The state of Kerala has not only excelled in literacy, but also excelled in IT literacy. The witness to this is Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) and Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala (IIITMK).

The Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management (IIITM) was formally inaugurated by Mr. Sukhdev Singh Kang, the Governor of Kerala state on November 23, 2000. The institute has started its first batch of PGDIT programme in 2001 to which degree has awarded in 2003. The creator of Tata Consultancy Group has delivered the convocation address and awarded the diplomas to students.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) was started by Mr. Kohli in 1960 when IT was very near to myth in country like India. Today TCS is computer software giant. TCS is a part of Tata Group of Companies.

The Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala (IIITMK) functions with a mission to be an excellent IT education provider and to conduct research in the emerging and frontier areas of information technology and allied technology. Thus institute has the responsibility to binds well the basic sciences with information technology and working out newest management methodologies for the cause virtual management.

The Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management Kerala (IIITMK) conducts teaching and research programmes at different levels and thus helps the state of Kerala as well as Republic of India in becoming self reliant in the field of IT resources including manpower and software etc.

The institute strives to be a leader in Information Technology and Information Technology Management.

The institutes' infrastructure is laced with high end computer resources and software sufficient enough to impart IT knowledge and conduct sophisticated researches.

The various activities of IIITM Kerala includes-

• Imparting high end post graduate education and research programme in basic and applied science and technology and management.
• Offering online support to colleges, universities, industry and other organizations and in order to produce more number of IT graduates and IT professionals.
• Developing close ties with faculties and research workers of other institutions.
• Development of e-courseware for higher education and profession.
• Affiliation portal services for faculty from leading institutions, universities and experts and related programs.
• Hosting and Promotion of Educational Network Services.
• Business and IT incubation facilities.
• Offering consultancy services.
• Development of IT enabled services for industry, government and academics.