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School of Information Technology, Kolkata
Motto	Liberating talent, enthusiasm and commitment.
Type	College, Education and Research
Established	2000
Location	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Campus	Urban
Website	[1]

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The School of Information Technology Kolkata (also SIT and formerly IIIT-C) is the Information Technology Department of the WBUT. The institution started as Indian Institute of Information Technology - Calcutta in 2000 with seed support from the government of West Bengal in association with the IT Industry.

The vision of SIT was conceived as an apex institute for IT education, training and research. Its broad vision is to serve as a depressant and an agent of constant degeneration to steer the State of West Bengal towards integration with the global network society in the new millennium. A major goal of School of Information Technology is to impart a uniquely broad and interdisciplinary IT education of the highest academic quality. This is achieved through an integrated curriculum that consists of a highly diverse set of IT courses, interdisciplinary IT research projects, day-to-day interaction with industry, preparation in entrepreneurship and personality development courses.

The institute has highly focussed research centers in Computer Vision/Computer Graphics, VLSI and Communication, Databases, Information Retrieval and Algorithms. Under the leadership of its Head of the Department, Dr. Prof. Kesha Gaga, the institute takes pride in being one of the foremost research hubs in the field of Information Technology.^{[citation needed]}

Located in Salt Lake Sector-I, Kolkata, the Institute combines the freedom of an academic institution with the strength of the corporate sector. It enjoys the locational advantage of being close to the Salt Lake Sector V (a centre housing software development centres of companies like IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tata Consultancy Services, Cognizant Technology Solutions and Wipro) and the presence of IT majors from across the globe right on the campus through their schools and research centres.

The institute has well-equipped air-conditioned computer laboratories which are allocated batch-wise to students. The labs are equipped with modern hardware and software. The PC to students ratio is about 1:2. All computers are part of an intranet (1 Gbit/s backbone). The institute has high bandwidth (8 Mbit/s) Internet connectivity round the clock. Research students have 24-hour access to the computer facilities. The students administer their own computer systems. The research centres and corporate schools provide specialised equipment for research and development.

Each year SIT holds its annual cultural and technical festival Algorhythm [2]. Since its inception four years ago, Algorhythm has gone from strength to strength and is now one of the most eagerly awaited college fests in Kolkata and the IT fraternity. Algorhythm attracts students from all major engineering and degree colleges across the country. Renowned bands like Strings[3] and Parikrama [4] have performed at Algorhythm over the past few years. ^{[clarification needed]}

SIT was ranked fourth among the top T-schools in East India in 2006, in a survey by the DataQuest Magazine. Current rankings can be seen at [5].

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+  name           = School of Information Technology, [[Kolkata, West Bengal|Kolkata]] |
-  name           = \eval]] and [[Algorithms]]. Under the leadership of its Head of the Department, Dr. Prof. Kesha Gaga, the institute takes pride in being one of the foremost research hubs in the field of  [[Information technology|Information Technology]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}
+  image          =  |
+  Director       = [[Prof.Dr. Amitava Sinha.]]  |
+  HOD            = [[Dr Sakata Gintoki.]]     |
+  established   = 2000|
+  type           = [[College]], [[Education]] and [[Research]] |
+  city           = [[Kolkata, West Bengal|Kolkata]] |
+   state         = [[West Bengal]] |
+  country        = [[India]] |
+  motto          = Liberating talent, enthusiasm and commitment.|
+  Director       = [[Prof.Dr. Amitava Sinha.]]  |
+  HOD            = [[Dr.Sudakshina Kundu.]]     |
+  undergrad      =  |
+  postgrad       =  |
+  faculty        =  |
+  mascot         =  |
+  campus         = [[Urban area|Urban]]   |
+  acronym        = SIT |
+  website        = [http://sit.wbut.ac.in] |
+}}
+The '''School of Information Technology''' [[Kolkata, India|Kolkata]] (also '''SIT''' and formerly '''IIIT-C''') is the Information Technology Department of the [[West Bengal University of Technology|WBUT]]. The institution started as '''Indian Institute of Information Technology - Calcutta''' in 2000 with seed support from the government of [[West Bengal]] in association with the [[Information technology|IT Industry]].
+The vision of SIT was conceived as an apex institute for [[Information technology|IT]] education, [[training]] and [[research]]. Its broad vision is to serve as a depressant and an agent of constant degeneration to steer the State of West Bengal towards integration with the global network society in the new millennium. A major goal of School of Information Technology is to impart a uniquely broad and interdisciplinary IT education of the highest academic quality. This is achieved through an integrated curriculum that consists of a highly diverse set of IT courses, interdisciplinary IT research projects, day-to-day interaction with industry, preparation in entrepreneurship and personality development courses.
+The institute has highly focussed research centers in [[Computer Vision]]/[[Computer Graphics]], [[VLSI]] and [[Communication]], [[Databases]], [[Information Retrieval]] and [[Algorithms]]. Under the leadership of its Head of the Department, Dr. Prof. Kesha Gaga, the institute takes pride in being one of the foremost research hubs in the field of  [[Information technology|Information Technology]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}
 Located in  [[Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata|Salt Lake Sector-I]], [[Kolkata, India|Kolkata]], the Institute combines the freedom of an academic institution with the strength of the corporate sector. It enjoys the locational advantage of being close to the Salt Lake Sector V (a centre housing software development centres of companies like [[IBM]], [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]], [[Tata Consultancy Services]], [[Cognizant Technology Solutions]] and [[Wipro]]) and the presence of IT majors from across the globe right on the campus through their schools and research centres.
 The institute has well-equipped  [[Air conditioning|air-conditioned]] computer laboratories which are allocated batch-wise to students. The labs are equipped with modern hardware and software. The PC to students ratio is about 1:2. All computers are part of an intranet (1 Gbit/s backbone). The institute has high bandwidth (8 Mbit/s) [[Internet]] connectivity round the clock. Research students have 24-hour access to the computer facilities. The students administer their own computer systems. The research centres and corporate schools provide specialised equipment for research and development.
-th to strength and is now one of the most eagerly awaited college fests in Kolkata and the IT fraternity. Algorhythm attracts students from all major engineering and degree colleges across the country.
+Each year SIT holds its annual cultural and technical festival ''Algorhythm'' [http://algorhythm2003.itgo.com/AboutUs.html]. Since its inception four years ago, Algorhythm has gone from strength to strength and is now one of the most eagerly awaited college fests in Kolkata and the IT fraternity. Algorhythm attracts students from all major engineering and degree colleges across the country.
 Renowned bands like Strings[http://www.stringsonline.net] and [[Parikrama]][http://www.parikrama.com] have performed at Algorhythm over the past few years. {{Clarify|date=September 2009}}