Tirupati set to welcome International Institute of Digital Technology (IIDT)
Government of Andhra Pradesh, vide
Government Order No 15 dated 30-06-2016 announced the setting up of IIDT.
The first campus of IIDT will be set
up in Tirupati-The Temple City,
and subsequently expand to other cities
of Andhra Pradesh.
IIDT will be first of its kind, for
developing engineers and entrepreneurs with next level technology skills.
The IIDT will have five ‘schools of
excellence’, at temple town Tirupati.
The five ‘Schools of Excellence’, are
:-
- Internet of Things and Cloud,
- Cyber Security,
- Big Data Analytics,
- Model Computing and
- Digital User Experience
The
objectives of IIDT are: To equip engineers and entrepreneurs with next
generation technology skills.
Course
Duration: - 1 year
Faculty:
- Industry professionals through onsite or remote methodology
Finances:
- Self-financing i.e Selected students will pay the 1 year fees. Scholarships
may be announced in due course.
Government
of Andhra Pradesh has announced budgetary support of INR 39.97 crores for
creation of basic infrastructure and course content. IIDT will be
self-sufficient from the 4th year onwards
Read
the full Government Order here
Role
Model: - Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
Location:- IIDT will be a 40,000 sqft facility inside the Sri Venkateswara University (SV),
Tirupati . According to Andhra Pradesh IT
secretary PS Pradyumnahim, with the kind of demand for skilled manpower
that is there now, IIDT will fill the need in the shortest possible time by
employing modern “outcome based” teaching technology.
It will be the first virtual university in
the country once it is fully operational. The state government has sanctioned
Rs. 40 crore for setting up the institute and plans on making it operational in
2016-2017 itself.
Faculty:- IIDT course contents will focus on various
technologies like Cloud Computing, Analytics, IoT and a lot more; technologies
that the current educational system is unable to teach or cope up with. Hence,
the faculty will also be industry experienced faculty. Faculty will interact
with the students through Class room Mode or Virtual Mode.
Number of Campuses:- Initially one at
Tirupati. Later will be extended to
other cities through the Hub and Spoke model.
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