IIT Delhi

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Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Other name	Indian Institute of Technology new Delhi
Type	Public Institute of technology
Established	1961; 63 years ago (1961)
Endowment	₹375crore (2022)[1]
Budget	₹1,307 crore (US$160 million) (2021–22)[2]
Chairman	Harish Salve
Director	Rangan Banerjee
Academic staff	949[3]
Students	11,770[3]
Undergraduates	4,424[3]
Postgraduates	3,395[3]
Doctoral students	3,951[3]
Location	Delhi[4] , India 28°32′42″N 77°11′32″E / 28.54500°N 77.19222°E / 28.54500; 77.19222
Campus	Urban, 325 + 50 acres (1.32 + 0.20 km2)
Colours	Red
Nickname	IITians
Website	home.iitd.ac.in

IIT Delhi, officially the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, is a public institute of technology located in Delhi, India. It is one of the 23 Indian Institutes of Technology created to be Centre of Excellence for India's training, research and development in science, engineering and technology.

Established in 1961, it was formally inaugurated in August 1961 by Humayun Kabir, Minister of Scientific Research & Cultural Affairs. The first admissions were made in 1961. The current campus has an area of 320 acres (or 1.3 km²) and is bound by the Sri Aurobindo Marg on the east, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Complex on the west, the National Council of Educational Research and Training on the south, and the New Ring Road on the north. It is flanked by Qutb Minar and the Hauz Khas monuments.^[4]

The institute was later decreed in the Institutes of National Importance under the Institutes of Technology Amendment Act, 1963, and accorded the status of a full University with powers to decide its academic policy, conduct its examinations, and award its degrees.^[5]