IIIT SURAT :-
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY , SURAT

IIIT Surat is a non-profit PPP engineering institution founded by the MHRD. IIIT Surat is designated as an Institution of National Importance. IIIT Surat offers undergraduate and doctoral degrees in engineering. IIIT Surat is now operating from SVNIT, which serves as a temporary campus. The permanent campus of IIIT Surat is currently being built.

History :-

To address the challenges faced by the Indian IT Industry & growth of the domestic IT Market, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India has established twenty Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT), on not-for-profit Public Private Partnership basis. As a part of this, IIIT-Surat was planned and started with initial mentoring by SVNIT, Surat till the new campus of IIIT is ready in Surat. A memorandum of understanding and a memorandum of association have been signed between the President of India, the Governor of the State of Gujarat and Industry partners namely; Gujarat Narmada Fertilizer Corporation (GNFC), Gujarat Informatics Limited (GIL) and Gujarat Gas Limited (GAL). After series of meetings at MHRD, Directorate of Technical Education (Gujarat State) and SVNIT, Surat planned various academic activities. State Government has requested Collector of Surat to allocate 50 acres of land in Surat and is in progress. B. Tech. courses in Electronics & Communication Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering have begun in SVNIT campus from July, 2017.