Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar was founded in 2001 by the renowned visionary Industrialist, Shri Dhirubhai Hirachand Ambani, with a vision ‘to help build a knowledge-led society founded on intellectual competitiveness for global leadership.’ An Act of the Gujarat State Legislature in 2003 conferred upon DA-IICT the status of a University. The University Grants Commission has included DA-IICT in the list of Universities maintained under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act, 1956. In 2009. DA-IICT is a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). DA-IICT has collaborations with industry, teaching and research institutions in India and abroad for faculty exchange, joint research, and guidance of masters, doctoral and post-doctoral scholars. The Institute houses a Government of India funded Incubation Center to promote innovation and entrepreneurship culture among the DA-IICT Community. The Government of Gujarat has been supporting and funding start-ups under the Incubation Center. DA-IICT offers three undergraduate and seven post graduate programs including a doctoral program. The undergraduate programs are B.Tech in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), B.Tech (Honours) in ICT with minor Computational Science and B.Tech Program in Mathematics and Computing (MnC). The postgraduate programs are M.Tech (Information and Communication Technology), M.Sc (Data Science), M.Sc (Information Technology), M.Des (Communication Design) and Doctoral Program in Technology and Humanities. M.Tech (Computer Science) and M.Tech (Communication Systems and Machine Learning) are jointly conducted with the Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu and C.R. Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Hyderabad respectively.