The Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi) was established in 2009 and the campus area sprawling around 538 acres. The Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, also known as IIT Mandi, is an autonomous premier engineering and technology institute located in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. It was founded on February 24. On March 18, 2009, the IIT Mandi Cell was established at IIT Roorkee to direct the activities of the IIT Mandi. 

It is one of the eight new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, under The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2011, which establishes these eight IITs as well as the conversion of the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University to IIT.