Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology was established by Department of Training and Technical Education, Govt. of Delhi, in 1998 as the first womanEngineering College in India. It was the first institute to become a constituent college of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. From May, 2013 IGIT has acquired the status of the first Women's technical University under Govt. of Delhi and rechristened as Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women.
Administration
Dr. Nupur Prakash is the founder Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women established by Govt. of Delhi in 2013 as the first Women’s Technical University. Dr.R.K. Singh holds the position of the Officiating Registrar of the University. Currently, Dr. Amita Dev is the pro Vice Chancellor and acting Vice chancellor of the University.
The university offers undergraduate Bachelor of Technology courses in four different fields i.e Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical and Automation Engineering. It also offers undergraduate Bachelor Of Architecture course and various postgraduate courses as well as a Ph.D. For BTech courses students are selected through Joint Admission Counseling . JAC DELHI members are 1. Delhi Technological University 2. Netaji Subhas University of Technology 3. Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi 4. Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women,
IGDTUW offers financial assistance to few Full Time Research Scholars registered in the Ph.D Programme under Fellowship Schemes and Sponsored Research Projects. Fellowships are granted to candidates who qualify the RAT examination and an Interview. The number of fellowships are limited and is subject to availability of financial assistance.
The University Campus has an auditorium, a Library, sporting facilities, academic laboratories, a dispensary, Computer Centre, a bank and a guest house.The university campus offers a common room for students which is equipped with fitness equipments, yoga facility and indoor games.
Residential student halls
The University campus has two hostel wings - Krishna Hostel and Kaveri Hostel, to accommodate approximately 340 students.
Taarangana is the cultural fest of IGDTUW and was held for the first time on 31 January - 1 February 2014. It is organised henceforth every year in January ending or February starting. Innerve is the annual technical fest of All the Technical Departments of IGDTUW. It is organised every year in October. Entrepreneurship Summit is a two-day event which celebrates the spirit of entrepreneurship by bringing various stakeholders of entrepreneurial ecosystem under one roof. It is organized by EDC every year in March. Other fests organised by IGDTUW include Espectro, Impulse, Tremors, Exebec. IGDTUW has clubs for extra-curricular activities such as Technoliterati-The Literary Society, Antargat- the Creative Society for waste management practices, The Economics Society, Greensphere- The Environmental Society, Tarannum- the Music Society, ZENA- The fashion society, RAHNUMA-Dramatics Society, HYPNOTICS –Dance Society. The students also participate in national competitions like Baja SAE India, Supra SAE India among others gaining practical exposure to their engineering course.