What books are used in IIIT, Bhopal for a 1st year student in the IT branch?

As a first-year student, you will have the same syllabus and books as your batch mates in the CSE and ECE programs. My brother's friend studied from IET DAVV and his syllabus was the same too.

You will not have to study any specialization as of now, except maybe the basic programming in C Java or C++. It depends on what you choose because my cousin chose C++ and didn't regret his decision at all.

If you feel as if you need books outside the syllabus to understand the topics cohesively, then you can consult the following books for the respective topics:

These are good books on the topics, used by most freshers. However, you are requested to consult Google Books, and YouTube for easy comprehension of the subjects. To develop yourself from the first year itself, you can start taking up specialized subjects or projects as part of your niche enhancement process.