Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology

Coordinates: 23°11′18″N 72°37′41″E / 23.18833°N 72.62806°E / 23.18833; 72.62806

Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology
Motto Knowledge is Leadership
Type Private
Established August 6, 2001
President Anil Ambani
Director Dr. R. Nagaraj [1]
Academic staff
 45
Administrative staff
 70
Students 1,110
Undergraduates 1020
Postgraduates 150
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Location Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Campus 60 acres (240,000 m2)
Nickname DA-IICT
Website www.daiict.ac.in

Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), is a technological university located in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. It is named after the Gujarati entrepreneur and Reliance group founder Dhirubhai Ambani. It is run by the Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation and is promoted by the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.[2]

DA-IICT began admitting students in August 2001, with an intake of 240 undergraduate students for its Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) program in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Since then, it has expanded to include postgraduate courses such as Master of Technology (M. Tech.) in ICT, Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Information Technology, Master of Science (ICT) in Agriculture and Rural Development, Master in Design (M. Des.), a five-year dual degree program, along with a Doctorate program. The duration of the bachelor's program is 4 years. The first batch of DA-IICT post-graduates passed out in 2004 and the first batch of graduates in 2005.

Admission

Thousands of students apply every year. Due to limited seats, selection is done on the basis of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main) rank. A few seats are reserved for Non-Residential Indians (NRIs) and Foreign Nationals (FNs), who are admitted through the Direct Admission of Foreign Student (DAFS) channel.

Academic programs

It is the first institute in India to offer undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Information and Communication Technology.

Lotus pond
Campus at night
Campus
Resource Centre, DAIICT

B.Tech. Honours (CS*) and B.Tech (ICT) - Bachelor of Technology in Information and Communication Technology

The institute's flagship B.Tech. program in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a 4-year program starting in July or August and consisting of eight semesters. Students at undergraduate level take foundation courses in Computer Science, Electronics, and Communications for two years. From third year onwards, students opt for elective courses alongside some compulsory ones. Open electives are compulsory for all students. Undergraduate students take summer/winter internships in rural sites, industry, or academic institutions, including DA-IICT. Hostel residence is compulsory for all B.Tech. (ICT) students.

The program includes:

MTech (ICT) - Master of Technology in Information and Communication Technology

MSc (IT) - Master of Science in Information Technology

MSc (ICT-ARD) - Master of Science in Information and Communication Technology for Agriculture and Rural Development

M Des - Master's in Design (Multimedia Design)

Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy

Student achievements

In 2004, three MSc (IT) students of DA-IICT challenged in the Gujarat High Court, the IIMA decision to not offer admission interviews to them citing their eligibility criteria (AIU or AICTE affiliation was needed at that time). The judgement was passed in the favour of students and the CAT eligibility criteria were subsequently modified.[16]

Infrastructure

DA-IICT has a modern, networked campus with optical fibre cable connectivity between buildings. It has IT infrastructure, computing and communication resources, electronic access controls and a payment system through smart cards.

The environment of the institute — a cluster of minimalistic structures in the midst of the trees, shrubs and well-laid out lawns — provides a serene ambience to the campus. The campus has three air-cooled lecture theatres, two with a seating capacity of more than 200 and one with a seating capacity of about 250, with audio and video presentation systems. The classrooms and tutorial rooms are equipped with audio-visual aids and have Internet connectivity.

Utilities and services such as the cafeteria, food courts, ATM, medical centre, campus shop, telephone kiosk, photocopying facility, open-air theatre are on the campus.

Laboratory building

More than 1200 nodes connected via 100 Mbit/s switches and a 1 Gbit/s fiber backbone form the superstructure of the network. Each computer is at least a Pentium IV multi OS, fully connected terminal. Thus ensuring that there is at least one high-end computer available to each student and faculty on the campus.

The laboratory building houses teaching and research laboratories for electronics, communications, computers and networks. More than 800 computers are installed in these laboratories. Students use resources of laboratories (open until midnight) to solve problems, perform developmental experiments and work on projects guided by faculty.

