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{{Short description|Autonomous university in Delhi, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
 | other_name             = IIIT-D, IIIT Delhi
 | image                  = IIITD Campus 2024.jpg
 | caption                = The campus in 2024
 | logo                   = IIIT-Delhi Insignia.svg
 | established            = {{start date and age|2008}}
 | affiliation            = 
 | type                   = [[State university (India)|State university]]
 | director               = [[Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava]]
 | chairperson            = Rajesh Srivastava 
 | colours                = {{color box|#3FADA8}}&nbsp; {{color box|#808080}}
 | campus_type            = Urban
 | campus_size            = {{convert|25|acre}}
 | language               = [[English language|English]]
 | address                = Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III
 | city                   = [[New Delhi]]
 | country                = [[India]]
 | coor                   = {{Coord|28|32|40|N|77|16|21|E|type:edu_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
 | website                = {{Official URL}}
 | dean                   = 
 | postalcode             = 110020
}}

'''Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi''' ('''IIIT-Delhi''') is a state university located in [[Delhi]], India.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ITeS/Dikshit_launches_IT_institute_in_Delhi/articleshow/3361968.cms |title= Dikshit launches IT institute in Delhi|date=13 Aug 2008 |work=The Economic Times|access-date=2008-08-14}}</ref> IIIT Delhi offers B.Tech., M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees.<ref>{{Cite web|title=View|url=https://jacdelhi.nic.in/webinfo/File/ViewFile?FileId=14&LangId=P|access-date=2021-11-11|website=jacdelhi.nic.in}}</ref> IIITD also offers PhD degrees to students through the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities.

==History==
IIIT-D started at the [[Netaji Subhas University of Technology]] ([[Netaji Subhash University of Technology|NSUT]]) campus at Sector 3, Dwarka, Delhi. It was founded as a State University<ref>[http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/pub_notice_satatadd.pdf List of State Universities approved by UGC Page 22] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331030719/http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/pub_notice_satatadd.pdf |date=31 March 2010 }}. Department of Expenditure. Ministry of Finance. 10 October. 2007</ref> by an act of the Delhi Government (The ''IIIT Delhi Act, 2007'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iiitd.ac.in/sites/default/files/docs/about/IIIT-Delhi%20Act.pdf |title=The IIIT Delhi Act, 2007 |access-date=25 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721213703/http://www.iiitd.ac.in/sites/default/files/docs/about/IIIT-Delhi%20Act.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in 2008, with seed support from the Government of NCT of Delhi.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/New_tech_varsity_in_Delhi_by_2008_/articleshow/2588978.cms |title= New tech varsity in Delhi by 2008 |date=2 Dec 2007 |work=The Times of India|access-date=2009-08-14}}</ref> The institute began with its first batch of 60 students on 8 September 2008 from NSUT (NSIT at that time). IIIT-Delhi moved to its current permanent campus in August 2012. The campus was inaugurated by [[Sheila Dikshit]], former [[Chief Minister of Delhi]], in October 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iiitd.ac.in/events/new-campus-inauguration |title=Inauguration of new campus by SMT. Sheila Dikshit &#124; IIIT-Delhi |access-date=22 May 2015 |archive-date=3 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503182856/http://www.iiitd.ac.in/events/new-campus-inauguration |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The university is accredited an 'A' grade by NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council), and has been accorded 12-B status by the University Grants Commission (UGC).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.iiitd.ac.in/about | title=Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi }}</ref>
IIIT-Delhi is an autonomous university, with the board fully authorized to take important decisions of its own volition.

==Campus==
IIIT Delhi operates from its campus in [[Okhla Industrial Estate]], Phase III, [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://iiitd.blogspot.in/2012/07/iiit-delhi-moves-into-its-own-campus-in.html |title= IIIT Delhi moves into its own campus|date=28 July 2012 |work=IIIT-D Blog|access-date=2012-07-28}}</ref> Its campus is spread over 25 acres.<ref>{{Cite web|title=FAQs {{!}} IIIT-Delhi|url=https://www.iiitd.ac.in/about/faq|access-date=2021-11-11|website=www.iiitd.ac.in}}</ref>
[[File:Academic Block of IIITD.jpg|thumb|New Academic Block]]
[[File:IIITD Campus 2024.jpg|thumb|Main Building]]
The campus consists of an academic complex, a library and information center, a dining and recreation centre, and hostels. 

