RCC Institute of Information Technology (RCCIIT) was established in the year 1999 as a collaborative venture of the Ministry of Information Technology, Govt. of India and the Department of Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal through an Autonomous Society formed by the Department of Higher Education. The Institute also received grants from the World Bank under the TEQIP-II project since 2011. RCCIIT is an ISO 9001-2008 & ISO 14001-2004 Certified Institute. All courses are approved by AICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology West Bengal (MAKAUT, WB); erstwhile WBUT. Among the nine courses offered by RCCIIT, Kolkata; B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering and B.Tech in Information Technology are accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi.