IIT Delhi is an autonomous statutory organisation functioning within the Institutes of Technology Act as amended by The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 1963. The seven Indian Institutes of Technology (others being at Bombay, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Guwahati Roorkee) are administered centrally by the IIT Council, an apex body established by the Government of India to co-ordinate activities of these Institutes. View more at website