===Phase 2 Development===
[[Arvind Kejriwal]], the [[Chief Minister of Delhi]] inaugurated Phase-II of the campus on 21 August 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/education/delhi-chief-minister-arvind-kejriwal-inaugurates-new-phase-ii-building-at-iiit-delhi-campus-1904238|title=Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Inaugurates New Phase II Building At IIIT Delhi Campus|work=NDTV.com|access-date=2018-09-03}}</ref> New Academic Block, Lecture Hall Block, Residential (Faculty Residence) Block, Hostel Block H1, Hostel Block H2, and Sports Block are built in the campus and collectively called Phase II. The eight-storey [[Research and development|R&D]] Block which includes 4 hundred-seater lecture halls, 58 labs, 24 discussion rooms, 7 meeting rooms, 116 faculty rooms and office spaces has been operational since August 2017. <br />
The 11-storeyed Hostel Block H1 which has 21 married accommodation facility and 197 double-seater rooms has been functional since February 2018. <br />
The Residential faculty has 12 stories with 44 flats, which are occupied since March 2018. The six-storey Lecture Hall Block with one 500-seater and two 300-seater lecture theaters, classrooms and instructions labs became functional in August 2018. <br />
The newly built sports block is equipped with various facilities such as a badminton court, a heated indoor swimming pool, table tennis tables, a gym, a yoga room, and 2 squash rooms. The institute also has a multi-purpose sports field, two tennis courts, a basketball court, and a volleyball field. The Phase II expansion of IIIT-D is estimated to enhance its student uptake from over 1,800 in 2015 to 3,000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.asianage.com/metros/delhi/220818/iiit-delhi-phase-ii-campus-inaugurated.html|title=IIIT-Delhi Phase II campus inaugurated|date=2018-08-22|work=The Asian Age|access-date=2018-09-03}}</ref>

==Organisation and administration ==
===Leadership===

* Chairpersons of the Board of Governors
** ''[[Kiran Karnik|Mr. Kiran Karnik]]'' (2008–2024): Former President of NASSCOM, instrumental in establishing IIIT-Delhi's foundational vision.
** ''Prof. Rajesh Srivastava'' (2024-Present): Professor at IIT Roorkee, bringing academic excellence to the institute's governance.
* Directors
** ''[[Pankaj Jalote|Prof. Pankaj Jalote]]'' (2008-2018): Founding Director, played a pivotal role in shaping the institute's academic and research framework.
** ''Prof. Ranjan Bose'' (2018-2025): Formerly at IIT Delhi, focusing on advancing IIIT-Delhi's research initiatives.
** ''[[Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava|Prof Gajendra P. S. Raghava]]'' (2025-Present): Director, known for developing open source software in Bioinformatics

===Funding===
The land and infrastructure of IIIT-D is funded by the Government of Delhi.
A grant of Rs 4,21,00,000 (4CR) has been earmarked for the development of the IIIT-D Innovation & Incubation Center by the Department of Science of technology, Government of India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://iiitd.ac.in/sites/default/files/docs/ariia/ARI-U-0105.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 April 2020 |archive-date=12 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412164626/https://iiitd.ac.in/sites/default/files/docs/ariia/ARI-U-0105.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The university reported an expenditure of Rs '58,79,45,226'(58CR) in the financial year of 2018–2019.

=== Governance ===
IIIT-Delhi was established by the Government of Delhi in 2008 as per the IIIT-Delhi Act. The IIIT-Delhi Act ensures administrative and academic autonomy. The general council is the highest body overseeing the institute, and advises the [[vice-chancellor]]. The chancellor of the institute is the [[Lieutenant Governor of Delhi]], who also chairs the general council of the institute. The board of governors consists of the director, the chairman, four experts, two government nominees and two professors. The board decides the salaries, the number of positions and selects the four experts. The Senate and board can start degrees/programs. The Senate is empowered to take all academic decisions. The institute's operational head is the director. Overall policy making and governance rests with the board of governors (BOG).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iiitd.ac.in/about/bog |title=Governance of IIIT-Delhi &#124; IIIT-Delhi |access-date=22 May 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140518073453/http://www.iiitd.ac.in/about/bog |archive-date=18 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Academics==
===Admission===
The B.Tech. admissions to various programs of IIIT-D are done through [https://jacdelhi.nic.in/WebInfo/Page/Page?PageId=1&LangId=P Joint Admission Counselling Delhi] (JAC Delhi) together with [[Indira Gandhi Delhi Technological University for Women]], [[Delhi Technological University]], [[Netaji Subhash University of Technology]] and [[Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Joint Admission Counselling Delhi 2021|url=https://jacdelhi.nic.in/WebInfo/Page/Page?PageId=1&LangId=P|access-date=28 June 2017|publisher=Joint Admission Counselling Delhi}}</ref> on the basis of JEE Main rank.

