2 0 1 3 ▁dated ▁ 1 5 ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁and ▁is ▁recogn ised ▁by ▁the ▁U GC ▁under ▁section ▁ 2 ( F ) ▁of ▁the ▁U GC ▁Act , ▁ 1 9 5 6 . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁D IT ▁University ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁Late . ▁N ave en ▁Ag ar wal , ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁Un ison ▁Group . ▁F ounded ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁De hr ad un ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology ▁gradually ▁turned ▁from ▁an ▁Engineering ▁college ▁to ▁a ▁University ▁which ▁offers ▁Under grad uate , ▁Gr adu ate ▁and ▁Doctor al ▁program mes ▁in ▁fields ▁like ▁Engineering , ▁Ph arm acy , ▁Management ▁and ▁Architecture . ▁Initial ly , ▁De hr ad un ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology ▁started ▁its ▁first ▁batch ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁with ▁C SE , ▁ME ▁and ▁E E ▁branches ▁under ▁affili ation ▁from ▁Ch aud h ary ▁Char an ▁Singh ▁University , ▁Me er ut . ▁Then ▁year ▁after ▁year , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁branches ▁increased ▁with ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁Post - Gr adu ate ▁and ▁Doctor al ▁programs . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁U GC ▁con ferred ▁the ▁Aut onom ous ▁Status ▁to ▁D IT , ▁further ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁the ▁U tt ar ak hand ▁State ▁Government ▁declared ▁D IT ▁as ▁D IT ▁University ▁due ▁to ▁excell ence ▁in ▁Education ▁and ▁Research . ▁Till ▁Date ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 5 0 0 0 ▁students ▁have ▁successfully