About

Centre for Information Technology, Research, and Automation (CITRA)

The CITRA - Centre for Information Technology Research & Automation is a Multidisciplinary Research Centre Established in March 2022 with focus on Training, Research and Consultancy in the area of Information Technology.CITRA functions as a central research and innovation hub that promotes interdisciplinary research, technology development, and real-world applications in collaboration with academia, industry, and government agencies.

Elevate NIT Calicut to the smartest T- School in the country through intelligent and automated IT Enabled services in a sustainable manner for all academic, research, co-curricular and outreach activities.

Undertake sponsored R&D projects in Multi Disciplinary Areas where IT has a key role.

Promote research collaborations with Government and Quasi Govt. Agencies and R&D labs of Industries

Develop Automation software for various activities of the Institute.

Create Opportunity for NITC students to do projects on campus based problems and help them to ‘Earn while they Learn’.

Organize in-house programmes / trainings for NITC Faculty, Staff and Students on IT related services.

Organize training programmes/certificate courses and consultancy in the areas of Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence and related areas

Guide doctoral candidates in multi-disciplinary research areas involving IT.

Offer Internships for Students of other Universities and colleges

Automate all activities of the Institute including academic, research and co-curricular with smart IT enabled services.

Plan and propose state of the art IT infrastructure for the Institute.

Establish a research lab on Network Security and Wireless Analysis.

Execute funded R&D projects in the area of Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Offer internship programs for NITC students for developing IT enabled services for the campus (Earn while you Learn).