B.Tech. admission to Computer Science and Design (CSD) program can also be done through IIIT-D's direct admission process using [[UCEED]] rank. Some seats of the CSD program are reserved for direct admission process using the [[UCEED]] rank as of 2021.<ref name="iiitd_2021_csd-csss">{{Cite web|title=B.Tech. (CSD) & B.Tech. (CSSS) Admissions through IIITD Admissions Process 2021 {{!}} IIIT-Delhi|url=https://www.iiitd.ac.in/admission/btech/2021/csd-csss|access-date=2021-11-11|website=www.iiitd.ac.in}}</ref>

B.Tech. admission to Computer Science and Social Sciences (CSSS) program can also be done on the basis of class XII marks (with Mathematics being a mandatory subject in class XII).<ref>{{Cite web|title=B.Tech. in Computer Science and Social Sciences {{!}} IIIT-Delhi|url=https://www.iiitd.ac.in/academics/btech/csss|access-date=2021-11-11|website=www.iiitd.ac.in}}</ref> Some seats of the CSSS program are reserved for direct admission using this process as of 2021.<ref name="iiitd_2021_csd-csss"/>

Candidates availing direct admission to the CSD & CSSS programs must be from [[Delhi|NCT of Delhi]].

===Rankings===
{{Infobox India university ranking
| QS_A_2023 = 351–400
| THE_W_2023 = 601–800
| THES_A_2022 = 177
| THES_E_2022 = 188
|NIRF_E_2024=85}}

Internationally, IIIT-Delhi was ranked 351–400 in Asia on the ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' of 2023.<ref name="Rankings_QS_A_2023" /> It was ranked 601–800 in the world by the ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' of 2023,<ref name=Rankings_THE_W_2023/> 177 in Asia in 2022<ref name=Rankings_THES_A_2022/> and 188 among emerging economies.<ref name=Rankings_THES_E_2022/>

In India, IIIT-Delhi was ranked 85 among engineering institutes by [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NIRF Ranking 2024 |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/nirfpdfcdn/2024/pdf/Report/IR2024_Report.pdf}}</ref>

IIITD was ranked 14th among engineering institutions in India in 2020 by [[India Today]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=An|first=Shelly|date=June 28, 2020|title=Tech Central|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/best-colleges/story/20200706-tech-central-1693116-2020-06-28|access-date=2020-06-28|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

===Library===
The Library and Information Center of the institute is housed in a separate building and is automated with the help of [[RFID]] Technology with EM security. The library is on the first floor and has a large collection of print and electronic media in areas including [[computer science]], [[electronics]] and [[communications]], [[mathematics]] and [[statistics]], [[humanities]] and [[sciences]]. A common study area for students is on the ground floor and several labs are on the upper floors. As of 2019, the library contains 10000+ books, 10000+ Ebooks and 700+ Kindles. There is also a reading room facility open 24 hours per day.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi catalog|url=http://library.iiitd.edu.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-about.pl|access-date=2020-07-23|website=library.iiitd.edu.in}}</ref>

=== Faculty ===
IIIT-D has 88 regular faculty members and 16 visiting faculty members.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IIIT Delhi Annual Report 2020-2021|url=https://www.flipbookpdf.net/web/files/uploads/5461e47fe521c53191c3b860858ed4a69a03b47aFBP23162779.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

All regular faculty members have a Ph.D. Degree from reputed universities across the globe. 55% of the faculty members have done their Ph.D. Degree from abroad.

Out of the 104 faculty members, 79 are male and 25 are female.

The CSE & ECE departments alone have approximately 50% of the working faculty strength.

== Student Life ==

=== Cultural and non-academic activities ===

=== E-Summit ===
The Institute Organises its annual Entprepreneurial Summit by E-Cell IIIT Delhi, aiming to foster Entrepreneurial culture at IIIT Delhi.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Edition
!Notable Speakers
|-
|2025
|[https://www.linkedin.com/in/meeta-rajivlochan-276a109b Meeta R. Lochan], [[Meenakshi Lekhi]], D.C Pandey, [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeep-jain-/ Sandeep Jain], Haseeb Khan, Kaustubh Agarwal, etc.
|-
|2024
|Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Ayush Mehra, Ishan Sharma, Nitin Vijay(NV sir)
|-
|2023
|Ashneer Grover, Nischay Malhan(Triggered Insaan)
|}
There were many more Notable Speakers and impactful events organised, keep yourself updated with [https://www.instagram.com/esummit_iiitd/ E-Summit IIIT Delhi Instagram] and [https://www.instagram.com/ecell_iiitd/ E-Cell IIIT Delhi Instagram].

=== Odyssey ===
The institute organises its annual cultural fest Odyssey.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Edition
!Notable Performers
|-
|2024
|KRSNA, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
|-
|2023
|Samay Raina, Van Moon, Salim–Sulaiman, Bhoomi Trivedi,  Akhil, 
|}

=== Esya ===
Esya is the annual technical fest of the college.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website}}

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