The Department of Information Technology is an unique center of learning at BIT, established in 1999. It offers a 4 year B.Tech(Information Technology)programme,2 year M.E.(Software Engineering) and Ph.D. programmes. It has distinguished, dedicated and specialized faculties in different areas of information technology with rich experience in academics, industry and research. The department has well equipped and spacious laboratories with modern computer equipments. The laboratories are centrally air conditioned and are kept open till mid night for the benefit of faculty members and the students. It also maintains a nationwide Satellite Interactive Terminal Education Network setup by the Anna University, Chennai.