Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi

Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (aka. IIIT-Delhi or IIIT-D) was created as a State University by an act of Delhi Government (The IIIT Delhi Act, 2007) empowering it to do research and development and grant degrees. IIIT-Delhi was officially established on 10th June, 2008 as per this notification in the Delhi Gazette. First class (for BTech(CSE) students) was held on 8th September, 2008.

The institute began with its first batch of 60 BTech students in 2008. This first batch graduated in 2012 - the first Convocation took place in November, 2012. By that time, the institute has attracted nearly 30 faculty members, and its academic program consisted of B.Tech., M.Tech. and Ph.D. programs in CSE and ECE. In a relatively short time, it has earned a good reputation in India and abroad for being a center of quality education and research in IT. 2012 turned out be more remarkable year because during the summer of this year, the institute started functioning from its permanent campus in Okhla. Smt. Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi, inaugurated the campus in October, 2012. The early days of this institute was chronicled by the founding and current Director in his blog here. See below for a list of all the major events of the institute so far.

It aims to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship in specified domain areas of IT. Towards this end it plans to organize itself as a conglomerate of R&D Centers, some of which would be in partnership with different companies and global organizations. All centers will also be engaged in teaching and thesis guidance. These centers, with various labs, will be the hub of activity, with active contribution from faculty and students—BTech, MTech and PhD.

The Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology established by Delhi Act, 2007 endowed the establishment and incorporation of a non-affiliating and teaching institute at Delhi to facilitate and promote studies, research, incubation and extension work in Information Technology and its application domains, and also to achieve excellence in these and connected fields. With the above objectives in view, the Government of NCT of Delhi allocated 25 acres of land to enable the setting up of the IIIT-D permanent campus, which is located behind the Phase III Okhla Industrial Estate at a distance if 1 ½ km (approx.) from the Okhla railway station, South Delhi.

The Academic Complex has a total of 10 lecture halls. There are two lecture halls with a capacity to seat 179, one of capacity 159, two of capacity 60 and five of capacity 30. The Faculty and Research wing of the Academic Complex has a capacity of 50 faculty members and 8 research labs, along with the PhD rooms and M.Tech labs. The Library and Information Center has a common study area for students on the ground floor, the library on the first floor and several labs on the upper floors. The Dining and Recreation Centre contains the students' mess which is spread over two floors, a cafeteria and facilities for extracurricular activities, such as a music room, table tennis and pool tables, and a gymnasium.

The hostel area consists of a Boys’ and Girls' hostel with a total capacity of around 550 students. The hostels have options of single, double and triple occupancy rooms, all of which are air-conditioned. The hostels have their own badminton courts and a well-equipped common room. There is also a Faculty Housing Tower consisting of 5 guest houses, a director's residence and 27 faculty houses.