LNM Institute of Information Technology

The LNM Institute of Information Technology
The official logo of The LNM Institute of Information Technology, consisting of 6 orange squares arranged in rows of 3-2-1 to the right of the word LNMIIT in light blue. The full name of the institute is written below the acronym.
Motto Excellence our motto, Discipline our way
Type Non-profit
Established 2003, became Deemed University in 2006
Director Prof. S.S. Gokhale
Students 1200
Undergraduates Annual intake 400
Location Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Colors Sky blue, Sunset Orange & Red
Affiliations UGC[1]
Website lnmiit.ac.in

The LNM Institute of Information Technology (LNMIIT), is a deemed university located in Jaipur, India, on an 100-acre (40 ha) campus. The institute is a public-private partnership venture between the LNM foundation and the Government of Rajasthan and operates as an autonomous non-profit organization.

The Institute began in 2003 with a branch, Communication and Computer Engineering(CCE), in a temporary campus in Jaipur.[2] Today, the institute operates out of its campus, about 10 km from the Jaipur-Agra Highway and 20 km from the heart of Jaipur City. The institute offers the following four disciplines:

The Institute infrastructure includes partial on-campus housing, hostels for boys and girls, sports facilities, shopping complex, studio apartments & faculty housing, an open-air theater, lecture halls, labs, and LAN/WiFi connectivity.

Expansion

During a dinner hosted for chief minister Ashok Gehlot, steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal discussed plans to expand his Jaipur-based Lakshmi Niwas Mittal Institute of Information Technology (LNMIIT).[3] It is considered among the better IT-schools and engineering colleges in India. As a deemed university, LNMIIT was jointly set up by the state government and the Lakshmi and Usha Mittal Foundation, as an autonomous non-profit organisation. Mittal was also the part of the meeting where the delegation discussed the proposed 2012 Jaipur convention for NRIs from the state. The London chapter of the foundation has volunteered to co-ordinate with NRIs across Europe for the 2012 convention. [4][5]

Admission and courses

Undergraduate program

Students who appear in either the Joint Entrance Examination Main conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education are eligible to apply for admission to the LNMIIT.[5][6] The LNMIIT considers the JEE MAIN marks as well as the DASA mode(Foreign National/PIO/NRI) to offer admissions to the candidates.

LNMIIT offers direct admission to boys within top 10 ranks and girls within top 20 ranks in the senior secondary exam of the 12th class conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan. Only students who have studied Physics, Chemistry, Maths and English in 12th class are considered for admission through this route.[6]

A limited number of scholarships are available, based on JEE (Advanced) All India Over all Ranks.

Postgraduate program

The institute offers the following programs:

Notable Alumni

LNMIIT, Students' Gymkhana : Presidents

Student life

Each year student elections are held for clubs and committees for food arrangements, interaction of the student community with the administration of the university, hostel facilities, and coordination of sports, technical and cultural activities.

The students are the chief participants in organizing festivals and celebrations with the institute's inter-college cultural and technical fest. Every major event is organized, handled and coordinated completely by students.

"Plinth" is the annual techno-management-literary festival of the institute. Plinth was held for the third time in January 2016. Festival organized by the science and technology council of the institute, focuses on spreading the technolicious environment across the country. The three day festival has a plethora of events. Starting with events in the categories of Robotics, Management, Coding, Quizzing, Astronomy and Literary.Apart from these, Plinth organized the first ever student industrial conclave of Rajasthan - Confab. Workshops, conferences by some of the most eminent speakers of the country were conducted.Startup Intern Fair and Negotio(crowd funding) are also conducted in 2016 edition. K.Kasturirangan, Ashwin sanghi,Amisha Sethi, Ira Trivedi, Sam Pitroda, Aditi Oberoi, Lakshmi Rebecca, Akash Gautam etc. were some of the speakers. Plinth is emerging out to be one of the most sort after technical fests of this nation and it gives away lakhs of cash prizes.

"Vivacity" is the annual cultural-management fest which is held every year since 2007. The fest is organized by Students Committee and it attracts huge participation from students of various universities and colleges from throughout the nation who showcase their talent here. After the inaugural evening celebration, the 3 to 4 day fest consists of events from categories like dance, music, dramatics, literature, and lifestyle.[7] Major events include Razzmatazz which is a group dance competition, Vogue which is a lifestyle event and Raddrock which has grown to be a major platform for metal and rock bands in North India. All the four nights in the fest have featured performances by various notable celebrities and bands. In its previous editions Vivacity has had performances by the likes of Javed Ali, Jal (band), Raeth (band), Euphoria,Nikhil D'Souza ,Dr. Kumar Vishwas, Toshi Sabri, Mohit Chauhan and many more. The 2015 and 2016 edition of Vivacity also featured an EDM night Sunburn. Vivacity has grown to be the biggest cultural fest of Jaipur.

The "Desportivos" is an annual national level sports-meet of LNMIIT which is held in November every year. Organized by the Sports committee, it attracts huge participation in sports from institutes within and outside the state. There are numerous clubs functioning in the institute, 'Quizzinga' or the LNMIIT Quiz club features among the top quizzing clubs in North India, and are the undefeated champions of Tata Crucible - The Business Quiz from Jaipur two times in a row.

Committees

The following committees function in the LNMIIT as on August 2010, as a part of the student gymkhana:

Student clubs

As of April 2013:

Other groups

References

  1. ↑ "Deemed University". University Grants Commission. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
  2. ↑ "FOUNDATION". lnmiit.ac.in. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ "LN Mittal to expand LNMIIT by Rs 35 crore". The Economic Times. Retrieved August 30, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Mittal meets CM, may invest in state". The Times of India. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Welcome To LNMIIT, Jaipur". LNMIIT. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  6. 1 2 "WELCOME TO UG ADMISSIONS". LNMIIT. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
  7. ↑ Mathur, Shivam. "Events • Vivacity 2015". vivacity.lnmiit.ac.in. Retrieved March 7, 2015.

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