IIITN was approved by the Government of India's (GOI) Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in May 2015.

The hostel at IIITN is equipped with spacious rooms and other everyday things required by the student.

Each Floor in hostel has its own common room with all indoor games facilities.

The canteen at IIITN serves Indian food, the CRA along with the warden in-charge plans the menu for the canteen and inspect the quality and cleanliness from time to time.

However, the Institute is striving to be a fore-runner in cutting edge technology research and education.

IIIT Nagpur is best known for its excellence which is considered as the 'first stop' for a large number of industries and other organizations for recruiting students.The 1st Batch of students has passed out from the Institute and 30 students out of 46 got placement through campus interview with highest package offered is Rs.