Established in 1961, it was formally inaugurated in August 1961 by Humayun Kabir, Minister of Scientific Research & Cultural Affairs.

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.

[5] The concept of IIT was first introduced by Nalini Ranjan Sarkar, then a Member of Education on the Viceroy's executive council.

The Government, having accepted these recommendations of the Sircar Committee, decided to establish more Institutes of Technology with the assistance of friendly countries who were prepared to help.

The first offer of help came from the USSR, who agreed to collaborate in the establishment of an Institute through UNESCO in Bombay.

This was followed by the Institutes of Technology at Madras, Kanpur, and Delhi with collaborations with West Germany, the United States, and UK respectively.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh laid the foundation stone of the college at Hauz Khas on 28 January 1959 during his visit to India.

The college was later accorded the university status and was renamed the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

According to a government statement issued earlier, these IoEs will have greater autonomy in that they will be able to admit foreign students up to 30% of the admitted students and recruit foreign faculty up to 25% of the faculty strength with enhanced research funding.

[6] In July 2023, IIT Delhi signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the first global campus of IIT-Delhi in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The campus of 325 acres (132 ha) is surrounded by the Hauz Khas area and monuments such as the Qutb Minar and Lotus Temple.

[8] Initially announced in 2012,[9] the new IITD-Sonipat campus was unveiled in April 2018 by the Chief Minister of Haryana at the Technopark at Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonipat.

[13] All IITs follow the same organisational structure, which has the President of India as a visitor at the top of the hierarchy.

Tryst, a technical fest organised by the student community of IIT Delhi, is North India's largest science, technological and management festival.

[39] The Office of Career Services (OCS),[40] previously known as the Training and Placement (T&P) Unit, had the primary aim of helping students to find a job upon graduation.

Its role has evolved with OCS focusing on year-round activities to provide career counselling, interview preparation, and talks to expose students to the many available opportunities.

The grievances and suggestions of the students are directed to the concerned administration for redressal through the SAC framework.

Apart from this, BSA is also responsible for conducting Sportech, the annual Sports Festival of IIT Delhi.

The goal of the chapter is to create interest among the students in computer science, apart from what they learn during the course work.

In 2012, the team of Rudradev Basak, Nikhil Garg, and Pradeep Mathias of IIT Delhi achieved India's best rank at the ACM ICPC World Finals by finishing 18th.

Every year, startups are selected into the incubation program and provided support to create innovative technology companies.