LNM Institute of Information Technology

The LNM Institute of Information Technology (LNMIIT) is a deemed university, located in Jaipur, India.^[2]

The LNM Institute of Information Technology

Motto	"Excellence our motto, Discipline our way"
Type	Not-for-profit Deemed University
Established	2002 (23 years ago) (2002)
Founder	Lakshmi Niwas Mittal
Director	Rahul Banerjee
Academic staff	125[1]
Students	2141 (2022-23)[1]
Undergraduates	2107 (2022-23)[1]
Postgraduates	34 (2022-23)[1]
Doctoral students	79 (2022-23)[1]
Location	Jaipur, Rajasthan, India 26.9363°N 75.9235°E / 26.9363; 75.9235
Campus	100 acres (40 ha)
Colors	Medium Persian Blue & Spanish Orange
Affiliations	UGC, AICTE, NAAC
Website	lnmiit.ac.in

Established in 2002, the institute operates as a non-profit organization under a public-private partnership between the Government of Rajasthan and the Lakshmi Niwas & Usha Mittal Foundation.^[3] In 2006, it was declared a deemed university under the De-Novo category of the UGC Act.^[4]

LNMIIT offers engineering and allied programs approved by AICTE. Admission to all programs is strictly merit-based, with no provisions for capitation fees or management quotas.

History

Foundation and early years

As a deemed university, LNMIIT was jointly set up by the state government and the Lakshmi and Usha Mittal Foundation as an autonomous non-profit organization. The institute was founded on 14 September 2002. In the initial months, lectures were held at a temporary campus in Jaipur,^[5] before the infrastructure was ready at its present campus.

In under a year, the permanent campus was inaugurated on 1 May 2005 by the then Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhra Raje, and Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, about 10km from the Jaipur-Agra Highway and 20km from the heart of Jaipur City. The first director of the college was Vishwanath Sinha.

LNMIIT became a deemed university established under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, by notification from the commission on 29 June 2005. The initial intake was 30 students, Communication and Computer Engineering (CCE) was the first program offered by the institute.

In June 2005, the institute started a Master of Science (M.S.) degree (by research).

Growth and expansion

Year	Batch Size	New Programs
2006	125	Graduate Program
2008	180	Undergraduate- Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE), Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) Master of Technology (M.Tech), PhD degrees, Departments of Mathematics and Humanities & Social Sciences.
2009	180	B. Tech (Honors), five-year Dual degree program (B. Tech + M. Tech) Engineering Physics (EP), Mathematics via Information Technology (MIT) courses which were 4-year B.S. or 5-year dual B.S. + M.S.
2012	300	Councelling cell (c-cell)
2013	300	Mechanical (Mechatronics) Engineering (MME) discipline (60 students)
2014	300	63 members of faculty
2015	300	Mechanical Engineering (ME) LNMIIT ranked as the third best private engineering college in the country by EDU-RAND.[6][independent source needed]
2021		Founder approved 7-year, 400 crore project 'Mission Quantum Leap' - Expand student housing and facilitate construction of research centres. In the first phase of the project, the 'LNMIIT International Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Data Science & Applications (LICAI), a multidisciplinary center of research and development would be constructed for 200 crores.[7][8][9]

Rankings

University rankings
Engineering – India
NIRF (2024)[10]	201-300

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked the institute between 201-300 in the engineering rankings in 2024.^[11]