Human Resources Minister Prakash Javdekar today introduced the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in the Lok Sabha. The amendment bill provides for inclusion of Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) Kurnool along with the other IITs in the Principal Act. <br/><br/>IITDM Kurnool will be declared as an institute of National Importance with the power to award degrees to students with the passage of the bill. The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act 2014 confers the status of Institutions of National Importance on the IIITs and also provides for matters connected with administering these IIITs. <br/><br/>Due to addition of a new IIIT, amendment has to be made in the IIIT Act, 2014.