Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala

Announcement of Open-Mode Courses for Semester 2 (AY2007-08)
IIITM-K announces open-mode courses in IT and Computational Science for the students, faculty or scientists from Universities, Colleges and Industry for the Semester January to April 2008
Institute Mission:

IIITM-K, the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management -- Kerala is a premier institution of excellence in Science, Technology and Management related to Information that develops professionals and leaders of high calibre imbued with values of entrepreneurship, ethics and social responsibility. IIITM-K was established by the Government of Kerala in the year 2001. The Institute's goal has been to advance the state of the art in IT and its applications in science, industry and society through research, projects and teaching. The opening up of IIITM-K's courses to IT professionals and the academia is an important and logical extension of the Institute's commitment to promote technology-enhanced education in the State.


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Faculty: The courses will be taught by IIITM-K's faculty, who hold PhD's from Universities in India, US and Canada. The faculty are assisted by professional staff who also maintain the Institute's excellent IT infrastructure. The faculty of the Institute have over 200 scientific publications in national and international journals. Their work spans a wide range of fields in Science, Engineering and Management, including Theoretical and Applied Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computational Sciences, Control Systems, Geo-informatics, Grid Computing, e-Governance and Rural Enterprise Management.




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Facilities


All courses will be conducted at the Institute's premises in Technopark campus, Trivandrum. The Institute has spacious classrooms, Library, a TV studio and laboratories in Computational Sciences, GIS, Embedded Systems, Networks, and Security.

All course participants will have access to the Institute classroom and lab facilities when they register for a course. Assistance will be provided for the interested students requiring hostel facilities.

Library
The Institute's library stacks many books, e-journals, Standards, e-theses, CD-ROMs, and video lectures. The library hosts around 2500 books in IT and Management, over 800 CD-ROMS, and over 200 Industry Manuals. Digital Library has access to nearly 6000 journals from professional societies like IEEE, ACM, OpenJ-Gate, and other sources. The MuDil Multimedia Digital Library has a collection of more than 1000 hours of video lectures. The Institute Software library has more than 10,000 software products. Additional library services include inter-library loans and online searching.

Classroom lectures, seminars, invited lectures of the Institute are digitized and made available through the Institute Digital Library

Courses Offered (January 2008-April 2008)

Courses Credits Principal Instructor Class Schedule*
ITM 103 Object Oriented Programming 4 Dr.Elizabeth Sherly Wed:11.50 am -1.00 pm , Fri:10.25 am-1.00 pm Lab:Fri 2.00 pm - 4.35 pm

ITM 106 Operating Systems 3 Dr.K R Srivathsan Tue:10.25 am-11.35 am ,Wed:10.25 am-11.35 pm, Fri:9.00 am -10.10 pm
ITM 107 Data Structures and Algorithms 4 Dr.Raj Mathew Mon:9.00 am-11.35 am , Tue:11.50 am-1.00 pm Lab: Tue 2.00 pm - 4.35 pm
ITM 110 Database Management Systems 4 Mr.R Ajith Kumar Mon:11.50 am-1.00 pm ,Wed : 2.00 pm - 4.35 pm
Lab:Tue 2.00 pm - 4.35 pm
ITM 126 Computational Biology 3 Dr.M S Gopinathan Fri : 9.00 am-1.00 pm
ITM 129 Cheminformatics 3 Dr.T K Manoj Kumar Wed :9.00 am-1.00 pm
ITM 130 Eco-informatics 1 Dr.R Jaishanker Shall be finalised in consultation with the registered participants
*Change in course timings to suit the convenience of the external registrants might be considered by the concerned faculty.


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Evaluation and Grading System

Students at IIITM-K are evaluated on their performance on a continuous basis in the course. A course typically has one or more of homework and lab assignments, quizzes, midterm and final examinations. Each of these contributes a certain weight to the student's grade in the course, which is assigned at the end of the course. The contribution of each component is specific to the course and is decided only by the instructor of the course.

Each grade carries a numerical weight.

A = 10, B = 8 , C = 6, D = 4, F = 0, I = Incomplete

where A, B, C, D denote Excellent, Good, Average and Poor respectively. F denotes a fail grade. An I grade is given in exceptional circumstances when the student, for some genuine reason, is unable to take the final exam or is otherwise unable to fulfill the course requirements. The only genuine reasons accepted are medical sickness and family emergency.



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Accumulating Credits towards a Diploma in IT

On successful completion of the Course, a Course Certificate indicating the grade secured will be issued by the Institute. It may be possible for the student to receive a Diploma in IT or PG Diploma from IIITM-K after the student has accumulated a certain number of credits as stated in the following table.


Type Credits
Diploma in IT 30
PG Diploma in IT 65


A minimum CPA (Cumulative Percentile Average) of 6.0 is required for earning Diploma/PG Diploma in IT.


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Course Fees and Payment

Each course has a fixed number of credits. Fees for a course is calculated per credit: The fee structure is given below:

Type Credits
Teachers, Researchers, Students Rs. 2500/credit
Others Rs. 3000/credit



On acceptance of registration, course fees is to be paid within 7 days by bank draft in favour of: '''Director, IIITM-K, Trivandrum''' or by e-remittance to Institute Savings Bank A/c No. 3488 (Our Branch Code: 2762, Kazhakkuttam, Trivandrum) at any of the branches of Canara Bank

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How to Register

Online Registration Form
Applicants are requested to submit the registration form on-line and in case of any difficulty, post it to the following address:


The Director
Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - Kerala
Park Centre, Technopark
Thiruvananthapuram - 695 581
India
Email:office@iiitmk.ac.in
Tel : (91) 471 2527567
Fax : (91) 471 2527568

Approval from IIITM-K: Your registration will be approved or denied based on several factors, including your background information, the size of the class, etc. Each course has a limit on the number of seats, and registration will be done on a ''first-come-first-serve basis''.
*Notice of acceptance by E-mail: You will receive an e-mail from IIITM-K indicating whether you have been accepted for a course or not. If accepted, you will be sent any special material you need for the course administration (e.g., web pages for timetable, exam schedule, etc.)