The Institute of Advanced Research (IAR) is an innovation driven university, which offers professionally focused undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD programs. IAR had its foundation stone laid by Shri Narendra Modi, who was then serving as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, in 2003. Subsequently in 2006, the Institute’s formal inauguration was presided over by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the esteemed President of India at that time, marking the establishment of IAR as a research institute with the support of eminent national leaders. The University is financially supported by the Puri Foundation for Education in India, established by Professor Nathu Ram Puri, who is a leading industrialist in the UK with manufacturing and other businesses world-wide. The University is a not-for-profit institution and its sole purpose is to promote world class education, research and innovation for young people nationally and internationally.
- The Institute is well respected for its high quality of research nationally and internationally with the research being published in top international journals.
- IAR was awarded the university status under the Gujarat Private Universities Amendment Act, 2011.
- The University commenced offering educational programs in 2014 and currently has around 1300+ students in several undergraduate, masters and research degree programs.
- The university aspires to be the leading university in the private higher education sector nationally with a strong international presence and with a focus on quality rather than scale.
