Governing Body
| Governance of IIIT-Delhi |
IIIT-Delhi was created by the Delhi Govt. in 2008 as per the Act of Delhi Government
- General Council is the highest body overseeing the institute, and advises the Chancellor.
- The IIIT-Delhi Act ensures administrative and academic autonomy in the following way:
Administrative autonomy
- Board of Governors consists of 4 experts, 2 Govt. nominees, 2 professors, the Director, and the Chairman.
- Board decides the salaries, the number of positions, selects the 4 experts.
Academic autonomy
- Senate & Board can start degrees/programs.
- Senate is empowered to take all academic decisions.
The members of the governing bodies are listed below.
| General Council |
 Sh. Anil Baijal, Chancellor Lt. Governor, Delhi |
 Mr. Kiran Karnik, Chairman Former President, NASSCOM |
 Prof. Ranjan Bose Director, IIIT-Delhi |
 Prof. Ashutosh Sharma Secretary, DST |
 Dr. S. B. Deepak Kumar, IAS Secretary (Higher Education) |
 Sh. Sandeep Kumar, IAS Secretary (Finance) GNCTD |
 Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy Head DRDO |
 Ms. Neeta Verma Director General, NIC |
 Ms. Debjani Ghosh President, NASSCOM |
 Sh. Ajay Prakash Sawhney Secretary, DeitY |
| Previous General Council Members | |
| Smt. Punya Salila Srivastava, Principal Secretary, TTE | Sh. S. N. Sahai, Principal Secretary – Finance, GNCTD |
| Mr. R Chandrashekhar, President, NASSCOM | Smt. Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary, DeitY |
| Mr. R. S. Sharma, Secretary, DeitY | Mr. Tapan Ray, Ex Director General, NIC |
| Dr. A. Mohan, Ex Director General, NIC | Mr. R. K. Verma, Ex Principal Secretary, TTE |
| Dr. Ajay Kumar, Director General, NIC | Dr. T. Ramasami, Ex Secretary, DST |
| Dr. Rajiv Sharma, Executive Director, Indo U.S. Science and Technology Forum | Dr. J Satyanarayana, Ex Secretary, DeitY |
| Dr. Avinash Chander, Head DRDO | Ms. Renu Verma, Principal Secretary - Finance, GNCT |
| Dr. G. Narendra Kumar, Principal Secretary, TTE | Sh. H Rajesh Prasad, IAS |
| Board of Governors |
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Mr. Kiran Karnik, Chairman Former President, NASSCOM |
 Mr. Arvind Singhal Founder and CMD, Technopak |
Prof. Ranjan Bose Director, IIIT-Delhi |
Dr. S. B. Deepak Kumar, IAS Secretary (Higher Education) |
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Sh. Sandeep Kumar, IAS Secretary (Finance) GNCTD |
 Ms. Sandhya Vasudevan Managing Director, Deutsche Bank Group |
 Ms. Neelam Dhawan Head of India Advisory Board, IBM |
 Mr. Som Mittal Former President, NASSCOM |
 Dr. Anubha Gupta Professor, IIIT-Delhi |
 Dr. Anand Srivastava Professor, IIIT-Delhi |
| Previous Board Members | |
| Sh. S N Sahai | Smt. Punya Salila Srivastava |
| Sh. R Chandrashekhar | Sh. Anand Prakash, Ex Principal Secretary (DTTE) |
| Dr. Narendra Kumar, Ex Principal Secretary (DTTE) | Prof. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury |
| Sh. Phiroz Vandrevala, Executive Director, TCS | Mr. R. K. Verma, Ex Principal Secretary, TTE |
| Sh. V. V. Bhatt, Ex Principal Secretary (Finance) | Sh. D. M. Spolia, Ex Principal Secretary (Finance) |
| Sh. Rajendra Kumar, Secretary (DTTE) | Prof. Rajeev Sangal, Director, IIT-BHU |
| Dr. P. Anandan, MD, Microsoft Research of India | Mr. M. M. Kutty, Ex Principal Secretary - Finance, GNCT |
| Sh. J. P. Singh, Ex Principal Secretary (Finance) | Sh. Shakti Sinha, Ex Principal Secretary (Finance) |
| Sh. Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education Service | Prof. Bijendra N Jain, VC, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan |
| Dr. Jai Menon, Director, Bharti Airtel | Prof. Indira J Parikh, |
| Prof. Dinesh Singh, Ex VC Delhi University | Mr. S. D. Shibulal, Co-founder and ex-CEO, Infosys |
| Dr. Anand Deshpande, CEO and Founder, Persistent Systems | Mr. Praveer Sinha, CEO, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited |
| Mr. Sheo Pratap Singh, Ex Principal Secretary, TTE | Sh. H Rajesh Prasad, IAS, Ex Secretary (Higher Education) |