Agartala, Sept. 19: The state government has allotted 50 acres of land at Khowai Chowmuhni in Mohanpur subdivision of West Tripura district for the permanent establishment of the proposed Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT).
Replying in writing to a question raised by MLA Nayan Sarkar during the Question Hour in the Assembly on Friday, Higher Education Minister Kishore Barman confirmed the development. He informed that a plan has already been taken up to construct the permanent infrastructure of IIIT at the identified site in Khwai Chowmuhni.
The minister further stated that academic activities of IIIT had commenced back in 2018 from a temporary campus at NIT Agartala.