India’s First Digital University set up in Kerala
- The Governor of Kerala Arif Mohammed Khan has recently inaugurated the first Digital University of India at Mangalapuram.
- The “Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology (Digital University)” has been established by upgrading the two-decade old state government’s Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala (IIITM-K).
- The Digital University has been set up with a vision of creating a futuristic institution of higher learning, aspiring to set a global benchmark in Digital technologies and its management.
- The University has been started with five schools which are:
- School of Computer Science and Engineering;
- School of Digital Sciences;
- School of Electronic Systems and Automation;
- School of Informatics; and
- School of Digital Humanities and Liberal Arts