Sambalpur University Institute of Information Technology
| Motto | Leveraging Technology, Inspiring Innovation, Flourishing Mankind |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 2010 |
| Director | Prof. Sashank.S Pujari |
| Location |
Sambalpur, Odisha, India 20°28′23″N 85°53′28″E / 20.473°N 85.891°ECoordinates: 20°28′23″N 85°53′28″E / 20.473°N 85.891°E |
| Campus | Jyotivihar, Sambalpur |
| Acronym | SUIIT |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website | http://www.suiit.ac.in |
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Sambalpur University Institute of Information Technology (SUIIT) (Odia: ସମ୍ବଲପୁର ବିଶ୍ଵବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ ସୂଚନା ଏବଂ ପ୍ରୌଦୟୋଗିକୀ ସଂସ୍ଥାନ; Hindi: सम्बलपुर विश्वविद्यालय सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान) was established in the year 2010.
History
SUIIT was set up in 2010 as a self-financing institute of Sambalpur University and is the first Technical Institute which to be set up in a General University after 2002 in Odisha. SUIIT is the Brain Child of Ex vice-chancellor Prof Arun Pujari. Most of the courses being offered by the SUIIT were pulled out from different existing departments of Sambalpur University.Electronics was taken out of physics department, computer science from mathematics while bioinformatics was pulled out from life sciences department.Only the undergraduate courses newly add in SUIIT. While the state government had given an initial budget of Rs 10 crore in 2009-10 for the institute, Rs 5 crore from Directorate of Distance and Continuing Education (DDCE) was given to it for construction of its buildings inside the varsity.