Jaypee Institute of Information Technology
| जेपी सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान | |
| Motto | विद्या तत्व ज्योतिसमः |
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Motto in English
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Education, Enlightenment, Empowerment |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 2001 |
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Officer in charge
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Raju Sangal |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Dr. S.C. Saxena |
| Dean |
1. Prof. Dr. Krishna Gopal (Academic & Research Sec-62) 2. Dr. Krishna Kant (Academic Sec-128) 3. Cmde. K.K. Rohatgi, VSM (Retired) (Students Affairs) |
| Director | Dr. Hariom Gupta |
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Academic staff
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242+ |
| Undergraduates | 1170 each year (2013) |
| Postgraduates | 120 |
| Location |
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India 28°37′47.3″N 77°2′20.2″E / 28.629806°N 77.038944°ECoordinates: 28°37′47.3″N 77°2′20.2″E / 28.629806°N 77.038944°E |
| Campus |
1. Sec-62: Urban, 15.5 acres (0.063 km2) 2. Sec-128: Urban, 9.786 acres (0.03960 km2) |
| Alumni | www |
| Colours | Blue and Navy Blue |
| Sports | Cricket, Football, Badminton, Tennis, Basketball |
| Nickname | JIIT |
| Affiliations | UGC,AIU |
| Website | www |
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Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (Hindi: जेपी सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान) better known as JIIT Noida is an institute of higher education, a deemed university under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956 and currently conferring the Deemed to be University status. The institute has 6 academic departments and offers programs in technical education at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate level. Institute is situated in Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar district of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh, which has proximity to the Indian capital New Delhi.
The institute was founded in 2001 by Jaypee Group and commenced its operation in the start of academic year in July 2001. Initially it was affiliated to the state university Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat and started offering only diploma courses. By 1 November 2004, it was declared as deemed university by UGC. Then HRD minister Dr. Arjun Singh inaugurated the institute as deemed university. He also presided as the chief guest of the opening ceremony.
JIIT, Noida is located in the corporate and housing hub at Sector-128, Noida. It commenced operations from the start of academic session in August 2009. The sector-128 campus is an extension to the main campus, and has also started providing hostel facilities to students from year 2015.
Jaiprakash Gaur was the founder chairman and chancellor of the institute followed by his son Mr. Manoj Gaur, who served as the 2nd chancellor of the institute. He was succeeded by Dr. Yajulu Medury who is serving as the current Chancellor of the institute. Dr. J. P. Gupta was the institute founder director and first Vice-Chancellor. He was followed by Dr. S. C. Saxena and he is serving as the current Vice-Chancellor (acting) from 1 July 2011, onward. Dr. Shankar Lall Maskara was the first Dean of Academic & Research of Sector-62 campus and he was followed by Dr. Krishna Gopal.
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