Lok Sabha Question No. 5077 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: IIITDM, Kurnool
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Midhun Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5077 ANSWERED ON 03/04/2023

## IIITDM, Kurnool

## 5077. SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  scholarships  and  fellowships  awarded  to  students under  various  heads  and  inter-Ministerial  schemes  at  the  Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Kurnool since inception;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  studied  the  research  capacity  of  the institute;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  manner  it  has  increased  over  the years;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  any  data  on  the  level  of  industry participation  and  annual  student  placement  rate  at  the  institution; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

(DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a)  :   Since its inception, Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and  Manufacturing  (IIITD&M),  Kurnool  has  awarded  scholarships  and fellowships to 890 students under schemes of various Ministries/ Departments of the Government of India, State Governments and Research Institutions as well as the Institute.

(b)& (c)  : IIITD&M, Kurnool has been declared an Institution of National Importance (INI) under "The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act,

2014"  by  amendment  in  the  year  2017.  The  Institute  has  started  Ph.D Programme  in  all  disciplines  from  2020  onwards  and  also  providesPh.D fellowships  for  all  full  time  students  and  tuition  fee  waiver  for  all  SC/ST students. Further, the Institute offers 3 (three) Visveswaraya Ph.D. fellowships from the year 2022 which is supported by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). In past 3 years, 38 research publications have published by the faculty and students of the Institute.

(d) & (e)  : Yes,  the  Institute  has  undertaken  the  following  activities  in association with the Industry participation:

- (i) The Institute has established full-fledged Innovation Campus Lab in association  with  Samsung  Research  Institute,  Bangalore  to  import training on cutting edge technologies such as python, AML, IOT and Bigdata.
- (ii) Further,  Institute  has  signed  MoUs  with  CODETANTRA,  SAMSUNG PRISM, Bangalore, Samsung Research Institute, Bangalore, Edurekha, Zero Code, Centillaion networks, Oracle India, XTrans, IIT Madras for imparting training on BOSSMOOL for database internals, Tihan,  IIT  Hyderabad,  University  of  Agdar,  Norway  for  offering  joint double degree programme under New Education Policy: 2020 in the last 3 years.
- (iii) 8 research worklets were completed by the faculty and students.
- (iv) 10 Faculty development programmes, Moodle workshops jointly with IIIT Tiruchirapalli in last three academic years (2019-22) under ATAL, E&ICT Academy and other sponsoring agencies.

Details of annual students' placement rate are as under:

| Year/Batch   | 2017-21   | 2018-22   | 2019-23          |
|--------------|-----------|-----------|------------------|
| Rate         | 54.76%    | 77.66%    | 41.67% (Ongoing) |

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