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Where is the National Institute of Excellence in the field of Information Technology and Allied Sciences proposed to be set up?
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- Bangalore
- Hyderabad
- Pune
- Allahabad
Correct Option: D
The Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT-A) was established in 1999, as a center of excellence in Information Technology and allied areas. The mission of IIIT, Allahabad is to be a unique and world class nucleating “Apex Center of Excellence” in the area of Information Technology and Allied Sciences, so as to enhance India’s Technological strength in IT and for become a pace-setting institution for other similar institutes to be established in the future. IIIT seeks to derive its strength from a linkage with sound Indian traditions of centuries past, and sets out to create knowledge-based resources in regional languages.