By granting 24 hours lab facility and access to the network from each classroom and lecture theater information is made easily accessible from any point on campus. The students are provided a 16 Mbit/s line for their hostel rooms.

The lab structure is divided as follows:

Faculty and administrative block

The Faculty Building Complex consists of four faculty blocks, each with eighteen faculty rooms and two teaching assistant rooms. The administrative block houses the offices of the director, registar and other support services.

Sports and Cultural Complex

The Sports and Cultural Complex has facilities for outdoor sports such as cricket, football, basketball, volleyball and indoor games like badminton, table tennis, chess and carom. It has a gymnasium and a music room.

Halls of residence

There are two residence halls, one for men and one for women. The men's hall has eight wings labelled A to H. Each wing has about 60 rooms. The total capacity of the eight wings is about 900 students on twin sharing basis.

The women's hall has two wings, the J and K wings, with a capacity of 195 residents. The women's hall has a guest room for mothers of residents. For students using their own computers in the room, internet facility is provided at a per-semester charge.

Hot water (using solar panels), laundry (dhobis come to collect and deliver clothes) and TV rooms with Dish TV are available at both halls of residence. A convenience store, local/STD/ISD facility and student warehouse are available at the men's hall of residence.

Residence at the halls is compulsory for B.Tech. students. Male postgraduate students are provided rooms subject to availability. All female post-graduate students, who choose to stay on campus, can be provided accommodation in the women's hall of residence.

Medical facility

The institute has a Medical Centre with two doctors visiting the centre at specified hours. The students can consult them without any charge. DA-IICT has arrangements with the Apollo and SAL Hospitals which allows the students to be admitted on concessional rates without advanced deposit. All students are covered under the Group Mediclaim Insurance Policy and Personal Accident Insurance Policy. A cashless transaction facility has been provided to the students under the Mediclaim scheme.

Culture and student life

Synapse 2015

Extracurricular activities include solving rural and urban problems, organisation of national level events and workshops, social service, stage and street plays, critical appreciation of films, learning foreign languages, appreciating cultural events organised by SPICMACAY and the like. The college celebrates an annual techno-cultural festival, Synapse, annual sports festival, Concours, and an annual tech festival, iFest. These festivals see participants from various colleges in Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad.

Notable alumni

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ TNN, Jan 17, 2015, 07.31pm IST (2015-01-17). "DA-IICT replaces director ahead of convocation". The Times of India. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  2. ↑ "Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Group - Quicklinks". Relianceadagroup.com. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  3. ↑ witlia (2013-04-23). "Imagine Cup 2013". MoneyControl.com. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
  4. ↑ Link to the source http://www.usidfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=237&Itemid=1282
  5. ↑ witlia (2010-04-30). "Innovate4Women Awards". Blogs.msdn.com. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  6. ↑ witlia (2010-04-05). "MMLIA Preliminary Results - Imagine Cup India - Site Home - MSDN Blogs". Blogs.msdn.com. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  7. ↑ "Microsoft Announces Imagine Cup 2009 Worldwide Winners". News Center. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  8. ↑ "Google India Women in Engineering Award". Google.co.in. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  9. ↑ "Google India Women in Engineering Award". Google.co.in. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  10. ↑ "Microsoft Scholar Vs Scholar 2008". Microsoft.com. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  11. ↑ DA-IICT wins Microosoft Imagine Cup National Finals
  12. ↑ "Microsoft Cup Finalists". Thehindubusinessline.com. 2007-05-07. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  13. ↑ "Microsoft Imagine Cup India 2007". Efytimes.com. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  14. ↑ "Indians' Sonic Map impresses Gates". Hinduonnet.com. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  15. ↑ Presentation of Winning Entry in TI India 2005 Design Contest: "OmniBook" by Deepak Jagdish and Rahul Sawhney of DA-IICT
  16. ↑ TNN, Apr 16, 2005, 09.57pm IST (2005-04-16). "High Court rules against CAT stipulation". The Times of India. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  17. ↑ thrillophilia Woolor

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