IIIT-RAIPUR

The central government will set up a Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Chhattisgarh, for which the state government will offer land soon.The state government will soon provide the location for the new IIIT as the announcement was made by the central minister.state government may offer a massive plot for the IIIT in Naya Raipur where the government is presently developing a new satellite town that will replace Raipur as the new state capital of Chhattisgarh, probably by 2011.Naya Raipur, about 20 km east of here and located between national highways 6 and 43, will be spread out over 8,000 hectares.