Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur (IIITDM Jabalpur), also known as Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, is an Indian Institute of Information Technology in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India that focuses on Information Technology enabled Design and Manufacturing.
IIITDM Jabalpur was founded in 2005. In 2014, the Parliament declared it to be an Institute of National Importance under IIIT Act.
History
PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur was the third Indian Institute of Technology, established on January 24, 2005 by the Ministry of Education (India) under Madhya Pradesh Society Registration Act 1973.
The foundation stone of the Institute was laid by Late Shri Arjun Singh, the then Minister of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on February 7, 2005. On May 3, 2006 a land of 250 acres near Dumna Airport of Jabalpur was identified by the State Government of Madhya Pradesh and was handed over to the Institute. Construction work of Phase I buildings was started in 2007 and was completed in 2009.
The first academic session of PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur started from August 2005 from the campus of Jabalpur Engineering College until its own permanent campus was ready. The Institute started operating from the temporary location at the IT Bhawan of the Jabalpur Engineering College. Prof. Sanjay G. Dhande, Director, IIT Kanpur was given the additional charge as the Director of the Institute.
The institute was allotted acres in close proximity to the Jabalpur Airport and Dumna Nature Reserve Park, in 2006 following the appointment of Dr. Sanjeev Bhargava as director. Construction of the (Phase-I buildings) Core-Lab-Complex and Residencial-Hostels started thereafter and was completed in June 2009.
Campus
The IIITDM Jabalpur campus, having an area of about 260 acres, is located in Dumna, towards East of Jabalpur, between the Dumna Nature reserve and Jabalpur Airport. The campus is divided into clusters of buildings. The academic area consists chiefly of the LHTC and the CLC, which house all the departmental annexes and cabins of faculty. The LHTC also houses the Design Studio.
The Lecture Hall and Tutorial Complex (LHTC) has cabins of faculty from the Natural Sciences (NS) and Liberal Arts (LA) departments. Core Lab Complex (CLC) houses cabins of faculty from ECE dept. and Mech dept. along with a variety of laboratories.
The academic area and residential area is divided by a slope, with the graffiti wall alongside that is redrawn for every iteration of the Techno-Design fest, Abhikalpan. The graffiti wall
Due to its proximity to the Dumna Nature Reserve Park, the campus has significant green cover and is blessed with clear skies round the year. The proximity of the campus to the Nature Reserve has also led to occasional sightings of peacocks and leopards.
Hostels
The campus as of 2023 has seven operational hostels : Aryabhatta Hostel (formerly Hall-3) and Vivekananda Hostel (formerly Hall-4) have triple seated rooms. Vasishtha Hostel (previously referred to as Hall of Residence-1) is single seated. Maa Saraswati Girls hostel offers both triple and single seater rooms and is the sole girls-hostel on campus. Panini Block A is reserved for MTech students, while Panini Block B is for UG students. Nagarjuna Hostel is for PG students and has been divided into two-inter connected blocks, one part being for unmarried PG and other for married PG hostels.
Almost all of the hostels have their own functional Badminton courts, TT rooms and TV rooms, apart from the central Student Activity Center, which houses the Institute Gym, Carrom Room, Chess Room, Table Tennis Court and the Badminton Court.
All planned hostels have been constructed. Space between the Central Mess and Vasishtha Hostel was originally reserved for Hall of Residence-2, but now has been temporarily converted to an athletic ground.
Sports and Cultural Facilities
The Institute also has its own cricket ground, with the pitch measuring around 83ft and the radius of the ground being approx. 150ft. An ellipse shaped ground between the Panini Hostels and the Student Activity center encompasses dedicated fields for Cricket, Football, Kabaddi and Athletics. The ellipse-ground has radii of around 288ft x 200ft.
Apart from the elliptical field, IIITDM Jabalpur also boasts of dedicated grounds for Lawn Tennis, Volleyball and Basketball between the Panini Hostels and Aryabhatta Hostel (H3).