International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur (IIIT-NR), formally Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur, is a state funded technical institute located in the newly developed smart city Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar Chhattisgarh. The institute is focused on research and development in Information Technology (IT) and associated disciplines. The institute was established in year 2015 by the International Institute of Information Technology University Act, 2013 of the Government of Chhattisgarh. It is a joint venture of Government of Chhattisgarh and NTPC Ltd. It is a state university recognized by University Grants Commission, New Delhi. IIIT-NR currently runs several undergraduate programs for B.Tech. degree in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI), Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), postgraduate programs for M.Tech. degree in CSE and ECE and MS(R) programmes. In addition, it also offers Ph.D. programs in various fields such as CSE, ECE, DSAI, Mathematics, Physics, Humanities and Management.
The Department of Science and Mathematics was established in the year 2016. The major research thrust areas are Mathematical Modelling, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Boundary Element Method (Theory & Applications), Wave Hydrodynamics, Coastal Engineering, Algebraic Coding Theory, Number Theory, Nonlinear optics, Photonics, Plasmonics and Photonic crystals. etc. The Department also offers Ph.D. programs to deserving candidates.
The Forum for Interdisciplinary Mathematics (FIM), incepted in 1975 by a group of intellectuals led by Professor Bhu Dev Sharma, University of Delhi, is an Indian based international society of scholars working in mathematical sciences and its allied areas, and is a registered trust in India. Supported by mathematics teachers and also users of mathematics from different disciplines around the world, the society helps Institutions and Individuals to grow academically as well as professionally. First Gujarat Chapter of FIM was formed under the leadership of Dr. Manoj Sahni in the year 2016. The FIM Gujarat Chapter has organized workshops, seminars, short-term training programs in PDPU and nearby Universities in a short span of three years since its inception.