of Tamil Nadu, IIIT in PPP
mode at Srirangam in Tamil Nadu was approved on 30.10.2012. IIIT Srirangam has already started
functioning. There is no proposal for setting up of another IIIT in PPP mode in Tamil Nadu.
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