Innovation In Governance | Council of Indian Institute of Technology

The Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad is an autonomous statutory organisation functioning within the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961. All the IITs are administered centrally by the IIT Council, an apex body established by the Government of India. The Minister of Education, Government of India, is the Chairperson of the Council. Each IIT has a Board of Governors responsible for its overall administration and control. The other statutory bodies are a) the Senate which is responsible for all academic matters, b) the Finance Committee which provides guidance and advice on all policy matters, and c) the Building and Works Committee which is responsible for all capital works and matters relating to building premises and maintenance activities.

Year : 2015

Established in 2015, the Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad is dedicated to creating an environment that enables students and faculty to engage in the pursuit of knowledge, to dream, think, and innovate thereby becoming change agents for a better world. Having begun with just 120 students in July 2015, IIT Palakkad has since grown into an establishment that is about a thousand students strong and with the best manpower in key positions. IIT Palakkad aims to become a multi-disciplinary institution with 5000 students by its 10th year. The Institute recognises collective growth, in collaboration with industry and other academic institutions, as the need of the time and emphasizes blue-sky research and directed research as two essential pillars of technology development. The Institute embraces a vision to be a leader in cross-disciplinary inquiries, and to contribute to the potential that India's demographic dividend represents for the country and the world, which is embodied in the motto of the institute “Nurturing minds for a better world”.

IIT Bhilai

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhilai was established in the state of Chhattisgarh by the Ministry of Education in the year 2016. IIT Bhilai is presently housed in its permanent campus at Kutelabhata, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh.

IIT Bhilai offers Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Master of Technology (MTech), Master of Science (MSc) And Doctoral programs (PhD) in various departments.

By embedding innovation into the fabric of governance, IIT Bhilai is shaping a model institution that Exemplifies digital excellence and administrative efficiency. Our initiatives are not just about leveraging technology but also about fostering a culture of transparency, sustainability, and user-centric services that Align with our vision of academic and administrative excellence.

Year : Till 2025

In-House Website Hosting

Digital Transformation in Administration

eOffice Implementation (NIC)
Online Recruitment Portals
Online Leave Application and Employee

Profile Portal

Telephone Reimbursement portal
Centralised Campus Management System

Student-Centric Innovations

Online Admission Portal
Resume Builder and Placement Portal
DigiLocker Integration Service & Signing

Degrees and Transcript:

Convocation Registration
Set up Campus-Wide network and Associated Services
Seamless Integration of virtual payment and activities through Smart Card.
e-Transmitted Ballot System for the election of the Student Council and Alumni Association.

Comprehensive Resource Planning and Attendance Systems

ERP Implementation (SAMARTH)
Academic Institute Management System (AIIMS Portal)
SMARTCard-Based Attendance System (CDAC)

IIT Jammu

Year : 2018

IIT Jammu deployed eGovernance solution

IIT Gandhinagar

Year : 2023-2024

The Institute every year conducts a Leadership Conclave (LC) and a meeting of the Academic Advisory Council (AAC) for strategic and external inputs on issues of key importance for the Institute.

The Institute had undertaken a project to automate most of its functioning through an ERP system. Considerable progress has been made on the system.

In furtherance of the vision that the Institute has a simplified, responsive, effective, efficient and transparent paperless working, IITGN has now implemented eOffice - a digital workplace solution designed and developed by NIC.

IIT Jodhpur

Year : 2023

An Enterprise Resource Planning [ERP] system has been deployed in the institute. It has the following features which are helping us reduce paperwork along with speeding-up various processes:

Role-based architecture allowing quick hand-over process in case of change of role,
Enhanced security with OTP integration to permit access to the system in public environment for better accessibility,
Object oriented system architecture for agile development which allows us to add new administrative modules at fast pace,
Data services for faster decision support system for services such as recruitment, annual appraisal etc.
Future plans include the incorporating digital signature, creation and maintenance of digital service book of employees etc.

Year : 2022

Implementation of e-office