The Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology established by Delhi Act, 2007 endowed the establishment and incorporation of a non-affiliating and teaching institute at Delhi to facilitate and promote studies, research, incubation and extension work in Information Technology and its application domains, and also to achieve excellence in these and connected fields.

With the above objectives in view, the Government of NCT of Delhi allocated 25 acres of land to enable the setting up of the IIIT-D permanent campus, which is located behind the Phase III Okhla Industrial Estate at a distance if 1 ½ km (approx.) from the Okhla railway station, South Delhi. The Facility Management Services(FMS) at IIITD works it's level best to keep the campus in proper condition and offers a 24X7 service as well to receive all the complaints.