Kurnool IIITDM To Become Institute Of National Importance

Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM), Kurnool will be declared as an institute of National Importance with the power to award degrees to students.

A decision to this effect was taken by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday. The cabinet gave its approval for introduction of The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in Parliament.

The expenditure for the operationalization of IITDM Kurnool would be incurred from the Plan funds of the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act, 2014 confers the status of Institutions of National Importance on the IIITs and also provides for matters connected with administering these IIITs. Subsequently, the Government has approved creation of a new NIT at Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh as embodied in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014. Due to addition of a new IIIT, amendment has to be made in the IIIT Act, 2014. With this, IIITDM. Kurnool will be the fifth Member as a Centrally Funded IIIT.

Academic session has commenced in IITDM Kurnool in two branches of study in 2015-16.