It is one of the Indian Institutes of Information Technology established by the Ministry of Education,[1] Government of India under the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017.

[3] In the year 2010, the Government of India, MHRD had announced the scheme to set-up twenty IIITs under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model.

The scheme envisages the establishment of autonomous, not for profit, self-sustaining, research-led educational institutes which will contribute significantly to the global competitiveness in the key sectors of the Indian economy and industry.

IIITV-ICD has admitted his first batch of 75 BTech students in Academic Year 2020-21.

The institute is currently operating from the Government Engineering College Campus, Sector 28, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.

program is made through Joint Seat Allocation Authority JoSAA/CSAB through the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) (JEE Main) examination conducted by National Testing Agency[5] under MoE, Government of India.