Tapan Chakraborty

Northeast India's first IIIT coming up in Tripura

Agartala: Northeast India's first IIIT (Indian Institute of Information Technology) will be set up in Tripura, a minister said here on June 8.

Tripura Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty informed, "Union Human Resource Development and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal informed at a meeting in New Delhi that northeast's first IIIT would be set up in Tripura."

"The HRD ministry has decided to establish 20 more IIITs in the country in the Public Private Partnership(PPP) mode. In the first phase, five IIITs would be set up in different parts of India, including one in Tripura," he said quoting Sibal.

Currently, there are four IIITs in India -- Allahabad, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Kanchipuram. These autonomous institutions are providing undergraduate as well as postgraduate technical education....more    

Tripura first state in North East to have IIIT

Agartala: Tripura will be the first state in the North East to have an Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty said on Friday. He said that during a recent visit to Delhi, Union HRD and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal had informed him that the North East's first IIIT would be set up in the state. The central government had decided to set up 20 more...