Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, established by Government of NCT of Delhi under the provisions of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Act, 1998 read with its Amendment in 1999, is an affiliating and teaching University that aims to facilitate and promote studies, research and extension work in emerging areas of higher education with focus on professional education in the disciplines of engineering, technology, architecture, management, medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, nursing, education, law, journalism and mass communication, etc. and also to achieve excellence in these and related fields and other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. It awards various degrees like: B.Tech, M.Tech, MCA, M.Sc., B.Arch., BCA, BBA, MBA, BMC, BCAM, B.Pharma, BPT, BHMCT, B.Ed., LLB(Hons.), MAHM, MCPHM, MHRPD, BHMS, MBBS and Ph.D etc. The admission to these programmes are done yearly through Common Entrance Test.
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University is recognised by University Grants Commission(UGC) of India under section 12B of UGC Act.

Functioning of the University commenced with the joining of Prof. K.K. Aggarwal as Vice-Chancellor in December, 1998. An emminent scholar and innovative person in Prof. K.K. Aggarwal, the first Vice Chancellor of the University, proposes to develop the University into a centre of excellence comparable to the best in the world.

The University is currently functioning from its Campus spread over an area of 16 acres at Kashmere Gate, Delhi. The University has taken possession of land measuring 60 acres at Dwarka (West Delhi) for setting up a State-of-Art Campus of the University with ultra-modern facilities. It has also been decided to establish another Campus of the University in East Delhi and land measuring 19 acres has been taken over opposite Surajmal Vihar, Karkardooma for this purpose.

Within a short span of seven years, the University has been able to make its presence felt the world over. It is running 52 programmes in 06 University Schools of Studies and 86 Institutes (Government as well as self-financing), imparting professional education to more than 35,000 students with an annual intake of about 10,000. The students of this University are getting excellent placements in best of the companies like, TCS, Infosys, Wipro, DCM Technologies, Mahendra British Telecom, Quark, ST Microelectronics, Ranbaxy, Pepsi, HDFC & ICICI Banks, Nestle, LG, Reliance and so on.

The focus on research is evident from the publications/presentations of 199 research papers during 200405, though the regular strength of professionally qualified faculty on the campus is about 110 teachers only.

The University in its functioning gets support and guidance from its Statutory Bodies such as the Court, the Board of Management, the Planning Board, the Board of Affiliation, the Academic Council and the Finance Committee. To facilitate the assigned role by these Statutory bodies, the members of these bodies are the persons of eminence from varied fields and disciplines.