History
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University was established as Indraprastha University (IPU) on 28 March 1998 and eminent I.T. expert, Professor K. K. Aggarwal was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of the university. The university was named after the ancient mythological city of Indraprastha, which features prominently in the Mahabharata epic. In 2001, the university was officially re-christened as Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) after the tenth guru of Sikhs Guru Gobind Singh. The university is secular and does not have any religious affiliations.
In 1997 Delhi had four universities — Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Millia Islamia University and Indira Gandhi National Open University. All of them are Central Universities. Delhi University (DU), the only affiliating university, had reached the point of saturation and was unable to either open a college on its own or affiliate colleges opened by either the Government of Delhi or by a private organization. Therefore, the Delhi government decided to open a new state university to reduce the burden on DU. The Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University was formed by passing a bill in legislative assembly. GGSIPU was established with a focus towards professional courses, unlike Delhi University which is more oriented for general courses.
Eighty five percent of the total seats intake in programs of university were made for Delhi students only, which applies for all the schools, centres and colleges located in Delhi. This special mass reservation provides much needed opportunities to the students of Delhi, as the students were no longer required to go to far-flung states like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu for seeking admission under professional programmes. A total intake capacity of about 5000 seats in was created; now it has crossed over 50,000.
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