Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior (ABV-IIITM Gwalior), commonly known as the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior (IIITM Gwalior), is a university located in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. Established in 1997 and named for Atal Bihari Vajpayee, it was recognized as an Institute of National Importance.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior
Mottoविश्वजीवानामृतम ज्ञानम्
Motto in English
Knowledge is elixir for the world
TypeAutonomous University
Established1991
ChairmanShri Vinay Kumar Modi
Academic staff
139 (full time) + visiting and guest faculty(1)[1]
Students1900 (on campus)
Postgraduates300
60
Location
Gwalior
,
Madhya Pradesh
,
India

26.248468°N 78.174592°E / 26.248468; 78.174592
CampusUrban, 160 acres (0.65 km2)
Websitewww.iiitm.ac.in

Campus

The institute is located on a 180-acre (0.73 km2) campus near Gwalior Fort. It is a residential campus; faculty and students live on campus. It houses several departmental blocks with academic block houses, lecture theatres, seminar halls, library, laboratories and faculty offices, administrative block, an open amphitheatre, indoor sports complex and the student hostels. There are three hostels for boys and one for girls. The campus has a variety of plants including those with medicinal properties. The institute initially operated from a temporary site in Madhav Institute of Technology and Science Gwalior (MITS) and later shifted to its own facility.

Library
side view of library

The college was initially equipped with a main reference library with a capacity of 24,000 books and a reading room adjacent to it, inside the academic block itself. Recently, the college has opened a large three-story central library adjacent to the academic block that has centralized air-conditioning and has a capacity of 80,000 books. Moreover, e-resources and online journals are maintained as part of a digital library to further facilitate the students and scholars in their quest for knowledge.[2] The library subscribes to journals, periodicals, and magazines in the area of IT and management. The library has videotapes and video CDs for use by the students.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) set up the "Indian National Digital Library in Engineering Sciences and Technology" (INDEST) consortium. This provides students with a collection of journals and industrial database like IEEE, EBSCO, CME, ABI/Inform complete, Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library, IEEE - IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL)|IEL[3] Online, J-Gate Engineering and technology, ProQuest Science journals and Springer Verlag's link.

Academics

The institute offers various graduate and postgraduate programs, which include Master of Technology (MTech) in various information technology fields, Master of Business Administration (MBA), PhD, and a five-year integrated BTech/MTech or BTech/MBA program. In 2017, the institute opened B.Tech CSE program which is its first graduation course.[4] In addition, Management Development Programmes and Faculty Development Programmes are offered.[5]

Achievements

Students achievements

A team from the institute won the 2008 ACM ICPC Asia Regional Contest, an IT programming contest held in Kanpur.

Rankings
University rankings
Engineering – India
NIRF (2019)[6]81
Business/Management – India
NIRF (2020)[7]76-100

It Was Ranked 81 by NIRF in 2019. Among business schools in India, it was ranked in the 76-100 band by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020.[7]

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See also

References
  1. As in The Official Website
  2. Manager, NGI Content. "Resource Center". www.iiitm.ac.in. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  3. "Electronic Library". Ieee.org. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  4. "ABV-Indian Institute of Information technology & Management, Gwalior Launching of New Academic programmes". ABV-IIITM. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  5. "Programs | ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior". iiitm.ac.in. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  6. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2019 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 2018.
  7. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Management)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
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